Max Aeschlimann (inventor)
Max Aeschlimann (* 1904 ; † 1971 ) was a Swiss inventor and entrepreneur .
Life
Max Aeschlimann grew up in a family of craftsmen with many children in Bern . He did an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic in the Swiss Federal Arms Factory in Bern. In 1929 he opened a dealership for Tornado typewriters . His first invention, the Telemax telephone cable reel, fell during this period .
Max Aeschlimann handed over the typewriter business to his older brother in 1933, sold the Telemax and took over the Swiss representation of the Swedish light bulb brand Luma.
In 1938 Aeschlimann patented the bicycle cleaning agent Velopurol with the associated atomizer can. This was connected to the bicycle pump and made it possible to treat even inaccessible areas. Velopurol was issued by the Swiss Army to the bicycle troops during the Second World War and is still available today, albeit in a spray can.
Other inventions were the Vitralux car window cleaner and the Maxram spacers for reinforcement bars .
Max Aeschlimann was married and the father of two sons (Hans-Ulrich, * 1933 and Peter, * 1939). He retired from working life in 1967 after a heart attack. The business he founded was continued by his sons and existed until 1997.
The Maxram corkscrew
In 1957/58, Aeschlimann applied for a patent for his most famous invention , the Maxram corkscrew, which is characterized by a double spiral with cutting edges. In the course of eighteen years, until patent protection expired in 1975, two and a half million such corkscrews were sold. In Germany, Ed. Wüsthof Dreizackwerk in Solingen is responsible for sales.
The Maxram corkscrew was manufactured by PB Baumann in Wasen im Emmental , a well-known manufacturer of screwdrivers.
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| SURNAME | Aeschlimann, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1904 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1971 |