No. 81. Having thus fully explained the principle or character of my invention, and indicated the various modes of applying the same, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is forming the picker cams, substantially as herein described, to give the pickers a retrograde movement, gradually, for the purpose of arresting the momentum of the shuttle at the end of its course, as herein fully described. ROBERT P. CUNNINGHAM. No. 82. We do not claim as our invention and improvement any of the parts of the above described machinery, independently of their arrangement and combination above set forth. What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the combination of the following parts above described, to wit: the core and bridge, or guide piece, with the cylinder, the piston, the chamber, and the i. when used to form pipes of metal under heat and pressure, in the manner set forth, or in any other manner substantially the Same. No. 83. I do not claim simply the employment of a feeder or chamber of preparation, but what I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the method substantially as herein described of combining a chamber of preparation for the coal, presenting the characteristics herein described, with a grate placed below and back of it, or the principal part thereof, whereby the coal is prepared by distillation, and regularly supplied by gravity to the grate as combustion progresses, in the proper condition to produce a regular, constant, and economical combustion—the coal in the feeder, undergoing a distilling process, and that in the upper part of the grate presenting a thinner stratum for the passage of the air than that in the bottom and back of the grate, which is undergoing the last stages of combustion, as herein described; and this I claim, whether the chamber of preparation or feeder be extended high enough to require the guard plate or gauger, or made so low as to dispense with the guard plate, as herein fully set forth. JORDAN L. MOTT. No. 84. I do not claim as my invention heating the oven of a cooking range by means of the main flue separately, or by means of the two lateral flues, after passing through the boiling chambers; but what I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is heating portions of the oven of a cooking range by means of the two lateral flues, substantially as herein described, in combination with the main or direct flue by which the other portions of the oven are heated, the three flues being sep arated whilst acting on the oven, substantially as described, whereby the heating of the several parts of the oven can be regulated by each flue acting independently of the others, as herein described. H. H. STIMPSON. No. 85. Having thus fully described the construction, and operation of my improved rotary steam engine, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is, first, the method herein set forth of governing the connecting rods, L, which operate the slide valves, by attaching said rods to the curved arms, G, that are connected with and swivel in the arms, F, in combination with the curved rim, K, the same being constructed and operating substantially in the manner herein set forth. Secondly. I claim the arrangement of the elongated steam and exhaust passages in the plate or disk, to which the piston is attached, when combined with the arrangement of the valves and the periods of their motions, so as to cause them to establish an equilibrium (or nearly so) of the pres-sure on each of the sides of the valves, prior to and during their motions, substantially as described. - , , ABRAM PEASE. No. 86. Having thus fully described the manner in which I combine and arrange the respective parts of my direct action steam hammer, I do hereby declare that I do not claim the attaching of the hammer or striking block directly to the piston of the steam engine, nor do I claim the exclusive use of the several parts herein described when taken individually; but what I do claim as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is formin the connexion between the hammer or striking block and the piston rod, by an elastic or compressible substance or substances, for the purpose of preventing the injurious effects of the shock or jerk, which would other. wise be transmitted to the piston, and to other parts of the machinery. I also claim, in combination with the direct action steam hammer, the method of operating the adjustable valves, by connecting the hammer with the valve apparatus in the manner substantially as herein described, whereby the hammer is rendered self-acting, and susceptible of adjust ment as herein described. - JAMES NASMYTH. No. 87. Having pointed out the nature of my invention, described the manner of applying the same in connexion with certain parts common to other looms, and shown some of the modifications which may be made without changing the principles of the remaining portions, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is, first, the method of separating from the series of wires over which the figure has been wrought the last one of the series, which is to be withdrawn by means of an instrument introduced between it and the one next to it, when this is operated by magn substantially as herein described, whereby this sep arating instrument is made to perform its appropriate functions at appropriate intervals relatively to the other operations of the loom, as herein described. Second. I claim the method of forcing or pushing the wires, over which the figure has been wrought, towards the instrument or instruments by which they are to be withdrawn, when this is combined with the loom so as to be operated by mechanical means, substantially as herein described, whether the requisite motions be given to it by the mechanical agents herein enumerated or their equivalents. Thirdly. I claim the method, substantially as herein described, of withdrawing the said figuring wires from the figure wrought over them, and introducing them under another portion of the figuring warp, by means of pincers, pliers, forceps, or other analogous device, so operated as to receive the requisite movements by machinery, substantially in the manner herein described, whether the movements be given by cams, levers, and slides, or by their equivalents, as described. Fourth. I claim, in combination, all three or any two of the devices or methods covered by the first, second, and