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Mary
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Richard Spikes of San Francisco,
California patented or developed the following inventions:
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railroad semaphore (1906)
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automatic car washer (1913)
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automobile directional signals (1913)
- manufactured by Pierce Arrow
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beer keg tap (1910) - purchased by Milwaukee
Brewing Company.
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self-locking rack for billiard cues
(1910)
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continuous contact trolley pole (1919)
- used on on the famous San Francisco Key Line.
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combination milk bottle opener and cover
(1926)
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method and apparatus for obtaining average
samples and temperature of tank liquids (1931)
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improved automatic gear shift (1932)
- licensed the patent for $100,000
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transmission and shifting thereof (1933)
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automatic shoe shine chair (1939)
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multiple barrel machine gun (1940)
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horizontally swinging barber chair (1950)
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automatic safety brake (1962) - year
Richard Spikes died.
Note: While Richard Spikes was working
on his automatic safety brake in 1962, he lost his vision. As a result,
Richard Spikes designed a drafting machine for blind people, in order to
assist him in his inventing.
 Richard
Spikes - Automatic gear shift U.S. Patent 1,889,814 issued 12/6/1932
Richard Spikes patented an improved
automatic gear shift in 1932. His object was to develop a gear shift where
the gears for the various speeds were in constant mesh. Richard Spikes
invented a novel clutch mechanism for his gear shift, he used levers to
shift gears.
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