First Electric Dry Razor
1910 (Idea) 1929-Invention hit Market
The idea came from retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Schick who grew tired of lathering up in the freezing cold to shave while he was mining for gold in Alaska. He decided he would do something about it and drew up a sketch for a razor that used electricity which would not require the consumer the lather before shaving. After being turned down repeatedly by manufacturers and returning to war, he decided to put his idea on hold. He left the army in 1919 in hopes of getting his invention on the market and in 10 years, Schick sold Magazine Repeating Razor to fund Schick Dry Shaver. This invention may not mean much to women but there a surely millions of men who have benefited from this invention.
"BusinessWeek." Businessweek.com. BusinessWeek, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2013.
1910 (Idea) 1929-Invention hit Market
The idea came from retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Schick who grew tired of lathering up in the freezing cold to shave while he was mining for gold in Alaska. He decided he would do something about it and drew up a sketch for a razor that used electricity which would not require the consumer the lather before shaving. After being turned down repeatedly by manufacturers and returning to war, he decided to put his idea on hold. He left the army in 1919 in hopes of getting his invention on the market and in 10 years, Schick sold Magazine Repeating Razor to fund Schick Dry Shaver. This invention may not mean much to women but there a surely millions of men who have benefited from this invention.
"BusinessWeek." Businessweek.com. BusinessWeek, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2013.
First Car Radio
1930
Two brothers Joseph and Paul Galvin teamed up with William Lear, a radio parts owner and Elmer Wavering, an audio engineer and installed their first model of a radio into a Studebaker in May of 1930. A month later, Paul Galvin cranked up the radio near a pier at a convention in Atlantic City and needless to say, orders began to fly in for the radios. In 1933, Ford began offering his cars installed with Galvin Manufacturing or Motorola radios. Without the car radio, the whole dynamic of driving would be different today. Today, people depend on the radio not only for music, but news and other information on the go for their daily lives.
Berkowitz, Justin. "The History of Car Radios." Car and Driver. Car And Driver, Oct. 2012. Web. 04 Mar. 2013.
1930
Two brothers Joseph and Paul Galvin teamed up with William Lear, a radio parts owner and Elmer Wavering, an audio engineer and installed their first model of a radio into a Studebaker in May of 1930. A month later, Paul Galvin cranked up the radio near a pier at a convention in Atlantic City and needless to say, orders began to fly in for the radios. In 1933, Ford began offering his cars installed with Galvin Manufacturing or Motorola radios. Without the car radio, the whole dynamic of driving would be different today. Today, people depend on the radio not only for music, but news and other information on the go for their daily lives.
Berkowitz, Justin. "The History of Car Radios." Car and Driver. Car And Driver, Oct. 2012. Web. 04 Mar. 2013.
Xerography
1938 Invented 1942 Patented
Chester Carlson, a recently laid of employee of Bell Telephone Libraries went to earn his law degree and took a job at a New York electronics firm. After growing frustrated with copying patent drawings over and over by hand, he began experimenting using electrostatic attraction to adhere powder to plain paper. After trying for months, he successfully copied the date and location “10-22-38 ASTORIA”. He won a paten in 1942 and in 1947 Haloid Company won rights and changed the name to Xerox. 1959, Xerox sold the first automatic copier. Without the invention of xerography, every page ever copied would have had to have been written by hand. From major corporations to households, this invention has benefited just about everyone.
"BusinessWeek." Businessweek.com. BusinessWeek, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2013.
1938 Invented 1942 Patented
Chester Carlson, a recently laid of employee of Bell Telephone Libraries went to earn his law degree and took a job at a New York electronics firm. After growing frustrated with copying patent drawings over and over by hand, he began experimenting using electrostatic attraction to adhere powder to plain paper. After trying for months, he successfully copied the date and location “10-22-38 ASTORIA”. He won a paten in 1942 and in 1947 Haloid Company won rights and changed the name to Xerox. 1959, Xerox sold the first automatic copier. Without the invention of xerography, every page ever copied would have had to have been written by hand. From major corporations to households, this invention has benefited just about everyone.
"BusinessWeek." Businessweek.com. BusinessWeek, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2013.
The Modern Tampon
1931 Patented 1932 Registered 1934 Tampax Co. Founded
Although tampons were first created during the ancient Egyptian times, women eventually switched to wearing sanitary pads. Dr. Earle Cleveland Haas, a family physician in Denver, said he recognized the discomfort women experienced with having to wear pads and went on to create a cotton tampon based on the cotton plugs used in surgery. He received a patent in 1931 and registered his trademark Tampax in 1932. Two years later Gertrude Tenderich bought and founded Tampax the companys and plaid the main role in getting the product into stores and getting women to use them. Although many men may not understand the significance of this invention, for women it's revolutionary. There are women who swear against using sanitary pads and without this invention, it wouldn't be possible.
