zipper

     

A zipper (British English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular evice for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. It is used in clothing (e.g. jackets and jeans), luggage and other bags, sporting goods, camping gear (e.g., tents and sleeping bags), and other daily use items.

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  • It's said the noise the slide makes going up & down this fastener gave it its name
  • The Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" album featured a working one of these on the cover
  • The World Almanac's list of inventions runs from Pascal's adding machine to this fastener by Judson
  • ...on the 2005 World Almanac's list of important inventions
  • The World Almanac's list of inventions goes from Pascal's adding machine to a 1913 improvement of this fastener
  • This fastener gets its name from a brand of galoshes it was used on
  • To shorten one of these, whipstitch across the teeth 8 or 10 times to form a new bottom stop, then cut below it
  • It has a bottom stop, teeth, a slide & top stops
  • This name that Goodrich used for its galoshes with slide fasteners became a generic term for the fasteners
  • 1st sold by the Hookless Fastener Co. in 1913, it didn't get this name until 1923
  • Whitcomb Judson's "clasp locker" of 1893 was this fastener's forerunner
  • It keeps you from exposing too much of yourself:pull tab, slide, teeth
  • The Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" album featured a working one of these on the cover
  • An early version of this notion was Whitcomb Judson's "clasp locker"
  • INVENTIONS--------------------This fastener gets its name from a brand of galoshes it was used on
  • Look down at the little tab on this on your clothing--chances are it'll bear the name YKK
  • Around 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, which today we call this
  • An early name for this fastener device invented by Whitcomb Judson was the clasp locker

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