Alfred L. Cralle
Inventor, ice cream scoop, U.S. Patent #576,395
born on September 4, 1866 in Lunenberg County, Virginia.
attended the local school and worked with his father in the carpentry business as a young man.
when he was older, he became interested in mechanics.
attended Wayland Seminary in Washington, D.C., one of many schools created to help educate African-Americans after the end of the Civil War.
moved to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, where he worked as a porter in Markell Brothers' drug store and the St. Charles Hotel.
While working at the drug store, he noticed that everyone enjoyed eating ice cream but it was difficult to scoop because the ice cream seemed to always stick to the spoons and ladles.
invented a mechanical device called the ice cream mold or disher to keep ice cream from sticking, which was strong, inexpensive, and could be shaped like a cone or a mound, and was so well designed we still use the same design today.
He received a patent on February 2, 1897, patent number 576,395.
Inventor, ice cream scoop, U.S. Patent #576,395
born on September 4, 1866 in Lunenberg County, Virginia.
attended the local school and worked with his father in the carpentry business as a young man.
when he was older, he became interested in mechanics.
attended Wayland Seminary in Washington, D.C., one of many schools created to help educate African-Americans after the end of the Civil War.
moved to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, where he worked as a porter in Markell Brothers' drug store and the St. Charles Hotel.
While working at the drug store, he noticed that everyone enjoyed eating ice cream but it was difficult to scoop because the ice cream seemed to always stick to the spoons and ladles.
invented a mechanical device called the ice cream mold or disher to keep ice cream from sticking, which was strong, inexpensive, and could be shaped like a cone or a mound, and was so well designed we still use the same design today.
He received a patent on February 2, 1897, patent number 576,395.
