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the pencil sharpener was made in 1828
The Pencil Sharpener.
John Love did not invent the pencil sharpener. The first patent for a pencil sharpener was actually granted to Walter K. Foster in 1855. Love did, however, patent improvements to the pencil sharpener in 1897, which allowed for a more efficient and effective sharpening process. Love's contributions helped to advance the design and functionality of the pencil sharpener.
The Love pencil sharpener was invented in Fall River, Massachusetts by John Lee Love. The invention was patented on November 23, 1897.
John Lee Love, an African American, invented the small portable pencil sharpener in 1897. He called it the "Love Sharpener".
J L Love was 34 when he inventsed the pencil sharpener
John L. Love
John Lee Love improved the pencil sharpener with his portable invention in 1897. It was called the Love Sharpener, and it allowed for the shavings to stay inside the device.
So that he could use his pencil again.
1889
The "Love Sharpener", was designed by John Lee Love of Fall River, MA. Love's invention was the very simple, portable pencil sharpener that many artists use, the pencil is put into the opening of the sharpener and rotated by hand, and the shavings stay inside the sharpener. Love's sharpener was patented on November 23, 1897 (U.S. Patent # 594,114). Four years earlier
11-23-1897