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The Zipper

The zipper is an invention that greatly improved how easily clothes can be put on and taken off. Whitcomb Judson invented the first zipper in 1893, but it did not stay closed well. Dr. Gideon Sundback from Sweden then improved the design by attaching the zipper's metal teeth to flexible cloth strips, which solved the problem of the teeth coming apart. A zipper has three main parts - rows of metal or plastic teeth attached to cloth strips, and a sliding fastener that joins or separates the teeth. Sundback's innovation of attaching the teeth to cloth is what made zippers practical and successful.

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The Zipper

The zipper is an invention that greatly improved how easily clothes can be put on and taken off. Whitcomb Judson invented the first zipper in 1893, but it did not stay closed well. Dr. Gideon Sundback from Sweden then improved the design by attaching the zipper's metal teeth to flexible cloth strips, which solved the problem of the teeth coming apart. A zipper has three main parts - rows of metal or plastic teeth attached to cloth strips, and a sliding fastener that joins or separates the teeth. Sundback's innovation of attaching the teeth to cloth is what made zippers practical and successful.

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The Zipper

The zipper is a wonderful invention. How did people ever live without
the zippers? They are very common, so we forget theat they are wonderful.
They are very strong, but they open and close very easily. They come in many
colors and size.

In the 1890s, people in the United States wore high shoes with a long row
of buttons. Clothes often had rows of buttons, too. People wished that clothes
were easier to put on and take off.

Whitcomb L. Judson, an engineer from the United States, invented the


zipper in 1893. However, his zippers didn’t stay closed very well. This was
embarrassing , and people didn’t buy many of them. Then Dr. Gideon
Sundback from Sweden solved this problem. His zipper stayed closed.

A zipper has three parts: 1. There are dozens of metal or plastic hooks
(called teeth) in two rows. 2. These hooks are fastened to two strips of cloth.
The cloth strips are flexible. They bend easily. 3. A fastener slides along and
joins the hooks together. When it slides the other way, it takes the hooks apart.

Dr. Sundback put the hooks on strips of cloth. The cloth holds all the
hooks in place. They don’t come apart very easily. This solved the problem of
the first zippers.

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