WOMEN INVENTORS INDEX - 1790-1895

Here is a list of patents from Iowa. Click on the patent number to see a representative patent drawing.

State Patent NumberInventorsAssigneesTITLEDatePlace
IA 102,868 Rosbrugh, Amanda M. Improvement in bleaching straw goods May 10, 1870 Panora, IA
IA 103,501 Potts, Mary F. Improved sad iron May 24, 1870 Ottumwa, IAReissued as R9,020 Jan. 6, 1880
IA 113,448 Potts, Mary Florence Improvement in sad irons Apr. 4, 1871 Ottumwa, IAReissued as R5,102 Oct. 15, 1872 & R8,925 Oct. 7, 1879
IA 125,445 Dodge, Sophronia V. Improvement in apparatus for raising dough Apr. 9, 1872 De Soto, IA
IA 127,939 Innes, Jane Mary; Turley, Marshall Improvement in cigars June 11, 1872 Council Bluffs, IA
IA 131,789 Schramm, Isabella C. Boiler attachment for cooking and washing Oct. 1, 1872 Des Moines, IA
IA 134,318 Schloesser, Anna Wash boiler attachment Dec. 24, 1872 Des Moines, IA
IA 140,546 Schramm, Isabella C. Improvement in wash boiler attachments July 1, 1873 Des Moines, IA
IA 141,322 Chapman, Clarinda P. Improvement in wash boiler attachments July 29, 1873 Afton, IA
IA 158,056 Fletcher, Matilda Improvement in portable trunks Dec. 22, 1874 Des Moines, IA
IA 158,260 Dunham, Maria Improvement in neck yoke and pole attachments Dec. 29, 1874 Boyer Township, Crawford County, IA
IA 158,841 Hildreth, Mary E. Improvement in sad iron holders Jan. 19, 1875 Mount Pleasant, IA
IA 176,219 Crosby, Ella J. Improvement in hair heading machines Apr. 18, 1876 Sabula, IA
IA 176,336 Negus, Hannah A. Improvement in ironing tables Apr. 18, 1876 Winterset, IA
IA 177,780 Yeomaus, Clara Improvement in attaching uterine and other supporters May 23, 1876 Clinton, IA
IA 181,847 Hurd, Annis Improvement in hair puffing pins Sept. 5, 1876 Waterloo, IA
IA 200,891 Bliss, Josephine Improvement in kitchen tables Mar. 5, 1878 Primghar, IA
IA 212,900 Connoran, Nannie; Connoran, James Improvement in clothes pounders Mar. 4, 1879 Hillsdale, IA
IA 213,588 Palmer, Anna L. Improvement in combined aspirators, concealed uterine cauteizers and vaginal syringes Mar. 25, 1879 Chariton, IA
IA 230,026 Lanphere, Lydia L. Shutter worker Jul. 13, 1880 Waterloo, IA
IA 232,403 Herrick, Lizzie Doll support Sep. 21, 1880 Iowa City, IA
IA 245,430 Barhydt, Mary R. Attachment for pants Aug. 9, 1881 Burlington, IA
IA 251,963 Start, May A. Chart for drafting ladies and childrens garments Jan. 3, 1882 Cherokee, IA
IA 271,765 Augir, Viola J. Album for photographs, &etc Feb. 6, 1883 Spencer, IA
IA 289,536 Holmes, Josephine M. Sad iron holder Dec. 4, 1883 Sioux City, IA
IA 301,110 Gartrell, Mary G. Step ladder Jul. 1, 1884 Indianola, IA
IA 302,916 Lamborn, Phebe R. Fly screen door attachment Aug. 5, 1884 West Liberty, IA
IA 303,022 Kilborn, Eugenia Egg beater Aug. 5, 1884 Cedar Rapids, IA
IA 309,604 Couplin, Mary Milk can elevator Dec. 23, 1884 Thornburg, IA
IA 313,320 Goodale, Laura Mmariett Cover for cooking kettles and utensils Mar. 3, 1885 Marshalltown, IA
IA 318,523 Tisdale, Mary E. Egg boiler and caster May 26, 1885 Cedar Rapids, IA
IA 321,649 Shelley, Louisa J. Guard for bedsteads July 7, 1885 Keokuk, IA
IA 322,497 St. Claire, Josephine M. Corset July 21, 1885 Cedar Rapids, IA
IA 324,472 Jacobsen, Martha Adjustable pattern for drafting garments Aug. 18, 1885 Lyons, IA
IA 333,517 Greeley, Mary Agnes Candlestick Jan. 5, 1886 Ottumwa, IA
IA 345,483 Cole, Mary Elizabeth Sash fastener July 13, 1886 Letts, IA
IA 346,740 Dillon, Ellen Flat iron heater Aug. 3, 1886 Sioux City, IA
IA 349,036 Greeley, Mary A. Candlestick Sept. 14, 1886 Ottumwa, IA
