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Lawrence Ray was born in 1860 and was an African American inventor. He was responsible for making the dust pan that is attached to a handle. He received the patent for this device in August of 1897. He invented a device with a metal collection plate attached to a short wooden handle in which trash could be swept into, without getting one's hands dirty. Lawrence Ray died in Seattle, Washington on April 25, 1940.

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