Stephen Perry was a 19th-century
British
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inventor
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and businessman. His
corporation was the ''Messers Perry and Co, Rubber Manufacturers of
London
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'', which made early products from
vulcanised rubber
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. On 17 March 1845, Perry received a patent for the
rubber band
A rubber band (also known as an elastic band, gum band or lacky band) is a loop of rubber, usually ring or oval shaped, and commonly used to hold multiple objects together. The rubber band was patented in England on March 17, 1845 by Stephen ...
.
[''The Hancocks of Marlborough: Rubber, Art and the Industrial Revolution - A Family of Inventive Genius '' (2009), p.89. John Loadman, Francis James]
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See also
* Other people surnamed Perry
British inventors
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing
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