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Fritz Gegauf
Fritz Gegauf (1893-1980) was a Swiss inventor and founder of the Bernina International, an international manufacturer of sewing and embroidery systems. He was the son of Karl Friedrich Gegauf (1860-1926), inventor of the hemstitch sewing machine.
Biography.
Fritz Gegauf was born on 5 April 1893 at Steckborn, Switzerland. From 1910 until 1914, he made a mechanics apprenticeship in his fathers sewing machine factory at Steckborn. He was awarded a patent for a hemstitch sewing machine. In 1920
commonly referred to as ""gegaufing"", because the name Gegauf became famous in the industry.
History 1926–1947: Fritz Gegauf and the development of the first Bernina household sewing machine.
In 1919, Fritz Gegauf, one of Karl’s sons, together with his father, filed a patent application for the "Wotan" hemstich sewing machine, which became another international success for the company, which changed its name to "Fritz Gegauf". After being in Paris selling the company’s tin openers, which had no