Automatic Clothes Dryer

George T. Sampson

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1861

Birthplace

Palmyra, New York

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George T. Sampson

George T. Sampson was an African-American inventor best known for his early patent of the automatic clothes dryer in 1892.

Sampson’s clothes dryer, U.S. No. US476416, was a frame that suspended clothing above a stove so that it dried more quickly. Prior to Sampson’s invention, clothes dryers were being invented in England and France in the form of ventilators, which were essentially barrels with holes in them. The barrels would be turned by hand over a fire. Sampson’s invention was also a ventilator, but it eliminated the need for an open flame and used frames instead of a barrel. George T. Sampson is credited for paving the way to more modern clothes dryers. Electrical clothes dryers did not appear until around 1915, and the Hamilton Manufacturing Company produced the first fully automatic dryer in 1938.

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Automatic Clothes Dryer

George T. Sampson

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George T. Sampson was an African-American inventor best known for his early patent of the automatic clothes dryer in 1892.

Sampson’s clothes dryer, U.S. No. US476416, was a frame that suspended clothing above a stove so that it dried more quickly. Prior to Sampson’s invention, clothes dryers were being invented in England and France in the form of ventilators, which were essentially barrels with holes in them. The barrels would be turned by hand over a fire. Sampson’s invention was also a ventilator, but it eliminated the need for an open flame and used frames instead of a barrel. George T. Sampson is credited for paving the way to more modern clothes dryers. Electrical clothes dryers did not appear until around 1915, and the Hamilton Manufacturing Company produced the first fully automatic dryer in 1938.

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Born – 1861 Birthplace – Palmyra, New York U.S. Patent(s)US476416 Source(s)Prezi