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Alfred L. Cralle, who was African American, was born in Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1866, just after the end of the American Civil War. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He attended local schools and worked with his father in the carpentry trade as a young man, becoming interested in mechanics.
Alfred L. Cralle, a porter in a drug store and at a hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [2] [3] noticed that servers at the hotel had trouble with ice cream sticking to serving spoons, and he developed an ice cream scoop. [4] On June 10, 1896, Cralle applied for a patent on his invention. He was awarded patent 576,395 on February 2, 1897. [5]
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Most ice cream scoops are hemispherical-shaped and contain a mechanical device to force the ice cream out of the scoop. The ice cream scoop was invented by African-American Alfred L. Cralle who was issued U.S. patent #576,395 on February 2, 1897. [58] 1897 Charcoal briquette
Cralle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Alfred L. Cralle (1866–1919), African-American businessman and inventor
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