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