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Bostitch
Stanley Black & Decker
Websitewww.bostitch.com

Stanley Bostitch, previously and more commonly known as simply Bostitch, is an American company that specializes in the design and manufacture of fastening tools—such as

fasteners—such as nails, screws, and staples. Its product range covers home, office, like the pencil sharpener, construction and industrial uses, like the power tool.[1]

The company developed a number of improvements to what became the modern desk stapler. It is a subsidiary of

pneumatic tools under the Bostitch brand at Walmart stores and online distributors.[2][3]

History

Bostitch was founded in Arlington, Massachusetts in 1896 by Thomas Briggs as the Boston Wire Stitcher Company. Briggs had invented a machine that stitched books from a coil of wire. The company began manufacturing various other kinds of staplers for industrial use.[4]

It largely focused on commercial stitching machines. However, in 1914, the company introduced its first "portable stapling machine", the Model AO,[5] considered an ancestor of the modern desk stapler.[6] In 1924, the company introduced the first stapler to use modern style cohered strip staples, the Bostitch No. 1.[7][8]

This was a revolutionary design because it was inexpensive and reliable.

portmanteau of "Boston" and "stitch". In 1957, the company moved from Westerly, Rhode Island to its current location in East Greenwich, Rhode Island
.

In 1966,

Stanley Works acquired the company from Textron.[11][12]

Trivia

In the German part of Switzerland, Bostitch became a commonly used deonym (pendant to eponym).[13] The verb "bostitchen" is a synonym for stapling and is even used in official documents.[14]

References

  1. ^ Stanley Bostitch. "About Bostitch". Archived from the original on 2003-07-01. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  2. ^ Deutsch, Stuart (2013-08-22). "Coming Soon: Bostitch Power Tools". ToolGuyd. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  3. ^ Deutsch, Stuart (2013-08-28). "Coming Soon: Bostitch Mechanics & Automotive Air Tools". ToolGuyd. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  4. ^ Stanley Bostitch. "History". Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  5. ^ US 1119093, Maynard, Arthur H., "Portable stapling-machine", published 1914-12-01, assigned to Boston Wire Stitcher Company 
  6. ^ Wohleber, Curt (Summer 2002). "The Stapler". American Heritage. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  7. ^ US 1506073, Maynard, Arthur H., "Stapling machine", published 1924-08-26, assigned to Boston Wire Stitcher Company 
  8. ^ BOSTITCH® Company History
  9. ^ "Bostitch Staplers". The Antique Stapler Collector's Web Site. Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  10. ^ Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (March 2008), pp. 35–36
  11. ^ Brogan, Jan (1985-08-30). "Textron plans to sell Bostitch, 2 other units in debt-cutting move". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  12. ^ "Textron has agreed to sell its Bostitch division". Los Angeles Times. 1986-01-28. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  13. OCLC 57333412.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  14. ^ "AHV-Beitragspflicht: Fragebogen für Selbständigerwerbende und Personengesellschaften" (PDF). SVA Zürich. SVA Zürich. 2018-07-29.

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