A stapler is a mechanical device that fastens sheets of paper or similar material together by driving a thin metal staple through them and folding its ends over. Rising paper use in the 19th century created demand for a fast fastening method, and while the American inventor George McGill is often credited with developing the modern stapler, patenting a brass paper fastener in 1866 and a press to insert it in 1867, the American Henry R. Heyl filed the first patent, in 1877, for a machine that could both insert and clinch a staple in a single stroke, and it was McGill's Single-Stroke Staple Press of 1879 that became the first commercially successful stapler.
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Patent or First-Use DateSourced to the subject's own account YearSourced to the subject's own account SignificanceSourced to the subject's own accountThe four-way paper stapler, the type most common in use today, was developed in 1941, decades after McGill's single-stroke press established the stapler as a commercially viable office machine. 1 Connections
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WikipediaHistory section, McGill Single-Stroke Staple Press paragraph, Wikipedia article Stapler
On February 18, 1879, George McGill received patent 212,316 for the McGill Single-Stroke Staple Press, the first commercially successful stapler.
History section, 1941 paragraph, Wikipedia article Stapler
In 1941, the type of paper stapler that is the most common in use was developed: the four-way paper stapler.
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