When he was a service technician, Jim Tieken and his coworkers “daily experienced the lack of simple-to-use, efficient, and economical refrigerant recovery equipment.”
This prompted Tieken and his colleagues to develop, design, and patent the Spooter II and Spooter 134 refrigerant recovery pumps. They were developed to offer service techs an inexpensive tool that meets EPA requirements. In the process, they gave their inventor experience in manufacturing.