Inventions
A partial list of Henry's inventions includes:
- vacuum ice cream freezer (1912) US 1037762
- umbrella with a variety different colored snap-on cloth covers (1924)
- the first bobbinless sewing machine (1940)
- "Protograph" - worked with a manual typewriter to make four copies of a document (1932)
- "Continuously-attached Envelopes" for mass mailings (1952)
- "Dolly Dips" soap-filled sponges for children (1929)
- "Miss Illusion" doll with eyes that could change color and close (1935)
Henry was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006.
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