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Richard Spikes (1884-1962) was an African American inventor from San Francisco, California. He invented the following:

  • Railroad semaphore (1906)
  • Beer keg tap (1910) - purchased by Milwaukee Brewing Company
  • Automobile directional signals (1913) - manufactured by Pierce Arrow
  • Continuous contact trolley pole (1919)
  • Improved automatic gear shift (1932)
  • Transmission and shifting thereof (1933)
  • Automatic shoe shine chair (1939)
  • Horizontally swinging barber chair (1950)
  • Automatic safety brake (1962)
  • Brake Testing Machine (1923)
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