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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1878)
SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEST SHOKE. INVENTIONS RECENTLY PATENTED We herewith give brief descriptions of some of the noteworthy Pacific Coast inventions re cently patented through Dewey fc Co. 'a Miniwj ami Smmyu and PaeyU aural rnm Patent Department, H, P.: Stkamimi CUmriD Mkats, Fish, Ere, G. J Ward, S. P, Tliia invention ia an improved device for steaming or cooking fresh meat, fruit or vegetablea, more especially such as are to be sealed up in cane for preservation. It como'sta in the construction of an inverted metallic tank, aecured to a base and made air-tight by means oi lnngeil MM holding a wooden packing be tween the metallic flanges, and also of mnva Die trays and perforated bottoms. The aaid tank has a ateam gauge and a pipe for the ad mission nf steam, and also a pipe for the dis charge of condeiiaod water. arums methods have been employed for cooking hermetically mmiu gooos, run. mat most generally employed where the tcuqierature is to be raised consider ably above that of boiling water, ia to place the cans in a solution of salt, chloride ol calcium, or other suitable Hiihntai the boiling point nf which ia considerably alwvo that of water. The use of these aolution Htaina the cans, destroys Some of the goods, and greatly incrcosea the UbOT of handling, cleaning and packing. .Mr. Ward's invention is intended to prodttOB a mechanism which ia easily operated, which may be opened and closed hermetically in a very short time, and in which a large number of eaus may be handled easily, kept clean, and their contents cooked with rapidity and without variation. The protean of the external steam, which is considerable, and in proportion to the increased temperature, tenda to prevent the caiiB from being exploded by the act of cook ing, and the percentage of loss ia much less than when the cooking is done by a high tem perature unaccompanied by a high pressure. ytxt jhmakuuV Oil Oof, Eugene It Weber, H, F. The improvement OOnststl in attaching tlio lid or cover to the cup by a spring, so that the cover may be cosily slipped on Of off by a simple movement ot tin tniiiul) and linger. When it is desired to remove the cover to reach the oil, the operation will be as follows: The cup '.hi. I on tlie bench, with its front towards the workmen, who, with his thumb ami third linger at the base id the cup, holds it. while the forelinger slips the cover off to the back aide of the enpi where it ia held by a spring which holds the cover constantly against the cup and in connection with it. When it is desired to replace the cover, the operation is the same; the spring, with slight touch on the cover with the forefinger, throwing thu cover securely in place. The advantages of this invention will be readily seen by all familiar with the uses of a watchmaker's oil cup. The oil must lie kept absolutely tree from dust and dirt in order to be suitable for use, and with tin- ordinary form of lid, which is easily knocked oil' the cup und is very apt to Ihj mislaid ami lost, the oil is frequently rendered unfit for use. By this in vention these objections are entirely over come, as the lid is always attached to the cup. POCKKT SOB OliOTUIMa, Yung Chow, S. F This is the second patent which we have secured within the past few years for a native of the Culestinl empire, the patent in both instances covering improvements in clothing. The ordin ary pocket opening! in overalls, jumpers, etc, are subjected to severe strains at the comers, and various methods for strengthening them have hi en resorted to, mich as rivets or strips of material, formed ill cutting out the goods or in dependently, and sewed across the comer scum in thsfpoakok intliislnveutlonof Yung Chow 'she does away with these devices by so const rue Ling tlie pocket that there are no eorucr teams, and the oloU) is continuous ,tt the pocket points where the corners of the pocket openings are formed, so as to reinforce these points without the necessity of extM pieces id any sort Cn Ki n s:. PllDID ion TURBSfUXO M. CHINKS. Win. 1.. Mery, Chioo, Butte county. Mr. Mery's invention relates to certain Improve incuts in mechanism for feeding unthreehed straw to the cylinder of a threshing machine, ami it consist in a novel construction of a aeries ol rotary feeders, placed one after the other in a feeding trough or spout, and those feeding cylinders are provided with arms or pickers. The piekors are nioiiuU d upon Miafts extending