Otto Frederick Rohwedder
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Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 7, 1880 – November 8, 1960) was an American entrepreneur and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use.
The Chillicothe Baking Company was the first to use it.
Early life and education
Rohwedder was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1880, the son of Claus and Margaret Rohwedder, of ethnic German descent. He was the second youngest of four brothers and a sister.
Rohwedder and his family lived in Davenport, where he attended Davenport public schools. He then became an apprentice to a jeweler to learn a trade.
Rohwedder obtained a degree in optics from Chicago's now-defunct Illinois College of Optometry. He was born as a jeweler.
Career
Rohwedder began as a jeweler and then became the proprietor of three jewelry stores in St. Joseph. He invented new machines based on his experience with watches and jewelry. Convinced that he could design a bread slicing machine, he sold his jewelry stores to fund the research and manufacture the machines. In 1917, a fire broke out at the factory where Rohwedder was constructing his machine. It destroyed his model and blueprints. Rohwedder's introduction of the bread slicer to the market was delayed for several years due to the need to obtain funds again.
Rohwedder's 1927 model introduced a machine that not only cut the bread but also wrapped it. He filed for patents to shield his invention and sold the first machine to Frank Bench, a baker who built it at the Chillicothe Baking Company in Chillicothe, Missouri, in 1928. On July 7, 1928, the first loaf of sliced bread was sold commercially. The machine's sales to other bakeries have grown, and sliced bread has been available throughout the country.
Gustav Papendick, a baker in St. Louis, Missouri, purchased Rohwedder's second machine and discovered he could do more. He invented a better way to wrap the machine and keep bread fresh. He has also applied for patents for his ideas.
Wonder Bread, a sliced bread, was introduced by the Continental Baking Company in 1930. When they saw how the bread was received, it was followed by several large companies. Automatic, pop-up toasters had soared sales by 1932, an innovation of 1926 by Charles Strite. For the first time since 1933, American bakeries cut more bread loaves than unsliced bread loaves.
Rohwedder sold his patent rights to the Micro-Westco Co. of Bettendorf, Iowa, in the same year as the company's founding. He became vice president and sales manager of the Rohwedder Bakery Division.
Rohwedder, a retired from Micro-Westco Co. in 1951, and his partner Carrie moved to Albion, Michigan, where their daughter Margaret (Rohwedder) Steinhauer and his sister Elizabeth Pickerill lived. Rohwedder died in Concord, Michigan, on November 8, 1960. He was buried in Albion's Riverside Cemetery.