Household
Name Number Author Published
friction matches 68 Phillips, Alonzo 1836
clothes washing machine  117 Hovey, William 1837
stove 2556 Salvin Kellogg 1842
door lock 3630 Yale, Linus 1844
sewing machine  4750 Howe, Jr., Elias 1846
safety pin 6281 Hunt, Walter 1849
ice-making machine 8080 Gorrie, John 1851
sewing machine 13661 Singer, Isaac 1855
shuttle sewing machine 13661 Singer, Isaac M. 1855
toilet pipes cleaner 19030 Ingram, James 1858
lock 31278 Yale, Jr., Linus 1861
pencil 33034 Faber, J. L.  1861
clothes wringer 36761 Amidon, Charles H. 1862
lawn mower 76831 Sears, S.W. 1868
elec. resistance heater 88006 Burton, Leigh 1869
fire extinguisher (pressurized) 88583 Parker, William 1869
vacuum cleaner 91145 McGaffey, Ives W. 1869
1st synthetic plastic
(celluloid)
105338 Hyatt, John 1870
paperclip
(earliest us patent)
D005036 McGill, George W. 1871
scrapbook 140245 Clemens, Samuel 1873
carpet sweeper 182346 Bissell, Melville 1876
dough kneader and roller 305474 Reed, Judy 1884
cabinet bed 322177 Goode, Sarah E. 1885
dish washing machine 355139 Cochran, Josephine 1886
clothes wringer 459341 Miller, Charles 1891
ironing board for sleeves 473653 Boone, Sarah 1892
vacuum cleaner 634042 Thurman, S. John 1899
safety razor 775134 Gillette, King 1904
safety razor 775135 Gillette, King 1904
air conditioning  808897 Carrier, Willis H. 1906
dresser trunk 1014853 Russell, Lillian 1912
foaming shaving cream 1015038 Lare, Benjamin F. 1912
electric refrigerator 1276612 Mellowes, Alfred W. 1918
washboard 1385442 Griffith, W. P. 1921
electric razor
(Schick™)
1721530 Schick, Jacob 1929
scotch masking tape 1760820 Drew, Richard 1930
gas refrigerator 1781541 Einstein, Albert 1930
ice cube tray (flexible) 1820134 Geyer, Harvey D. 1931
flurocarbon refrigera-tion (Freon™+B430) 1833847 Midgley 1931
bread slicer 1867377 Rohwedder, Otto F. 1932
beach and lawn chair 1911127 Wasserberg, Max 1933
polarized glass 1918848 Land, Edwin 1933
ice maker 2026214 Chilton, Ralph H. 1935
water softener 2081157 Lind, Leroy 1937
scotch cellophane tape 2177627 Drew, Richard 1939
tetrafluoro­ethylene (Teflon™) 2230654 Plunkett, Roy J. 1941
window air conditioner 2391859 Babcock, Earl 1946
celulose mop 2402577 Rodgers, Dorothy 1946
portable crib 2487636 Churchwell, Ernest 1949
ice cube tray with ejector 2642726 Frei, Arthur J. 1953
superglue 2768109 Coover, Harry 1956
magnetron for microwave oven 2994018 Hall, Robert N. 1961
antiperspirant deodorant 3420932 Jones, John 1969
smoke & heat alarm 3938115 Jacoby, Sidney 1976
artificial Christmas tree 3967019 Magee, Audra 1976