Bellis, Mary. "Tampons - The History of Tampons." Tampons - The History of Tampons. About.com, n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2013.
1931 Patented 1932 Registered 1934 Tampax Co. Founded
Although tampons were first created during the ancient Egyptian times, women eventually switched to wearing sanitary pads. Dr. Earle Cleveland Haas, a family physician in Denver, said he recognized the discomfort women experienced with having to wear pads and went on to create a cotton tampon based on the cotton plugs used in surgery. He received a patent in 1931 and registered his trademark Tampax in 1932. Two years later Gertrude Tenderich bought and founded Tampax the companys and plaid the main role in getting the product into stores and getting women to use them. Although many men may not understand the significance of this invention, for women it's revolutionary. There are women who swear against using sanitary pads and without this invention, it wouldn't be possible.
Bellis, Mary. "Tampons - The History of Tampons." Tampons - The History of Tampons. About.com, n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2013.
The Chocolate Chip Cookie
1933
Owner and operator of Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass., Ruth Wakefield had a “butter drop do” recipe for cookies that dated from Colonial times which called for baker’s chocolate to be mixed in but one day didn’t have any on hand. Instead she used a chocolate bat given to her by Andrew Nestle and cut it into tiny bits hoping it would melt in the dough while they cooked. However, the chocolate didn’t melt but kept its shape and sort of softened into the cookie. Of course, her guest fell in love with the cookies and soon after her recipe was published in a Boston newspaper. Nestle was overjoyed with the cookies success and decided to print the recipe on the back of their packages in return for all the chocolate Ruth needed for the rest of her life. Surely there aren't to many people who don't appreciate this invention. Chocolate Chip cookies have become the most famous cookie not only in America but the world.
"Inventor of the Week: Archive." Inventor of the Week: Archive. Lemels On-Mit, May 2007. Web. 07 Mar. 2013.
1933
Owner and operator of Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass., Ruth Wakefield had a “butter drop do” recipe for cookies that dated from Colonial times which called for baker’s chocolate to be mixed in but one day didn’t have any on hand. Instead she used a chocolate bat given to her by Andrew Nestle and cut it into tiny bits hoping it would melt in the dough while they cooked. However, the chocolate didn’t melt but kept its shape and sort of softened into the cookie. Of course, her guest fell in love with the cookies and soon after her recipe was published in a Boston newspaper. Nestle was overjoyed with the cookies success and decided to print the recipe on the back of their packages in return for all the chocolate Ruth needed for the rest of her life. Surely there aren't to many people who don't appreciate this invention. Chocolate Chip cookies have become the most famous cookie not only in America but the world.
"Inventor of the Week: Archive." Inventor of the Week: Archive. Lemels On-Mit, May 2007. Web. 07 Mar. 2013.
First Supermarket-King Kullen
1930
Michael Cullen was a sales manager at a Kroger’s grocery store decided to write a letter to Kroger’s president describing his ideas on how to revolutionize the grocery store into competitive discounts for consumers but his idea went unrecognized and Cullen went on to quit his job and move his family to Long Island. There, he leased a garage in Queens where he created King Kullen Grocery. Unfortunately, Cullen died a short 6 years later but by that time had expanded to 17 stores and to say there are 49 stores privately run by the third generation of Cullen’s. Had it not been for Cullen's decision to leave his job at Kroger, there may not be any discount supermarkets in America. Low priced items make it easier for people to show for what they want without spending an enormous amount of money.
"About King Kullen Supermarkets." King Kullen About King Kullen Supermarkets Comments. King Kullen, n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2013.
1930
Michael Cullen was a sales manager at a Kroger’s grocery store decided to write a letter to Kroger’s president describing his ideas on how to revolutionize the grocery store into competitive discounts for consumers but his idea went unrecognized and Cullen went on to quit his job and move his family to Long Island. There, he leased a garage in Queens where he created King Kullen Grocery. Unfortunately, Cullen died a short 6 years later but by that time had expanded to 17 stores and to say there are 49 stores privately run by the third generation of Cullen’s. Had it not been for Cullen's decision to leave his job at Kroger, there may not be any discount supermarkets in America. Low priced items make it easier for people to show for what they want without spending an enormous amount of money.
"About King Kullen Supermarkets." King Kullen About King Kullen Supermarkets Comments. King Kullen, n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2013.