58-479: (Redirected from Duck Tape ) Duck tape may refer to: Duck tape, an alternative and the original term for duct tape Duck tape, or Cotton duck , a similar cloth Duck Tape, a specific brand of tape produced by ShurTech Brands Duck Tape , a 2013 mixtape by Duck Sauce See also [ edit ] Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
116-455: A St. Louis, Missouri , HVAC company, Albert Arno, Inc., trademarked the name "Ductape" for their "flame-resistant" duct tape, capable of holding together at 350–400 °F (177–204 °C). In 1971, Jack Kahl bought the Anderson firm and renamed it Manco. In 1975, Kahl rebranded the duct tape made by his company. Because the previously used generic term "duck tape" had fallen out of use, he
174-415: A Stern's in 1995, and the mall was renamed Manhattan Mall . The anchor store closed in 2001 and the space was subdivided within the mall, while the upper levels were converted to offices. A new JCPenney anchor store opened in 2009, in the lower two levels. That anchor store closed in 2020 and by 2021 all stores in the mall had closed, and the building served only as office space. The building that housed
232-487: A Gimbels branch at 86th Street and Lexington Avenue remains, but has been converted to apartments. The Philadelphia flagship opened in 1893 when the Gimbel brothers bought the bankrupt Haines and Company dry goods store at Ninth and Market Streets. The store gradually expanded eastward to Eighth Street. In 1927 an extension south to Chestnut Street was completed and the store now comprised an entire city block, making it for
290-487: A biological, chemical, or radiological terrorist attack by assembling a "disaster supply kit", including duct tape and plastic (presumably to attempt to seal one's home against nuclear, chemical, and biological contaminants), among other items. The recommendations followed an increase in the Department's official threat level to "orange", or "high risk", citing "recent intelligence reports". According to press reports,
348-579: A controlling interest). The stock sales provided capital for expansion, starting with the 1923 purchase of across-the-street rival Saks & Co., which operated under the name Saks-34th Street ; with ownership of Saks, Gimbel created an uptown branch called Saks Fifth Avenue . Moving into radio, Gimbels purchased WGBS in New York and WIP in Philadelphia. In 1925, Gimbels entered the Pittsburgh market with
406-528: A division of Johnson & Johnson ) developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber -based adhesive applied to a durable duck cloth backing. This tape resisted water and was used to seal some ammunition cases during that period. "Duck tape" is recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary as having been in use since 1899 and "duct tape" (described as "perhaps an alteration of earlier duck tape") since 1965. The first material called "duck tape"
464-448: A given category of merchandise. The Philadelphia Gimbels specifically offered fine jewelry, men's clothing, women's clothing, children's clothing, furniture, toys, art supplies, and appliances for the house. This store also contained The Gimbel Auditorium, Television Headquarters, a salon, and music center. With a wide variety of options Gimbels was a one stop shop that made shopping easy and accessible. Despite its limited presence, Gimbels
522-474: A heated liquid mixture of rosin and rubber from inner tubes . In 1923, tape pioneer Richard Gurley Drew at 3M invented masking tape , a paper-based tape with a mildly sticky adhesive intended to be temporarily used and removed rather than left in place permanently. In 1925, this became the Scotch brand masking tape. In 1930, Drew developed a transparent cellophane -based tape, dubbed Scotch Tape . This tape
580-536: A name that comes from the use of a specific variety of duct tape that was supposed to withstand up to 100 mph (160 km/h; 87 kn) winds. The tape is so named because it was used during the Vietnam War to repair or balance helicopter rotor blades. Duct tape's widespread popularity and multitude of uses has earned it a strong place in popular culture, and has inspired a vast number of creative and imaginative applications. Duct tape occlusion therapy (DTOT)
638-478: A subsidiary company for its retail holdings. BATUS initially left the Gimbels chain in the four autonomous divisions that had been established under Gimbel family ownership: Gimbels New York, Gimbels Philadelphia, Gimbels Pittsburgh, and Gimbels Milwaukee. Each division operated independently of each other in advertising and buying. Each division offered their own charge card which could only be used at Gimbels stores in
