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FBA INVENTORS AND THEIR US PATENTED REVOLUTIONARY INVENTIONS

1. Thomas L. Jennings (1791 – 1856) – Dry scouring

2. Judy Reed (1826 – 1905) – Dough kneader and roller

3. Benjamin Banneker (1731 – 1806) – Striking wall clock and almanacs

4. James Forten (1766 – 1842) – Ship sails handle

5. George Peake (1722 – 1827) – Hand mill for grinding corn

6. Andrew J. Beard (1849 – 1921) – Jenny coupler

7. Henry Blair (1807 – 1860) – Corn seed planter

8. Hugh M. Browne (1851 – 1923) – Sewer Backflow Preventer

9. George Washington Carver (1864 – 1943) – Crop rotation techniques

10. Shelby Davidson (1868 – 1930) – Paper rewinding device

11. Lewis Latimer (1848 – 1928) – Carbon filament for light bulb

12. Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852 – 1889) – Shoe lasting machine

13. George Washington Murray (1853 – 1926) – Furrow opener

14. John Parker (1827 – 1900) – Tobacco press

15. Norbert Rillieux (1806 -1894) – Vacuum evaporator for sugar refinery

16. Samuel Scottron (1843 – 1905) – Dual-adjustable mirror for barbershop

17. Lewis Temple (1800 – 1854) – Whaling harpoon

18. Sarah Breedlove Walker (1867 – 1919) – Hot comb and pomade

19. Granville T. Woods (1856 – 1910) – Telegraphony and railway telegraph

20. Elijah McCoy (1844 – 1929) – Lubricating cup for trains

21. William Harry Barnes (1887 – 1945) – Hypophyscope

22. Leonidas Berry – Eder-Palmer biopsy gastrocope

23. Billy Blanks (1955 – present) – Tae Bo fitness program

24. Bessie Blount Griffin (1914 – 2009) – Portable receptacle support

25. Otis Boykin (1920 -1982) – Electronic resistors for guided missiles

26. George Carruthers (1939 – 2020) – Far ultraviolet camera and spectrograph

27. Michael Croslin (1933 – 1989) – Blood and pulse monitoring device

28. Meredith Charles Gourdine (1929 – 1998) – Electradyne spray gun and incineraid

29. Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911-1992) – Weather-resistant cable coating

30. Elmer Samuel Imes – Spectrometers

31. Lonnie Johnson (1949 – present) – Super soaker

32. Frederick McKinley Jones (1893 – 1961) – Roof-mounted refrigeration for vehicle

33. Marjorie Stewart Joyner (1896 – 1994) – Permanent hair-waving machine

34. Percy Lavon Julian (1899 – 1975) – Aero-foam

35. John King (1925 – 2000) – Sonic transducer

36. Garrett Morgan (1877 – 1963) – Gas mask and traffic signal

37. James Parsons Jr. (1900 -1989) – Iron alloy

38. Edwin Roberts Russell (1913 – 1996) – Separation of plutonium from uranium

39. Earl Shaw (1937 -present) – Laser beam power adjustment

40. Dox Thrash (1896 – 1965) – Carborundum

41. Moses Fleetwood (“Fleet”) Walker (1856 – 1924) – Artillery shell

42. Sarah Boone (1847 – 1904) – Improved ironing board

43. Mary Van Brittan Brown (1922 – 1999) – Home Camera Security System

44. Alexander Miles – Automatic elevator doors

45. James E. West (1931 – present) – Electret microphone

46. Mark Dean (1956 – present) – Color monitor, Gigahertz chip, IBM PC

47. Patricia Bath (1942 – 2019) – Cataract Laserphaco probe

48. Benjamin Boardley (1830 – 1904) – Steam engine for ships

49. Henry Brown (1800s) – Safe deposit box

50. Alfred L. Cralle (1866 – 1920) – Ice cream scoop

51. Mary Jones DeLeon (1838 – 1914) – Steam table

52. Ellen Eglin (1836 – 1916) – Improved clothes ringer

53. Sarah E. Goode (1855 – 1905)– Folding cabinet bed

54. George Franklin Grant (1846 – 1910) – Golf tee

55. Lloyd Hall (1894 – 1971) – Vitamin concentrate, antioxidant salt, asphalt emulsion

56. Betty Wright Harris (1940 – present) – TATB spot test

57. Benjamin Montgomery (1819 – 1877) – Shallow water steam propeller

58. Lyda Newman (1885 – unknown) – Synthetic hairbrush

59. Valerie Thomas (1943 – present) – Illusion transmitter

60. Joseph R. Winters (1824 – 1916) – Fire escape ladder

61. George Crum (1824 – 1914) – Potato chips

62. George Alcorn (1940 – present) – X-ray spectrometer

63. Charles Drew (1904 – 1950) – Blood banks

64. Jane C. Wright (1919 – 2013) – Cancer treatment

65. Janet Emerson Bashen – LinkLine software

66. Leonard C. Bailey (1825 – 1918) – Truss-and-bandage

67. Alice Augusta Ball (1892 – 1916) – Leprosy treatment injection

68. Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (1912 – 2006) – Sanitary belt

