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  2. Whitcomb L. Judson - Wikipedia

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    Judson's most noteworthy invention, a chain-lock fastener, was the precursor to the modern zipper which he developed and invented in 1891. [5] Judson is generally recognized as the inventor of the zipper. [6] He also invented a "clasp-locker" automation production machine that made his fastener device inexpensively. [7]

  3. Zipper - Wikipedia

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    In 1892, Whitcomb L. Judson, an American inventor from Chicago, patented the original design from which the modern device evolved. [1] The zipper gets its name from a brand of rubber boots (or galoshes) it was used on in 1923. The galoshes could be fastened with a single zip of the hand, and soon the hookless fasteners came to be called ...

  4. Metal zipper - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Talon Zipper - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    Marc Jorgenson, Canada – engineer, inventor and musician; Anatol Josepho (1894–1980), patented the first coin-operated photo booth called the "Photomaton" in 1925; Marjorie Joyner (1896–1994), U.S. – Permanent wave machine; Whitcomb Judson (1836–1909), U.S. – zipper

  7. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Watch strap - Wikipedia

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    A watch strap, watch band, watch bracelet or watch belt is a bracelet that straps a wrist watch onto the wrist. [1] Watch straps may be made of leather, plastic, polyurethane, silicone, rubber, FKM, cloth, or metal, sometimes in combination. It can be regarded as a fashion item, serving both a utilitarian and decorative function.

  9. Whitcomb - Wikipedia

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    Whitcomb L. Judson (1843–1909), American inventor of the zipper; James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916), American writer and poet; Places. Whitcomb, Indiana;

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