US Patent: 5,679X
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| Box Churn
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Patentees:
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| Thomas Morrison (exact or similar names) - Groton, Tompkins County, NY |
| Lansing Morrison (exact or similar names) - Groton, Tompkins County, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Oct. 16, 1829 |
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Wikipedia entry for Butter Churn
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Description: |
| Listed in "A Digest of Patents, Issued by the United States, from 1790 to January 1, 1839", published in 1840, pg. 5.
Listed in "A List of Patents Issued by the United States, from 1790 to 1847", published in 1847, pg. 6.
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
"For a churn called a Box Churn; Thomas and Lansing Morrison, Groton, Tompkins county, New York, October 16. A box which may be 18 inches long, and 14 wide, or of any other length, width, and depth, is to have a top, bottom, sides, and ends, all put together so as to hold milk or cream; gudgeons are to be fixed on the sides of said box, to one of which a crank must be attached to turn it. The lid must fit so well that the contents may not leak out; a faucet, or cock, is placed to allow the butter milk to run off, and if it will not do so when the box stands horizontally, it may, by means of the crank, be held in a sloping direction, "and the butter will remain in a ball, or balls, in the churn." So endeth the description, and, very wisely, nothing is claimed."
Journal of the Franklin Institute, V5, Jan., 1830, pg. 31 |
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