69. Marian Croak (1955 – present) – VoIP technology

70. Henry T. Sampson (1934 -2015) – Gamma-electric cell

71. David N. Crosthwait (1898 – 1976) – Heating systems

72. Charles Brooks (1800s) – Street sweeper

73. Jack Johnson (1878 – 1946) – Wrench

74. Joseph Lee (1848 – 1908) – Bread crumb machine

75. Lloyd Ray (1860 – 1940) – Dustpan

76. Joseph Dickinson (1855 – 1936) – Roller mechanism for sheet music

77. Matthew Cherry (1800s) – Street car fender

78. Miriam E. Benjamin (1861 – 1947) – Gong and signal chair

79. Richard Bowie Spikes (1878 – 1965) – Automatic safety brake

80. Robert Pelham (1859 – 1943) – Improved tallying machine, pasting apparatus

81. Thomas Mensah (1950 – present) – Improved fiber optics manufacturing

82. Thomas Stewart (1823 – 1890) – Mop

83. Thomas Elkins (1818 – 1900) – Refrigeration

84. Willis Johnson (1947 – present) – Rotary egg beater

85. John Lee Love (1889 -1931) – Portable pencil sharpener

86. Henry Falkener (1924 – 1981) – Ventilated shoes

87. Albert C. Richardson (1868 – 1932) – Casket lowering device

88. Daniel McCree (1800s) – Wooden portable fire escape

89. Benjamin Thornton (1800s) – Voice message recorder

90. David A. Fisher, Jr. (1800s) – Improved joiner clamps and furniture caster

91. Edward R. Lewis (1800s) – Spring gun

92. Joseph Hawkins (1800s) – Improved gridiron

93. Alexander P. Ashbourne (1820 -1915) – A method for refining coconut oil

94. William Binga (1800s) – Apparatus for street sprinkling system

95. James A. Sweeting (1800s) – Mechanical cigarette roller

96. Robert R. Reynolds (1800s) – Design for non-refillable bottle caps

97. William B. Purvis (1838 – 1914) – Improved fountain pen

98. Kerrie Holley (1954 – present) – Mobile device finder system

99. John White (1857 – 1937) – Lemon squeezer

100. Washington Martin (1800s) – Lock

101. Henrietta M. Bradberry (1903 -1979) – Torpedo discharge means

FBA REVOLUTIONARY INVENTIONS AND THEIR FBA INVENTORS:

DAILY LIFE & APPLICANCES:aily Life & Appliances:

Traffic Light: Garrett Morgan

Gas Mask: Garrett Morgan

Automatic Elevator Doors: Alexander Miles

Home Security System: Marie Van Brittan Brown

Super Soaker: Lonnie Johnson

Ice Cream Scooper: Alfred L. Cralle

Folding Bed: L.C. Bailey

Biscuit Cutter: Alexander P. Ashbourne

MEDICAL & CHEMICAL:

Blood Bank System: Charles Drew

Haircare Products/Formula: Annie Malone

Apparatus for Cooling & Disinfecting: Lewis Latimer

TECHNOLOGY & ELECTRONICS:

Electronic Control Devices for Guided Missiles: Otis Boykin

Home Video Game Console: Gerald Lawson

Carbon Filament (Lightbulb): Lewis Howard Latimer

Resistors for Computers/Radios: Otis Boykin

IBM Computer Monitor & Storage Device: Mark Dean

Telephone Transmitter: Granville T. Woods

TRANSPORTATION & AUTOMOTIVE:

Automobile Gear Shift: Richard Spikes

Railway Telegraph System: Granville T. Woods

Airplane Propelling Device: N.A.R. Johnson

Train Bathroom Design: Lewis Latimer

SAFETY & INDUSTRIAL:

Fire Escape Ladder: Joseph Winters

Lubricating Cup (Engine): Elijah McCoy

Coin Changer: J.A. Smith

Letter Box: Paul L. Dowling