they could not make other facts a part of their finding. The true way was to disregard the statements of the jury, except as to their finding on the record. The Court could not be bound by any idle talking of the judge and the jury, so as to say there had been an infraction of a valid patent. There was no complaint against the responsibility of the defendant, and therefore the right course would be, should the jury decide in favor of the patent, to direct that an account should be kept, and not to stop the defendant from doing what, for aught that yet appeared, he might be entitled to do. The order should be made in the common form, that an issue should be tried at law.

REPORTS OF AMERICAN PATENTS. From the "Journal of the Franklin Institute,'

EDITED BY DR. THOMAS P. JONES.

TO BENJAMIN H. BROWN, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a machine for making bricks from untempered clay.

THE clay, as it is taken from the bank, is deposited in a hopper by elevators, and from the hopper it passes between two rollers that move with different velocities, by which it is drawn through in thin cakes, and thrown on to a set of permanent teeth, and there cut up by the action of sets of teeth on a roller that work between the permanent teeth. It is then conducted by a spout into a moveable mould, which, when filled, slides under a piston actuated by a cam, to be compressed and formed into a brick, which is then discharged by a follower actuated by another cam that forms the bed of the mould.

Claim :-"I do not claim the use of the cams for operating the pistons in pressing brick, nor do I claim the manner in which the bricks are received, compressed, and delivered; but what I do claim as my invention, and which I desire to secure by letterspatent, is the arrangement of the two cams for effecting the pressure and delivery of the bricks, in combination with the pistons and moveable mould. I also claim the combination of the rollers and pins for pulverizing the clay as above described."

TO WILLIAM FRANCIS and WILLIAM JOHNSON, Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, for a mode of marking and lettering packages.

THE patentees say:— "The nature of our invention consists in running a composition of glue or molasses (with other materials if deemed necessary to elasticity and preservation) into moulds

of letters, figures, and devices, &c., formed on lines, upon which (while in a warm state) is applied thin slats of wood or other substance, of the width of the lines, with bevilled edges, which adhering to, is drawn with the composition from the moulds; when said composition becomes properly cooled, the moulds being previously oiled, these slats, when cut or separated between the letters, form type. The type when made are placed in the order required on a hand press formed of bars of wood or other material, with wire or other springs placed at regular distances fastened on said bars, on the top or surface of which said springs are attached small blocks of wood or other material, forming a smooth level surface, on which are placed the type, and fastened by means of slides or otherwise, the springs admitting the type and blocks on which the type are placed, to play in a groove formed in the bars of the press, for the purpose of giving way when the face of the type touches an uneven surface, or until the whole surface of the type, and that of the package or article marked, come in complete contact with each other.'

Claim:-"What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by letters-patent, is the hand-press constructed as herein described, and, in combination therewith, type formed of an elastic substance, composed of glue and molasses, or other material, when deemed necessary; to be used by means of said presses, with the aid of springs or other similar means, and other fixtures, as herein described, so as to ensure the successful application of the type to even or uneven surfaces, using for that purpose any material or compound that will produce the intended effect."

TO RUDOLPH MILLER, York, York county, Pennsylvania, for improvements in the machine for cutting and crushing corn fodder.

similar to a straw-cutter two heads on a shaft, the The cut pieces pass from teeth which pass between

THE cutting part of this machine is
with the knives attached diagonally to
fodder being fed up by fluted rollers.
the cutting part to a roller armed with
similar teeth in a concave, and are thus crushed.

Claim:"Having thus described the manner in which I construct my machine for cutting and crushing corn fodder, and shewn the operation thereof,-what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by letters-patent, is the manner in which I have arranged and combined the cutting, and the crushing, or rubbing, apparatus, substantially as set forth."

LIST OF REGISTRATIONS EFFECTED

UNDER THE ACT FOR PRO TECTING NEW AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS FOR ARTICLES OF UTILITY.

1845.

Oct. 28. Green and Bentley, of 27, Upper George-street, Bryanstone-square, London, for a syphon chimney funnel. 28. Andrew Symington, of Kettle, and Alexander Temple, of Falkland Palace, for an improved clock.

29. Henry Worthington and William Bullough, of Eccleshill, near Blackburn, for a lathe sword, with moveable stop-rod.

31. William Thorowgood and Robert Besley, trading under the firm of William Thorowgood & Co., of Fann-street, Aldersgate-street, London, for English Clarendon.

31. John Jones, of Leeds, for an excavating tool.

Nov. 4. John Inderwick, of 58, Prince's-street, Leicester-square, for a galvanic pipe.

