Uses of paper clips:
1. Clip files
In the office, the most common use of paper clips is to clip files. Clip paper and files together. to a fixed effect.
2. Use as a mobile phone holder
Other files are basic operations. As long as you move your hands a little, it can also be used as a mobile phone holder.
3. Act as a card removal pin
If the phone card removal pin cannot be found, we can use a paper clip instead. We only need to straighten one end of the paper clip, and then Use this end to insert it inside and you can easily remove the card.
4. Act as a zipper
When the zipper buckle is broken, or is too small to pull, put a paper clip on it. This method will make it easier to pull the zipper. . Or you can use a paper clip to act as a zipper when the zipper falls off.
5. Anti-theft
The zipper of the bag can be easily opened. You can hang a paper clip in the hole of the zipper and buckle the zipper in the paper clip. Use this method It is not easy to be pulled open and can prevent the contents of the bag from being stolen.
6. Act as a bookmark
When you usually read or take notes, put a paper clip on the page you are reading. Use this method to open the book quickly next time. Found it. In fact, people have been using paper clips as bookmarks for a long time. This is a very common method.
Manufacturing History
Engineer William Middlebrook of Waterburg, Connecticut, USA, solved the problem of machine manufacturing. In 1899, he invented a machine that made wire paper clips Bent machine. Middlebrook may have provided solutions to other problems, as the paper clips produced by his machine had a double loop, much like the paper clips we use.
These paper clips are known as "Gem" paper clips, which generally do not damage the paper. Paper clips are made of plastic painted in different colors. Not only does this make the paper clips more attractive, but users can "code" pages with different colored paper clips. No one seems to have mentioned the patent for the "Gem" brand paper clip, so it is impossible to determine who is its inventor. But it has become the standard design since its adoption at the beginning of this century.