10 Inventions That are Part of our daily routine

10 Inventions That are Part of our daily routine

Have you ever thought to find the reason and the person behind the Invention of things that are used in our Daily routine.

Here is the List of 10 Inventions that are part of our daily routine.

 

1. Tooth Brush.

The Chinese introduce a dental saviour.

The forerunner of the modern bristle tooth brush is generally believed to have originated in 15th century China. A Chinese encyclopedia dating to 1498 describes the short, coarse bristles from the neck of a siberian wild boar being embedded in a handle made from animal bone, which was then used to clean the teeth. Today, on people's list of things they simply could not do without it.

2. Toothpaste. 

The development of pastes designed to clean teeth and freshen the breath began in Egypt as early as 5000 B.C.E.. Myrrh, volcanic pumice, and the burned ashes of ox hooves are mixed with crushed eggshell, oyster shells, and other fine abrasives, then applied with a finger to scour teeth and help remove food and bacterial deposits.

In 1873, the Colgate company began the mass production of aromatic toothpaste in jars.

3. Pop-up Toaster.

In 1919, Charles Strite, a factory worker in a manufacturing plant in StillWater, Minnesota, became annoyed by the burned toast on offer in the factory canteen and set about trying to solve the problem.

The First electric toaster was invented in 1893. It worked by passing electricity.

Strite's Innovation was to add a clockwork timer and springs in addition to heating coils. It was designed so that after a set amount of cooking time, the heating elements were switched off and the perfectly cooked toast was ejected.

4. Automatic Doors.

Horton and Hewitt introduce a new door system to the world.

The Unpredictable Winds could cause a door to blow open and shut in someone's face just as they were trying to walk through it. so the duo decided to invent a better door system.

Initially, the system used a simple, electrically activated sliding door that opened only when a mat actuator in front of the door was stepped upon.

The First commercial unit found service in a hotel restaurant in corpus Christi. They Patented the Invention in 1964.

5. Touch Screen.

In 1971, a "touch sensor" was developed by Doctor Sam Hurst (founder of Elographics) while he was an instructor at the University of Kentucky. This sensor called the "Elograph" was patented by The University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The "Elograph" was not transparent like modern touch screens, however, it was a significant milestone in touch screen technology. The Elograph was selected by Industrial Research as one of the 100 Most Significant New Technical Products of the Year 1973.

In 1974, the first true touch screen incorporating a transparent surface came on the scene developed by Sam Hurst and Elographics. In 1977, Elographics developed and patented a resistive touch screen technology, the most popular touch screen technology in use today.

6. Traffic Lights.

Garrett Morgan, an African - American inventor, was inspired to esign the traffic signal witnessing a horrific crash between a horse-drawn carriage and a motor car.

In the early 1900s, the invention of the traffic light changed the way of life in the United States. On August 5, 1914, Cleveland installed the first electric traffic signal in the world.  Although this change was local to Cleveland, the electric traffic signal would shape the way of traffic management. Today, the electric traffic signal appears in modern cities worldwide to control traffic and lower accident casualties.

7. Vaseline.

Patented in 1872, Vaseline the trade name for soft paraffin, petroleun jelly, and petroleum was invented by British-Born chemist Robert Chesebrough (1813-1933). A semi solid mixture of hydro carbons. The name is Thought to come from the German for water (pronounced "Vasser") and the Greek For Oil(elaion). 

the First vaseline company was opened in 1870 in brooklyn, new york, and in 1911 the company built it's first operation plants in Europe.

8. Coffee Filter.

Melitta Bentz invented the coffee filter to solve household need, and it resulted in a hugely successful company and her filter being used throughout the world.

The Melitta Bentz company later developed filter bags, as used in modern filtered coffee. Although many rival methods of coffee-making have been developed since 1908, Bentz's filtering system still holds its own, and continues to be widely used in homes as well as in commercial catering.

9. Tea Bag.

Eager to boost orders for his teas, New york tea merchant Thomas Sullivan devised a new method of distributing samples of tea to his costomers. He stitched them into small silk muslin bags.

The patent for the Tea bag was registered by Sullivan in 1903, Tea bags were in wide use by the catering trade in United States. Later, paper was used instead of cotton and a fine string and decorated tag were sometimes added, making them more convinent for Drinkers making a single cup.

10. Soap.

Babylonians Improve Human Hygiene.

soap, in the form we know today, was first produced by the babylonians in around 2800 B.C.E. Clay cylinders containing a soap like material were found during excavations of Babylon. 

The First hard white soap was produced in Spain from Olive oil and the ashes of salsola plant. How ever, it was only in the late nineteenth century, after processes for producing alkalis had been discovered, that there was a rapid expansion in the commercial production of Soap.