1932: Zippo company was officially founded. Founder Blaisdell designed a new Zippo lighter in late 1932. The first Zippo was manufactured in early 1933, and the first lighter is still in the Zippo Museum.
1933: The first Zippo lighter was rectangular in shape, and each shell was cut from a rectangular copper tube. In addition, two pieces of copper are soldered to the top and bottom of the fuselage. The hinge is welded to the outside of the fuselage, and the surface of the fuselage is chrome-plated. At the end of 1933, its appearance was shortened by 1/4 inch.
1934: Zippo began carving decorative diagonal lines on the top and bottom of lighters. On May 17 of the same year, Zippo officially applied for a patent with the U.S. Patent Office.
1935: Zippo Company adopted a decorative process of molding thin metal plates into various shapes, usually company logos, fixing them on lighters and pouring different colors of paint into the gaps.
1936: The lighter hinge is modified from the outside to the inside of the lighter. Only the hinges are visible from the outside, and in the same year Zippo provided a personalized service with engraving. On March 3, 1936, the company's patent application was officially approved, with patent number 2032695.
1937: This year the company adopted new mechanical equipment that could produce round tops and bottoms, and could shape them in one go, so there was no need to weld the fuselage cover and bottom on. , thus abandoning the welding process used on the old model.
1943: Due to the shortage of copper and chromium during World War II, the fuselage was changed to steel, and a thick black paint "black crack paint" process was baked on the fuselage. At the same time, all Zippo products are used as military supplies to supply troops. World War II "black cracked paint" lighters are marked "Patent #2032695". Other lighters produced between 1937 and 1950 are marked with "Patent2032695". Countless stories about Zippo circulated during the war, and it became the most coveted item among soldiers in the trenches.
1946: With the end of the war, the fuselage was changed to nickel brass. And the base engraving was changed from flat bottom and round bottom to concave bottom.
1950: The all-covered Zippo lighter was born, available in three colors: red, green and blue. The lighters are all made of high-quality calfskin with gold-threaded edges. In the same year, the new sterling silver lighter was born.
1951: During the Korean War, Zippo airframes were again made of steel. It wasn't until 1953 that the copper fuselage was reintroduced. All-covered lighters have also been replaced by four-covered models, available in brown crocodile, red, brown, green leather or black or blue Moroccan leather.
1960: 14K gold Zippo was born.
1969: In order to show respect for NASA's moon landing, a moon landing series was born. In the 1990s, the universe series produced some commemorative editions intermittently, and the latest edition was the third edition of "Space Adventure".
1970: In order to maintain people's interest in Zippo lighters, Zippo launched the Constellation series. The 12 constellations were all narrow machines.
1972: In commemoration of Zippo's 40th anniversary, it launched the 40th anniversary internal employee version lighter and its gift set, which were engraved with Blaisdell's thank you letter and autograph, making it an extremely precious collection.
1974: The classic style "Venetian" was born.
1976: To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States, Zippo launched a commemorative edition lighter. In the same year, the pure gold elegant lighter was born. In order to keep in line with the clothing trend, a twill-like lighter was introduced to the market.