description Amanda Jones Overview
Amanda Jones was an American inventor and writer associated with a vacuum method for preserving food in sealed containers. Her process, patented in the 1870s, removed air before or during sealing, helping reduce conditions that contribute to food deterioration. Jones is remembered in the history of food preservation for applying vacuum principles to home canning and for promoting practical methods that extended the storage life of fruits and other foods.
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What did Amanda Jones patent in 1873?
Amanda T. Jones and Le Roy C. Cooley received US Patent 139,581 for an improvement in preserving fruit and vegetables on June 3, 1873. The patent describes exhausting air and then hermetically sealing the vessel. [Google Patents](https://patents.google.com/patent/US139581A/en)
How did Amanda Jones's vacuum food-preservation method work?
The process reduced the air inside a container before or during sealing, then closed the vessel hermetically. Jones also held US Patent 139,580 for an improved fruit jar, issued on the same date. [Fruit-jar patent](https://patents.google.com/patent/US139580A/en)
Did Amanda Jones run a food-preservation company?
Yes. In 1890 she helped establish the Woman's Canning and Preserving Company in Chicago, an enterprise intended to be owned and operated by women. [Historical account](https://americacomesalive.com/amanda-theodosia-jones-inventor-and-owner-of-all-woman-business/)
Was Amanda Jones also a writer?
Yes. She was both a published writer and an inventor, with her best-known technical work connected to the Jones vacuum process for preserving food. Her food-preservation patent dates from 1873. [Kansas biography](https://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/1912/j/jones_amanda_t.html)
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