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In 1944, Roy Jacuzzi (born 1928) was hired by Peter Kosta, then President of Jacuzzi Research, Inc. By then, built-in whirlpool baths already had been in use for years as evidenced by them having been installed at Cypress Gardens, an apartment complex in Monterey, CA.
By 1979, [9] there were 257 Jacuzzi family members involved in the Jacuzzi brand and there was a growing number of disputes among them. [20] Then the business was acquired by Kidde for $70 million. [9] Most of the Jacuzzi family members left the company, except Roy Jacuzzi, who stayed on as the head of the hot tub and bath division. [21]
What's in a Name?: From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-59240-432-2; Emert, Carol (June 12, 1999). "Hot Water, Cold Cash / How Roy Jacuzzi turned family business into global bath empire". The San Francisco Chronicle
Other sources mention Roy Jacuzzi as an inventor. Could it be that some Jacuzzi brothers invented a prototype, while Roy finalized the invention and patented it? Or other versions of the history of the invention? Mikkalai 20:56, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Jacuzzi is a company producing whirlpool bathtubs and spas. The term 'Jacuzzi' is often used generically to refer to any bathtub with underwater massage jets. Jacuzzi may also refer to: Hot tub; Candido Jacuzzi (1903–1986), Italian-American inventor; Romain Jacuzzi (born 1984), French footballer
As an author, Dodd wrote The Reverend Guppy’s Aquarium (Random House Books UK, Penguin USA, 2007),in which he explored the lives of people whose names give the English language some of its most colourful words, [6] including Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone; Roy Jacuzzi, inventor of the Jacuzzi Whirplool Bath, and Mercédès Jellinek ...
4 Has a jacuzzi ever been sold or used without heat and for what purpose
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