Julius Tielbürger
Julius Tielbürger (born October 1, 1919 in Stemwede - Oppenwehe near Lübbecke ( East Westphalia ); † September 3, 1995 there ) was a German entrepreneur and inventor .
Youth and career entry
Julius Tielbürger's parents had a farm in Oppenwehe. After attending primary school , he began an apprenticeship as an electrician , which he completed in 1935.
When Tielbürger was called up for military service in 1938, he reported to the Junkers aircraft works . During the war years (1939–1945) he was initially active in work preparation at the Junkers plant in Aschersleben and later responsible for quality assurance in the Bad Langensalza branch .
From 1946 to 1951 I studied mechanical engineering at the State Engineering School for Mechanical Engineering in Lemgo .
Live and act
At the beginning of the mechanization of agriculture, the potatoes were plowed up by the first mechanical harvesting machines, but the tubers lying on the surface had to be laboriously picked up by hand and filled into baskets. Back then, the machines were pulled by horses.
When Julius Tielbürger returned to his hometown Oppenwehe in 1945 after the end of the Second World War , he constructed a potato harvester during his engineering studies that made the heavy field work that was previously done mainly by women ( even school children during the potato holidays) much easier. With his potato harvester, which was pulled by a tractor, the potatoes could now be plowed up, cleaned and, for the first time, put into baskets with just two men.
In 1950, Julius Tielbürger built the first test machine with the help of the local master blacksmith Christian Biljes. Interested parties came from far away at public demonstrations. Great expectations were placed on this machine and it was hoped that it would make things easier for farms.
At the events, new knowledge was gradually gathered, which was then incorporated into the potato harvester as improvements. As one of the first potato harvesters, Tielbürger's collection harvester could now be used for other root crops (beets, field vegetables) in addition to the potato harvest . On November 25, 1951, the invention was registered for a patent and then sold under the brand name Heinzelmann potato and beet harvesters . Julius Tielbürger founded the company BILJES & TIELBÜRGER on April 1, 1953 with his son Wilhelm Biljes.
The demand for the collecting harvester grew steadily, which prompted the company founders to leave the previous production facility in the Biljes company, to rent a plot of land in Oppenwehe and thus to relocate production to a wooden barracks, the first official company headquarters of BILJES & TIELBÜRGER .
In 1956 Wilhelm Biljes left the joint company in order to be able to devote himself again to his own company, which had been in the family for a long time. The entry in the commercial register was then changed to Heinzelmann Landmaschinen .
Because the sale of potato harvesters was of course a seasonal business, Tielbürger expanded its production range to include additional products such as B. pallet trucks, lift tables and television shelves.
When the demand for the continuously improved Heinzelmann harvesting harvester continued to increase in the following years, Julius Tielbürger had the potato and beet harvester built under license from the Piper machine factory in Wehdem .
In 1967 production of the 'Heinzelmann' potato and beet harvester was discontinued.
Julius Tielbürger was meanwhile busy with further new developments for his company and designed special accessories such as mowers, rotary cultivators , sweepers, choppers and snow plow blades for the two-wheel tractor that were widespread at the time .
Mounted mower for two-wheel tractors
Attachable sweeper for two-wheel tractors
Attachable chopper for two-wheel tractors
Mounted tiller for two-wheel tractors
Snow blade
In 1969 the series production of the single-axle tractor attachments began and the production facilities had to be continuously enlarged. The entry in the commercial register has now been changed to Julius Tielbürger .
At the same time, the users' desire for a complete mower grew and so Julius Tielbürger decided to produce his own bar mower . In 1974 he brought a hand-operated meadow mower onto the market as an independent machine. After just three test models, the t75 motor mower was created, which caused a sensation in the professional world due to its belt drive and wobble shaft. The wobble wave, which converts a rotation into a horizontal back and forth movement, became the trademark of Tielbürger's motor mowers. As an inexpensive counterpart , he constructed the t45 small mower and had great economic success with it. These two motor mowers created the basis for his company's current range of products.
When ride- on lawn mowers established themselves on the market in the 1970s , Julius Tielbürger began to develop special accessories for these self-propelled mowers with seating . In 1979 Julius Tielbürger was one of the first to also offer attachments for lawn tractors , such as B. Attachment sweepers, snow blades and shredders. The additional benefits convinced more and more users, so that sales of attachments increased considerably.
In 1985 Julius Tielbürger presented the newly developed scarifier tv380 as a hand-held device, as well as a large-area scarifier as an attachment for riding lawn mowers.
Despite the successes with attachable sweepers for single-axle and lawn tractors, the market demanded an independent solution. Therefore, in 1989, the first independent tk30 sweeper was developed, which covered a different market segment. In quick succession, Tielbürger brought innovations to the market, including the models tk31, tk32 and tk42 with higher requirements for machine safety, easier operation for the user and higher area coverage.
Company founder Julius Tielbürger passed away in September 1995. His wife Lydia took over the management of the company. The entry in the commercial register is now Julius Tielbürger GmbH & Co. KG. For the purpose of maintaining customs, old machine enthusiasts are still often supported today with the restoration of historical devices with documents from the company archive.
Today Tielbürger has around 150 employees, eight of whom are trainees. The current range consists of a wide range of power tools for property maintenance and horticulture. These are hand-operated motor mowers , sweepers , scarifiers , shredders and snow blowers , as well as attachments and accessories for ride- on mowers and lawn tractors , ATVs ( quads ) and single-axle tractors .
Patents and utility models
- 1951 potato harvester
- 1955 Root crop harvester
- 1957 haulm conveyor
- 1987 single-axle motor mower
- 1993 Single-axle sweeper
- 1993 scarifier
- 1995 Quick coupling for attachments in landscaping equipment
literature
- Horst Eichhorn (Ed.): Landtechnik. 7th edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-8001-1086-5 .
- Paul Schweigmann: The agricultural machines and their maintenance. 1st edition. Pfanneberg, Gießen 1955. (Reprinted by Bulldog-Press, Limburg ad Lahn 1993, ISBN 3-9803332-1-3 )
Web links
- Operating instructions from 1958 for Heinzelmann potato and beet harvesters (PDF; 300 kB)
- Spare parts list from 1958 for Heinzelmann potato and beet harvesters (PDF; 662 kB)
- Video: walk-behind sweeper with attachments
- Company website
Individual evidence
- ↑ LWL folklorists remember the time when the autumn holidays were still 'potato holidays'. Article of October 21, 2011 at the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), accessed on April 12, 2012.
- ↑ Restored HEINZELMANN potato and beet harvester at the parade 775 years of Oppenwehe ( memento from April 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ German patent potato harvester - patent research . Website of the DEPATIS system of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ↑ Utility model root crop harvesting machine - patent research . Website of the DEPATIS system of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ↑ Utility model herb conveyor - patent research . Website of the DEPATIS system of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ↑ European patent single-axle motor mower - patent research . Website of the DEPATIS system of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ↑ German patent for single-axle sweeper - patent research . Website of the DEPATIS system of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ German patent scarifier - patent research . Website of the DEPATIS system of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ↑ German patent quick coupling for attachments for landscape maintenance devices - patent research . Website of the DEPATIS system of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). Retrieved March 8, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tielbürger, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stemwede - Oppenwehe |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1995 |
| Place of death | Stemwede - Oppenwehe |