GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The zipper was invented by Whitcomb L. Judson in
A
1802
B
1823
C
1867
D
1891
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Zipper. Judson’s most noteworthy invention, a chain-lock fastener, was the precursor to the modern zipper which he developed and invented in 1891. Judson is generally recognized as the inventor of the zipper. He also invented a “clasp-locker” automation production machine that made his fastener device inexpensively.

Detailed explanation-2: -invention of clasp locker slide fastener was exhibited by Whitcomb L. Judson at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Judson’s fastener, called a clasp locker, was an arrangement of hooks and eyes with a slide clasp for closing and opening.

Detailed explanation-3: -Behold: It was here, in 1893, that inventor Whitcomb L. Judson, the onetime peripatetic purveyor of band cutters and grain scales, revealed his patented “clasp locker” to the public at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition.

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