Gideon Sundback (April 24, 1880 – 21 June 1954) was a Swedish – American electrical engineer. He is most commonly associated with the development work of Gideon Sundback zipper.
Gideon Sundback
Background:
Gideon Sundback was born on Sonarp farm in Ödestugu Parish, in Jönköping County, SmålandSweden. Sundback Otto Jonas Magnusson O, a prosperous farmer, and his wife, Kristina was the son of Klasdotter Carolina.
Studies:
Following his studies in the polytechnic school, he studied in Germany moved to Sweden Sundback Bingen am Rhein. In 1903, engineer, test input Sundback honor. In 1905, he migrated to the United States. Career In 1905, Gideon started working Sundback and Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Career and Job:
In 1906, was hired to work for the Universal Fastener Company in Hoboken, New Jersey. In 1909, Sundback Swedish-born plant manager, Peter Aronsson married daughter Elvira Aronson.Later he was promoted to the position of head designer at Universal Fastener Sundback. Sundback many advances in the development of companies trying to become the zipper, between 1906 and 1914 Talon, Inc., as well as other engineers that built on earlier work by Elias Howe, Max Wolff, and Whitcomb Judson. O “Judson C-curity Fastener” responsible for improving. At that time, the company’s product is still based on hooks and eyes. Sundback, developed an improved version of C-curity “plasterboard” is called, but there was a strong tendency to take a very different and could not be more successful than previous versions.
His Innovation:
Finally, the first version based on the principle of Sundback his invention, the hook and eye, pull-apart problem was solved in 1913, “Hookless Fastener No. 1“. He came with ten or 11-4 per inch increased the number of fasteners. His invention is drawn into a single piece by the slider, and slider driven by the increase of the opening for the teeth as the teeth had two facing.Sundback in 1914, developed a version based on each tooth, was all the conditions of modern metal zipper “Hookless No. 2“. Each tooth of his own at the bottom of the zipper on one end and a hole is punched or have a conical projection.
Logic in his Innovation:
A two-band channels, two of the teeth of the slider are brought together at the top of a tooth tip on the other hand, matching the lower corners of the tooth engages. On the other side of the teeth of the band offset by half a tooth height of the teeth on one side, the zipper fastened to clothing fabric, a cloth tape tightly crimped edge of the cord which has a strong fabric. They pull a permit to dedicate enough time to play there are not so tightly meshed cord and tape. Not rise enough to break free off the bottom end of a tooth, and the dimple on the tooth can not leave on his end. United States Patent no. “Separable Fastener” which was released in the 1219881 1917. name, created in 1923 by the BF Goodrich zipper boots used in the new device. Initially, the primary use for zippers had boots and tobacco pouches, they are also caught in the fashion industry took another twenty years before. About the time of World War II, zipper pants, skirts and dresses fly and plaques for the widely accepted. Citizenship and death Sundback also created a new machine for zipper manufacturing.
His honor & an end!!
Lightning Fastener Company, one of the earliest zipper manufacturer, based in St. Catharines, Ontario. Sundback, Meadville, Pennsylvania Sundback remained an American citizen and was awarded the Gold Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering in 1951, died of a heart condition in 1954 and was buried in Sundback, Greendale cemetery in Meadville, Pennsylvania. National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006 was honored Gideon Sundback continued his work on the development of the zipper.
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