Black Inventors and Their Inventions

Automatic cutoff switch

Granville T. Woods

October 14, 1890

Automatic fishing reel

Automatic cutoff switch

George Cook

May 30, 1899

Automatic gear shift

Automatic cutoff switch

Automatic shoemaking machine

Richard Spikes

December 6, 1932

Automatic shoemaking machine

Jan Matzeliger

March 20, 1883

Baby carriage

Automatic shoemaking machine

Baby carriage

William H. Richardson

June 18, 1899

Bicycle frame

Automatic shoemaking machine

Baby carriage

Isaac R. Johnson

October 10, 1899

Biscuit cutter

Casket lowering device

Bottle & Jar Caps

Alexander P. Ashbourne

November 30, 1875

Bottle & Jar Caps

Casket lowering device

Bottle & Jar Caps

Amos Long & Albert Jones

September 13, 1898

Casket lowering device

Albert C. Richardson

November 13, 1894

Clothes dryer

Casket lowering device

George T. Sampson

June 7, 1892

Curtain rod

Samuel R. Scottron

August 30, 1892

Curtain rod support

William S. Grant

August 4, 1896

Doorstop

Osborne Dorsey

December 10, 1878

Dustpan

Doorstop

Lloyd P. Ray

August 3, 1897

Egg beater

Doorstop

Electric lamp

Willie Johnson

February 5, 1884

Electric lamp

Lewis Latimer

September 13, 1881

Elevator

Electric lamp

Eye Protector

Alexander Miles

October 11, 1887

Eye Protector

Electric lamp

Eye Protector

Powell Johnson

November 2, 1880

Fire escape ladder

Joseph Winters

May 7, 1878

Folding bed

Fire escape ladder

Leonard C. Bailey

July 18, 1899

Fountain pen

Fire escape ladder

Furniture caster

William B. Purvis

January 7, 1890

Furniture caster

Gamma electric cell (for Mobile devices)

Furniture caster

David A. Fisher

March 14, 1876

Gamma electric cell (for Mobile devices)

Henry T. Sampson

July 6, 1971

Gas burner

Gamma electric cell (for Mobile devices)

Benjamin F. Jackson

April 4, 1899

Gas mask

Garrett Morgan

October 13, 1914

Golf tee

Gas mask

George Grant

December 12, 1899

Guitar

Gas mask

Hairbrush

Robert F. Flemming Jr.

March 30, 1886

Hairbrush

Hair care products

Hairbrush

Lyda D. Newman

November 15, 1898

Hair care products

Madam C.J. Walker

1906

Hot comb

Hair care products

Walter H. Sammons

December 21, 1920

Hand stamp

Home Security system

William B. Purvis

February 27, 1883

Home Security system

Marie Brown

December 2, 1969

Ice cream scooper

Home Security system

Ice cream scooper

Alfred L. Cralle

February 2, 1897

Insect destroyer

Ice cream scooper

Albert. C. Richardson

February 28, 1899

Ironing board

Insect destroyer

Ironing board

Sarah Boone

April 26, 1892

Lantern

Insect destroyer

Ironing board

Michael C. Harney

August 19, 1884

Lawn sprinkler

Joseph H. Smith

March 22, 1898

Lemon squeezer

Lawn sprinkler

John T. White

December 8, 1896

Letter box

Lawn sprinkler

Lubricating cup

Philip B. Downing

October 27, 1891

Lubricating cup

Elijah McCoy

November 15, 1898

Mop

Lubricating cup

Peanut Oil

Thomas W. Stewart

June 13, 1893

Peanut Oil

Lubricating cup

Peanut Oil

George Washington Carver

January 6, 1925

Pencil sharpener

Portable air conditioning unit

John L. Love

November 23, 1897

Portable air conditioning unit

Frederick M. Jones

July 12, 1949

PROGRAMMABLE REMOTE

Portable air conditioning unit

PROGRAMMABLE REMOTE

Joseph N. Jackson

October 14, 1980

Refrigerator

Shampoo headrest

PROGRAMMABLE REMOTE

John Standard

July 14, 1891

Riding saddle

Shampoo headrest

William D. Davis

October 6, 1896

Shampoo headrest

Charles O. Bailiff

October 11, 1898

Street sweeper

Thermostat Control

Street sweeper

Charles B. Brooks

April 21, 1896

Super soaker

Thermostat Control

Street sweeper

Lonnie Johnson

May 27, 1986

Thermostat Control

Toilet (Chamber Commode)

Frederick M. Jones

February 23, 1960

Toilet (Chamber Commode)

Thomas Elkins

January 9, 1872

Traffic light signal

Toilet (Chamber Commode)

Traffic light signal

Garrett Morgan

November 20, 1923

Window cleaner

Toilet (Chamber Commode)

Traffic light signal

Anthony L. Lewis

September 27, 1892

Wrench

Joseph J. Johnson

August 26, 1924