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Re:The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years by bookofjoe on Sunday October 19, 2025 @12:02PM (#45635207)
From the Wired article: "The teeth were redesigned..."
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Re:The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years by card_zero on Sunday October 19, 2025 @12:39PM (#45635578)
Redesigned to attach to the fabric in a different way, I think.

Usually the teeth are attached somehow to the fabric strip. I think the strip has a ridge at the edge where the teeth go, and the teeth are clamped over that ridge to hold them in place. Then the fabric strip is easy to sew onto a garment. It looks like the new design has only the ridge, hence it's called a string, and is hard to sew onto a garment.

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