from cud to end of the cylinders, and the shalts are so Operated by cams at the ends as to 1h' alternately moved in a radial position. where they nre locked until they hare carried the straw to a point where it is to be delivered to the next cylinder, when the arms are allowed to fall and lie against tlie cylinder so as to free themselves from the straw until they have made a partial revolution, when they are again pro jected to their radial position. IUnmi.e ion BOJUB, li. V.. Mowrey, S. F. Thil patent covers the application of peculiar flexible handles to that class ol boxes, 111 which straw Wn ios mid other small fruit is packed in drawers for transportation. The rope of which the handle is mailc. is covered with leather to protect it. TWO hob s are Isircd in each end of the box, through w hich the cuds of the roM' are passed. A countersink is made around these holes on the inside of the box, and on it the ropes are secured, leaving the inside surface smooth. Au inclined groove ia then cut down ward from these holes on the outside of the box. in which the handle lies when not in use. A WOOdM strip is placed across the outside of the 1ki. just ak.ve the holes, so that when the handle is grasped and pulled upward, it will strike the edges of the strip and protect tile knuckle. Qaj Psjottoorjra Comfoprd, Look Marks, S. F. This is an improved gu producing com. pound or composition to he used in the manu facture of ilium mating gas. It consists in com. billing certain ingredients into a block or corpo rate body, which can le anaTSiileosb handled and transported from place to place, the blocks are then placed in a retort, subjecting them to heat in the usual way. 8c B E EN. Jamea. H. Cavanagh, S. F. The object of this invention is to provide a sieve or screen for separatora, which will carry the straw and allow the grain to pass through between the alata without the possibility of the straw lodging and choking the screen. The invention consists in the employment of paral lel alata or atrips, which extend lengthwise of the screen-frame in a line with the travel of the atraw. The acreen ia conatructed without any crosa-bara or othur intervening obstruction for the atraw to lodge against. The slats are placed edgewise in the frame and their upper edges are provided with teeth. An end shake is imparted to the acreen, aud, as the straw passes up tlie screen, the falling and receding motion causes the teeth to pass under the straw ami take a new hold, so that on the next motion it ia carried further up the screen. This ahakca the grains from the atraw and carries the straw off. Sack Ho LOIR. Covert, Garner and Wal thall, Modesto. This is an improvement in a patent granted to John S. Covert, Auguat 28th, 177. Ihc Improvement consist in mounting the frame which curries the adjustable sliding liars ami sOCROXe upon a portSDM vertical stand LECTURE ON COBNS. In a lecture at the St Louis Hospital, Paris, on hypertrophy of the epidermis, M. Ouibout observed that, while in callosities the hypert rophy takea place at the surface, in corns the hypertrophied part becomes pyramidal, and takea the form of a nail, with its point directed toward the deeper aeated parta. ThiB sharp point, lodged in a kind of cupola, which exactly boxes it in, has a tendency to penetrate into the substance of the dermis whenever the base of the corn ia compressed. The portion of the dermis w hich is in permanent contact with the epidermic induration becomes inllamed and altered in character, its papilla; disappearing, so that at last it becomes a true matrix, destined to form deep, new, horny epidermic layers, in proportion as the more superficial layers are eliminated. Changes of the weather often give nae to great pain in corns, which has been supposed .n hi i ue to t neir nvcloiriciric nauire, wmui, by causing their enlargement, adds to the LAME AND LAZY A FABLE Two beggars, Lame and Iazy, were in want of bread. One leaned on his crutch; the other sat, rubbing his red eyes, and staring in the gutter. Lame called on Charity, who was standing at her door, and humbly asked for a crust In stead of this he received a loaf. Ijizy, seeing the gift of Charity, exclaimed. "What, ask for a cruat and receive a loaf l Well, I will ask the old lady for a loaf: uerhsn. Iahallgetacake." F " Lazy now opplied to Charity ami loudly called for a loaf of bread. J "Your demanding a loaf" aaid Dame Charity "Droves that vou are of that claw nA ter who ask and receive not; so be off directly and get some work to do." Lazy, who always found fault, and had rather whine