Madeline Turner

Madeline M. Turner was an American inventor. She invented Turner's Fruit-Press, which paved the way for further development of the fruit press. She was granted U.S. Patent 1,180,959 in April 25, 1916.

Turner lived in Oakland, California. Her fruit press allowed fruit to be pushed into an opening and cut in half. The fruit would be shifted between different plates until juiced. The press resembled a form of an assembly line.[1][2] The fruit press was called "ingenious" by a patent review committee member.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Madeline M. Turner". Food Production and Processing. California State University. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. ↑ David M. Foy (2 February 2012). Great Discoveries and Inventions by African-Americans: Fourth Edition. AuthorHouse. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4685-2435-2.
  3. ↑ Autumn Stanley (1995). Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Rutgers University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8135-2197-8.

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