Artur Fischer – inventor of the Fischer dowel is dead – Süddeutsche.de

He revolutionized home improvement, children played with his inventions. Artur Fischer died at the age of 96 years, the Lord of the patents was.

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One of the latest inventions of Artur Fischer looks simple from. As a napkin ring made of plastic. There is a bracket in order to behead egg easily. You might be sparked oldest problem; It plagued fishermen since 1946. He was at home was back in his workshop, as a hotelier him complained, guests bekleckerten at breakfast with egg.

Known straight from the war Artur Fischer especially for inventing the Fischer anchor. They are found in many German walls. Now Artur Fischer has died at the age of 96 years. This was confirmed by his company of the SZ .

The egg-holder says a lot about the inventiveness of Artur Fischer. He solved everyday problems. He was a pragmatist, he was always top of the market. 1948 invented a fishing Glühapparat by his wife Rita eintauschte at farmers against butter, eggs and bacon. Matches were then scarce. In 1949 he invented the sync flash, 1958 at the building boom the expansion anchor made of nylon. In 1964 he brought out fishing technology, a modular, the enthusiastic children of Technology, for his world. Fischer held far more than 1,100 patents.

The European Patent Office drew Fischer in 2014 for lifetime achievement from. It drew so from a generation postwar entrepreneurs, rebuilders, economic wonderland-residents. Founded by Artur Fischer has 4,000 employees and makes about 660 million euros in sales. The guide is located at Fisherman’s son Klaus.

“Your loving father”

discipline and willpower learned Artur Fischer in the parental home. He was born on New Year’s Eve 1919 in Tumlingen. The father was a tailor, the family had little money. The farmers in Waldachtal rarely needed a new suit. The mother was ironing the collar, so that you could visit the oldest secondary school. “The enjoyment of technology I’ve noticed her,” Fischer once said.

The high school he broke but then from. The boy from the country began an apprenticeship as a locksmith in Stuttgart. After a few months he resigned from the Father via postcard to the demolition of the doctrine. He answered: “My dear son, as I read, you’d come home and leave your work, but at my front door you’ll turn around and have to go back again Your loving father…”

The next time you visit home complained the boy his mother his doubts about the love of the Father. “That you understand yet, but you’ll find out,” the mother explained. “She was right,” says Fischer recalled later. From then on he knew: “There is no surrender I have to..”

Artur Fischer had to invent, he could not help. He was an eternally curious.