Josef Richard Kaelin
Josef Richard Kaelin also Kälin (born September 22, 1918 in Einsiedeln , † July 9, 1993 in Stans ; pseudonym: JRK ) was a Swiss inventor , film producer and artist .
Life
His parents ran a saddlery, trousseau and sports shop in Einsiedeln. His mother Katharina Gasser came from a well-off farming family of sixteen from Lungern in the canton of Obwalden . She married the master saddler Alois Kälin. Josef Richard Kaelin had 9 siblings, some of them from the father's first marriage. In addition to a strict upbringing, he was able to devote himself to his hobbies of model airplanes and the sport as a ski jumper.
In 1934 he began training as a locksmith and aircraft mechanic. In 1937 he was drafted into the air force. In 1938 he went to a recruits school and UOF school II / 38 in Payerne . In 1939 he started working as an aircraft mechanic at the military airfield in Dübendorf . In 1941 he became head of the hangar at the Stans , Buochs , Ennetbürgen (NW) military airfield . In the same year he attended a higher non-commissioned officer school and advanced training to become a chief mechanic in Payern. In 1942 he became head of the hangar as a federal civil servant of the military airfields Stans, Buochs-Ennetbürgen and chief mechanic of the fliers Kp 18 + Fl.Pk. Kp.4 during the Second World War .
After founding his company NORM AMC AG (AMC = active microbiology C = chemistry - O2 entry) research and development, he was a business owner as radio and television equipment as well as music automats from 1947. In 1957 his culture-film community, Buochs / Ennetbürgen / Beckenried was founded. 1959 was the adaptation of the Swiss feature film "Wilhelm Tell" after Friedrich Schiller. In 1960 the URS-FILM (URSchweiz Film) GmbH was founded, and in 1965 the Tonfilmtheater in Buochs and his company NORM AMC AG. In the following years created 360 national and international patents spoken and technical know-how for BSK ( B elüftungs S ystem K Aelin) products.
He received 2 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 1 bronze medal at the International Inventions Fair . Furthermore, publications and lectures followed on environmental technology, in particular energy generation and ventilation technology for sewage treatment plants, thermobiological sludge treatment and recycling.
He was the inventor of the BSK surface aerator, which got its current name through its turbine-shaped construction. BSK turbines are used in over 2,000 sewage treatment plants worldwide. From all of his many years of knowledge and experience, in the last few years of his life he created a new generation of surface aerators with exchangeable blades that have an O2 yield of 4.2 kg / hour. scored. This new technology was registered for patents worldwide and discussed in later years. All patent documents, production plans and molds were made. Years of technical examinations by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen have checked and confirmed the oxygen input. In Wattwil 'd tested under normal conditions. Since his death, the marketing and further development of this ventilation technology has been continued by a German company.
In 1960 Josef Richard Kaelin filmed the drama " Wilhelm Tell (Burgen in Flammen) " based on Friedrich Schiller on Kodak Eastmancolor in widescreen format with the director Michel Dickoff . The film was regarded as one of the most important Swiss films of its time.
Kaelin had a daughter (* 1941) and two sons (* 1944 and 1947).
Web links
- Josef Richard Kaelin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaelin, Josef Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kälin, Josef Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss inventor, film producer and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Einsiedeln |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1993 |
| Place of death | Stans |