IA 35,026 Humphrey, Lucinda Skirt protector Apr. 22,1862 Tipton, IA
IA 351,932 Mitchell, Dora Picture hanger Nov. 2, 1886 Ottumwa, IA
IA 355,796 Stewart, Jennie M. Pot cover Jan. 11, 1887 Cedar Rapids, IA
IA 357,200 Mary Etta Cowles Hopkirk Hat protector Feb. 8, 1887 Hopkirk Agency, IA
IA 359,046 Woodworth, Gertrude H. Foot rest for stoves Mar. 8, 1887 Algona, IA
IA 362,692 Wood, Cornelia C. Bunk for railway cars May 10, 1887 Sibley, IA
IA 373,448 Feathers, Sarah L. Compound for bleaching potatoes, & c Nov. 22, 1887 Prairie City, IA
IA 400,504 Stockman, Teressa I. Dress cutter's rule Apr. 2, 1889 Council Bluffs, IA
IA 403,332 Denise, Martha Clothes line attachment May 14, 1889 Burlington, IA
IA 407,005 Foster, Grace L. Organ pedal July 16, 1889 Milford, IA
IA 419,968 McQuiston, Anna E. Skirt protector Jan. 21, 1890 Oskaloosa, IA
IA 422,371 Bryan, Catharine M. Dish washing and straining machine Mar. 4, 1890 NewSharon, IA
IA 422,937 Harrison, Nancy Malinda Flour receptacle and sifter Mar. 11, 1890 Adair, IA
IA 426,460 May, Merinda Picture hanger, etc. Apr. 29, 1890 Manchester, IA
IA 430,059 Baughman, Melvina E. ; Baughman, Jacob S. Chart for drafting garments June 10, 1890 Burlington, IA
IA 432,151 Swenning, Rebecca T. Transparent water color paint July 15, 1890 Des Moines, IA
IA 432,661 Carhart, Lizzie D. Darning last July 22, 1890 Marion, IA
IA 434,067 McDermott, Augustine S. Cultivator Aug. 12, 1890 DuBuque, IA
IA 442,464 Smith, Margaret A.; Smith, Jeremiah Frank Toy projectile Dec. 9, 1890 Keokuk, IA
IA 444,963 Russell, Josephine Fly brush Jan. 20, 1891 Tabor, IA
IA 447,373 Smith, Ida Cooking, toasting, and shielding device for stoves Mar. 3, 1891 West Union, IA
IA 451,979 Shane, Carrie Dress fitting apparatus May 12, 1891 Vinton, IA
IA 459,784 Hill, Cornelia E. Machine for winding warp Sept. 22, 1891 Floyd, IA
IA 460,819 Eversmeyer, Annie L. Clothes drainer Oct. 6, 1891 Laporte City, IA
IA 463,096 Chittenden, Annie R. Road cart Nov. 10, 1891 Osceola, IA
IA 464,499 Grenelle, Linnie A. H. Window curtain holder Dec. 8, 1891 Hampton, IA
IA 464,864 Grenelle, Linnie A. H. Veil holder Dec. 8, 1891 Hampton, IA
IA 467,946 Mitchell, Elma M. ; Mitchell, John E. Plow Feb. 2, 1892 Salem, IA
IA 471,579 Tenney, Mary Josephine Door or window screen Mar. 29, 1892 Oskaloosa, IA
IA 473,517 Mitchell, Elma M. ; Mitchell, John E. Plow Apr. 26, 1892 Salem, IA
IA 490,365 Russell, Josephine Tag holder for umbrellas Jan. 24, 1893 Tabor, IA
IA 493,401 Harrison, Nancy Malinda Carpet fastener Mar. 14, 1893 Perry, IA
IA 502,314 McKeever, Marcia Washing machine Aug. 1, 1893 Promise City, IA
IA 508,855 Westburg, Nell O. Band cutter and feeder Nov. 14, 1893 Sanborn, IA
IA 510,010 Dysinger, Sarah E. Culinary device Dec. 5, 1893 Eldora, IA
IA 514,079 Jehu, Margaret E. Apparatus for cooking, broiling, baking, etc. Feb. 6, 1894 Estherville, IA
IA 514,390 Tenney, Mary Josephine Fly screen Feb. 6, 1894 Oskaloosa, IA
IA 515,824 Epperly, Belle Corset Mar. 6, 1894 Logan, IA
IA 519,736 Reid, Mary Dish drainer May 15, 1894 Fairfax, IA
IA 524,575 Cook, Annie C. Vegetable slicing machine Aug. 14, 1894 Council Bluffs, IA
IA 78,736 Hays, Lydia Improved pad billet June 9, 1868 Ames, IA
IA D21,154 Officer, Julia E. Spoon Nov. 3, 1891 Council Bluffs, IA
IA R5,102 Potts, Mary Florence Improvement in sad irons Oct. 15, 1872 Ottumwa, IAOriginal 113,448 Apr. 4, 1871 Reissued Oct. 7, 1879 R8,925
Susan E. Hocker, Miami University Libraries.12/12/03
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