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#1733084885632696-415: A time the largest department store in the world . In 1977 Gimbels moved to The Gallery mall across Market Street. The original buildings were demolished in 1979-1980 except for the 1927 addition which was converted to professional office spaces, primarily a data center and medical offices. The Gallery location closed in 1986. In Pittsburgh , Starrett & van Vleck designed the downtown flagship of
754-471: A two-person canoe (with duct tape paddles), a two-person raft, Roman sandals , a chess set , a leak proof water canister, rope, a hammock that can support the weight of an adult male, holding a car in place, a bridge that spanned the width of a dry dock, and a full-scale functional trebuchet with duct tape as the only binder. In the episode "Duct Tape Plane", the MythBusters repaired (and eventually replaced)
812-710: Is a method intended to treat warts by covering them with duct tape for an extended period. The evidence for its effectiveness is poor; thus it is not recommended as routine treatment. However, other studies suggest the duct tape treatment is more effective than existing medical options. Duct tape is often used in shoe repair due to its resiliency. Duct tape has been used to temporarily fix Apple's iPhone 4 dropped call issue , as an alternative to Apple's own rubber case. The Duct Tape Guys (Jim Berg and Tim Nyberg) have written seven books about duct tape, as of 2005 . Their books have sold over 1.5 million copies and feature real and unusual uses of duct tape. In 1994 they coined
870-424: Is cloth- or scrim -backed pressure-sensitive tape , often coated with polyethylene . There are a variety of constructions using different backings and adhesives, and the term "duct tape" has been genericized to refer to different cloth tapes with differing purposes. A variation is heat-resistant foil tape useful for sealing heating and cooling ducts , produced because the adhesive on standard duct tape fails and
928-688: Is commonly used in situations that require a strong, flexible, and very sticky tape. Some have a long-lasting adhesive and resistance to weathering. A specialized version, gaffer tape , which does not leave a sticky residue when removed, is preferred by gaffers in the theatre, motion picture and television industries. The product now commonly called duct tape has largely been displaced in HVAC uses with specialized foil tapes designed for sealing heating and ventilation ducts (sometimes referred to erroneously as "duct tapes"). Common duct tape carries no safety certifications such as UL or Proposition 65 , which means
986-472: Is provided by various pigments; the usual gray color comes from powdered aluminum mixed into the LDPE. Two tape widths are common: 1.9 in (48 mm) and 2 in (51 mm). Other widths are also offered. The largest commercial rolls of duct tape were made in 2005 for Henkel , with 3.78 inches (9.6 cm) width, a roll diameter of 64 inches (160 cm) and weighing 650 pounds (290 kg). Duct tape
1044-537: Is still sold in the United Kingdom. Ultimate Duck, T-Rex Tape, and the competing Gorilla Tape all advertise "three-layer technology". After profiting from Scotch Tape in the 1930s, 3M had produced military materiel during World War II and by 1946 had developed the first practical vinyl electrical tape . By 1977, the company was selling a heat-resistant duct tape for heating ducts. In the late 1990s, 3M's tape division had an annual turnover of $ 300 million and
1102-580: Is the chief sponsor of the parade. Brown & Williamson, the American subsidiary of British American Tobacco , a diversified conglomerate based in Louisville, Kentucky , acquired Gimbels in 1973. Brown & Williamson also owned Marshall Field's (purchased in 1982), Frederick & Nelson , The Crescent stores, and Kohl's (purchased in 1972). Brown & Williamson later created the BATUS Retail Group as
1160-598: The Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade , originating in 1920 in Philadelphia. Gimbels was also considered the chief rival of Macy's with their feud popularized in American culture. As of 1930, Gimbels had grown to 20 stores, whose sales revenue made it the largest department store chain in the world. The company expanded to a peak of 53 stores by 1965, and closed in 1987 with 35 stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. The company
1218-399: The 1910s, including rolls of cloth tape with adhesive coating one side. White adhesive tape made of cloth soaked in rubber and zinc oxide was used in hospitals to bind wounds, but other tapes such as friction tape or electrical tape could be substituted in an emergency. In 1930, the magazine Popular Mechanics described how to make adhesive tape at home using plain cloth tape soaked in
