Funny Holidays - Stapler's Birthday

Paper documents are kept together and are not lost thanks to special metal brackets The device that is used to join sheets together is called a stapler The stapler's birthday is March 5th This fun holiday is celebrated annually by office workers and other people around the world The date of the celebration was not chosen by chance It takes us back to March 5, 1866, the day when a patent was received for the invention of this unique office device In the 18th century in France, at the court of Louis XV, manuscripts with decrees and orders of the king were fastened with a metal bracket, on which the symbols of the reigning person were applied However, centuries have passed since the first use of the device for joining paper until its introduction into mass use The first patent for fastening sheets of brass and other metals was received at the end of the 19th century Englishman George McGill He later registered a press designed for joining paper, which was put into mass production In appearance, the device resembled a miniature Singer sewing machine The stapler appeared in the everyday life of people of non-royal blood at the beginning of the 20th century In American offices, clerks began to actively use the “staple” since 1914 One device satisfied the needs of 500 employees The stapler appeared in Russian office work in the 50s of the twentieth century However, the most popular in the USSR was the hole punch, which left through holes in the paper, which made it possible to file sheets in a binder The names of pioneers in a field and creators of unique household items are often used to name inventions So, despite the presence of different manufacturing companies, the device for copying images is called a copier, like its progenitor - a device released in 1949 by Xerox Corporation The first absorbent disposable diapers with charcoal under the Pampers brand appeared on the market in 1961 Since then, the shape of the products has been modified many times (with Velcro, in the form of panties, etc), production technology, manufacturers and scope of application have changed (for newborns and bedridden adults ) However, consumers call all products with properties similar to Pampers diapers diapers Before 1909, devices for joining paper were called staplers or staplers At the beginning of the twentieth century They were produced by the French company Hotchkiss; in 1930, devices with a hinged top lid began to be produced by the American company Swingline The device began to be called a stapler in honor of an invention patented by McGill - the McGill Single Stroke Staple Press Since then, folders from any manufacturer have been called this way Today, the word "stapler" is used to refer to all devices that connect sheets of paper At the dawn of its appearance, the fastener for sheets of aluminum and paper was a rather cumbersome and labor-intensive device Until 1877, the machine could not feed staples and fasten sheets with one click The user had to first make holes, then remove the paper from the device and insert the rivets, then return it and press the lever to secure them A modern stapler is compact and easy to use Without it, it is impossible to imagine the work of an office clerk, furniture maker, installer or builder That is why representatives of these and other professions celebrate the stapler’s birthday on March 5th