Artur Fischer
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Artur Fischer was a German inventor. He is best known for inventing an expanding plastic version of the wall plug.
Fischer invented wall plugs to hold screws (not all of Fischer Brand)
Fischerwerk in Tumlingen, Waldachtal in the Black Forest.
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A wall plug also known as an anchor or rawlplug, is a fibre or plastic insert used to enable the attachment of a screw in a material that is porous or brittle, or that would otherwise not support the
Artur Fischer
…Artur Fischer (31 December 1919 – 27 January 2016) was a German inventor. He is best known for inventing an expanding plastic version of the wall plug. Fischer was born in Tumlingen on 31 December 1919, the son of the village tailor Georg Fischer. His mother Pauline, who ironed collars to supplement…
Plastic wall plugs
Diagram from Rawlings' 1911 patent