Aaron S. Lapin, Reddi-wip Creator
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Engineering Management History of Science and Technology Mechanical Engineering |
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History of Technology |
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Organization:Nick Ravo, New York Times |
| Description: | New York Times article published July 14, 1999 in tribute to Aaron S. Lapin, inventor of the Reddi-wip product and aerosol spray can. " Aaron S. Lapin, a St. Louis businessman best known for putting whipped cream in a spray can, a product he named Reddi-wip, died on Saturday at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 85. Originally, Mr. Lapin, who was known as Bunny -- in French, lapin means rabbit -- was a clothing salesman. But he switched to the food business in the early 1940's, selling Sta-Whip, a wartime substitute for whipping cream made mostly from light cream and vegetable fat. For bakers and other commercial customers who wanted to whip Sta-Whip, he also offered what he called a Fount-Wip, a crude, refillable aerating gun. In 1946, when the Crown Cork and Seal Company introduced the first seamless, lined and lithographed aerosol canister -- the Spra-tainer, Mr. Lapin became one of the canister's first customers. He put his product in the aerosol cans under the brand name Reddi-wip, initially selling it through milkmen in St. Louis. Distribution quickly expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Within five years, Mr. Lapin was worth millions. In 1951, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called him 'Bunny Lapin, Whipped Cream King.' Aerosol Age, a trade publication, wrote, 'He bought Cadillacs two at a time and lived in Gloria Swanson's furnished mansion in Hollywood." |
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| Keywords: | Reddi-wip aerosol spray aerosol valve |
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| Publication Date: | July 1999 |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E7D91F3CF937A2 |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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