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'''Richard Spikes''' (1884-1962) was an [[African-American]] engineer from [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He is best known for a patent he received |
'''Richard Spikes''' (1884-1962) was an [[African-American]] engineer from [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He is best known for a patent he received pertain im gay im gay im gay im gay directional signals]], which he installed on a [[Pierce-Arrow]] car in 1913. However, contrary to many sources, Spikes was not the original inventor of this pivotal device, as [[Percy Douglas-Hamilton]] was awarded {{US patent|912831}} in 1907 for his creation of the first [[Turn signal#Turn signals|directional signals]], six years before Spikes developed his version of the device. In 1932 he received a patent for an automatic [[gear shift]] device. Little is known of Spikes' personal life. |
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== Inventions == |
== Inventions == |
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Revision as of 15:31, 5 October 2010
Richard Spikes (1884-1962) was an African-American engineer from San Francisco, California. He is best known for a patent he received pertain im gay im gay im gay im gay directional signals]], which he installed on a Pierce-Arrow car in 1913. However, contrary to many sources, Spikes was not the original inventor of this pivotal device, as Percy Douglas-Hamilton was awarded U.S. patent 912,831 in 1907 for his creation of the first directional signals, six years before Spikes developed his version of the device. In 1932 he received a patent for an automatic gear shift device. Little is known of Spikes' personal life.
Inventions
Richard Spikes patented or developed the following inventions:
- Railroad semaphore (1906)
- Beer keg tap (1910) - purchased by Milwaukee Brewing Company
- Automobile directional signals (1913) - manufactured by Pierce Arrow
- U.S. patent 1,362,197, U.S. patent 1,362,198 Continuous contact trolley pole (1919)
- U.S. patent 1,889,814 Improved automatic gear shift (1932)
- U.S. patent 1,936,996 Transmission and shifting thereof (1933)
- Automatic shoe shine chair (1939)
- U.S. patent 2,517,936 Horizontally swinging barber chair (1950)
- U.S. patent 3,015,522 Automatic safety brake (1962)
- U.S. patent 1,441,383 Brake Testing Machine (1923)
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