While the first electric garage door openers were invented in the 1920s they did not become standard until the 1980s.
Inventions of the 1920s garage door opener.
Inventions in the 1920 s fact 27.
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But the garage door openers of the 1980s were nowhere near as smart as today s garage door openers.
In 1926 the electric garage door opener was invented by c g.
American engineer and physicist robert goddard invented the first liquid fueled rocket in 1926 that resulted in an important milestone.
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And opening those heavy garage doors by hand wasn t easy to say the least.
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With the popularity of the garage door combined with the ever progressing electrical technology of the day the garage door opener became the next natural fulfillment of the consumer s desires.
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Inventions in the 1920 s fact 28.
In 1926 a mechanic named cg johnson who lived in a small town in indiana invented the garage door opener an earlier version the electric overhead garage door opener had been invented long before but it only gained popularity in the states after the second world war.