Hole punch your way with these facts.
- Hole punches are devices used to make holes, typically in thin objects such as paper.
- ‘Hole punches’ are also known as ‘paper punchers’, ‘holing pincers’, ‘hole makers’, ‘hole punchers’ and ‘perforators’.
- Hole punches typically used hand-powered lever mechanics to push a cylinder shaped blade or cutter into the object.
- Hole punches can have one to eight cutters in the one tool, to punch all the holes needed at one time.
- Some hole punches use drilling mechanisms to cut holes in paper.
- Hole punches were most likely invented in the second half of the 1800s, and an 1885 patent exists for a two hole punch, which was an improvement on punches, by American John Laney, in United State’s Indiana in Pennsylvania, which he invented for the purpose of filing papers.
- Hole punches are most commonly used in office workplaces for punching holes in documents for binding, although there are variety of hole shaped punches used for other purposes including leatherwork.
- Hole punches are most commonly made of metal, and they often have plastic components and casings, as well as a catcher to catch the ‘chads’ – the scrap circles.
- Hole punches are sometimes adjustable, meaning that the cutters can be moved along a rod so that holes can be punched in various positions.
- Hole punches come in a wide range of colours and sizes, and the blade can be small cylinder that will punch small holes, or it can be shaped like a star, heart, flower or other small shape.
Bibliography:
Eblin J, History of the Hole Puncher, 2014, EHow, http://www.ehow.com/about_5191932_history-hole-puncher.html
Hole punch, 2014, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole_punch
