Born in 1838, Margaret Knight invented a machine that could efficiently build paper bags with a design that made packing easier.
And right on cue - for those who follow #HistoryRemix - a man tried to steal credit.
Charles Annan glimpsed her prototype & filed a patent. Thankfully, many people had seen Knight's invention + she had the blueprints.
Knight took Annan to court & won! She received her patent in 1871 & went on to receive dozens more. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-female-inventor-behind-mass-market-paper-bags-180968469/ #history #design
Meet the Female Inventor Behind Mass-Market Paper Bags
A self-taught engineer, Margaret Knight bagged a valuable patent, at a time when few women held intellectual propertyRyan P. Smith (Smithsonian Magazine)
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Here is a video of repairing the paper bag making machine in the collection of the Charles River Museum of Industry in Waltham, Massachusetts:
https://youtu.be/X0BZIZJNyYI
Paper Bag Machine Repair part 1
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Good on ya for all the patents.
Mad propz!🥥
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