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Black Inventors - Celebrating Black History Month





Contemporary Black Inventors

 

1
A.P. Abourne
Refining of coconut oil.
July 27, 1980
2
A. B. Blackburn
Spring seat for chairs. Patent# 380,420
April 3, 1888
3
A.C. Richardson
Casket-Lowering Device. Patent# 529,311
November 13, 1894
4
A.C. Richardson
Churn. Patent # 466,470
February 17, 1891
5
A.E. Long and A.A. Jones--
Caps For Bottles And Jars
1898
6
A.L. Lewis
Window Cleaner
1892
7
A.L. Rickman
Galoshes
1898
8
Anna M. Mangin
Pastry fork
March 1, 1892
9
Alexander P. Ashbourne
Biscuit Cutter
November, 1875
10
Alexander Miles
Elevator and also safety device for elevators. Patent No. 371,207
October11, 1887
11
Alfred L. Cralle
Ice Cream Scooper. Patent # 576,395
February 2,1897
12
Alice Parker
Heating Furnace
1918
13
Andrew Beard
Automatic Car Coupling Device
1897
14
Augustus Jackson
Ice cream
1832
15
B. F. Cargill
Invalid cot. Patent# 629,658
July 25, 1899
16
B.F. Jackson
Gas Burner
17
Benjamin Banneker
Clock, Prints for Wash. DC 1st Almanac
18
Bessie V. Griffin
Portable Receptacle
1951
19
C.B. Brook
Street Sweeper
1896
20
C.V. Richey
Fire Escape Bracket. Patent # 596,427
December 28, 1897
21
C. W. Allen
Self Leveling table. Patent # 613,436
November 1, 1898
22
D. McCree
Portable Fire Escape. Patent # 440,322
November 11, 1890
23
Darryl Thomas
Cattle Roping Apparatus
24
Dr. Charles Drew
Invented Blood Banks And Established Them Around The World
1940
25
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Performed First Open Heart Surgery
1893
26
Edmond Berger
Spark Plug
27
Elbert R. Robinson
Electric Railway Trolley
28
Ellen Elgin
Clothes Wringer
1880s
29
Elijah Mccoy
Automatic Lubrication System (For Railroad And Heavy Machinery) 1892
July 2, 1872
30
Folarin Sosan
Package-Park (Solves Package Delivery Dilemma) www.maita.com
1997
31
Frederick Jones
Ticket Dispensing Machine. Patent # 2163754
June 27, 1939
32
Frederick Jones
Starter Generator. Patent # 2475842
July 12, 1949
33
Frederick Jones
Two-Cycle gasoline Engine. Patent # 2523273
November 28, 1950
34
Frederick Jones
Air Condition. Patent # 2475841
July 12, 1949
35
Frederick Jones
Portable X-Ray Machine
36
G.W. Murray
Cultivator and Marker. Patent # 517,961
April 10, 1894
37
G.W. Murray
Combined Furrow Opener and Stalk-Knocker. Patent # 517,960
April 10, 1894
38
G.W. Murray
Fertilizer Distributor. Patent# 520,889
June 5, 1894
39
G.W. Murray
Cotton Chopper. Patent # 520,888
June 5, 1894
40
G.W. Murray
Planter. Patent # 520,887
June 5, 1894
41
G. F. Grant
Golf Tee. Patent # 638,920
December 12, 1899
42
G.T. Sampson
Clothes Drier
1892
43
G.W. Kelley
Steam Table
1897
44
Garret A. Morgan
Gas Mask (Saved Many Lives During WWI)
1914
45
George Alcorn
Fabrication of spectrometer. Patent # 4,618,380
October 21, 1986
46
George Tolivar
Ship's propeller
47
George Washington Carver
Peanut Butter
1900
48
George Washington Carver
300 products from peanuts, 118 products from the sweet potato and 75 from the pecan.
1900-1943
49
Garret A. Morgan
Automatic Traffic Signal
1923
50
Gertrude E. Downing and William Desjardin
Corner Cleaner Attachment.
Patent # 3,715,772
February 13, 1973
51
Granville Woods
Telephone (His Telephone Was Far Superior To Alexander Graham Bell's)
Dec. 2,1884
52
Granville Woods
Trolley Car
1888
53
Granville Woods
Multiplex Telegraph System (Allowed Messages To Be Sent And Received From Moving Trains)
1887
54
Granville Woods
Railway Air Brakes (The First Safe Method Of Stopping Trains) 1903
55
Granville Woods
Steam Boiler/Radiator
1884
56
Granville Woods--
Third Rail (Subway)
57
H. Grenon
Razor Stropping Device. Patent # 554,867
February 18, 1896
58
H.H. Reynolds
Window Ventilator for Railroad Cars.
Patent No.275,271
April 3, 1883
59
H.A. Jackson
Kitchen Table
60
Henry Blair
Mechanical Seed Planter
1830
61
Henry Blair
Mechanical Corn Harvester
62
Henry Single
Patented an Improved Fish Hook. He sold it later for $625.
1854
63
Henry Sampson
Cellular Phone
July 6th, 1971
64
I.O. Carter
Nursery Chair
1960
65
Issac R. Johnson
Bicycle Frame
66
J. A. Joyce
Ore Bucket. Patent # 603,143
April 26, 1898
67
J. Hawkins
Patented the Gridiron
March 3, 1845
68
J. Gregory
Motor
69
J.A. Sweeting
Cigarette Roller
1897
70
J.B. Winters
Fire Escape Ladder
71
