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  • Thumbnail for Brass fastener
    brass fastener, butterfly clips, brad, paper fastener or split pin is a stationery item used for securing multiple sheets of paper together. A patent of...
    2 KB (227 words) - 08:28, 5 November 2023
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    mollies. The molly bolt was patented in 1934 by George Frederick Croessant. Although his patent acknowledges that expandable fasteners of this general kind were...
    3 KB (374 words) - 15:01, 30 November 2023
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    Zipper (redirect from Zip fastener)
    A zipper, zip, fly, or zip fastener, formerly known as a clasp locker, is a commonly used device for binding together two edges of fabric or other flexible...
    33 KB (4,477 words) - 14:25, 17 May 2024
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    of the zip fastener. It was originally called a clasp-locker. The first application was as a fastener for shoes and high boots. The patent said it could...
    13 KB (1,650 words) - 18:37, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dzus fastener
    It is named after its inventor William Dzus (/zuːs/). The fastener was invented and patented by William Dzus, an American engineer of Ukrainian descent...
    6 KB (742 words) - 16:33, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Snap fastener
    A snap fastener, also called snap button, press button, press stud, press fastener, dome fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button), is a pair of...
    5 KB (539 words) - 10:08, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hook-and-loop fastener
    Hook-and-loop fasteners, hook-and-pile fasteners or touch fasteners (often referred to by the genericized trademark velcro, which was the original name...
    27 KB (3,369 words) - 17:29, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Talon Zipper
    slide fastener, a/k/a zipper, manufacturing company. It was founded in 1893 as the Universal Fastener Company, manufacturing hookless fasteners for shoes...
    10 KB (1,223 words) - 14:00, 15 March 2024
  • Velcro (redirect from Magic fastener)
    hook-and-loop fasteners, which de Mestral invented. Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral who studied at EPFL invented his first touch fastener when, in...
    8 KB (592 words) - 22:29, 11 April 2024
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    Screw (redirect from Screw fastener)
    A screw is an externally helical threaded fastener capable of being tightened or released by a twisting force (torque) to the head. The most common uses...
    65 KB (6,078 words) - 22:22, 7 June 2024
  • Morris Abrams (redirect from Arrow Fastener)
    patent, and by 1943, was assigning his patents to Arrow Fastener, a process he continued into the 1950s as he patented the hammer tacker and the staple gun...
    5 KB (377 words) - 16:30, 26 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nail (fastener)
    of metal (or wood, called a tree nail or "trunnel") which is used as a fastener, as a peg to hang something, or sometimes as a decoration. Generally, nails...
    31 KB (3,898 words) - 17:07, 8 June 2024
  • US patent 1075710, Goodwin, Dwight S., "Set-screw or the like.", issued 1913-10-14  Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine "Phillips Fastener". Phillips...
    96 KB (9,923 words) - 07:24, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bild Lilli doll
    mainly of traditional "dirndl" dresses. Lilli's dresses always have patent fasteners marked "PRYM". Lilli and her fashions were sold as children's toys...
    10 KB (1,235 words) - 15:36, 5 February 2024
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    Stapler (category Fasteners)
    brass paper fastener that was a precursor to the modern staple. In 1867, he received U.S. patent 67,665 for a press to insert the fastener into paper....
    12 KB (1,565 words) - 17:27, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Button-Fastener case
    expressly overruled the Button-Fastener Case and the A.B. Dick case, in the Motion Picture Patents case. Button-Fastener had patents on machines for fastening...
    29 KB (4,425 words) - 01:55, 13 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Staple (fastener)
    A staple is a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together. Large staples might be used with...
    14 KB (1,702 words) - 17:09, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Butt joint
    generally provides sufficient strength in most cases, particularly when fasteners are used. The butt joint is widely used in many applications due to its...
    13 KB (1,895 words) - 20:46, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Albert-Pierre Raymond
    company (fr:ARaymond), and he patented the snap fastener. His initial patent was filed on May 29, 1886. He also patented this invention in the U.S. and...
    6 KB (366 words) - 19:23, 18 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Robertson screw
    are becoming much more common. As patents expired and awareness of their advantages have spread, Robertson fasteners have become popular in woodworking...
    9 KB (817 words) - 18:48, 28 May 2024
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