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  2. Hook-and-loop fastener - Wikipedia

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    [1] [3] Hook-and-loop is regarded by some like Steven Vogel [5] or Werner Nachtigall [6] as a key example of inspiration from nature or the copying of nature's mechanisms (called bionics or biomimesis). Macro photograph of velcro hooks. The big breakthrough de Mestral made was to think about hook-and-eye closures on a greatly reduced scale ...

  3. Velcro Companies - Wikipedia

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    Velcro IP Holdings LLC, [2] [4] [5] doing business as Velcro Companies and commonly referred to as Velcro (pronounced / ˈ v ɛ l k r oʊ /), [1] is a British privately held company, founded by Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral in the 1950s. It is the original manufacturer of hook-and-loop fasteners, which de Mestral invented. [2]

  4. Desk - Wikipedia

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    Desk; c. 1765; mahogany, chestnut and tulip poplar; 87.3 x 92.7 x 52.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A desk or bureau is a piece of furniture with a flat table-style work surface used in a school, office, home or the like for academic, professional or domestic activities such as reading, writing, or using equipment such as a computer.

  5. 3-pronged parts retriever - Wikipedia

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    It consists of a length of tube of around 4 mm to 6 mm in diameter, often made of coiled steel springs, with a push-button on one end.Three metal wires protrude from the other end, each sprung to bend outwards, away from the tube's axis, but with their tips bent inwards to form teeth.

  6. Sleeve - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 4-length sleeve or quarter-length sleeve: A sleeve that extends from the shoulder to midway down the biceps and triceps area. 3 ⁄ 4-length sleeve or three-quarter length sleeve: A sleeve that extends from the shoulder to a length midway between the elbow and the wrist. It was common in the United States in the 1950s and again in the ...

  7. List of screw and bolt types - Wikipedia

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    Square head cap screws up to and including 3 ⁄ 4 inch (19.05 mm) have a head 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.175 mm) larger than the shank; screws larger than 3 ⁄ 4 inch (19.05 mm) have a head 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.35 mm) larger than the shank. [9] In 1919, Dyke defined them as screws that are threaded all the way to the head. [10] socket screw

  8. Coffee cup sleeve - Wikipedia

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    The coffee sleeve was invented in 1991 by Jay Sorensen [1] and patented in 1995 [2] (under the trademarked name Java Jacket), and are now commonly utilized by coffee houses and other vendors that sell hot beverages dispensed in disposable paper cups. There are a number of patents that cover various coffee sleeves and their aspects.

  9. Sleeve garter - Wikipedia

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    Today, sleeve garters are part of the costume of poker dealers and other card dealers in casinos.While this is widely understood to make it more difficult for the dealer to cheat by concealing a card in his sleeve, the sleeve garter is usually accompanied by a vest and bow tie (and sometimes a visor), suggesting this usage might date to late 19th and early 20th-century fashion as much as it ...