People need so much equipment to facilitate life and daily activities. Because of familiarity, most people do not realize that behind the simplicity of the shape or design of the equipment they use, there is the story and history of the great people who find it. Here are 20 simple inventions are very useful:
1. Toothpick
Toothpicks have been there before the arrival of modern humans. Tooth skulls of Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens has shown evidence of tool use for piercing teeth. It is the oldest tool for cleaning teeth. Toothpick making machine was first developed in 1869 by Alessandro Franco, then similar machine patented in 1872 by Silas Noble and JP Cooley.
2. Sewing needle
Sewing needles have been used for thousands of years. Excavations carried out in the island Oland, in Alby, Sweden revealed that the needles made of bone has been used since 6000 years BC. Even the needles are made of ivory have also been found in Kostenki, Russia's 30,000-year-old.
3. Comb
Comb is one of the oldest tools ever found by archaeologists, which is about 5000 years ago in Persia.
4. Button
Studs of shells is known as the ornament in the Indus Valley Civilization in 2000 BC.
5. Pin
Pin Mycenaeans came from humble beginnings to the 14th century BC, known as namafibulae. Pin was created back in 1849 by Walter Hunt, an American inventor.
6. Straw
The first straw used by the Sumerians (about 3500-2300 BC) which is one of the ancient civilizations in the Middle East. Modern straw was invented by a cigarette paper factory owner an American named Marvin C. Stone. His invention was patented on 3 January 1888.
7. Rubber Bracelet
Rubber Bracelet patented in London on May 17, 1845 by an inventor and entrepreneur vulcanized rubber Englishman named Stephen Perry.
8. Zipper
In 1851, Elias Howe received a patent for a device called "Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure" which is the forerunner of the modern zipper. 42 years later in 1893, Whitcomb Judson began marketing a similar device called the "Clasp Locker". In 1913, Gideon Sundback who was an employee at the company's Universal Fastener Company in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA has successfully designed the modern zipper.
9. Clothes peg
Pegs made from a piece of wood created by Victor Jeremie Opdebec. Clothes peg using per, as digunakaan today, was created in 1853 by David M. Smith, who came from Springfield, United States.
10. Can opener
Canned food has been around since 1772 in the Netherlands, but the new opener patented in England in 1855. In the United States, patented the first can opener by Ezra Warner of Connecticut in 1858, but the shape is still not practical. Can opener that has been equipped with modern wheels spinning cutter that found in the United States in 1870 by William Lyman.
11. Staplers and Staples
The oldest known stapler was handmade in the 18th century for the King of France, Louis XV. In 1866, George McGill is an American receives patent for his discovery that is the origin of the modern stapler Baral, later on February 18, 1879, George McGill received a patent for his invention back the McGill Single-Stroke Staple Press, which is the first stapler commercially successful .
12. Paper Clips
According to the Early Office Museum, the first patent issued for a paper clip in the USA to Samuel B. Fay, namely on 23 April 1867.
13. Clothes hanger
Clothes hangers are used today was inspired by a coat hanger which was created in 1869 by OA North of New Britain, Connecticut. An employee of Timberlake Wire and Novelty Company named Albert J. Parkhouse who came from Jackson, Michigan is also given credit for the invention, as well as Christopher Cann in 1876 which is an engineering student at Boston University.
14. Nail cutters
It is unknown who the inventor clear nail cutter, but the patent for this device was first released in the United States in 1875 and given to Valentine Fogerty.
15. Bottle Caps
Bottle cap was found in 1890 by the founder of the company Crown Holdings, Inc., William Painter who was born in Tridelphia, Maryland, United States. Painter named the findings as "Crown Cork" because its shape resembles a crown queen of England.
16. Spikes Tindis
Discovered in 1900 in Newark, New Jersey, United States by someone who works in film developing company named Edwin Moore. After his discovery, Moore left the photography business and set up a company called Moore Push-Pin Company.
17. Hairpin
Hair clamp was found in 1922. For decades, the trademark "Bobby Pin" held by Bob Lepine Corporation Buffalo, New York, United States.
18. Cotton Buds
Found in New York in 1923 by Leo Gerstenzang, who was born in Warsaw, Poland that United States nationals. To market its products, the company established the Leo Gerstenzang named Leo Gerstenzang Infant Novelty Company under the brand "Q-Tips".
19. Insulation Adhesive
Forerunner of modern insulation was developed in 1930 in Minneapolis, USA, by a company engineer named Richard Drew of 3M Company.
20. Velcro
Discovered in 1948 by a Swiss national electrical engineer named George de Mestral. De Mestral patented "velcro" its findings in 1955.
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