Des Moines, Iowa, inventor and philanthropist, Ray Townsend, known for inventions in the meat industry, died on April 2 2011. Townsend was ninety-seven years old.
Townsend founded Townsend Engineering in 1940. He patented more than one hundred and twenty-seven inventions, including a device that stripped skin from pork called the Townsend Model 27, and a machine that produced linked hot dogs called the Frank-a-Matic. Most of the hot dogs produced in the United States were made with a Ray Townsend machine. Ray Townsend is credited with inventing the first pork belly skinner, first conveyorized skinner, first automatic sausage linker, first low-pressure injector, first automatic trimmer with light sensor technology,and the first continuous casing system.
In 2005, Ray Townsend retired to become a philanthropist. His charity projects included the founding of the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, an education and conservation center. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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This is amazing. I never though about someone inventing so many invention for the food industry. Although the food industry is a very competitive market. Inventions for the food industry are a “hot potato.” I believe that marketing had a very important part on Mr. Townsend. Not only the invention itself was creative, but the efforts to show the public and the companies way to save time and money. I believe if Mr. Townsend would inventing and use the online marketing power, his invention would been even more famous. Most inventors today want to keep using the same old system of marketing invention. But now with the power of the internet, more inventors have the opportunity to succeed.
-Hector Solis, http:www.livetheinvention.com