Scope and Contents

The collection consists of records relating to a cherry-pitting machine manufactured by the Dunkley Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Content Description

The collection consists of invention disclosures, patent drawings, and correspondence.

Scope and Contents This collection includes some of his plans and sketches for inventions such as the shoe tree, wire shoehorn, Merriman Windjammer, spacecraft toilet, roll dispenser, belt tester, lubricated bushing, Merriman valves, lug tester, and window hook test equipment.The collection also contains correspondence between the inventor and his patent attorneys, Beaman and Beaman, Merriman's New Ideas, a Merriman family history, rather lengthy memoirs entitled "The Early Years in Kent County and West...