ZIPPERS
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The history of the zipper begins in 1851, when Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, invented a continuous closure for clothing using hooks that were placed on each side of the garments to be closed and hooked.
40 years later, Whitcomb L. Judson, inspired by Howe's invention, created a new system for closing boots that was quite similar, although without much success. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that a certain Gideon Sundbach wanted to improve the idea and developed a Y-shaped piece, made up of metal teeth, with an intermediate piece that joined them. In 1917 he patented the idea under the name "Hookless Nr 2" and began its use on an industrial level, mainly in boots, tobacco bags and mail bags.
In World War I, its use was extended to troop and aviator uniforms, and from then the idea caught up all the way to the present day.
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