In a narrow side street in lower Manhattan is a drab, recessed doorway that bears the legend: "Dr. Peter Schlumbohm. Walk One Flight Up." In a loft upstairs is a bright, orderly array of glass, aluminum, cork, plastics, cartons, and laboratory gimmicks. Off to one side is the rough-lumber worktable at which Dr. Schlumbohm, 50, a large (225 lbs.), hearty man with a bellowing laugh, has worked out 1,000 inventions. Last week he was fondling two newborn brain children: the Tubadipdrip, a combination coffeemaker-teamaker and cocktail mixer, and the Tempot, a combination fireless cooker-ice cream freezer-frozen food locker-foot bath-thermos chest-dishwasher-air...
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