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VIEW 28 INCREDIBLY DIVERSE US PATENTS & INVENTIONS from 1904 -1956, several of which are common household items used today! Otto Langos invented the Flashlight Thumb Switch, Hair Curling Iron, Multi-Pattern Sprinkler Head & much More!   AMAZING!!

 

What is a Paper Buster ? A Paper Buster is a fascinating metal toy that produces a loud "BANG" that sounds exactly like a gunpowder cap, but amazingly does this useing only strips of plain paper. Even strips of cut newspaper will work in a playful emergency !

 

Paper Buster toys are highly collected today and commonly found on auction sites over 100 years after the issuance of Otto Langos's first US Patent in 1911 for this Amazing Invention.

 

 

 

Find Interesting Langos photo's and learn about the history of their important Chicago manufacturing business. 

The "King" of Paper Buster Toy's,  a proud Otto Langos by his company truck and house on the Fox River in Cary, IL.  c.1950 

From left to right:  Louie, Otto Jr. , Otto A. Langos, Alfie, and Harold Langos, standing in front of their Chicago, IL plant.  Otto also had three daughters who were Matilda, Lorretta, & Margaret.  Matilda was very infuential in convincing her father Otto to start the business and in the running of it's daily operations along with sister Loretta and "the boys".      

Otto A. Langos & Sons, circa 1950

 

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