Growth
The areas that Van Dyne Crotty operated in boasted of having more patents per capita than any other region in the United States. Some of the inventions patented in their home town were the airplane, the parachute, pop top beverage cans, the ice cube tray and the step ladder, just to name a few. The partners were in the right place at the right time. Dayton needed the service the pair provided and the business grew steadily.
Van Dyne Crotty grew geographically throughout Ohio, and additional products were introduced such as glove renovation which proved to be profitable because heavy industry calculated that it was less expensive to clean gloves than to buy new ones for the manufacturing process.
Van Dyne Crotty is also credited as being the first company east of the Mississippi River to rent an entrance mat, also known as a "walk off mat," which has since grown into a multi-billion dollar industry of itself.
Lloyd Van Dyne died in the early 1960s. Fergus Crotty, who at the time of his retirement had left or sold the company to L. William Crotty and Frank Crotty, headed the company after his partner's death.
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