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Whitcomb L. Judson (March 7, 1843 – December 7, 1909) was an American machine salesman, mechanical engineer and inventor. He received thirty patents over a sixteen-year career, fourteen of which were on pneumatic street railway innovations.
A zipper, zip, or fly, formerly known as a clasp locker, is a commonly used device for binding together two edges of fabric or other flexible material. Used in clothing (e.g. jackets and jeans ), luggage and other bags , camping gear (e.g. tents and sleeping bags ), and many other items, zippers come in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors.
In 1891 Chicago inventor Whitcomb L. Judson wanted an easier way to lace up his shoes so he devised a system of hooks and eyes, plus a slide mechanism, to fasten and unfasten the hooks. He exhibited his device at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition .
The metal zipper is the oldest type of workable zipper, having been invented by Gideon Sundback as an improvement of Whitcomb Judson's "Clasp Locker" that majorly consisted of a hook-and-eye shoe fastener. [1]
Whitcomb L. Judson was an American mechanical engineer from Chicago who was the first to invent, conceive of the idea, and to construct a workable zipper. [35] Using a hook-and-eye device, Judson intended for this earliest form of the zipper to be used on shoes.
Whitcomb L. Judson (1843–1909), American inventor of the zipper; James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916), American writer and poet; Places. Whitcomb, Indiana;
Whitcomb Judson (1836–1909), U.S. – zipper Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), U.S. – chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants Ma Jun ( fl. 220–265), China – south-pointing chariot (see differential gear ), mechanical puppet theater , chain pumps , improved silk looms
A lobster clasp, also known as a lobster hook, lobster claw, trigger clasp, or bocklebee clasp, is a fastener that is held closed by a spring. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The lobster clasp is opened or closed by actuating a small lever, after which it is attached to (or removed from) a short link-chain or a ring-like structure.