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Tokuji Hayakawa (早川 徳次, Hayakawa Tokuji, November 3, 1893 – June 24, 1980) was a Japanese businessman and the founder of Hayakawa Kinzoku Kōgyō (the present-day Sharp Corporation). He invented and patented the “Tokubijō” belt buckle in 1912 (a belt which can fasten without perforating) and invented the "Ever Ready Sharp ...
After completing his metalwork apprenticeship in April 1912, Sharp founder, Tokuji Hayakawa, invents the Tokubijo snap buckle and earns his first design patent. This invention leads him to open his first metalwork shop - the beginning of Sharp.
About Sharp. A Sharp Journey. Tokuji Hayakawa, Sharp Founder. Story of Founder Tokuji Hayakawa - Chronology. 1893 - 1901. Tokuji Hayakawa's Background. 1901 - 1912. Experiencing Work and Human Kindness. 1912 - 1914. September 15, 1912: Tokuji Sets Up His Own Business. 1915 - 1923. Invention of the Hayakawa Mechanical Pencil. 1915 - 1926.
Sharp founder Tokuji Hayakawa was born in 1893 in Tokyo. After apprenticing as a maker of women'hair ornaments and precision metal products, he opened his own metalworking shop in September 1912. Showing ingenuity and creativity, he invented the Ever-Sharp pencil and grew his business.
A Word from Tokuji Hayakawa, Sharp Founder | Sharp 100th Anniversary Site - Sharp Global. Gratitude to the Visually Impaired—Establishing a Special Metalworking Plant. It was an old visually impaired woman living in his neighborhood who took the young Tokuji by the hand and led him to his master’s house.
Company’s Founder, Tokuji Hayakawa, invents a snap belt buckle requiring no fastening holes. Tokuji Hayakawa invents and patents an adjustable flow faucet. 1915 to 1919. Tokuji Hayakawa invents, manufactures and sells the Ever-Sharp Mechanical Pencil, one of the most innovative and popular writing instruments of its time. 1920 to 1924
In 1915, Sharp founder Tokuji Hayakawa invented the innovative twist-type Hayakawa Mechanical Pencil—later dubbed the Sharp Pencil. This pencil represented the culmination of painstaking efforts