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 consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of beaters and brushes for effecting this result.
COMBINED COTTON AND CORN PLANTER.--L. A. Perrault, Natchez, Miss.--This invention relates to improvements in machinery for planting seed, and consists in a combination, in one machine, of a seed-dropping apparatus, adapted for corn, and another adapted for cotton, in a manner to utilize one running gear for the two kinds of seed, and thereby save the expense of separate gear for each.
LIME KILN.--T. A. Kirk, Kansas City, Mo.--This invention has for its object to furnish an improved lime kiln, which shall be so constructed as to enable the kiln to be worked from the front, in firing and in drawing the lime and ashes, which will not allow cold or unburnt rock to pass through, and which will consume its own smoke.