J. H. Hunter
Portable Weighing Scales. Patent # 570,533
November 3, 1896
72
J.F. Pickering
Air Ship
1892
73
J. H. Robinson
Lifesaving guards for Street Cars. Patent# 623,929
April 25, 1899
74
J. Robinson
Dinner Pail. Patent# 356,852
February 1, 1887
75
J. W. Reed
Dough Kneader and Roller. Patents# 304,552
September 2, 1884
76
J. Ross
Bailing Press. Patent # 632,539
Sept 05, 1899
77
J.H. White
Convertible Sette (A Large Sofa)
1892
78
J.H. White
Lemon Squeezer
1896
79
J.L. Love
Pencil Sharpener. Patent # 594,114
23 November 1897
80
J.S. Smith
Lawn Sprinkler. Patent # 581,785
May 4, 1897
81
James Forten
Sailing Apparatus
1850
82
James S. Adams
Airplane Propelling
83
Jan Matzelinger
Automatic Shoe Making Machine
1883
84
Joan Clark
Medicine Tray
1987
85
John A. Johnson
Wrench
86
John Burr
Lawn Mower
87
John Parker
"Parker Pulverizer" Follower-Screw for Tobacco Presses. Patent# 304,552
September 2, 1884
88
John Standard
Refrigerator. Patent# 304,552
Jul 14,1894
89
Joseph Gammel
Supercharge System for Internal Combustion Engine
90
Joseph N. Jackson
Programmable Remote Control
91
L.C. Bailey
Folding Bed
1899
92
L. Bell
Locomotive smoke stack. Patent# 115,153
May 23, 1871
93
L. F. Brown
Bridle bit. Patent # 484,994
October 25, 1892
94
L.S. Burridge And N.R. Marsham
Typewriter
1885
95
Lewis Howard Latimer
Light Bulb Filament
96
Lewis Temple
Toggle Harpoon (Revolutionized The Whaling Industry)
1848
97
Lloyd A. Hall
Chemical compound to preserve meat
98
Lloyd P. Ray
Dust Pan
99
Lydia Holmes
Wood Toys. Patent # 2,529,692
November 14, 1950
100
Lydia O. Newman
Hair brush
101
M.C. Harney
Lantern/Lamp
Aug.19, 1884
102
Madam. C. Walker
Hair Care Products
1905
103
Majorie Joyner
Permanent hair wave machine. Patent # 1693515
November 27, 1928
104
Madeline M. Turner
The Fruit Press
1916
105
Marie V. Brittan Brown
Security System. Patent # 3,482,037
December 2, 1969
106
Manley West
Discovered compound in canibis to cure glaucoma.
1980-1987
107
Norbett Rillieux
Sugar Refining System
1846
108
O.B. Clare
Rail Tresle. Patent# 390,753
October 9, 1888
109
O. E. Brown
Horse Shoe
8/23/1892
110
Onesimus
Small Pox Inoculation (He Brought This Method From Africa Where Advance Medical Practices Were In Use Long Before Europeans Had Any Medical Knowledge)
1721
111
Otis F. Boykin
Wire Type Precision Resistor.
Patent # U.S. 2,891,227
June 16, 1959
112
Paul E Williams
Helicopter
113
Peter Walker
Machine for Cleaning Seed Cotton
114
Phillip Downing
Letter Drop Mailbox. Patent # 462,096
October 27, 1891
115
Accurate Weather Forecasting
1990
116
Hyperball Computer
April 1996
117
Improved Petroleum Recovery
1990
118
World's Fastest Computer
1989
119
R.A. Butler
Train alarm. Patent #157,370
June 15, 1897
120
R.P. Scott
Corn Silker
1894
121
Richard Spikes
Automatic Gear Shift
122
Robert Flemming Jr.
Guitar
March 3, 1886
123
S. H. Love
Improvement to military guns. Patent # 1301143.
22 April 1919
124
S. H. Love
Improve Vending Machine. Patent # 1936515
November 21, 1933
125
Sara E. Goode
Cabinet Bed
1885
126
Rufus Stokes Patent #3,378,241
Exhaust Purifier
April 16, 1968
127
Sarah Boone
Ironing Board
April 26, 1892
128
T. Elkins
Toilet
1897
129
T. J. Byrd
Rail car coupling . Patent# 157,370
December 1, 1874
130
Thomas Carrington
Range Oven
1876
131
Thomas J.Martin
Patented the Fire Extinguisher
March 26, 1872
132
Thomas W. Stewart
Mop
1893
133
Virgie M. Ammons
Fireplace Damper Actuating Tool. Patent # 3,908,633
September 30, 1975
134
W. A. Lovette
The Advance Printing Press
135
W. F. Burr
Railway Switching device . Patent # 636,197
Oct.31,1899
136
W. H. Ballow
Combined hatrack and table. Patent # 601,422
March 29, 1898
137
W.S. Campbell
Self-setting animal trap. Patent# 246,369
August 30, 1881
138
W. Johnson
Egg Beater
1884
139
W.B. Purvis
The Fountain Pen Patent# 419,065
Jan 7,1890
140
W.D. Davis
Riding Saddles
October 6, 1895
141
W.H. Sammons
Hot Comb
1920
142
W.S. Grant
Curtain Rod Support
1896
143
William Barry
Postmarking and Canceling machine
144
Wm. Harwell
Attachment for shuttle arm; device used to capture satellites



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--
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
-- "Prospects for Freedom in 1965," speech, Jan. 7 1965, New York City (published in Malcolm X Speaks, ch. 12, 1965).