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Louis Leitz (2 May 1846 – 18 May 1918) was a German
Louis Leitz (2 May 1846 – 18 May 1918) was a German inventor
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea, or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an ...
and founder of Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG, trained as a woodturner
Woodturning is the craft of using a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation. Like the potter's wheel, the wood lathe is a mechanism that can generate a variety of forms. The operator is kno ...
and also worked as a mechanic
A mechanic is a skilled tradesperson who uses tools to build, maintain, or repair machinery, especially engines. Formerly, the term meant any member of the handicraft trades, but by the early 20th century, it had come to mean one who works w ...
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Biography
Leitz was born in Ingersheim,Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg ( ) was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Electorate of Württemberg, which existed from 1803 to 1806.
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, in 1846. In 1896, he made some important changes to the development of ring binders, in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. Leitz created the lever arch file, a standing binder with a riveted lever arch mechanism (the lever can be easily opened, closed and locked) and space-saving slots into the cover, thereby introducing the modern ring binder. In 1911, he introduced the "finger hole" on the side of the binder to aid removal from crowded shelves. Leitz died in Stuttgart
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The Louis Leitz Foundation was founded in his memory on 30 November 2001. The foundation's budget is 120,000 euro
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s per annum.
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