the first garage door opener was invented in 1888.
the first garage door opener was invented in 1888.
when was the first garage door opener invented?
1888
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a garage door opener is a motorized device that opens and closes a garage door. most are controlled by switches on the garage wall, as well as by a remote control carried in the garage owner's vehicle. in 1926, the electric garage door opener was invented by c.g. johnson, the inventor of the garage door and founder of the overhead door corporation.









































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timeline of united states inventions (1890–1945)
the first garage door opener remote controls were simple and consisted of a simple transmitter (the remote) and receiver which controlled the opener mechanism. the transmitter would transmit on a designated frequency; the receiver would listen for the radio signal, then open or close the garage, depending on the door position. the basic concept of this can be traced back to world war ii. this type of system was used to detonate remote bombs. while novel at the time, the technology ran its course when garage door openers became popular. while the garage door remote control transmitter is low power and has limited range, its signal can be received by other, nearby, garage door openers. when two neighbors had garage door openers, then opening one garage door might open the neighbor’s garage door as well.
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