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#17330848856321276-473: The American popular argot as " Does Macy's tell Gimbels? ", an idiom used to brush off any query about matters the speaker didn't wish to divulge. To distinguish itself from Herald Square neighbors, Gimbels' advertising promised more: "Select, don't settle." Gimbels became so successful that in 1922 the chain went public , offering shares on the New York Stock Exchange (though the family retained
1334-582: The Gimbels Department Store, which was built in 1914 at 339 Sixth Avenue. After Gimbels ceased operations in the late 1980s, the building sat vacant for several years and was redeveloped in the 1990s for retail, home to, among other shops, the first Barnes & Noble to open in Pittsburgh. In 2002, another redevelopment changed the building to offices, and is now home to the Heinz 57 Center . In 1997, it
1392-622: The chain, the downtown Milwaukee store where Adam Gimbel had first found success (and supposedly the most profitable Gimbel store), was handed to BATUS sister division Marshall Field's, but eventually closed in 1997. Gimbels flagship stores were located in New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee. The Gimbels New York City flagship store was located in the cluster of large department stores that surrounded Herald Square , in Midtown Manhattan . Designed by architect Daniel Burnham ,
1450-610: The company moved its operations to the Gimbel Brothers Department Store in Milwaukee , Wisconsin. It became a chain when it opened a second, larger store in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, in 1894, moving its headquarters there. At the urging of future company president Bernard Gimbel , grandson of the founder, the company expanded to New York City in 1910. The company is known for creating the oldest Thanksgiving parade,
1508-443: The country and sales of $ 123 million ($ 2.2 billion today) across 20 stores; this made Gimbel Brothers Inc. the largest department store corporation in the world. By 1953, sales had risen to $ 300 million ($ 3.4 billion today). In 1962, Gimbels acquired Milwaukee competitor Schuster's , and in that region operated stores from both chains for a while as Gimbels Schuster's . By 1965, Gimbel Brothers Inc. consisted of 53 stores throughout
1566-473: The country, which included 22 Gimbels, 27 Saks Fifth Avenue stores, and four Saks 34th St. Gimbels' principles and merchandise sought to reflect the ideals of middle class America. Their principles consisted of "courtesy, reliability, good value, and enlightened management". By using middle class values Gimbels attracted shoppers to a store that also could fit their budgets. Keeping the store plain and less extravagant than some of its competitors, Gimbels used
1624-541: The duck branding, four times a year, to 32,000 hardware managers. This mass of communication combined with colorful, convenient packaging helped Duck Tape become popular. From a near-zero customer base, Manco eventually controlled 40% of the duct tape market in the US. Acquired by Henkel in 1998, Duck Tape was sold to Shurtape Technologies in 2009. Shurtape went on to introduce a premium version called "T-Rex Tape". "Ultimate Duck", which had been Henkel's top-of-the-line variety,
1682-533: The founder's son, Isaac Gimbel—acquired the Granville Haines store (originally built and operated by Cooper and Conard) in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, and in 1910, opened another branch in New York City . With its arrival in New York, Gimbels prospered, and soon became the primary rival to the leading Herald Square retailer, Macy's , whose flagship store was located a block north . This rivalry entered into
1740-540: The idea to seal the boxes with a fabric tape which she had tested. The letter was forwarded to the War Production Board, which put Johnson & Johnson on the job. The Revolite division of Johnson & Johnson had made medical adhesive tapes from duck cloth from 1927 and a team headed by Revolite's Johnny Denoye and Johnson & Johnson's Bill Gross developed the new adhesive tape, designed to be ripped by hand, not cut with scissors. Their new unnamed product
1798-434: The lives of the three astronauts on board. Ed Smylie, who designed the scrubber modification in just two days, said later that he knew the problem was solvable when it was confirmed that duct tape was on the spacecraft: "I felt like we were home free," he said in 2005. "One thing a Southern boy will never say is, 'I don't think duct tape will fix it.'" Duct tape, referred to as "...good old-fashioned American gray tape..."
