| has gloss | eng: Carl Strandlund (5 March 1899 – December 1974) was a Swedish-born American inventor and entrepreneur. Background Carl Strandlund was born in Sweden. Emigrating from Sweden, the Strandlund family settled among the rolling cornfields of Moline, Illinois, when Carl Strandlund was four years old. Career Strandlund held over 150 farm implement patents through his work at the Minneapolis-Moline tractor company including the creation of rubber tires for tractors. Strandlund also invented manufacturing techniques to build non-warping metal plates for tanks during World War II, created air conditioning systems for movie theaters, and invented a wallpaper-removing machine. Strandlund was also a sports enthusiast and gambler who owned racehorses and offered pointers to the University of Minnesota football coach on winning strategies after studying the team. |
