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Lee patented two machines for the food service industry.
The "Love Sharpener" was designed by African American John Lee Love. Love's invention is the very simple and portable pencil sharpener that many artists use today.
Black inventor, Jan Matzeliger invented an automatic method for lasting shoes, which made the mass production of affordable shoes possible.
Black inventor, Elijah McCoy is best known for having invented the automatic oil cup. During his life, McCoy invented and sold 57 different kinds of devices and machine parts, including an ironing board and a lawn sprinkler. His first patent was for a lubricator for steam engines ( US #129,843), which was issued on July 12th, 1872.
Invented an improved elevator.
Morgan invented a gas mask, a traffic signal, and several other inventions.
African American, Lyda Newman patented a new and improved brush.
Alice Parker invented a new and improved gas heating furnace.
Traverse Benjamin Pinn invented an improved file holder.
Invented several inventions including an improved fountain pen.
African American, Lloyd Ray patented a new and useful improvement in dust pans.
Cordell Reed improved nuclear electric power.
Black inventor, Louis Roberts' research interests focused on microwave and optical techniques and components, plasma research, solid state component and circuit development.
Rillieux invented the sugar processing evaporator.
Invented an improved comb.
Invented a gamma-electrical cell.
NASA engineer Jerry Shelby invented an engine protection system for a recoverable rocket booster.
Patented or developed many inventions.
An improved refrigerator design was patented by African American inventor John Standard
Stewart invented an improved mop, metal bender, and railroad crossing indicator.
Rufus Stokes invented a exhaust purifier and an air pollution control device.
The toggle iron harpoon was designed in 1848 by Lewis Temple, an African American blacksmith, this was the standard harpoon in American whaling from the mid-19th through the early 20th centuries.
Received a patent in 1980 for inventing an illusion transmitter.
Invented lingo programming used in Macromedia Director and Shockwave.
African American inventor and GM engineer Patrick Usoro is a prolific patent holder
Madame Walker was a St. Louis washerwoman-turned-entrepreneur. Walker invented a method to soften and smooth African American hair in 1905.
Black inventor, James West holds 47 U.S. and more than 200 foreign patents on microphones and techniques for making polymer foil-electrets.
African American inventor John Thomas White patented a lemon squeezer in 1896.
Doctor Daniel Hale Williams was a pioneer in open heart surgery.
Patented the fire escape ladder.
African American, Granville Woods invented improvements to electric railways, air brakes, the telephone and the telegraph. He invented a chicken egg incubator and an apparatus for an amusement park ride.
Photos of the inventions of Granville Woods.
Invented the "The Hamster Workout Wheel", a small animal exercise wheel that records your pet's mileage or wheel revolutions.
Several black inventors are discussed in this Invention Dimension article.
Socially significant personal care items invented by African American female inventors are discussed in this Invention Dimension article.
This is a great place to search for all kinds of facts about African American history including black inventors.
Five black inventors are profiled in this article: Granville Woods, Lewis Latimer, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Morgan, Frederick Jones, and Jan Ernst Matzeliger.
From the Black Collegian Online, this article highlights several noteworthy African American inventors.
George Carruthers first major contribution to science was to lead the team that invented the far ultraviolet camera spectrograph used for the Apollo 16 mission to the moon.
Inventor Tom Bray's inventions are used in the passenger rail mass transit industry.
Inventor DeWayne McCulley led the research to create DocuTech software for Xerox, however, it is his research into Diabetes and how his job at Xerox encouraged him that is the amazing story.