Heyl filed patent number 195 603 for the first machines to both insert and clinch a staple in one step and for this reason some consider him the inventor of the modern stapler. Heyl filed patent number 195603 for the first machines to insert and clinch a staple in a single step.

Stapler Do You Know Stapler Is Invented In 18th Century

However the first patented stapler was the paper fastener created by the novelty manufacturing company.

Invention of the stapler. The first stapler in recorded history was the stapling machine or fastener of king louis xv of france in the 1700s. The staples were allegedly made of gold covered with precious stones and included the royal court s symbol. Manufacturing co s inventions were to be used to staple boxes and books.

Of philadelphia pa 8 however the n. It was not until 1895 would the first stapler be known as the first modern stapler. The first stapler was made for king louis xv of france in the 18th century while the first patent to be awarded for a stapler was in 1866 by an american named george mcgill.

Modern paper fastening devices started with the patent of the first paper fastener on september 30 1841 by samuel slocum. For the first time in 1869 the stapler hit the market. The next year in 1867 he received a patent for a machine that would press his fastener through the paper.

This crude device stuck pins on paper to fasten them. In 1877 henry r. Legend has it that the first stapler was invented in the 1700s for king louis xv.

Each staple had to be handmade and was inscribed with the insignia of the royal court. In 1876 and 1877 heyl also filed patents for the novelty paper box manufacturing co. In 1877 henry r.

The inventor named george mcgill received a patent for a bendable paper fastener.