who invented the paper clip?

Answer 1

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/paperclip.htm

The modern paper clip was patented on November 9, 1899 to William D. Middlebrook of Waterbury, Connecticut

Answer 2

Up until the 19th century, stacks of papers were bound with ribbons, strings, straight pins, or even clothes pins. All that changed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when several patents for the fastening device were filed.
Although, the claim has been disputed, most sources cite Norwegian Johan Vaaler as the inventor of the simple yet effective paper clip. In 1899, Norway lacked a patent office, so Vaaler registered his device, a piece of wire bent into a "rectangular, triangular, or otherwise shaped hoop," in Germany, and later, in the United States. Around the same time, Cornelius J. Brosnan from Springfield, Massachusetts, was issued a U.S. patent for a similar device called the Konaclip.

That familiar double-oval-shaped clip, sometimes called the Gem clip, we all know and love was actually never patented. In 1901, an American named William Middlebrook patented a paper-clip making machine for the Gem Manufacturing company in England. A sketch of the clip was included in the patent, but the patent only covered the machine itself.

These indispensable office supplies are so versatile, only 1 in 10 paper clips is used for its intended purpose. They are commonly called on to clean out crevices, eject stuck computer discs, and sundry other tasks.

But the little clip that could was far more than a fastener to Norwegians during the German occupation of World War II. Prohibited from wearing anything with the king's initials, Norwegians took to wearing paper clips on their lapels to show national unity and opposition to the German occupation.

Answer 3

The modern paper clip was invented by William D Middlebrook of Connecticut and patented on November 9, 1899!

Answer 4

The first patent for something similar to a paper clip was awarded to Samuel B Fay of the United States in 1867. It was designed to fasten labels to garments and textiles, but was also marketed as a paper clip. In 1877 his compatriot Erlman J. Wright patented the first device explicitly designed as a paper clip, resembling present models. Several new US patents followed during the last decades of the 19th century.

The most common type of wire paper clip still in use was never patented, but it was probably in production in Britain as early as 1890 by "The Gem Manufacturing Company". An advertisement for Gem clips in 1899 referred to a patent, but this has never been documented. The American expert on technological innovations, professor Henry J. Petroski, has seen the Gem mentioned as early as 1883, but this may refer to some other product from the same British factory. The "Gem" name was registered as a trade mark in the United States in 1904, and the application stated that the product -- if it was in fact a paper clip -- had been on the market since March 1892. Paper clips are still sometimes called "Gem clips", and in Swedish the word for any paper clip is "gem".

Definite proof that the modern type of paper clip was well known in 1899 at the latest is the patent granted to William Middlebrook of Waterbury, Connecticut on April 27 of that year for a "Machine for making wire paper clips". The drawing clearly shows that the product is a perfect clip of the Gem type. Since then countless variations on the same theme have been patented. Some have pointed instead of rounded ends, some have the end of one loop bent to make it easier to insert sheets of paper, and some have wires with undulations or barbs to get a better grip. In addition, purely aesthetic variants have been patented, clips with triangular or round shapes. But the original Gem type has for more than a hundred years proved to be the most practical, and consequently by far the most popular. Its qualities of easy use, gripping without tearing, and storing without tangling have been difficult to improve on.

Recent innovations include multi-colored plastic-coated paper clips and spring-fastened binder clips.

Answer 5

Johan Vaaler was the inventor of the simple yet effective paper clip. In 1899

Answer 6

William D. Middlebrook in 1899

Answer 7

Interesting fact. It is estimated only 10 percent of paperclips sold are used for the purpose they were made.

Answer 8

johan vaaler a norwegian strange bloke

Answer 9

someone very smart

Answer 10

ME!