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Walter H. Sammons

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Black history inventors are listed alphabetically: use the A to Z index bar to navigate and select or just browse the many listings. Each listing has the name of the black inventor followed by the patent number(s) which is the unique number assigned to an invention when a patent is issued, the date the patent was issued, and a description of the invention as written by the inventor. If available, links are provided to in-depth articles, biographies, illustrations and photos on each individual inventor or patent. How to submit to the database.

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Walter H Sammons

Adolphus Samms

  • #3,000,179, 9/19/1961, Rocket engine pump feed system
  • #3,199,455, 8/10/1965, Multiple stage rocket
  • #3,257,089, 6/21/1966, Emergency release for extraction chute
  • #3,310,938, 3/28/1967, Rocket motor fuel feed

George T Sampson

  • #312,388[/link], 2/17/1885, Sled propeller
  • #476,416, 6/7/1892, Clothes drier

Henry Thomas Sampson

  • #3,140,210, 7/7/1964, Binder system for propellants and explosives
  • #3,212,256, 10/19/1965, Case bonding system for cast composite propellants
  • #3,591,860, 7/6/1971, Gamma-Electrical Cell, (co-inventor George H Miley, this patent is not for cell phone tecnology)

Dewey S C Sanderson

  • #3,522,011, 7/28/1970, Urinalysis machine

Ralph W Sanderson

  • #3,362,742, 1/9/1968, Hydraulic shock absorber

Richard L Saxton

  • #4,392,028, 7/5/1983, Pay telephone with sanitized tissue dispenser

Virginia Scharschmidt

  • #1,708,594, 4/9/1929, Safety window cleaning device

Henry Scott

  • #4,881,528, 11/21/1989, Spinal traction and support unit used while seated

Howard L Scott

  • #3,568,685, 3/9/1971, Treating human, animal and synthetic hair with a waterproofing composition

J C Scott

  • #D 212,334, 10/1/1968, Shadow box

Linzy Scott

  • #4,275,716, 6/30/1981, Knee brace

Robert P Scott

  • #524,223, 8/7/1894, Corn silker

Samuel R Scottron

  • #224,732, 2/17/1880, Adjustable window cornice
  • #270,851, 1/16/1883, Cornice
  • #349,525, 9/21/1886, Pole tip
  • #481,720, 8/30/1892, Curtain rod
  • #505,008, 9/12/1893, Supporting bracket
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