apr 3, 1925 - masking tape invented

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Masking tape is a pressure-sensitive tape made with an easy-to-tear thin paper, and fly back and a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive. In 1925, Richard G. Drew, an employee of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M), invented the first masking tape, a two-inch-wide tan paper strip backed with a light, pressure-sensitive adhesive.[198] Drew filed U.S. patent #1,760,820 on May 28, 1928 and was issued to him on May 27, 1930.[199]

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