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2. Lint remover - Wikipedia

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   A lint remover in use. A lint roller or lint remover is a roll of one-sided adhesive paper on a cardboard or plastic barrel that is mounted on a central spindle, with an attached handle. The device facilitates the removal of lint or other small fibers from most materials such as clothing, upholstery and linen. Once expended, the roll can ...

3. Nicholas McKay (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Nicholas McKay, Sr. (December 8, 1920 – November 15, 2014) was an American inventor and entrepreneur. [1] His most well-known (and first commercial) product was the Lint Pic-Up, the world's first lint roller.

4. Lint (material) - Wikipedia

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   The etymology of the modern word "lint" is related to "linting", the term used for the cultivation of the shorter fibers from the cotton plant , also called "lint", from which lower-quality cotton products are manufactured. [2] Lint is composed of threads of all colors, which blend hues and may appear to be a uniform grey. [3]

5. Nylint - Wikipedia

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   In 1996 the Nylint Corporation would celebrate 50 years in the toy-making business but also lost their founder Bernard Klint, who died on September 2; his wife Grace died a year earlier on October 24, 1995. The company was left in the hands of their sons. Nylint continued to make pressed-steel toys. [1]

6. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   One momme = 4.340 g/m 2; 8 mommes is approximately 1 ounce per square yard or 35 g/m 2. The momme is based on the standard width of silk of 45 inches (1.1 m) wide (though silk is regularly produced in 55-inch (1.4 m) widths and uncommonly in larger widths). The usual range of momme weight for different weaves of silk are: Habutai—5 to 16 mm