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Founded in April 1910 by inventor Frederick J. Osius in Racine, Wisconsin, the Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Company took its name from two men Osius hired, Louis Hamilton and Chester Beach. He hired Hamilton as the new company's advertising manager, and Beach to work as a mechanic.
Music was not the only interest of Fred Waring—he was a dreamer with an extremely active mind and had been interested in gadgets since he was a kid. In 1936, a man named Frederick J. Osius showed him an undeveloped and seemingly unworkable device. Osius had talked his way into Waring’s dressing room after a radio broadcast and told Waring of his idea for an emulsifying machine, for which ...
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In 1936, a man named Frederick J. Osius brought to him an undeveloped and seemingly unworkable device. Osius had talked his way into Waring's dressing room after a radio broadcast and told him of his idea for an emulsifying machine for which he had been able to secure a patent in 1933.
Mr. Osius is a native son of Racine, born November 25, 1879, his parents being M. L. and Josephine (Heltich) Osius, who at an early period in the development of this section of the state established their home here. The father became a retail merchant of the city and was well known in business circles.
Sep 23, 2008 · Answer: Stephen Poplawski did invent the blender, which he mostly used to make soda-fountain drinks. In the 1930s, Frederick Osius improved on the idea and went to Fred Waring for financial ...
The blender’s true inventor was one Frederick J. Osius. In the summer of 1936 Osius produced a prototype he termed a “disintegrating mixer for producing fluent substances.”. It didn’t work very well. He needed a backer to sponsor further development.
Frederick J. Osius unfortunately did not live to see public acceptance of his brainchild, though the royalty arrangement was inherited in trust by his widow. Selling the public on such a new concept was the major hurdle, especially since sophisticated marketing techniques were still years in the future.
