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Catherine deiner biography

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Inventions By Women

The following is a partial list of the many ingenious inventions by women.

INVENTIONINVENTORYEAR
Alphabet blocksAdeline D. T. Whitney1882
Apgar tests, which evaluate a baby’s health upon birthVirginia Apgar1952
Ruth Wakefield1930
Circular sawTabitha Babbitt1812
DishwasherJosephine Cochran1872
Disposable diaperMarion Donovan1950
Electric hot water heaterIda Forbes1917
Elevated railwayMary Walton1881
Engine mufflerEl Dorado Jones1917
Fire escapeAnna Connelly1887
GlobesEllen Fitz1875
Ironing boardSarah Boone1892
Kevlar, a steel-like fiber used in radial tires, crash helmets, and bulletproof vestsStephanie Kwolek1966
Life raftMaria Beaseley1882
Liquid Paper®, a quick-drying liquid used to correct mistakes printed on paperBessie Nesmith1951
Locomotive chimneyMary Walton1879
Medical syringeLetitia Geer1899
Paper-bag-making machineMargaret Knight1871
Rolling pinCatherine Deiner1891
Rotary engineMargaret Knight1904
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A magazine in 1891, Inventive Age, printed in its "New Patents for Sale" column the following:

"Catharine Deiner advertised the rolling pin for which she had received a patent only the month before. 'Improved rolling pin is for sale. It consists of a rolling pin with an adjustable sleeve, which when placed on the pin gives the operator four cake cutters, making in possible to rapidly cut up dough into cakes without waste. It can be used in bakeries and families.'" 

Now that is one complicated rolling pin. Take a look at the patent illustration itself, dated 1891 for Catharine Deiner of Lebanon, PA.


Catharine wrote in the patent: 

"My invention relates to an attachment to a rolling-pin, by which dough may be cut into various shapes and forms."

 So reading through the patent, I believe this is what she meant: 
  • Figures 6, 7 and 8 are the shapes and forms that can be cut.
  • Figures 2 and 5 show the cutter positions. 
  • Figure 4 is an end view of a zig-zag cutter.
  • Figure 3 is an end piece showing how it's fastened. 

Pretty complicated, if
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Claude and Catherine Simpson papers

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 Collection

Identifier: MG 115

Scope and Contents

The research material of Claude and Catherine Simpson for their book about Priest Lake entitled North of the Narrows is contained in three archival file boxes which occupy approximately three linear feet of shelf space. They were donated to the University of Idaho Library by the Simpsons in October 1982.

The items in the collection include research notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, several drafts of the manuscript and many photographs. Also included are 14 cassette tapes of interviews with six families closely associated with Priest Lake and 25 cassette recordings which were made in connection with Mr. Simpson's current project, a book to be entitled "Panhandle Personalities," which he hopes to complete in 1983. The photographs in the collection include many of the illustrations in North of the Narrows as well as related photographs which were not used.

The final series contains 15 notebook diaries (1943-1962) and five photogr

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