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Press studs click shut as a split ring springs
A domed brass ring in the socket spreads, then closes behind the stud A snap fastener has a stud with a narrow neck and a socket holding a domed split ring. Pushing them together forces the ring open over the stud, and it springs back into the neck with an audible click. Pulling hard reverses the process, which is why press studs hold firmly but release without tools. It sits in Mondo's everyday life collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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Press studs click shut as a split ring springs: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- A domed brass ring in the socket spreads, then closes behind the stud. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a everyday life fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Everyday Life shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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