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Inventor

Carl C Magee

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1938

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Years active

1938

Total patents

1

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1938

Domains

mechanicalautomotive

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1930s
1

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1

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1 patents, in 1938

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US 2118318·1938·DUAL PARKING METER Co

How the First Coin-Operated Parking Meter Works

Carl Magee's 1935 invention of the mechanical parking meter, which introduced the concept of paying for temporary street parking using a coin-activated timer.

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