Samuel Blumer

Samuel Blumer (born February 14, 1881 ; † January 15, 1959 ) was an entrepreneur and inventor from Schwanden in the Swiss canton of Glarus .

Life

Blumer fell ill in his childhood at a pleurisy with years of consequences. His father was already characterized by his inventive ability and ran a sawmill and, on the side, a workshop for bicycles and sewing machines. The father died when Samuel was 16 years old, so that he had to continue the business with his mother for the time being. The then emerging electricity aroused the interest of Samuel Blumer. He taught himself how to deal with it with the help of books. He built dynamo systems and bells and, on occasion, bought electrical equipment to take apart and rebuild. He set up his own workshop and provided it with electric lighting. A significant invention was his heating pad. A bed belonging to the Blumer family caught fire twice. The demand for the iron he designed was so great that he had to hire a worker. On his honeymoon in 1906, he received a medal at an international exhibition in Milan .

Therma AG

In 1907, Samuel Blumer moved his production facility from the Herren to the Schwanden GL train station and founded a joint stock company with Niklaus Zweifel on February 16. At the suggestion of Pastor Hans Böniger , the company was named Therma . Blumer also constructed car heaters for railways , hot water tanks , stoves and refrigerators . In 1978 Electrolux bought Therma AG. Elektrolux AG continued the former production facility of Therma AG until 2015, after which it was closed. The Therma brand was managed by Elektrolux until 2005.

Retired

In 1936 Samuel Blumer retired and from then on lived in his house on the Soolerrain. Looking back, he noted that his wife and children had little of him, having often worked late into the night.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger article 2014 [1]