Who co-invented the refrigerator that had it's manufacturing rights sold to an American manufacturer founded in 1922?
Baltzar von Platen (inventor) Baltzar von Platen (24 February 1898 – 29 April 1984), together with Carl Munters, was the inventor of the gas absorption refrigerator in 1922 while they were both Swedish engineering students at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The technique produced "cold" from a heat source such as propane, electricity, or kerosene. In 1923 production by AB Arctic began. In 1925 AB Arctic was purchased by Electrolux, which began selling them worldwide. Servel purchased rights to manufacture the refrigerator in 1925 and was the only U.S. manufacturer for many years. Von Platen was awarded the Franklin Institute's John Price Wetherill Medal in 1932.
Edwards Baking Edwards Baking is an American commercial manufacturer of frozen desserts. The company came into existence in 1995 when a group of investors purchased Atlanta-based frozen pie manufacturer Edwards Baking Co. and Chicago-based Tripp Bakers and merged the two to form a new national company.