Schmidt, Rudolf#
b. Vienna, Nov. 24, 1894, d. Vienna, April 19, 1955. Inventor and industrialist, son of the founder of the "R. S. & Co." Company (1892); 1929-1955 director of the steel works in Vienna, inventor of Torsteel, twisted steel bars of deformed rounds, commonly used in reinforced concrete constructions (patents 1935/36).