# Thomas F Rataiczak — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Thomas F Rataiczak has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Early Industrial Food Mixers Used Planetary Gear Systems](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/1264128/stand-mixer-kitchenaid-johnston) — granted 1918
  A 1918 patent for a heavy-duty industrial mixing machine that used a specific gear arrangement to rotate a beater while simultaneously moving it around the bowl.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/thomas-f-rataiczak

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