Cream-Filled

Cornets

Cream-Filled Cornets • The cream-filled cornet was invented at

the 1904 for the World's Fair and soon was offered at the great expositions

• Soon a patent was written and the cream-filled cornets soon became known as waffle cones.

• This wonderful treat would eventually become one on the world leading deserts and was given the official name the ice cream cone.

Fairy Floss

Fairy Floss • It was invented in 1897 by William

Morrison and John C. Wharton, candy makers from Nashville, Tennessee.

• They invented a device that heated sugar in a spinning bowl that had tiny holes in it. It formed a treat that they originally called Fairy Floss.

• As the bowl spun around, the caramelized sugar was forced through the tiny holes, making feathery candy that melts in the mouth.

• The term "cotton candy" began to be used for this treat during expositions.

Carpet Sweeper

Carpet Sweeper • Originally developed to

preserve Melville’s health by sweeping away the dust, the Bissell's soon recognized the sweeper’s market potential.

• While production was underway, Mr. Bissell was on the road selling his new invention and demonstrating the carpet sweeper at expositions.

• To demonstrate, he threw a handful of dirt onto a carpet while his prospective customer watched the dirt disappear into the clanging contraption.

• This handy invention would soon be rename the Whirlwind. Today we know it as a vacuum cleaner.

Gillette Razors

Gillette Razors • In 1895, King C. Gillette suddenly had a

brilliant idea while shaving one morning.

• It was an entirely new razor and blade that flashed in his mind—a razor with a safe, inexpensive, and disposable blade.

• technical experts told Gillette that it would be impossible to produce steel that was hard, thin, and inexpensive enough for commercial development of the disposable razor blade

• However, Mr. Gillette found an investor who began to fund his project. It was shown at expositions through out the United States.

Centrifugal Refrigeration

Machine

Centrifugal

Refrigeration Machine • In 1921, Willis Haviland Carrier patented

the centrifugal refrigeration machine. The

centrifugal chiller was the first practical

method of air

• Carrier designed a compressor and the

result was a safer and more efficient

chiller.

• In 1928, Willis Carrier developed the

first residential Weathermaker which

was the first air conditioner for private

home use.

Incorruptible Cashier

Incorruptible Cashier • James Ritty was an American tavern

keeper who nicknamed his invention the "Incorruptible Cashier," Ritty designed a new invention that allowed business owners to no longer add up sales by hand.

• When a transaction was completed, a bell rang the amount of a purchase was noted on a large dial on the front of the machine.

• This invention would later become know as the cash register.

Coca-Cola

COCA-COLA

• In 1886, John Pemberton invented an

alcoholic beverage in Atlanta, Georgia.

• He had invented many syrups, medicines, and elixirs before, including a very popular drink called French Wine of Coca, which contained French wine, cocaine, and caffeine.

• When Atlanta banned alcohol consumption in 1885, Pemberton had to change the formula of his French Wine.

• He added sugar, citric acid, cocaine and essential oils of many fruits to the drink.

• It quickly became a very popular soda fountain drink.

Clasp-Locker

Clasp-Locker

• Whitcomb L. Judson was an American engineer from Chicago, Illinois

• He invented a metal device with locking teeth in 1890. He patented his "clasp-locker'' in 1893 and he exhibited this new invention at expeditions all over the United States.

• He never succeeded in marketing his new device. The invention was re-named by the B.F. Goodrich company in 1923 and is now know as the zipper.

Water Closet

Water Closet • Thomas Crapper’s invention

revolutionized the industry. This great invention allowed the everyday household to dispose of waste by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location.

• People were required to pull a cord in order to make the invention work. Unfortunately the inventor became a humorous joke and this invention would be sometimes be called “the crapper”.