Madeline Turner
Madeline M. Turner was an American inventor. She invented Turner's Fruit-Press, which paved the way for further development of the fruit press. She was granted U.S. patent 1,180,959 in April 25, 1916 and exhibited her invention at the Panama–California Exposition.[1]
Turner lived in Oakland, California. Her fruit press allowed fruit to be pushed into an opening and cut in half. The fruit would be shifted between different plates until juiced. The press resembled a form of an assembly line.[2][3] The fruit press was called "ingenious" by a patent review committee member.[4]
Early life
Turner was born in California.[5]
Inventions
Turner was granted a patent for her fruit press in 1916. Since then at least 7 other patents from 1948 - 2014 have cited her patent.[6]
References
- ^ ""Along the Color Line Education"". The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races. 12 (3). New York, NY: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: 117. July 1, 1916. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ "Madeline M. Turner". Food Production and Processing. California State University. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ David M. Foy (2 February 2012). Great Discoveries and Inventions by African-Americans: Fourth Edition. AuthorHouse. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4685-2435-2.
- ^ Autumn Stanley (1995). Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Rutgers University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8135-2197-8.
- ^ Montague, Charlotte (2018-06-05). Women of Invention: Life-Changing Ideas by Remarkable Women. Book Sales. ISBN 9780785835004.
- ^ Fruit-press., retrieved 2019-03-26
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