third sections of my claim, for the purpose and in the manner substantially as described. Fifth. I claim, in combination with either or with all of the three items covered by the foregoing claims, the employment of a guide resting against the last of the series of figuring wires, to preserve the machinery which acts thereon in the required position relatively to the wire to be withdrawn, substantially as described. Sixth. I claim making the shuttle boxes detached from the lay substan. tially as herein described, that the lay may be free to move independently of the shuttle boxes, as described ; and, Finally, I claim making the shuttle boxes, substantially, as described above, in combination with the method of withdrawing the figuring wires from under the figures wrought over them and introducing them under the figuring warp, substantially as described, whereby I am enabled to locate and operate this machinery without the impediment or interruption to which it would be subject if the shuttle-boxes were attached to and moved with the lay, as described. - E. B. BIGELOW. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the arrangement of a series of clamps or other analogous devices on a wheel in combination with the cutting or chasing dies, substantially as described, whereby the prepared blanks are griped and in succession presented to the cutting or chasing dies, as described. *- CLEMENT O. READ. * No. 89. What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the placing on the rear ends of the long extended portion of the hounds c, c, an adjustablé' movable sway-bar. E., having brakes or rubbers attached to each of its extended ends in a position to action the forward wheels of a wagon or carriage when its forward motion is retarded by the pole, the adjustable sway-bar E being connected to and operating by the pole by means of connecting rods and levers, the whole combined and operating substantially as herein set forth. . I also claim the short parallel hounds D, D, fastened firmly to the axle in combination with the long. hounds and the pole, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth. JOHN DUBOIS, JR. No. 90. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is placing the fire-chamber in the upper compartment, above the oven, when this is combined with the circulating chamber below the oven, provided with two partial division plates running in the direction of the greatest length of the stove, and with diving and ascending flues in the back, for the purpose herein described. Additional improvements. Having thus fully set forth the manner in which I construct and use my kiln for burning bricks with anthracite or other coals, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the two principal flues passing outside of the kiln, one on each side, and one centre flue passing through the centre and under the floor of my kiln. These main flues are connected with lateral flues or branches, (as described in my original patent,) necessary to conduct the wind required under each fire, or into each air chamber. I have in the foregoing description given that form and arrangement of the respective parts which I deem the most convenient, but without intending thereby to claim any thing claimed and covered in said letters patent, granted the day and year within mentioned, No, 3,016; also without intending thereby to limit myself in these particulars, but varying the same as I may find expedient, whilst I attain the same end by means substantially the same, in the manner herein repre JOEL W. ANDREWS. sented and made known. Having thus fully described the nature of my additional improvements in the apparatus for coloring maps and prints, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the attaching the stencil plates or theorems to a wheel or reel, in such manner as that they may revolve vertically and pass over and under the table upon which the map or print is placed, substantially as herein fully make known, the apparatus remaining in all other respects the same with that described in the specifi cation to which this is supplementary. LUCIUS STEBBINS. J. G. HATHAWAY. . . - No. 80. What I claim, therefore, as my invention, and desire to have secured to me according to law, is the combination of the lever shoulder on the clips with the draught-hooks and hames, the purpose and operation of said combination being substantially as above set forth. NATHAN POST. Boston, January 24, A. D. 1846. No. 81. Having thus fully described the nature of my improvement in the machine for raising spring water by the momentum of descending fluid in contact therewith, I do hereby declare that I do not claim as new the hanging of a puppet or other valve upon arms or pivots, nor do I claim as new the employment of a check-screw for purposes analogous to that herein described, these being in themselves well known devices; but what I do claim as new, is the combining of the valve W with my said machine, so as to be governed and regulated in the manner set forth, by which means its operation is rendered certain and the action of the machine greatly improved. I also claim the manner herein described of combining a float, situated in the reservoir I, with the valve W, within the chamber Q, so that said valve shall be closed by the subsidence of the water in the reservoir, for the purpose of operating as a self-regulator to the machine. BENJAMIN S. BENSON. The mature of my invention which I claim consists in applying in a new manner to the human body, whether in a sitting or lying posture and at any given elevation, whether it be upon a bedstead, sofa, cot, couch, chair, or otherwise, of domestic or hospital life, or in the hammock or berth of the sailor, or upon the bed in the tent of the soldier, the heat generated by the combustion of alcohol or ardent spirits, by the apparatus above described and set forth. SAMUEL K. JENNINGS, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Patent extended by act of Congress approved March 3, 1843, for fourteen years. The whole is an apparatus to be used as a stove and pipe to convey the Heated gas arising from burning spirit or alcohol to the body of the patient, sitting on a chair, or lying on a bedstead, couch, sofa, or cot, and covered sufficiently so as to retain the heat agreeably to the intended tem perature of the bath to be given. SAMUEL K. JENNINGS, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. |