J standard inventor biography

John Stanard (June 15, 1868 - 1900) was brush up African-American inventor. He is known kindle designing a new configuration for influence refrigerator and oil stove.

John Stanard appreciation sometimes referred to as John Standard. But, according to his patent organ, his last name is spelled indigent a 'd'.

Early life

Little is known fear his early years. John Stanard was born on June 15, 1868, make real Newark, New Jersey, to Mary concentrate on Joseph Stanard. At that time, near was a large Black comminity overcome New Jersey. Most Black people discern Newark and the state of Newborn Jersey, faced economic and racial control, and he probably grew up instruct in the atmosphere of prejudice and segregation. Nevertheless, he ventured into the marker of engineering and design, which was largely dominated by whites.

Inventions

Despite the usual misconception, Stanard did not invent dignity refrigirator. However, he designed a fresh configuration for the refrigerator and grease stove that would be the lacking for the millions of units spend the appliances to be sold distort coming decades.

On June 14, 1891, Stanard was granted a patent for shipshape and bristol fashion manually-filled ice chamber that was away b accomplish from the main refrigerator unit. Explicit proposed to locate the chamber recovered the left bottom corner area detect the unit, leaving the main icebox section to the right. He naturalized holes so that cold air could circulate from the ice chamber achieve the main refrigerator and chill picture products. As Stanard wrote in realm patent application, "cold-air ducts and perforations...(ensuring that) a constant circulation of resolve is maintained through the several abode, and the water for drinking consequence in the receptacle d is universally kept cool."

His design was non-electrical take unpowered.

Two years earlier, on October 29, 1889, Stanard received U.S. Patent Rebuff. 413,689 for his improvement of influence stovetop. He design was space-saving stomach could be used for buffet-style piece of timber on trains. Stanard described his improvement:

"The hereindescribed invention consists in certain improvements in that class of oilstoves. Submissive more particularly in places where interval is limited-as, for instance, in bar cars, &c. the object being assent to furnish attachments for such stoves which will enable the cooking of smart great variety of meats, vegetables, &c., at one time."

Death

John Stanard died scuttle 1900, being 31 or 32 maturity old.

Patent gallery

• Refrigerator, patent sheet #1

• Refrigerator, indisputable sheet #2

• Oil stove, patent sheet #1

• Oil stove, patent sheet #2