Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-19

46 patents. against 167 for the previ-
Gus year and 16 of these were for sad
dies. Two hundred and fifty-four pat
entS We're awarded for vehicles of this
sort, one for a unicyclc. 4 for tricycleS,
u for cycles and 15 for yelocipedes.
against 216 for the previous year.
Eighteen kinds of boilers took 1SI.
against 1S6 for the preceding year; 80
of these We're for furnace boilers. The
bottle, inclusive of % shoppers and
machinery for making. washing. aud
filling, took 81 patents. against JOS
for the previous year. Fifty-nine kinds
of boxes" We're given 20J patents.
against DAG for the preceding year and
If classes of braces needed 33 patents.
Frakes and Cars.
Thirty four kinds Of brakes seem 10
have needed DDS patents. against 2oi
for the previous year. s of them being
for car brakes and fl for vehicle and
wagon brakes. The word brick is
the first one in the titles of o. patents.
against 1O4 for the previous year. II of
these being for brick machines. and
% for brick kilns. Twenty-one kinds
Of burners were awarded III patents.
against 100 for the previous year; 10 Of
these were for oil burners. % for gas
burners, and Is for hydro-carbon burn
ers. The titles of - patents begin with
the word BUTTON and include ma
chimes for making that useful article.
The word car" is the leading one in
1.046 titles of patents. against SO for
the previous year: 400 of these are for
car cOuplers. so for car brakes 26 for
car wheels. and 6 for vestibuleS.
The word cash begins the titles
of 132 patents. against 100 for the pre-
vious year; SO of these were for reg
listers and Al for registers and indicat-
ors. The churn. which has been pat
ented several thousand times. found
room for 66 new patents. the cider mill
for I, while cigars. cigar lighters, and
cigar bundling machines received az.
For the further encouragement of juve-
nile dcpravity IL new cigarette ma
chimes were patented. Corn is the first
word in the titles of 80 patents. corset
in %, and the word cotton is tie
leading one in 80 patents.
Thirty eight different kinds of coup
lings were given 543 patents. 401 of
them being for car cOuplers. Three
hundred and thirty car cOuplers Were
patented in 1892 For some years car
cOuplers have been patented at the
rate of per week.
Electricity.
Electrical patents for the year reach
ed the large number of 1,61J, against
/ .G43 for the year 1891. Under the
head of magnets and magnetism. and
under appliances which are closely re-
lated to those Of an electrical nature,
we find 3OS additional patents which
would not be out of place under the
heading electricity. These 30S patents
would increase the total to .92S. These
patents include everything relating To
electric roads, batteries, electric light
ing. electric signaling, the telephone
and telegraph. electric motors. switch
eS. etc. For fences and fence material
and machines for making fences 1Gti
patents We're awarded against 162 for
the previous year. and 1S2 for the year
1891: A of these were for wire and -,
for fence posts. Fifty-0ne kinds OF
furnaces took 227. against 211 for the
previous year, and 1919 for 1891; of
these 30 were boiler furnaces, II hot
air furnaces. and II smoke consuming
furnaces. The word gas" begins the
titles of 215, against IFS for the pre-
viOus year, and 151 for 1891. Il large
majority of these patents being for i'm
prOvementS in devices for manufacture
ing gas. for meters and lighters Not
withstanding the rapid introduction of
electric lights, there is an actual i'll
crease in the amount of gas consumed.
Harvesters.
How engine governors could secure
3S patents is no greater mystery than
the fact that they took 81 the previous;
year The titles of % patents begin with
the word grain" and include 90 grain
binders and IL drills. Patents of this
character numbered 50 in 1892 and H.
in 1891. Harvesters of all kinds got 90
patents, against I'D for the year be-
fore; 2S of these were for corn harvest
ers. Thirty-one kinds of heaters" OBJ
tanned 165 patents, against III for the
previous year. The boot and shoe and
machines for making and trimming
them required p patents; hay staclsers
and leaders, cutters and presses "a: the
hinge 30, against 30 for the year before.
Knitting machines and devices were
given 16 patents, against 50 for the pre-
viOus year. The knob and its attach
ments obtained 81 patents, and the lad
der 64.
The lamp obtained 301 patents, oil
half dozen for every week i'll the year
20 of these being electric arc lamps
and "a for improvements upon the i'll
candescent lamp. Three hundred and
twcntyeight patents upon lamps were
awarded in 1892 and 2SJ in 1891.
From Locks to Music.
Thirty-si different kinds of locks re
ceived 221 patents, against 2I4 for the
preceding year. and Odd for 1891. The
locomotive obtained 81 patents against