Cary S. Cox
Cary Stith Cox (September 27, 1857January 22, Jan 1934) was an American mechanic and inventor best known for creating a raisin seeder, a cotton gin, and a pressure fruit grinder.
Early life
Cox was born in Marietta, Georgia, on September 27, 1857, the youngest child of Dr. Carey Cox Sr., a prosperous doctor, who promoted a "water cure", which developed into a spa that attracted patients to the area, and his wife Frances Stith Haynes, also of Georgia. Cox started out as a farmer in Selma, Alabama.
Marriage and children
Cox married Jessie Maria Helm on October 5, 1887 in Fresno, California. Jessie was the daughter of William Helm, a notable sheep farmer.
They had three children:
* Frances Maud Cox (1889-1933)
* Agnes Jean Cox (1891-1976) Agnes Cox married Murray Archibald Campbell, the son of Archibald Murray Campbell
* Paul Helm Cox (1892-1970)
Career
Cox is most famous for three innovations which were used in Fresno, California, in the United States in the mid-20th century: a patent for a raisin seeder (1898), a patent for a cotton gin (1927), and a pressure fruit grinder (1928)
Raisin seeder
This invention relates to a machine or apparatus for seeding raisins. In this machine the pin cylinder co-acts with a novel composite cylinder made up of yielding and non-yielding portions arranged to provide spaces into which the pins enter and which receive the seed, the machine having the necessary complement of feeding rollers and other co-acting members.
The raisin seeder application was filed on October 2, 1897. The Patent No. US608108A application was granted on July 7, 1898.
Cotton gin
The cotton gin is a mechanical device that removes the seeds from cotton, a process that had previously been extremely labor-intensive. The word gin is short for engine.
Cox filed his patent on July 20, 1927 and received a patent (later numbered as US207307A) for his cotton gin on August 7, 1928. The assignor of one third was to Cary S. Cox, one third to Jessie M Cox (wife) and one third to Frances Cox (daughter).
Pressure fruit grinder
Cox filed his patent with the United States Patent Office on August 08, 1928 and received a patent, numbered as US1780067A, for his pressure fruit grinder on October 10, 1928. This invention relates to a device for grinding and crushing fruits, and for filtering the product; similiar to a Fruit press.
Death
Cox died on January 22, 1934, in Fresno, California. He is buired at the Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, California.
Early life
Cox was born in Marietta, Georgia, on September 27, 1857, the youngest child of Dr. Carey Cox Sr., a prosperous doctor, who promoted a "water cure", which developed into a spa that attracted patients to the area, and his wife Frances Stith Haynes, also of Georgia. Cox started out as a farmer in Selma, Alabama.
Marriage and children
Cox married Jessie Maria Helm on October 5, 1887 in Fresno, California. Jessie was the daughter of William Helm, a notable sheep farmer.
They had three children:
* Frances Maud Cox (1889-1933)
* Agnes Jean Cox (1891-1976) Agnes Cox married Murray Archibald Campbell, the son of Archibald Murray Campbell
* Paul Helm Cox (1892-1970)
Career
Cox is most famous for three innovations which were used in Fresno, California, in the United States in the mid-20th century: a patent for a raisin seeder (1898), a patent for a cotton gin (1927), and a pressure fruit grinder (1928)
Raisin seeder
This invention relates to a machine or apparatus for seeding raisins. In this machine the pin cylinder co-acts with a novel composite cylinder made up of yielding and non-yielding portions arranged to provide spaces into which the pins enter and which receive the seed, the machine having the necessary complement of feeding rollers and other co-acting members.
The raisin seeder application was filed on October 2, 1897. The Patent No. US608108A application was granted on July 7, 1898.
Cotton gin
The cotton gin is a mechanical device that removes the seeds from cotton, a process that had previously been extremely labor-intensive. The word gin is short for engine.
Cox filed his patent on July 20, 1927 and received a patent (later numbered as US207307A) for his cotton gin on August 7, 1928. The assignor of one third was to Cary S. Cox, one third to Jessie M Cox (wife) and one third to Frances Cox (daughter).
Pressure fruit grinder
Cox filed his patent with the United States Patent Office on August 08, 1928 and received a patent, numbered as US1780067A, for his pressure fruit grinder on October 10, 1928. This invention relates to a device for grinding and crushing fruits, and for filtering the product; similiar to a Fruit press.
Death
Cox died on January 22, 1934, in Fresno, California. He is buired at the Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, California.
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