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- 2. Winters was an African-American abolitionist and inventor who, on May 7, 1878 received U.S. Patent number 203,517 for a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder.
- 5. patented & updated fountain pen design, improvement to the hand stamp, and a close-conduit electric railway system.
- 6. White English architect invented the baby carriage in 1733 for the 3rd Duke of Devonshire's children.
- 7. is credited with improving the design of the fire extinguisher, with a patent issued on March 26, 1872. He invented a system in which water is pumped through pipes in buildings to individual sprinkler heads. The fire-extinguishing sprinkler system has been in use in the United States since 1874.
- 10. Patented an improved mechanical egg beater (U.S. pat# 292,821) on February 5, 1884. In fact, this person had really invented was an early mixing machine and not just an egg beater.
- 11. (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of a wooden golf tee.
- 12. Invented and patented Tunnel Construction for the electric railroad system, and was referred to by some as the "Black Edison." In 1885, he patented an apparatus which was a combination of a telephone and a telegraph. He also demonstrated two of his famous inventions: an electric railway and an electric roller coaster called the Figure Eight.
- 14. Inventor of the Butter Churn and a casket lowering device.
- 15. The first Black heavyweight boxing champion,(U.S. patent #1,413,121) on April 18, 1922 & he patented his 1st wrench in 1835.
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- 1. On 6th October, 1896 the first kitchen table was developed and patented.
- 3. Is an American inventor and engineer who holds more than 120 patents. The inventor of the Super Soaker water gun, which has been among the world's bestselling toys every year since its release. November 2013, Johnson was awarded nearly $73 million in royalties from Hasbro Inc. in arbitration.
- 4. Most notable inventions were the three position traffic signal and smoke hood. The Person also discovered and developed a chemical hair-processing and straightening solution.
- 8. On July 7, 1911 patented a folding chair. According to his patent, he designed his chair to be used in schools, churches, and other auditoriums.
- 9. In 1899,Patented the Baby Buggy.
- 13. In 1947, created the first aluminum folding chair with fabric strapping for the seat and back. By 1957, the ______ ________ Company of Brooklyn, New York, was manufacturing more than 14,000 chairs per day. Today, the folding chair is mostly made of hard plastic or metal or wood.