Arthur R. Hinkel (January 9, 1916 – January 17, 1993) was an American
electrical engineer
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
best known for developing the Blend Method of
electrology.
Hinkel met electrologist Henri St. Pierre in the 1930s while Hinkel worked at the medical division of
General Electric. They began work on developing an epilator that combined
electrolysis
In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a technique that uses direct electric current (DC) to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction. Electrolysis is commercially important as a stage in the separation of elements from n ...
and
thermolysis. In 1948, the St. Pierre Epilator Company Inc., owned by St. Pierre and Hinkel, received a patent for a blended current epilator.
Hinkel also owned a chain of electrology businesses. He sold the manufacturing portion of the business in 1984, which still operates under the name A.R. Hinkel.
Bibliography
*Hinkel AR, Lind RW (1968). ''Electrolysis, Thermolysis and the Blend: the principles and practice of permanent hair removal.''Los Angeles, CA: Arroway Publishers,
External links
Arthur Hinkel biography
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1916 births
1993 deaths
American electrical engineers
20th-century American engineers