The First Automatic Door...

Monday, August 11, 2008








Today all had become automatic. There is nothing without automatic. The first automatic material that was invented is Automatic sliding door. The word automatic came from the name of the inventor of this automatic door. Horton Automatics developed and sold the first automatic sliding door in America in 1960. The company co-founders Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt invented the sliding automatic door in 1954. Their automatic doors used a mat actuator.

The idea came to Lew Hewitt and Dee Horton to build an automatic sliding door back in the mid-1950's, when they saw that existing swing doors had difficulty operating in Corpus Christi's winds. So the two men went to work inventing an automatic sliding door that would circumvent the problem of high winds and their damaging effect. Horton Automatics Inc. was formed in 1960, placing the first commercial automatic sliding door on the market and literally establishing a brand-new industry.

Thus from today onwards if you see a automatic door, Horton Automatics and this post will be coming to your mind, right…

3 comments:

  1. Unknown said...

    Very interesting to hear the history of the first automatic sliding door. I love to learn the history behind odd things like this. Never know when history like this might come in handy. http://www.platinumautodoors.com.au/breakdown-service

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  2. Unknown said...

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    May 11, 2017 at 5:49 AM  

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