Cary Stith Cox
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Cary Stith Cox (September 27, 1857 – January 22, Jan 1934) was an American mechanic and inventor best known for creating a new type of raisin seeder, a cotton gin, and a pressure fruit grinder.
Cox was born in Marietta, Georgia, on September 27, 1857, the youngest child of Dr. Carey Cox Sr., a 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.[1] Cox started out as a farmer in Selma, Alabama. 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.
Cox is known for three patents, 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). For example, the raisin seeder application was filed on October 2, 1897. The Patent No. US608108A application was granted on July 7, 1898.[2][3]
Cox died on January 22, 1934, in Fresno, California. He is buried at the Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, California.
References
- ↑ "History". Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Cox, Cary S. (1898). "Raisin-seeder". patents.google.com. IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ↑ "Raisin Seeder". books.google.com. United States. Patent Office. 1900. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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