Kelvinator was an American home appliance manufacturer and a line of domestic refrigerators that was the namesake of the company.
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12 Facts About Kelvinator
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Kelvinator was founded on September 18,1914, in Detroit, Michigan, United States, by engineer Nathaniel B Wales who introduced his idea for a practical electric refrigeration unit for the home to Edmund Copeland and Arnold Goss.
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Kelvinator was among some two dozen home refrigerators introduced to the US market in 1916.
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In 1918 Kelvinator introduced the first refrigerator with any type of automatic control.
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Kelvinator began buying Leonard's boxes for its electric refrigerated models.
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On July 3,1925, Kelvinator bought Nizer Corporation in a tri-party merger valued at $20,000,000.
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Kelvinator concentrated its entire appliance production at the Grand Rapids factory in 1928.
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In 1936, Kelvinator introduced the "Kelvin Home", which was one of the earliest attempts to market in-home central air conditioning and heating to ordinary consumers.
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Nash-Kelvinator became a division of American Motors when Nash merged with Hudson in 1954.
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Kelvinator refrigerators included shelves on the inside of their doors and special compartments for frozen juice containers in the freezer.
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Kelvinator manufactured Kelvinator bunkers, dipping cabinets, blast chillers, reach-ins, and low- and medium-temperature merchandisers.
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Kelvinator brand is used in Argentina for a wide variety of appliances marketed by Radio Victoria Fueguina in Tierra del Fuego.
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