This ‘J’ company (sounds like a mafia family from Mumbai!) was founded by seven brothers: Giocondo, Frank, Rachele, Candido, Joseph, Gelindo and Valeriano, who were from Casarsa della Delizia in northern Italy (the mafia doubt again!). The brothers won a contract to provide propellers to the U.S. for World War I planes!
But that is not the blog about! They all started as a machining company and worked on a citrus farm owned by an early aviation inventor!
They offered to help develop aviation products, creating an early wood propeller that was curved instead of flat and was used in World War I.
They also developed one of the first fully-enclosed cabins for airplanes, called the ‘J’ J-7, which was used to transport mail!
In 1921, a mail plane crashed, killing all of the passengers on board, including Giocondo Jacuzzi. With that shocking development the brothers subsequently abandoned the aviation industry and experimented with several other products, the first successful one being a water pump created by Rachele in 1926.
In 1948, Candido’s son Ken developed rheumatoid arthritis and had severe body pain with restricted movements. In a hospital visit to the Herrick Hospital, Candido saw how positively Ken responded to a smaller Hubbard tank! He then decided to develop a new and improved full body hydrotherapy pump, the J-300! The pump was a portable device that could turn any regular bathtub into a spa!
From 1968, a whirlpool bath was produced, which included jets that mixed air and water. This product (called the Roman Bath) was developed by Roy J, a 3rd-generation member of the family! This is considered the first whirlpool tub designed for relaxation, rather than for medical use.
Am sure you would have got to know the name of the ‘J’ by now!
Well, their original last name was Iacuzzi, but when the first two brothers immigrated from Italy to the US in 1907, immigration staff misspelt the first letter as J instead of L!
Yes! The name of the family and the portable bath and the hydrotherapy pump and the company is…Jacuzzi! After reading this you feel like taking a hot Jacuzzi bath! Unless like the Chota Pandit aka Rajpal Yadav in Bhool Bhulaiya you have been told to avoid water of course! Then only try dry cleaning!
Have a nice warm bath and sleep!
Good Night!
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