toward the breast beam. A long blade spring is proposed, which is made fast to the breast beam at one end, and is attached to the lay near the middle, by a swivel joint; or, instead of being immediately attached to the lay, two other blade springs may be affixed to the lower bar of the lay, and these attached to the acting end of the former, which it is considered would soften the beating up stroke, and yet give all the required force. Or instead of these blade springs, helical wire springs might be employed, one end of the spring being secured to the breast beam, and the other to the lay. The improved mode of lifting the warp, is by the employment of three headles as the harness, one third of the warp threads being tied up by each headle, and these being made to rise one at a time in succession by the movements of the machinery, previously to every throw of the shuttle, cause only one third of the warp threads to be above the weft, while two thirds are always below it. By this arrangement a greater portion of the weft is thrown on to the surface of the cloth on the right side, and the means afforded of drawing out a larger quantity of pile, which greatly improves the face of the cloth, when the giging, shearing, and dressing, has been completed. [Inrolled April, 1826.] To WILLIAM GRIMBLE, of Cow-cross Street, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for his Invention of certain Improvements in the construction of Apparatus for Distilling Spirituous Liquors. [Sealed 14th May, 1825.] THE apparatus proposed as the subject of this patent, is intended to be adapted to the ordinary still, and to be interposed between the head of the still, and the worm tub, for the purpose of catching the aqueous parts of the vapour, driven off in the process of distillation, and conducting them back again into the still while the alcoholic vapour or spirit is allowed to pass into the worm, and become condensed as usual. Plate VIII, fig. 2, represents the apparatus partly in section; a, is the head of a still, on to which a square rim b, b, is fitted and secured air tight by luting; c, is a plate to which the rim is made fast. This plate is perforated with holes, from each of which a pipe d, d, d, rises, and through these pipes the vapour proceeding from the still is intended to pass into the close box e, e. Within the box e, there are a series of tubes ƒ, ƒ, through which the atmospheric air is allowed to blow, for the purpose of presenting a cold surface to assist in condensing the vapour as it rises into the box. These tubes be carried in any direction through the box, or may be coiled round within it, as may be found most convenient, the air of the atmosphere being allowed to pass through the tubes freely. may The bottom of the box e, is made convex, for the purpose of conducting the condensed vapour to the corners of the box, where there are tubes g, g, by which the liquid flows down into the still below. The lower ends of these tubes g, are bent round, in order to enable them to hold a small quantity of the condensed liquor, which prevents the vapour from the still rising up those tubes. The apparatus so constructed and attached to a st causes the aqueous parts of the vapour, arising from distillaton to be arrested in the box e, and conduct into the still below, while the alcoholic vapou not condensed by the cold air tubes, passes pipe h, to the worm in the worm tub, where it becomes condensed in the usual way. A thermometer i, is proposed to be inserted into the box c, for the purpose of shewing the temperature, and enabling the director to regulate his fire; or, in place of this, a pyrometer may be placed within the head, and its outer extremity made to act upon certain levers connected to an index and dial plate, for the purpose of shewing the degree of heat within. The form of the apparatus, and the precise number of pipes, is a matter of little or no consequence, the patentee proposes it to be square, and to have 672 pipes, but does not confine himself to that particular shape, as it might be round or of any other form; neither is that exact number of pipes essential, as a greater or less number may be employed, according to the size of the apparatus. [Inrolled November, 1825.] TO THOMAS WORTHINGTON the Younger, and JOHN MULLINER, both of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Small-ware Manufacturers, for their Invention of, and Improvements in, the Loom or Machine used for the purpose of Weaving, or Manufacturing of Tape, and such other Articles to which the said Looms or Machines may be applicable. [Sealed 21st June, 1825.] THIS invention consists of certain appendages to be applied to a loom for the purpose of accommodating the delivery of the warp threads to the speed with which the work is taken up upon the beam or roller. The improve |