Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871, page 89 by Various Authors
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heading we shall publish weekly notes of some of the more prominent home and foreign patents.
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SELF-ACTING SHACKLE AND CAR BRAKE.--Lyman Alphonzo Russell, Shrewsbury, Vt.--This invention relates to improvements in self-acting shackles and car brakes, and consists in an improved connection of the brakes with the shackle, for automatic operation, whereby the connection may be readily so adjusted that the brakes will not be set in action as when required to back up the train.
FEED BAGS FOR HORSES.--W. A. Hough, South Butler, N. Y.--This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in feed bags for horses, and consists in making the bag self-supplying, by means of one or more reservoirs, the discharge orifices of which reservoirs are closed by a valve or valves.
TRUSS.--Adam Hinoult, Montgomery, N. Y.--This invention has for its object to furnish an improved truss, which shall be so constructed as to yield freely to the various movements of the body of the wearer, while holding the rupture securely in place.
GOVERNOR FOR STEAM ENGINES.--Charles A. Conde, Indianapolis, Ind.--This invention relates to a new method of regulating the movement of the balls of a steam governor, with a view of adjusting the same in proportion to the increased or diminished centrifugal force.
CIRCULAR SAW GUARD.--G. W. Shipman, Ischua, N. Y.--This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in means for protecting the operator and others, near running circular saws, from injury, and it consists in a movable guard, operated by means of the saw carriage, in such a manner that, during the period of danger (when the saw is not cutting), the guard covers the saw, and is thrown back from the saw when the latter is in actual use.
CARPET-CLEANING MACHINE.--J. C. Craft, Baltimore, Md.--This invention relates to a machine, through which a carpet may be passed, and so beaten and brushed, during its passage, as to come out of the machine thoroughly cleansed. The invention