Letter Szigony Müszaki Vállalat (Budapest, Hungary) nach Metallwarenfabrik in Zug (Switzerland) - 1948

 ... but why?

The Agreement...

 Oh Yes! Did i hear the voice of one of Imre Simon's son as i was finding these documents.

The last time we met, he was talking of an "agreement".

Little did i know that i could find documents that prove this "agreement".

We are talking about the patent HU140404 of Giordano Robbiati (i posted recently here and here).

For those who discover this Blog now, we are talking about this:

The patent HU140404 was protected from:

(published on 15. December 1950)

until:

(1964)

Very early in the registration process, there was a change.

If you look carefully on the 2 documents citing ROBBIATI, a second number appears: R9099

That's the licencing to Desider Stern taking place in front of our eyes:

(16 August 1949)

(21 April 1948)

Now, a single person could not have financed it alone. Not at that time.

So Money had to be found.

And then comes the AGREEMENT.

If you make a reverse research in the database, searching for the number and not for name (as i usually would do), you will find  Giordano Robbiati of course and Desider Stern, but also these 2:

Maybe you don't recognise their name, so let me help you a little:

They also did something very special VERY EARLY, they trademarked the name "ATOMIC":

(25. November 1947)

10 years later, Imre Simon would do the same:

And other names too, BAMBI (see above) and PICCOLO:

And some time later:

Wait, what's an "Accupress" coffee machine?

To be continued...

Commerce Today, 1973 (USA)

Sometimes, you find Mr. Stern under another "Name" - his first name reduced to the first letter D. (for Desider)... and his middle Name written in Full Josef.

If you want to know more about name changing" in the Jewish community, i advise you to read this:

A Rosenberg by any other name: Jews and Name changing by Kirsten Fermaglich

SZABADALMI KÖZLÖNY 1950 - Robbiati Giordani

 

SZABADALMI KÖZLÖNY 1949 - Robbiati Giordano

 

Giovanni Croci - Novelty Household items

 What novelty items (see here) could Giovanni Croci have sold?

Well, we know more in this snippet of 1950:

"Electric floor suction polisher, electric coffee machine, electrical whisks, hoovers, and small coffee machine"

So it was no surprise to find this patent in America dating 1968:

But let's go back in time a little bit.

Let's say in 1948:

"Novelty household items"

Therefore, it couldn't be more logical what a novelty household item in 1949 would be.

And now, we all stand up and give Sébastien a big round of applause!

Animated

 Imre Simon

Desider Stern

Giordano Robbiati

G. Croci - Casalinghi Elettrodomestici MILANO

 Countless hours spent on these photo archives... and finally...

Do you see it?

FANTASTIC!!!

Look here:

Giovanni Croci (link)

Family Leaflet for Robbiati coffee machine (USA)

 

Instruction leaflet : Manual for Stove top Espresso machine : coffee maker - A. & M.G. SASSOON - “Atomic”