On this day in 1930 Richard Gurley Drew was granted the patent for Adhesive Tape. U.S. Patent No. 1,760,820.

This invention relates in general to adhesives, adhesive compositions or adhesive sheets or coatings; more particularly to pressure energizable  adhesives, adhesive sheets or coatings, preferably water insoluble and normally non-drying.

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