The production process of flat toothpicks in 1955.
preserve of row material birch wood in pool
cut a timber to 30 cm with hanging saw
3. boiling timber in hot water for 24 hours to make it soft
4. peeling a timber to sheet 1mm thickness by rotary machine
& cut to 50 mm in width
In 1985 "Cleardent" brand "Triangular pick” and "Floss pick" was released at the national pharmacy. The sales person of each agency visited the pharmacy to deliver the order goods the day before and accompany the sales activities taking the new order, explain the item, ask the handling of the products, ask the whole country I turned around. Inside there were several owner angry that "Do you sell toothpicks to me?" The pharmacy owner was a national qualified person who got out of the faculty of pharmacy principally, He said that it is different from the surrounding retail store I was having pride. Originally a toothpick is a kind of "chopsticks, scrubbing, knives, and chopping boards" sold at the corner of household goods. It means that you can sell something that does not need such explanation. "I explained it is round, in Europe and the United States the toothpick used for…
Since the yen appreciation has progressed since around 1973 and the environment of export has become severe, changes will appear in the contents For example, it is costly to make small boxed toothpicks that were out in Italy until then In the meantime, it has come to export only toothpicks as roses. In this background Italy do not miss the cost reduction of the packaging machine development and the mass transport from the door to the door by the container ship.
Although there was demand for spicebush toothpick, there was no choice but to depend on human hand for the convenience of the material, chronic product shortage continued. In order to solve this, K.Baku of Kikusui Industry Co., Ltd. has made a difficult mechanization, devised so that many processes can be done with machines developed independently, and paved the way for mass production. This kept not only the spicebush toothpick…
In 1952 K.mizonoue developed machines that scrape off the tip of a round toothpick. It is an original form of current machine. Although a round shaft made of white birch became possible by machine, after making it to the length of the toothpick, we could not produce it in the cutting step. For the emergence of this machine, secondary processing of Kawachinagano, the form of the industry to process into a toothpick by purchasing round shaft.
In 1953 C. Araki created a flower cocktail pick. In Kawachinagano, when a funeral, there is a custom that folding of white paper on chopsticks crafted to white flower is served in front of the Buddha. He applied it to a cellophane with color, so it turned into a toothpick with beautiful decorations. This gained popularity to decorate the table in the United States. Because of this value added, it has…
