Sticking Tapes

                Everyone uses cellophane tape today for a thousand different jobs, but when the stuff was first invented, it was for one purpose to keep moisture out of materials in refrigerated cars.
               

                The problem was posed to Richard Drew, a young Minnesota laboratory assistant, in 1929. Drew had already invented a new kind of marking tape that could be wound up on a roll without sticking to itself. A new rubber-based adhesive made this possible. Drew called his new tape "Scotch Brand". When the manufactures of insulation for refrigerator car came to drew looking for a new tape, he decided to coat the tape eith cellophane, a trasparent and waterproof substance. Next, he had to find the right adhesive that would stick. Drew experimented with one kind of rubber-based adhesive after another untill he found one that seemed to work. But the final tape was hardly a success. It did not adhere evenly, would curl near heat and split too many times. A year later, he hit upon an adhesive that was stranger and much less visible.

            A new firm was interested in Drew's "Scotch Brand Cellophane Tape". It was the Shellmar Products Corporation and they used the world's first cellophane tape to seal up their cellophane wrapped bakery goods.

         Today, cellophane tape is used everywhere - especially in the home. The easy dispenser that allows you to find the beginning of the roll without any trouble was invented by Joseph A. Borden. there id "Scotch Brand Magic Transparent Tape". It may not be magic, but it's as close to being invisible an any cellophane tape on the market.