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, the projecting ends of the staples are twisted together, thus securing the file in a very neat and permanent manner.” ? “What I claim as new…[t]he bed A, having the spring stapleholding fingers c’, in bination with the recessed follower D and the removable standard B, substantially as described.” ME240/106S: Product Dissection Appliances Early Fastening Devices: 1879 ? Gee W. McGill received Patent No. 212,316 for a “Device for Inserting MetallicStaples in Paper, amp。c.” on February 18, 1879 ? This is considered the first patent for a mercially viable stapler Source: ME240/106S: Product Dissection Appliances Early Fastening Devices: 1896 ? McGill’s SingleStroke Staple Press used wire staples that were placed oneatatime into the machine, which were inserted and clinched in a single operation of the plunger ? The first stripfed stapler was the Star Automated Paper Fastener (Patent No. 572,346 awarded to James A. Keyes of New York on December 1, 1896) and made by the E. H. Hotchkiss Co. of Norwalk, CT ? Retailed for $ in 1896 (~$26 today) ? Manufactured and sold until mid1920’s Source: ? Strips held 25 staples (96 staples with tail) ? Easy to load but costly ME240/106S: Product Dissection Appliances Stapleless Staplers ? Stapleless staplers were first introduced by the Clipless Paper Fastener Co. (in 1909) and by Bump’s Perfected Paper Fastener Co. (in 1910) ? These fasten paper by cutting and folding a small flap in the papers to lock them together: Source: and ?Bump Stand Machine introduced in 1916 and sold until 1950 with “Patent Pending” A paper “weld” Stapleless Staplers ME240/106S: Product Dissection Appliances Magazine Stapler – The Dominant Design ? The dominant design of today emerged in the late mid20th century ? John Munford, an Englishman who sold his invention to his employer for