Celebrating Black Inventors (Part I & J)

Black Inventor Name: Clifton M. Ingram
Patent #: 1,526,215
Date Patented: 2/10/1925
Item Patented: Railroad crossing flag signal
Patent #: 1,542,776
Date Patented: 6/16/1925
Item Patented: Well drilling tool

Black Inventor Name: Benjamin F. Jackson
Patent #: 599,985
Date Patented: 3/1/1898
Item Patented: Heating apparatus
Patent #: 603,879
Date Patented: 5/10/1898
Item Patented: Matrix drying apparatus
Patent #: 622,482
Date Patented: 4/4/1899
Item Patented: Gas burner
Patent #: 690,730
Date Patented: 1/7/1902
Item Patented: Steam boiler

Black Inventor Name: Harry Jackson
Patent #: 1,865,374
Date Patented: 6/28/1932
Item Patented: Advertising apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Henry A. Jackson
Patent #: 569,135
Date Patented: 10/6/1896
Item Patented: Kitchen table

Black Inventor Name: Norman Jackson
Patent #: 1,384,134
Date Patented: 7/12/1921
Item Patented: Pneumatic tire

Black Inventor Name: Donald E. Jefferson
Patent #: 3,288,068
Date Patented: 11/29/1966
Item Patented: Triggered exploding wire device

Black Inventor Name: Thomas L. Jennings (The first African American patent holder)
Patent #: 3306x
Date Patented: 3/3/1821
Item Patented: Dry scouring

Black Inventor Name: Andrew R. Johnson
Patent #: 3,376,436
Date Patented: 4/2/1968
Item Patented: Precision digital delay circuit

Black Inventor Name: Jack Johnson (The world's first African-American heavyweight champion)
Patent #: 1,413,121
Date Patented: 4/18/1922
Item Patented: Wrench
Patent #: 1,438,709
Date Patented: 12/12/1922
Item Patented: Theft-preventing device for vehicles

Black Inventor Name: Lonnie G. Johnson (inventor of the Super Soaker)
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: Payton Johnson
Patent #: 249,530
Date Patented: 11/15/1881
Item Patented: Swinging chair

Black Inventor Name: Wesley Johnson
Patent #: 627,335
Date Patented: 6/20/1899
Item Patented: Velocipede

Black Inventor Name: Willis Johnson
Patent #: 292,821
Date Patented: 2/5/1884
Item Patented: Egg Beater

Black Inventor Name: Albert A. Jones & Amos E. Long
Patent #: 610,715
Date Patented: 9/13/1898
Item Patented: Caps for bottles, jars, etc.

Black Inventor Name: Felix B. Jones
Patent #: 1,685,673
Date Patented: 9/25/1928
Item Patented: Firearm

Black Inventor Name: Frederick McKinley
Jones
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: Sylvester S. Jones
Patent #: 1,742,862
Date Patented: 1/7/1930
Item Patented: Manicuring device

Black Inventor Name: William B. Jones
Patent #: 2,096,375
Date Patented: 10/19/1937
Item Patented: Dentist apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Marjorie Stewart Joyner (First African American woman patent holder)
Patent #: 1,693,515
Date Patented: 11/27/1928
Item Patented: Permanent waving machine

Black Inventor Name: Percy Lavon Julian
Patent #: various
Date Patented: vaious
Item Patented: various (including synthesized the medicines physostigmine for glaucoma and cortisone for rheumatoid arthritis, invented fire-extinguishing, etc.)

Black Inventor Name: Ernest Just
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: NA
Item Patented: parthenogenesis

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