Tracing The Origin Of Garment Zippers

Zippers are now widely used in clothing all over the world. They are an indispensable part of people's life and are also one of the most important and practical inventions in the last century.

So who invented the zipper? The inventor is Swedish Gideon Sondback.

The origin and invention of excipient zippers

Gideon Sondback (Gideon Sundback, 1880 -1954), an American Swedish inventor.

During the period from 1906 to 1914, when working for a company that later became a Talon company, he made significant progress in zipper development and applied for a patent.

The name "zipper" was created by B.F.Goodrich, which was invented by Xun Baecque and used in their new boots.

Initially zippers were mainly used for boots and tobacco bags, and became popular in fashion industry twenty years later.

Xun Baecque also invented a machine for making zippers.

The zipper (zipper) zipper is a connecting piece made of continuous chain teeth to make the articles fit or separate. It is now widely used in clothing, bags, tents, etc.

1, two pieces of fasteners consisting of a row of metal teeth or plastic teeth are used to connect the edges of the openings (such as clothes or bags). A sliding element can pull two rows of teeth into the interlocking position to make the openings closed. 2, connect the chain of something (as a hoisting or falling object) to tighten, stabilize or guide the object.