CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PATENTS
ISSUED IN 1844
(Continued)

CLASS X.—Land conveyance, comprising Carriages, Cars, and other vehicles used on roads, and parts thereof.

• Coupling bars of railroad car, locomotive, &c.,—William D. Cheaunt, Wilmington, Del., Feb. 29th.
• Turning curves on railroad—John H. Quail, Philadelphia, Feb. 25th.
• Improvement in railroad car, to prevent accidents from what are called "snake heads"—Elisha Tolles, New York, Feb. 20th.
• Connecting carriage-bodies with the perch by means of springs—George Nicholas, Trumbull, Ct., April 10th.
• Improvement in hanging carriage bodies—John Reynolds, Newbury, Pa., July 9th.
• Detaching horses from the carriage—John Madden, Warren, Ohio, July 9th.
• Mode of disengaging horses from the carriage—James S. Shnell, Shiremanstown, Pa., April 13th.
• Couplings for carriages, wagons, &c.—George W. Hatch, Parkman, Ohio, June 13th.
• Journals of railroad cars, constructing the bearing and oil boxes, &c.—John H. Tims, Newark, N.J., reissued June 13th.
• Spring-brace for carriages—Erastus T. Sprout, Dimock, Pa., Sept. 7th.
• Wrought iron carriage wheels—James M. Collum, Wilsonville, Ala., May 10th.
• Cast iron railroad wheels—Ebeneser A. Lester, Boston, Mass., Aug. 10th.
• Lining Metallic boxes for wheel hubs—Moses Palmer, Baltimore, Md., March 9th.

CLASS XI.—Hydraulics and pneumatics, including water-wheels, windmills, and other implements operated on by air or water, or employed in raising and delivery of fluids.

• New mode of directing Ærostats or balloons, &c.—Muzio Muzzi, Bologna, Italy; May 12th, 1844, France; Oct. 16th, 1844, U.S.A.
• Improvement in fire engines—Gardner Batton, Jr., Waterford, N.Y., Aug. 16th.
• Hydro-pneumatic apparatus for raising beer, &c., from casks.—Richard Sealy, New York, Aug. 31st.
• Improvement in the construction of pipes for the supply of aqueducts—John H. Thorndike, Boston, Mass., July 1st.
• Pumps—T. Jefferson Wolfe, Baltimore, Md., April 10th.
• Water and animal power—John A. Wiszt, Phila., May 10th.
• Mode of regulating the supply of water—John Cochrane, Newark, N.J., July 13th.
• Improvement in the construction of water wheels—Hiram Ferguson, Richland, N.Y., March 20th.—Nelson Johnson, Rathboneville, N.Y., March 26th—Albert Stimpson, Rockingham, Vt., April 25th.—Daniel Weaver, McKeansburg, Pa., June 10th.—David Putney, Redbank, Pa., Aug. 12th.—Roswell Cook, Elkland, Pa., Sept. 14th.—J. D. Robinson, Peoria, Ill., Oct. 24th.—Samuel L. Valentine, Bangor, Me., Dec. 12th.—Theodore R. Timby, Cato Four Corners, N.Y., Sept. 27th.
• Combined water-wheel—John Carnegay, Tully, Mo., April 10th.
• Current water-wheel—John Carnegay, Tully, Mo., April 10th.
• Horizontal wind-wheel—Daniel Dennett, Centerville, La., Nov. 13th.

CLASS XII.—Lever, Screw, and other mechanical power, as applied to pressing, weighing, raising and moving weights.

• Balance cranes—Claudius Gignoux, New York, assignee of Louis Henry, Paris, France, Oct. 27th. 1842, France; Nov. 9th, 1844, U.S.A.
• Spring Balance—James H. and R. H. Bull, New York, Sept. 20th.
• Self-acting cheese press—John Martin, Jr., Atzalan, W. T., Nov. 26th.
• Cotton press—Seth Lamb, New York, March 16th.—Wm. Sewell, Jr., Macon, Pa., June 15th.—George Peck, Fairfield, Ct., March 9th.—Wm. F. Provost, Barnwell District, S.C., Sept. 14th.—Jedediah Prescott, Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 9th.—Peter M. Right, New York, Nov. 26th.
• Hay press—Charles F. Paine, Winslow, Me., Apr. 25th.
• Hay & cotton press—S. W. Bullock, Williamsburg, N.Y., March 3, 1842; reissued Aug. 14th, 1844.
• Presses—Amos Jackson, Liberty, Ill., June 24th.
• Lever powers for pressing—Robert Sanderson, Athens, Ohio, Feb. 20th.
• Machines for preparing tobacco for pressing—David Smith, South Hill, Va., Jan. 15th.
• Machines for pressing and raising weights—Smith Cram, New York, March 9th.

CLASS XIII.—Grinding mills and mill gearing, containing grain mills, mechanical movements, horse-power, &c.

• Bark mill for grinding tanners bark—Mather Beecher, Remsen, N.Y., Sept. 27th.
• Bolts for bolting flour—Ryburn Buchanan, Sullivan County, Tenn., July 24th.
• Mill for grinding corn and cobs—Samuel L. Starr, Mexico, Pa., April 4th.
• Cylindrical mill for grinding grain—Jacob Groat, Troy, N.Y., July 11th.
• Mills for grinding grain—Eli B. Nichols and David Marsh, Fairfield, Ct., March 13th.
• Portable mill for grinding grain—Erastus Arnold, Otego, N.Y., March 9th.
• Improvement in grinding mills—George T. Walters, Nicholasville, Ky., Feb. 12th.
• Grist mill—John Ansel and J. Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 21st.
• Horse-power for driving machinery—A. D. Childs, Rochester, N.Y., May 6th.—Samuel B. Haines, Greensburg, Pa., April 4th.
• Governor for regulating the movements of mill-wheels, &c.—Henry Burt, Boston, Mass., Aug. 31.

(To be continued.)