Product

Inventor

Date

Air conditioning unit

Frederick M. Jones

July 12, 1949

Almanac

Benjamin Banneker

1791

Auto cut-off switch

Granville T. Woods

January 1, 1889

Auto fishing devise

G. Cook

May 30, 1899

automatic air brake

g. t. woods

June 10, 1902

Automatic gear shift 

Richard Spikes

December 6, 1932

Baby buggy

W. H. Richardson

June 18, 1899

Bicycle frame

i. R. Johnson 

October 10, 1899

Biscuit cutter 

A.P. Ashbourne

November 30, 1875

Bottle

A. C. Richardson

December 12, 1899

Bottle caps

Jones & Long

September 13, 1898

bridge safety gauges 

h. h. reynolds

October 7, 1890

bridle bit

l. f. brown

October 25, 1892

casket lowering device

a. c. richardson

November 13, 1894

Cellular phone 

Henry T. Sampson 

July 6, 1971

Chamber commode

T. Elkins

January 9, 1872

cistern cleaners

r. h. grey

April 9, 1895

Clothes dryer

G. T. Sampson

June 7, 1892

Computer keyboard stand

J. Hardin

February 23, 1993

coconut oil refining

a. p. ashbourne

July 27, 1880

Curtain rod

S. R. SCOTTRON

August 30, 1892

Curtain rod support

William S. Grant

August 4, 1896

Door stop

O. Dorsey 

December 10, 1878

Dust pan

Lawrence P. Ray 

August 3, 1897

Egg beater

Willie Johnson

February 5, 1884

Electric lamp

Latimer 7 nichols

Sept. 13,  1881

electric rail trolly

e.r. robinson

September 19, 1893

Elevator

Alexander Miles 

October 11, 1887

Eye protector

P. Johnson 

November 2, 1880

Fire escape ladder

j.b. winters

May 7, 1878

Fire extinguisher

T. Marshall

May 26, 1872

Folding bed

C. Bailey 

July 18, 1899

Fountain pen

W. B. Purvis

January 7, 1890

Furniture caster

D. A. Fisher 

March 14, 1876

gas burner

B. F. Jackson

April 4, 1899

Gas mask

Garrett Morgan

October 13, 1914

gauge

E. H. Holmes

November 12, 1895

Golf tee 

G. F. Grant 

December 12, 1899

Guitar

Robert F. Flemming, Jr.

March 3, 1886

Hair brush

Lydia O. Newman 

November 15,1898

hammock & stretcher

c. v. richey

December 13, 1893

Hand stamp

Walter B. Purvis

February 27, 1883

heatng apparatus

B. F. Jackson

March 1, 1898

Horseshoe

J. Ricks 

March 30, 1886

Ice cream scooper

A. L. Cralle

February 2, 1897

Insect-destroyer gun

A. C. Richardsom

February 28, 1899

ironing board

s. boone

April 26, 1892

kitchen table

h. a. jackson

October 6, 1896

kneading machine

j. lee

August 7, 1895

lawnmower

j. a.burr

May 9, 1899

lemon squeezer

j. t. white

December 8, 1886

library table

w. davis, jr.

September 24, 1878

lock

w. a. martin

July 23, 1889

lubricator

e. j. mc coy

June 16, 1885

luggage carrier

j. w. butts

October 10, 1899

motor

j. gregory

April 26, 1887

nailing machine

j. e. matzelier

February 25, 1896

oil cup

e. j. mc coy

November 15, 1898

oil stove

j. standard

October 29, 1889

pencil sharpener

j. l. love

November 23, 1897

photo embossing machine

c. j. dorticus

April 16, 1895

photo print wash

c. j. dorticus

April 23, 1895

portable scales

j. h. hunter

November 3, 1896

printing press

w. a. lavalette

September 17, 1878

propeller for vessels

g. toliver

April 28, 1891

railroad switch

c. v. richey

August 3, 1897

railway signal

a. b. blackburn

January 10, 1888

refigerator

j. standard

July 14, 1891

registers

a. f. hilyer

October 14, 1890

riding saddles

w. d. davis

October 6,1896

rotary engine

a. j. beard

July 5, 1892

shampoo headrest

c. o. bailiff

October 11, 1898

shoe lasting machine

j. e. matzeliger

September 22, 1891

shutter & fastening

j. cooper

May 1, 1883

snow melting apparatus

f. j. ferrell

May 27, 1890

sprinkler for lawns

j. w. Smith

May 4, 1897

steam boiler furnace

g. t. woods

June 3, 1884

Stove

T. A. Carrington  

July 25, 1876

Straightening comb

Madam C. J. Walker

Approx 1905

street car fender

m. a. cherry

January 1, 1895

street letter box

p. b. downing

October 27, 1891

street sprinkling

m. w. binga

July 22, 1879

Street sweeper 

Charles B. Brooks

March 17, 1896

sugar evaporating pan

norbert rillieux

December 10, 1846

telePhone transmitter

Granville T. Woods

December 2, 1884

Thermostat control

Frederick M. Jones

February 23, 1960

ticket dispensing mac.

frederick m. jones

June 27, 1939

Traffic light

Garrett Morgan

November 20, 1923

train alarm

r. a. butler

June 15, 1897

umbrella stand

w. c. carter

August 4, 1885

wagon

j. w. west

October 18, 1870