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1856-415: The parade now known as the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade . The Gimbel family saw the parade as a way to promote holiday shopping at its various store locations. Macy's did not start a parade until 1924. When Gimbels ceased operating in 1986, television station WPVI assumed responsibility for the parade, with sponsorship by Reading, Pennsylvania –based Boscov's . Currently, Dunkin' Donuts
1914-424: The phrase "it ain't broke, it just lacks duct tape". The sitcom The Red Green Show 's title character often used duct tape (which he dubbed "the handyman's secret weapon") as both a shortcut to proper fastening as well as for unconventional uses. The series sometimes showcased fan duct tape creations. The series had a feature film based on it entitled Duct Tape Forever and several VHS/DVD compilations of
1972-521: The purchase of Kaufmann & Baer's, acquiring WCAE in the deal. Although expansion spurred talk of the stores becoming a nationwide chain, the Great Depression ended that prospect. Gimbel did increase the number of more upscale (and enormously profitable) Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the 1930s, opening branches in Chicago, Boston and San Francisco. By 1930, Gimbels had seven flagship stores throughout
2030-537: The recommendations caused a surge in demand for duct tape. The media sensation surrounding duct tape was fodder for comedians and satirists. Some referred to it as "duct and cover", a reference to duck and cover . Gimbel%27s Gimbel Brothers (known simply as Gimbels ) was an American department store corporation that operated for over a century, from 1842 until 1987. Gimbel patriarch Adam Gimbel opened his first store in Vincennes , Indiana, in 1842. In 1887,
2088-541: The same division. In 1983, Gimbels New York and Gimbels Philadelphia were combined into a single entity, Gimbels East, in an attempt to reduce corporate overhead. Deciding that Gimbels was a marginal performer with little potential for increased profitability, BATUS in 1986 decided to close its Gimbels division and sell its store properties. Some of the more attractive branches were taken over by Stern's ( Allied Stores ), Pomeroy's ( Allied Stores ), Kaufmann's ( May Department Stores ), or Boston Store . The cornerstone of
2146-400: The show's use of the tape have been released. Since 2000, series star Steve Smith (as "Red Green") has been the "Ambassador of Scotch Duct Tape" for 3M . The Discovery Channel series MythBusters featured duct tape in a number of myths that involve non-traditional uses. Confirmed myths include suspending a car for a period of time, building a functional cannon, a two-person sailboat,
2204-405: The skin of a lightweight airplane with duct tape and flew it a few meters above a runway. Garrison Keillor 's radio show A Prairie Home Companion included comedic fictional commercials sponsored by the "American Duct Tape Council". The term duct tape alert refers to the recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on February 10, 2003, that Americans should prepare for
2262-555: The slogan "the customer pays for fancy frills." Gimbels was about the product, not the aesthetics. By offering a wide range of cutting-edge technology in its merchandise, Gimbels reflected the ideals held by the middle class of staying up to date with technologies and carrying new appliances and merchandise at an affordable price. Gimbels Department Store offered a variety of merchandise and products, including home appliances, outdoor equipment, furniture, clothing, and much more. With multiple floors in its flagship stores, each floor offered
2320-460: The square carbon dioxide filters from Apollo 13 's failed command module had to be modified to fit round receptacles in the lunar module , which was being used as a lifeboat after an explosion en route to the Moon. A workaround used duct tape and other items on board Apollo 13, with the ground crew relaying instructions to the flight crew. The lunar module's CO 2 scrubbers started working again, saving
2378-492: The structure, which once offered 27 acres (110,000 m ) of sales space, has since been modernized and entirely revamped. When this building opened, on September 29, 1910, a major selling point was its many doors leading to the Herald Square New York City Subway station. Due to such easy access, by the time Gimbels closed in 1986, this store had the highest rate of "shrinkage", or shoplifting losses, in
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2436-424: The synthetic fabric reinforcement mesh deteriorates when used on heating ducts. Duct tape is generally silvery gray in color, but also available in other colors and printed designs, from whimsical yellow ducks, college logos to practical camouflage patterns. It is often confused with gaffer tape (which is designed to be non-reflective and cleanly removed, unlike duct tape). During World War II , Revolite (then
2494-612: The tape may burn violently, producing toxic smoke; it may cause ingestion and contact toxicity, it can have irregular mechanical strength, and its adhesive may have low life expectancy. Its use in ducts has been prohibited by the state of California and by building codes in many other places. Research was conducted in 1998 on standard duct tape at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, which concluded that under challenging but realistic conditions duct tape becomes brittle, fails, and may even fall off completely. Interviewer: And duct tape works in
2552-521: The title Duck tape . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duck_tape&oldid=1255908586 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Duct tape Duct tape (historically and still occasionally referred to as duck tape)