than work, complained of ill treatment and even accused Charity of a breach of au ex' cecding great and precious promise, "Ask, and you shall receive." v-nanty pointed to a painting in her room suffering. Hut, in fact, the exacerbations are j which represented three beautiful figures lesa severe during the time that it raina than j Faith, Hope and Charity. Charity appeared they are for some days preceding; and they are j larger and fairer than her sisters. He noticed also linct W illi WI1CI1 me wefune r is niHioi. wt : inai rier nirni nana neia a pot ot lionev. which 3il i elevated or depressed to suit any high M size I chftl, fr!,m wot.to " Thc8e Pan(ul exacT j ft? ilf"'eb hwjjjg lost its wings. Her of sack. The invention also consists in ex- M0" of the Vmi ,of f "equiteas remark- left hand was armed with a wlnp to keep off the tending the tubes or sockets which receive the 1 amu 011,1 M "V1"1" " ",u Vl I "U1 Inling nan tlirougii the. axis or imr on whicli MM they turn, so that the alidea may be as long as '-'-.J ',' desired: and lastlv in the tminlovn.Pnt ,.t n S-'tf--. ' -' Spring catch by which the holding bars are held up out of the way when desired. Pencil PoOKBT. Samuel Hill, S. F. This is au improved device for holding a jiencil when it ia out of use, and in a convenient position for use at any time. It consists in the construc tion of a metallic tube having a pin attached for the purpose of fastening thu duvico to the at it vi ,t. I In, tune III- i i I it i i i ri -H niniti' in thu aides through whicli the pencil may be T.i ' d by the thumb aud linger to remove it. The elasticity of the caae ia such as to retain the pencil in place when not wanted. Simoli Biam Barbo w. John M, BfoPlke, st. Helena, Napa Co. The "single beam harrow,' as the inventor calls it, is an attachment for plows. It is more especially applicable to gang plows, and consists of a single neani provided with in clined teeth, so constructed aa to clear them selves. It also consists in a method in attaching ami adjusting the harrow. With this device the harrowing am) plowing can be done at one operation, saving both time and labor, while a peculiar diagonal motion given to the Implement makes it do its work very thoroughly. Uonr Rut a UmiNli Cistkkn. Ata recent meeting of the Bdlnburg Engineers Society, Mr. Romanes described a form of roof which ho had designed for a round cistern. The usual tie-rods are superseded by a central pillar, from which the roof ia supported, iitubrella wise. To regulate the supply to the cistern, the opening of the pipe is closed by means of a OapSnaped covering pressed hard against it by a lever worked by the float Stock Couktxr, P. Lyttlcton, Austin, Nevada. This device for counting stock consists in a gate or door, so connected with a register ing wheel that each and every animal in passing through the gate w ill be counted, and the count recoided on a dial which receives the count from the wheel. The gate partially tills an I .' hicli 1 1 just ide enough to allow the class of animals being counted to pus through, so that each animal in pseeing opens the gate to its full width and operates the register. IXTSBKeT. "An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts," by A. It. Spoll'ord, Libra rian of Congress, OOntaillS muoh that ia valuable for reference. Wo extract a few lines which express very forcibly the accumulation of inter est at low aud high rates: " One of the causes of bankruptcy is that so few persons properly estimate tlie difference between a high ami low rate of intercat, and therefore often liorrow money at a ruinous rate that no legitimate busl ness can aland. Very few have figured out the difference between 0 , and S ,. One dollar loaned for 100 years, at li L with the interest collected annually and added to the principal, will amount to .10. At 8 , it ninoiinta to ML208. or nearly seven times as much. At 8z. the usual rate of interest In England, it amounts to 10,85 whereas at 10 which has been a very Common rate in the I'nited Statea, it is 118,800, or about 700 times as much. At 12 it amounts to $84,078, or more than 4.0(H) times aa much. At IS it amounts to $15,148,007, At 24' , which we Sums times hear talked of, it reaches tlie eiiomioiia sum of 92,551,790,404. One hundred dollars borrowed at ti with the intcreat compounded annually, will amount to lt84fi in Ml years, while the same $100 Isir rowed at S w ill amount to $4,600 in .Xl years. One thousand dollars at 10 compounded, will run up to $1 17880 i 60 years," UaUUAQE Never marry a man who has only his love for you to recommend him. It is very fascinating, but it dm - not make the man. If he is not otherwise w hat he should be, you will never Ih happy. The most perfect man, who did not love you, should never be your huslkiud. Hut though marriage without love is terrible, love only will not do. If the man is dishonorable to other men, r meau, or given to any vice, the time will come wheu you will either loathe him or sink to his level. It is hard to reosember, amidst kisses and praises, that there is anything else in the world to W done or thought of but love-making; out the days of lite arc many, and the husltand must tie guide to In1 trusted, a coninion, a friend as 1. 