Celebrating Black Inventors (Part W)

Black Inventor Name: Madame C. J. Walker
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 1905
Item Patented: Method of softening hair

Black Inventor Name: Lucius M. Walker Jr.
Patent #: 3,478,764
Date Patented: 11/18/1969
Item Patented: Laminar fluid NOR element

Black Inventor Name: Peter Walker
Patent #: 577,153
Date Patented: 2/16/1897
Item Patented: Machine for cleaning seed cotton
Patent #: 600,241
Date Patented: 3/8/1898
Item Patented: Bait holder

Black Inventor Name: Joseph W. Waller
Patent #: 224,253
Date Patented: 2/3/1880
Item Patented: Shoemaker-s cabinet or bench

Black Inventor Name: Ulysses S. Walton
Patent #: 2,314,674
Date Patented: 3/23/1943
Item Patented: Denture

Black Inventor Name: Richard Warren
Patent #: 1,619,900
Date Patented: 3/8/1927
Item Patented: Display rack

Black Inventor Name: Wade Washington
Patent #: 283,173
Date Patented: 8/4/1883
Item Patented: Corn husking machine

Black Inventor Name: Rufus J. Weaver
Patent #: 3,411,598
Date Patented: 11/19/1968
Item Patented: Stairclimbing wheelchair

Black Inventor Name: Henry C. Webb
Patent #: 483,971
Date Patented: 10/4/1892
Item Patented: Saw Attachment

Black Inventor Name: James Edward West
Patent #: 3,945,112
Date Patented: 3/26/1976
Item Patented: Technique for fabrication of foil electret
Patent #: 4,248,808
Date Patented: 2/3/1981
Item Patented: Technique for removing surface and volume charges from thin high polymer films
Patent #: 4,802,227
Date Patented: 1/31/1989
Item Patented: Noise reduction processing arrangement for microphone arrays

Black Inventor Name: Daniel L. White
Patent #: 574,969
Date Patented: 1/12/1897
Item Patented: Extension step for cars

Black Inventor Name: John Thomas White
Patent #: 572,849
Date Patented: 12/8/1896
Item Patented: Lemon squeezer

Black Inventor Name: Jerome L. Wicks
Patent #: 4,325,203
Date Patented: 4/20/1982
Item Patented: Patio door and window guard system invention

Black Inventor Name: Joseph S. Wiles
Patent #: 3,538,916
Date Patented: 11/10/1970
Item Patented: Injection pistol

Black Inventor Name: Daniel Hale Williams
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 7/9/1893
Item Patented: Internal surgery

Black Inventor Name: James P. Williams
Patent #: 634,784
Date Patented: 10/10/1899
Item Patented: Pillow sham holder

Black Inventor Name: Paul E. Williams
Patent #: 3,065,933
Date Patented: 11/27/1962
Item Patented: Helicopter design

Black Inventor Name: Robert M. Williams
Patent #: 5,171,523
Date Patented: 12/15/1992
Item Patented: Method and apparatus for disinfecting objects

Black Inventor Name: Frank Winn
Patent #: 394,047
Date Patented: 12/4/1888
Item Patented: Direct acting steam engine

Black Inventor Name: Joseph R. Winters
Patent #: 203,517
Date Patented: 5/7/1878
Item Patented: Fire escape ladder
Patent #: 214,224
Date Patented: 4/8/1879
Item Patented: Improvement in fire escape ladders

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