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The first zip was made of metal, and was invented by Elias How an American developer. However , it did not come to production.
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In 1893 a man called Witkomb Gudson negistered a patent in Chicago for zip shoes calling it "Clasp Locker" again it did not enter the market.
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The zipper as we know it to was registered in the U.S.A by an engineer called Gideon Sundback .
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This invention further developed, and was even used in W.W.1 by the American navy. They helped keeping the soldiers' clothes resistable to water.
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It was registered as a European. Parent teet, by the famous zipper manufactures Y.K.K.
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The zipper won fame in popular culture when it appeared on the cover of an album "Sticky Fingers" of the rolling stones that published.
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Today 45% of the zippers world are manufactured by Y.K.K.
