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Rafael Mendoza Blanco (Chihuahua, October 24, 1885 – Mexico City, 1966) was a Mexican engineer and inventor. Founder of the arms company Productos Mendoza, he also created the Mendoza rifle, machine guns used by the United States, along with a clothes washing machine, a corn sheller and a fountain pen. He participated in the Mexican Revolution as one of Pancho Villa's gilds.