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1991 Death - Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at 87

1983 Event - Cryptographic Communications System and Method (RSA) patented

1980 Event - Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented

1978 Event - 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments

1975 Event - Dog spectacles patented in England

1955 Event - 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell

1945 Event - Microwave oven patented

1945 Event - 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented

1938 Event - Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin

1938 Event - Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin

1937 Event - Plow for laying submarine cable patented

1935 Event - Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy

1932 Event - Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered

1932 Event - Camera exposure meter patented, W. N. Goodwin

1931 Event - Coaxial cable patented

1931 Event - 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard

1930 Event - Check photographing device patented

1929 Birthday - Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall

1928 Event - Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented

1928 Event - 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented

1926 Event - Gas refrigerator patented

1925 Event - Water skis patented by Fred Waller

1924 Event - Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland

1922 Event - Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)

1915 Event - Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude

1913 Event - 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob

1908 Event - Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield

1907 Event - 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee De Forest

1905 Event - Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago

1904 Event - Automobile tire chain patented

1901 Event - H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner

1901 Event - Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot

1899 Event - Lawn mower patented

1899 Event - "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann

1899 Event - Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan

1897 Event - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love

1896 Event - Dial telephone patented

1895 Event - Moving picture projector patented

1894 Event - Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit

1892 Event - Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York

1892 Event - Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company

1892 Event - Diamond Match Co patented book matches

1892 Event - 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City)

1892 Event - Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore)

1891 Event - Electric self-starter for automobile patented

1889 Event - 1st Computer patented

1888 Event - 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C.

1887 Event - Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington D.C.

1886 Event - 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe

1884 Event - Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz

1882 Event - Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, New York City

1882 Event - False teeth patented

1881 Event - Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass)

1880 Event - 1st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio

1880 Event - Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)

1879 Event - 1st automatic telephone switching system patented

1877 Event - Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop

1876 Event - 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan)

1875 Event - Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green

1872 Event - Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin

1871 Event - 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)

1871 Event - Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, New York

1870 Event - Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows

1869 Event - Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, New York

1869 Event - Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison

1869 Event - Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)

1869 Event - 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented

1868 Event - Stapler patented in England by C. H. Gould

1868 Event - Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit

1867 Event - Refrigerated railroad car patented by J. B. Sutherland

1867 Event - 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio

1863 Birthday - Arthur D Little, U.S., chemist, patented rayon

1863 Event - Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane

1863 Event - Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City

1863 Event - 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY

1861 Event - Gatling gun patented

1861 Event - 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale

1861 Event - Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia

1861 Event - Flush toilet patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest!)

1861 Event - Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis

1859 Event - Elevator patented

1858 Event - Pencil with attached eraser patented by Hyman L. Lipman

1858 Event - Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia)

1856 Event - Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio

1855 Event - Bessemer steelmaking process patented

1854 Event - Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)

1853 Event - Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass

1850 Event - Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England

1850 Event - Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York

1849 Event - Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Kentucky

1849 Event - Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100

1845 Event - Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London

1843 Event - Manila paper (made from sails, canvas and rope) patented, Mass

1842 Event - 1st known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C.

1841 Event - Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City)

1841 Event - Samuel Slocum patented the stapler

1841 Event - Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones)

1839 Event - Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia

1837 Event - Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine

1837 Event - 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport

1834 Event - Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine

1834 Event - Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont

1824 Event - Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec

1813 Event - Rubber is patented

1806 Event - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood

1803 Event - Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Pennsylvania

1792 Event - Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented

1776 Birthday - Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric

1766 Event - 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain

1714 Event - Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)

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