In 1884 Mr. Norton was issued a patent for his invention from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). There were 3 documents on file for this patent. The drawing specification sheet of the patent has been reproduced from original USPTO documents and printed onto parchment paper. This print is sized and ready to install into an 8" x 10" frame. The additional sheets included are printed on 5.50" x 8.50" parchment paper. These accompanying documents describe the scope of this invention in formal terms. The following is an actual excerpt from the patent…

       " Be it known that I, EDWIN NORTON, a Citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Coffee Canister and Mill, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to a combined coffee canister and mill; and it consists in the novel construction of the canister and mill, and in the means for combining the same, as herein after more fully described, shown, and claimed"…