ed that in 1875-76-78, Turner Strowbridge, of New Brighton, Pa.,
was granted three United States patents on a box coffee mill, first made
by Logan & Strowbridge, later the Logan & Strowbridge Iron Company, the
latter being succeeded by the Wrightsville Hardware Co. in 1906.

[Illustration: MAGIC GAS MACHINE (FRENCH)]

In 1878, a United States patent was issued to Rudolphus L. Webb,
assignor to Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Conn., on an improved
box coffee grinder for home use.

In 1878, and in 1880, United States patents were issued to John C. Dell
of Philadelphia on a store coffee mill.

In 1879, and in 1880, United States patents were issued to Orson W.
Stowe, of the Peck, Stowe & Wilcox Co., Southington, Conn., on a
household coffee mill.

In 1879, Charles Halstead, of New York, was granted the first United
States patent on a metal coffee pot having a china interior. It was an
infuser for home use.

In 1880, coffee pots, with tops having muslin bottoms for clarifying and
straining, were first made in the United States by the Duparquet, Huot &
Moneuse Co., of New York.

The name Hungerford first appears in the United States patent records in
1880-81, in connection with patents granted to G.W. and G.S. Hungerford
on machines for cleaning, scouring, and polishing coffee. In 1882, the
Hungerfords, father and son, brought out a roaster. This machine and the
one patented by Chris Abele, of New York, already referred to, were
constructions resulting from the expiration of the original Burns patent
of 1864. In 1881, Jabez Burns patented the improved Burns roaster,
comprising a turn-over front head serving for both feeding and
discharging. Additional United States coffee-roaster patents were issued
to G.W. Hungerford in 1887-89. In the latter year, David Fraser, who
came to the United States from Glasgow in 1886, established the
Hungerford Co., succeeding the business of the Hungerfords, and later
being granted certain United States patents, already mentioned. In 1910,
the Hungerford Co. business was discontinued in New York; and David B.
Fraser moved to Jersey City, where he continued to operate as the Fraser
Manufacturing Co. This business was discontinued in 1918.

Chris Abele was an active competitor of the Hungerfords and of the
Fraser Manufacturing Co.; and his Knickerbocker roaster was sold over a
wide territory. He died in 1910; and his son-in-law, Gottfried Bay,
succeeded to the business.

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