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The word zipper is onomatopoetic, as the device makes a high-pitched zip when used. Examples of special zippers with different tape materials, colors and patterns. In many jackets and similar garments, the opening is closed completely when the slider is at the top end. Some jackets have double-separating zippers with two sliders on the tape.
Drawing of 1917 slide fastener patent filing. Talon was the first slide fastener, a/k/a zipper, manufacturing company. It was founded in 1893 as the Universal Fastener Company, manufacturing hookless fasteners for shoes. In 1913 it moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania, becoming the first manufacturer of zippers. The company flourished through the ...
The Slider was remastered again for CD by Edsel Records in 1994 as part of their extensive T. Rex reissue campaign and a number of different bonus tracks were appended. A companion release, entitled Rabbit Fighter (The Alternate Slider) , was released in 1995 and contained alternative versions and radio sessions of the main album and bonus tracks.
A major technological change came in 1950, when the company purchased a chain machine from the U.S. that allowed the automation of the zipper making process. Previously, YKK zippers were made by hand, and hence had an inferior quality compared to automated zippers from abroad. In March 1951, YKK relocated its headquarters to Chūō, Tokyo.
Sliding glass door frames are often made from wood, aluminum, stainless steel, or steel, which also have the most strength. The most common material is PVC plastic. Replacement parts are most commonly needed for the moving-sliding parts of the door, such as the steel rollers that glide within the track and the locking mechanisms.
Zipper Catches Skin is the second of three studio albums which Cooper refers to as his "blackout" albums, the others being the preceding album, Special Forces (1981), and the following album, DaDa (1983), as he has no recollection of recording them, due to the substance abuse, although he did manage to film a television advertisement intended ...
A spray tower (or spray column or spray chamber) is a gas-liquid contactor used to achieve mass and heat transfer between a continuous gas phase (that can contain dispersed solid particles) and a dispersed liquid phase. It consists of an empty cylindrical vessel made of steel or plastic, and nozzles that spray liquid into the vessel.
A SIG Sauer P226 with slide closed (top) and opened (bottom). On the bottom view, slide is locked to the rear by the slide stop . The slide on the majority of fully / semi-automatic pistols is the upper part that reciprocates ("slides") with recoil during the gun's operating cycle.