2610-554: The upper or for the insole, and duck tape was sometimes sewn in for reinforcement. In 1936, the US-based Insulated Power Cables Engineers Association specified a wrapping of duck tape as one of many methods used to protect rubber-insulated power cables. In 1942, Gimbel's department store offered venetian blinds that were held together with vertical strips of duck tape. Glue backed or impregnated adhesive tapes of various sorts were in use by
2668-516: The vacuum of space as well as it does here? Walker: Oh, yes. Yes, it does. It sticks. According to NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill duct tape had been stowed on board every mission since early in the Gemini program . NASA engineers and astronauts have used duct tape in their work, including in some emergency situations. One such usage occurred in 1970 when Woodfill was working in Mission Control, when
2726-443: The world. Doors also opened to a pedestrian passage under 32nd Street , connecting Penn Station to the 34th Street (New York City Subway) and 33rd Street ( PATH ) stations. This Gimbels Passageway was closed in the 1990s for security reasons during a period of high crime. The structure was converted in 1989 to A&S Plaza, a mall named for its anchor department store, a midtown branch of Brooklyn 's A&S . The store became
2784-460: Was able to trademark the brand "Duck Tape" and market his product complete with a yellow cartoon duck logo. Manco chose the term "Duck", the tape's original name, as "a play on the fact that people often refer to duct tape as 'duck tape ' ", and as a marketing differentiation to stand out against other sellers of duct tape. In 1979, the Duck Tape marketing plan involved sending out greeting cards with
2842-525: Was added to the list of historic landmarks by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation . Saks was founded by Horace Saks in New York City. In 1923, Gimbels purchased Saks, which became a subsidiary of Gimbel Brothers, Incorporated, a publicly traded company. Adam Long Gimbel, grandson of the founder of Gimbels, Adam Gimbel , turned Saks into a national brand. In 1973, Brown & Williamson, who later formed BATUS Inc. , acquired Gimbel Bros. and
2900-510: Was founded by a young Bavarian Jewish immigrant, Adam Gimbel , who opened a general store in Vincennes, Indiana . After a brief stay in Danville, Illinois , Gimbel relocated in 1887 to Milwaukee , Wisconsin, which was then a boomtown heavily populated by German immigrants. The new store quickly became the leading department store there. However, with seven sons, Adam Gimbel saw the opportunity to expand elsewhere. In 1894, Gimbels—then led by
2958-450: Was frequently mentioned as a shopping destination of Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz on the hit 1950s TV series I Love Lucy . The Slinky made its debut at the northeast Philadelphia Gimbels store. The Philadelphia Gimbels was also the first department store in the world to move customers from floor to floor via the escalator . The idea of a department-store parade originated in 1920 with Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia with
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#17330848856323016-497: Was long strips of plain non-adhesive cotton duck cloth used in making shoes stronger, for decoration on clothing, and for wrapping steel cables or electrical conductors to protect them from corrosion or wear. For instance, in 1902, steel cables supporting the Manhattan Bridge were first covered in linseed oil then wrapped in duck tape before being laid in place. In the 1910s, certain boots and shoes used canvas duck fabric for
3074-418: Was made of thin cotton duck coated in waterproof polyethylene (plastic) with a layer of rubber-based gray adhesive (branded as "Polycoat") bonded to one side. It was easy to apply and remove and was soon adapted to repair military equipment quickly, including vehicles and weapons. This tape, colored in army-standard matte olive drab , was widely used by the soldiers. After the war, the duck tape product
3132-461: Was sold in hardware stores for household repairs. The Melvin A. Anderson Company of Cleveland, Ohio , acquired the rights to the tape in 1950. It was commonly used in construction to wrap air ducts. Following this application, the name "duct tape" came into use in the 1950s, along with tape products that were colored silvery gray like tin ductwork. Specialized heat- and cold-resistant tapes were developed for heating and air-conditioning ducts. By 1960,
3190-399: Was the US industry leader. In 2004, 3M released a semi-transparent duct tape, with a clear polyethylene film and white fiberglass mesh. Modern duct tape is made variously from cotton, polyester , nylon , rayon or fiberglass mesh fabric to provide strength. The fabric, a very thin gauze called " scrim ", is laminated to a backing of low-density polyethylene (LDPE). The color of the LDPE
3248-497: Was used by the Apollo 17 astronauts on the Moon to improvise a repair to a damaged fender on the lunar rover , preventing possible damage from the spray of lunar dust as they drove. In the US submarine fleet , an adhesive cloth tape is called "EB Green," as the duct tape used by Electric Boat was green. It is also called "duck tape", "riggers' tape", "hurricane tape", or "100-mph tape";
3306-473: Was well-known nationwide, in part because of the carefully cultivated rivalry with Macy's, but also thanks to an endless stream of publicity. The New York store received considerable attention as the site of the 1939–1940 sale of art and antiquities from the William Randolph Hearst collection. Gimbels also gained publicity from the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street , the 1967 film Fitzwilly , and
3364-417: Was widely used beginning in the Great Depression to repair household items. Neither of these inventions was based on cloth tape. The ultimate wide-scale adoption of duck tape, today generally referred to as duct tape, came from Vesta Stoudt . Stoudt was worried that problems with ammunition box seals could cost soldiers precious time in battle, so she wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943 with
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