Carl G. Sontheimer (1914 – 23 March 1998) was an American inventor and engineer best known for creating the original Cuisinart food processor.
Before developing the food processor in the early 1970s, he had a career that included work at RCA and Maguire Industries.
[1] He invented a number of other devices, including a microwave-based direction finder used during NASA's moon program.
Sontheimer sold his stake in Trak and started Anzac Electronics to develop and manufacture microwave systems.
[1] His food processor was based on a commercial one produced by a major French restaurant supplier, the Robot-Coupe[1] invented by Pierre Verdon.