Although the internet is not the most reliable source, you
can use google. I put Walter Sammons in the search bar and
received several hits. Thanks for making this request. This
request refreshed my memory. In the process of this quick
search, I recalled that Walter Sammons was responsible for
the hot comb or the straightening comb.

As a little girl, my mother and others straightened my hair
which was sometimes painful and dangerous ( I did get burned).
After the process was over the hair looked very straight and I
was told it was pretty, however, it was not pain and enduring
sitting in one spot for a few hours until the process was complete.
I believe that little girls who get their hair perm or straitened
with the comb that Walter Sammons created should know where the
comb originated from and that it was an African American inventor.
The following was copied from the website:"Walter Sammons of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received U.S. patent #1,362,823 on
December 21, 1920 for an improved comb that straightened hair.
According to Walter Sammons' patent he invented a heated comb
that removed kinks from the hair.

This was copied from the following URL. It also has a picture of
the comb and additional links. There are other sources.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Walter_Sammons.htm

I have attached the picture for quick reference.

Respectfully,

This is also a URL that I was given and it has more information
on African American Inventors.

http://coestudents.valdosta.edu/irock110/inventors_&_inventions.htm

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