African American inventions

[thewiz]

I don't know if this thread has been made but there have been a lot of inventions created by African Americans that have gone unnoticed even though they have made a huge impact in our every day lives or influenced future innovations smh.. here's some inventions from Richard Spikes.. feel free to add more

• railroad semaphore (1906)
• automatic car washer (1913)
• automobile directional signals (1913)
• beer keg tap (1910)
• self-locking rack for billiard cues (1910)
• continuous contact trolley pole (1919)
• combination milk bottle opener and cover (1926)
• method and apparatus for obtaining average samples and temperature of tank liquids (1931)
• automatic gear shift (1932)
• transmission and shifting thereof (1933)
• automatic shoe shine chair (1939)
• multiple barrel machine gun (1940)
• horizontally swinging barber chair (1950)
• automatic safety brake (1962)

 

[Milk N Cookies]

Oh wait unnoticed... Never mind


Wait, didn't Garett Morgan invent the gas mask?

 

[thewiz]

Oh wait unnoticed... Never mind


Wait, didn't Garett Morgan invent the gas mask?

I forgot who invented the gas mask but they were definitely African American

 

[Michael9100]

can't wait to be on that list

 

[Milk N Cookies]

can't wait to be on that list

What are u trying to invent or innovate?

 

[Michael9100]

What are u trying to invent or innovate?

A device that reduces street flooding

 

[Milk N Cookies]

A device that reduces street flooding

sounds like a plan

 

[Samori Toure]

Potato Chips
Open Heart Surgery
Light Bulb
traffic lights
7 Things We Would NOT Have Without Black People

Refrigeration systems (refrigerators)
Shoe soles
Sugar refining machinery
X-Ray Spectrometer
Telephone
A form of laser eye surgery
Electrical Resistor for electronic devices.
Top 10 African American Inventors - Listverse

 

[MikeyC]

Peanut Butter.

 

[CriticalThought]

I forgot who invented the gas mask but they were definitely African American

Garrett Morgan if memory serves.

Blood transfusion. But African Americans never did anything, you got lucky and got a free ride over here..

 

[Samori Toure]

Garrett Morgan if memory serves.

Blood transfusion. But African Americans never did anything, you got lucky and got a free ride over here..

Yup.

Invented: Gas mask, and a type of traffic light

Garrett Morgan was an inventor and businessman from Cleveland who invented a device called the Morgan safety hood and smoke protector in 1914. On July 25, 1916, Garrett Morgan made national news for using his gas mask to rescue 32 men trapped during an explosion in an underground tunnel 250 feet beneath Lake Erie. Morgan and a team of volunteers donned the new “gas masks” and went to the rescue. After the rescue, Morgan’s company received requests from fire departments around the country who wished to purchase the new masks. The Morgan gas mask was later refined for use by U.S. Army during World War I. In 1914, Garrett Morgan was awarded a patent for a Safety Hood and Smoke Protector. After witnessing a collision between an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage, Garrett Morgan took his turn at inventing a traffic signal. Other inventors had experimented with, marketed, and even patented traffic signals, however, Garrett Morgan was one of the first to apply for and acquire a U.S. patent for an inexpensive to produce traffic signal.

 

[thewiz]

The Blood Bank
Inventor: Charles Richard Drew M.D. (1904-1950)

Dr. Drew was a medical doctor and surgeon who created the idea of a blood bank and a system for the long-term preservation of blood plasma. His doctoral dissertation at Columbia University covered the condition of blood stored in blood banks and the method of storing blood as plasma to increase storage life. He later supervised the blood-plasma division of New York City's Blood Transfusion Association, which was involved in collecting blood for the British Army. When America went to war in 1941, Dr. Drew was named as director of the blood bank for the National Research Council, collecting blood for the U.S. army and navy, and setting the groundwork for the Red Cross collecting and banking procedures. The storage of blood in plasma form has saved many lives since Dr. Drew brought the process forward in the 1930s.

 

[How Sway?]

I think the PC was invented by a black man (mark dean)

not an invention but the 1st open heart surgery was done by a black man

the light bulb quiet as kept was invented by a black man

the fastest super computer was also invented by a black man

 

[Fox]

George Washington Carver - Agriculture Innovation
Benjamin Banneker - Helped design washington d.c. and the first to track the 17 year locust cycle.

Banneker was the first scientist to study the relativity of time and space, and his revelations on the topic preceded Einstein's Theory of Relativity by two centuries. Banneker was the first to disclose in his writings that the Star of Sirius is two stars rather than one. His hypothesis was not confirmed until the event of the Hubble Telescope two centuries later at NASA.

Jesse E. Russell - Cellular Telecommunications
Lonnie Johnson - Lithium Air Battery
David Crosthwait - HVAC Technology
Slaves - Cotton Gin... everybody knows the slaves used a device similar to the cotton gin, eli whitney just improved on the invention and took the credit since they weren't allowed patents.

 

[thewiz]

George Washington Carver - Agriculture Innovation
Benjamin Banneker - Helped design washington d.c. and the first to track the 17 year locust cycle.

Jesse E. Russell - Cellular Telecommunications
Lonnie Johnson - Lithium Air Battery
David Crosthwait - HVAC Technology
Slaves - Cotton Gin... everybody knows the slaves used a device similar to the cotton gin, eli whitney just improved on the invention and took the credit since they weren't allowed patents.

Damn I didn't know bout Russell, Johnson, and crosthwrait.. good looks