5 matic pains. The sole etlicacioua treatment is excision, but care must lie taken that this is complete. The Bumniit of the cone must be cut down to, so as to entirely empty the dermic cupola. And then it is quite necessary to de stroy, by cauterization, the inner surface of this cuimla, namely the matrix of the corn, which w ill otherwise be reproduced. The Wat caustic is sulphuric acid, of which w o may deiHiBit a drop, by a match or glass rod, on the wxciaed part. If the corn recurs, the aamc processes of excision and cauterization must again Ito resorted to. TsUCIHG as UsiiKnuunrnii Stkeam. There are many cases, in varioua parte of the world, where the w hole or jart of a atream suddenly diaapiH-ara from sight, and, in aome instaucea, the place of its re-apiearaoce is unknown, or, at best, but a matter of conjeetuie. It is a eommou experiment, where the waters of a river make a plunge and re-appear at a Bhort distance, to throw chaff into the upper waters, ami note its appearance upon the surface of the lower. The ).ii'jit,t,rmj tuul Minimj Jotirmii describes a different practice. It having been supposed that a ihtrtion of the water of the upper end ol the DsJIUbe went to feed the river Aach, an affluent of ljke Constance, and some 10 miles distant from the Oauube, I'm feasor K hull Of I II I -lull.- ImMmU mmmmtXm L well as a lover Many a girl has married a titiwl this experiment by emptyiug into the man, whom she knew to W anvthmn but irood. "Uvauio he lovwl her so." Aud the llame has dnsl out on the Hearthstone of home before long, and Inwidu it she has Itocn aitting with one that she could never hope would lead her heaven ward, or who, if she followed him, as a wife should, would guide her step to perdition. Marriage is a solemn thinga choice for life; W careful m the choosing. --Tfrorurw. 1's.iiuov some i. gallons ol nuorvscencc ( a very powerful green coloring material I, of which l-A).000,UUOth part will impart a perceptible color to water. Ia about tU hours the waters of the Aach began to show a marked green color, which continued for a day, end, although the current of the Aach passes l,."00 gallons per second, was so prouounced aa to alarm the inhabitants. "Don't uudcrstand it," said Lazy yawning and stretching his anus. Charity replied, "It meanB that Charity fseils the lame am! flogs the lazy." I i i gathered up his rags, and turned to gu shambling off. "Stop, 1 said Charity; "instead of coin I will give you eoxuistl. Do not go and live on ywir poor mother, for I w ill send you to a ricA uni. "Rich aunt V echoed I,ozyboneB. "Where shall I find her, I'd like to know P "You will lind her in Proverbs, (ith chapter and fith verse." Hut that is where lazybones did not look; so he aat down by the gutter, and rubbed his eyes and grumbled. Biutais's Importation ok Pood. A late issue of the London Thntu contains an interest ing compilation of statistics, showing the aggre gate sum expended by Kngland for food from abroad, from which we glean that the amount paid in the year 1S77 to foreign nations for com, cattle and meat was $484,308,085, to contrast with $435,040,930 in 1876. For live stock the sum disbursed wjw, in 1877, $30,078,450 ss against $30,301, 515 in the preceding year the prices paid being somewhat lower last year ''Ul the year before. The sums for fresh meats were much larger, consequent upon the shipment froni the United Statea and Canada of quantities of I t - f and carcasses of mntton. The total sum paid for foreign stock alive and dreaaed was, is 1877. $8ii,50S,370 ; in 1S70, it amounted $9eV 152,275. For corn, the sum paid lsst year was $315,001,120; in 1876, $257,073,240. Foreip butter cost in 1877, $47,691,525; cheese, $23, 840,206 ; and eggs, $12,302,406, to becomparea, respectively, with $48,513,120, $21,257,140, d $13,051,055 in 1876. The British demand t Americau butter and cheeee is constantly increasing. 1 VAQUEROS j