5. Gouger and Mayer, of 2, Bow-lane, for a stock and shirt collar.

5. Henry Methold Greville, of Northampton, for a spirit torch.

6. George Macfarlane, of 41, Gerrard-street, Soho, London, for a cornopean or cornet-à-piston.

7. Newcombe and Mansell, of 35, Wapping, Liverpool, for a reflecting luminator for astronomical and other purposes.

7. Thomas Williams, of Market-place, Willenhall, Staffordshire, for a lock.

7. William Palmer, of 144, Western-road, Brighton, for "The Brighton Shower Bath."

7. John Aston, of Birmingham, for a design for the shape or configuration of the back of a button.

8. Edwin Heinke, of 103, Great Portland-street, Oxfordstreet, London, for a diving helmet.

10. Peter Scott, of 9, South Bridge-street, Edinburgh, for an improved shirt, called "The V shirt."

10. Charles Sheaf, of New-street, Birmingham, for a can

dlestick.

VOL. XXVII.

2 U

Nov. 10. Peter Mark Roget, M.D., of 18, Upper Bedford-place, London, for the Stereotic chess and draught-board.

19. Daniel Hodson, of 27, Gun-street, Spital-square, Middlesex, for a silk polisher.

19. Thomas Benbow, of Camden-street, Birmingham, for a fastening for bandages and stays.

25. Alexander Guthrie, of 54, New Bond-street, for "The Gilet du Prince."

List of Patents

Granted for SCOTLAND, subsequent to October 22nd, 1845.

To John Campbell, of Bowfield, Renfrewshire, bleacher, for certain improvements in the apparatus or machinery for drying or finishing of bleached cotton or other goods.-Sealed 24th October.

James Higgins, of Salford, machine-maker, and Thomas Schofield Whitworth, of the same place, mechanic, for certain improvements in machinery for preparing, spinning, and doubling cotton, flax, and similar fibrous materials.-Sealed 24th October. Arthur Smith, of St. Helen's, Lancashire, manufacturing chemist, for certain improvements in the manufacture of soda ash.— Sealed 28th October.

Thomas Moss, of Gainsford-street, Barnsbury-road, London, engraver, for improvements in printing and preparing bankers' notes, checks, and other papers, for the prevention of fraud.Sealed 29th October.

John Samuel Templeton, of Sussex-place, Kensington, London, artist, for improvements in propelling carriages on railways.— Sealed 29th October.

Robert Clark, ship's painter, and Alexander Pirnie, ship's smith, both of Newburgh, Fifeshire, for certain improvements in steering vessels.-Sealed 29th October.

John Ayre, of Tynemouth, county of Northumberland, sail-maker, for an improved fabric for sail-cloth.-Sealed 30th October. Thomas Howard, of the King and Queen Iron Works, Rotherhithe, Surrey, iron manufacturer, for improvements in rolling

iron bars for suspension bridges, and other purposes.—Sealed 5th November.

James Hardcastle, of Firwood, Bolton-le-Moors, county of Lancaster, for certain improvements in the method of scouring, bleaching, preparing, dyeing, and finishing piece-goods or woven fabrics.-Sealed 6th November.

Edward Wilkins, of No. 26, Surrey-place, Old Kent-road, London, tanner and currier, for an improvement or improvements in the manufacture of leather.-Sealed 6th November.

John Davies, of Manchester, patent agent, for certain improvements in the method of dyeing or staining woven or piecegoods or fabrics, and in the machinery or apparatus to be used for such or similar operations,-being a communication from abroad.-Sealed 10th November.

Robert Griffiths, of Havre, France; George Hinton Bovill, of Millwall, London; and George Rennett, of Bristol, engineers, for improvements in the construction of parts of apparatus used for propelling carriages and vessels by the atmosphere; and improvements in propelling carriages and vessels by atmospheric pressure.-Sealed 11th November.

Angier March Pirkins, formerly of Harper-street, but now of Francis street, Regent-square, London, civil engineer, for the extension, for five years, from 2nd November, 1846, of a patent granted to him by King William the Fourth, bearing date 2nd November, 1832, for certain improvments in the apparatus or method of heating the air in buildings, heating and evaporating fluids, and heating metals.-Sealed 11th November. William Longmaid, of Plymouth, for certain improvements in the manufacture of chlorine, in treating sulphurous ores and other minerals, and in obtaining various products therefrom.-Sealed 12th November.

Alfred Watney, of Wandsworth, London, for improvements in the manufacture of horse-shoes, and applying shoes to horses and other animals.-Sealed 12th November.

John Lord, of Friday Bridge, Birmingham, merchant, for improvements in supplying steam-boilers with water,-being a foreign communication.-Sealed 17th November.

Richard Prosser, of Birmingham, civil engineer, for improvements in the manufacture of metal tubes, and in the machinery or apparatus for producing the same; and in apparatus for