Erik Rotheim
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Erik Andreas Rotheim was a Norwegian
professional chemical engineer and inventor.
He was born in Kristiania
, earned his engineering degree in Switzerland and established his own company at home in Oslo in 1925. He is best known for invention of the aerosol spray can
, the patent
application for which he submitted in 1926. The Norwegian patent was granted in June 1929. He was awarded the United States
patent for the concept on 30 September 1927.
Prior to the issuance of the patent Rotheim had negotiated an agreement with Alf Bjercke's paint factory in 1928, but commercial success was initially limited. The patent was sold to a US company for . Commercial exploitation of the patent was not significant until it was introduced in the United States in the 1940s. Norway Post celebrated the invention by issuing a stamp in 1998. After Rotheim's death the technology made a significant advance with its incorporation into the airbrush
. And in the 1940s improvements to the underlying principle of the spray head by the Americans Lyle D. Goodhue and William N. Sullivan allowed the technology to be further adapted, first to insect control, and later in various other applications.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
professional chemical engineer and inventor.
He was born in Kristiania
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, earned his engineering degree in Switzerland and established his own company at home in Oslo in 1925. He is best known for invention of the aerosol spray can
Aerosol spray
Aerosol spray is a type of dispensing system which creates an aerosol mist of liquid particles. This is used with a can or bottle that contains a liquid under pressure. When the container's valve is opened, the liquid is forced out of a small hole and emerges as an aerosol or mist...
, the patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
application for which he submitted in 1926. The Norwegian patent was granted in June 1929. He was awarded the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
patent for the concept on 30 September 1927.
Prior to the issuance of the patent Rotheim had negotiated an agreement with Alf Bjercke's paint factory in 1928, but commercial success was initially limited. The patent was sold to a US company for . Commercial exploitation of the patent was not significant until it was introduced in the United States in the 1940s. Norway Post celebrated the invention by issuing a stamp in 1998. After Rotheim's death the technology made a significant advance with its incorporation into the airbrush
Airbrush
An airbrush is a small, air-operated tool that sprays various media including ink and dye, but most often paint by a process of nebulization. Spray guns developed from the airbrush and are still considered a type of airbrush.-History:...
. And in the 1940s improvements to the underlying principle of the spray head by the Americans Lyle D. Goodhue and William N. Sullivan allowed the technology to be further adapted, first to insect control, and later in various other applications.