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Sometimes a small invention is able to alleviate the great existence of all humanity. And it does not even have to be of vital importance. For example, a zipper on clothes. Just imagine, how much longer would you busy in the morning with your favorite jeans without this handy fasteners. By the way, notice that almost all zippers adorn three caps «YKK»? What does this cryptic message, we find out today.
You should look closer to his jeans, purses and even winter boots: most likely, on the back side of the fastener of each of these things you will find the same inscription. Surprisingly, the letter «YKK» flaunt and zipped cheap Chinese bags and doroguschih (and original), accessories from Hermes. What lies behind these symbols?
Alas, no mystery and Masonic conspiracy. «YKK» - an abbreviation. But funny that letters stand for the Japanese name:
«Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha». If the transfer to business English, will «Yoshida Company Limited». But what does the company «Yoshida» has a lightning?(!)Subscribe to our channel at Zen >>IDEAS FOR LIFE| NOVATE.RU<<
No, the Japanese - not the inventors of buckles, zippers. This merit belongs to US company Whitcomb L. Judson, which has patented fastener with teeth back in 1890th. But after a couple of decades, the resourceful Japanese Tadao Yoshida (Tadao Yoshida) found that there was "fastener-chain" is not so good, often jammed, and generally break down. And going to a problem with the Japanese scrupulousness, he founded his own factory, which began to make "lightning" quite differently. In the production we used a special brass alloy ribbons own Dyes and even the shape of teeth changed. Simply put, the fasteners have become such as we know them today.
Rumors of a new high-quality clasps that are so easy to use, quickly scattered. And by the 30th of the last century about the company «Yoshida» knew all the major manufacturers of clothes and accessories. Letters «YKK» decorated with thousands of products. Today «Yoshida Company Limited» produces more than half of all existing buckles, zippers in the world. Impressive, right? And therefore no longer mysterious «YKK» can be seen almost everywhere.
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