Artur Fischer from plastic materials (Polyamide) and is available in various shapes and sizes since 1958 (see Wall plug). Fischer held over 1100 patents and overtook Thomas Alva Edison, who held 1093 patents. Fischer also held 5867 trade rights and invented fischertechnik. Further inventions are (bone-)plugs for fixing bone fractures and one of Fischer’s most recent inventions is a gadget that makes it possible to hold and cut the top off an egg of any size. He got started on the problem when a hotel owner complained to him that his guests, on opening their boiled eggs for breakfast, always made a
Farm to Market Road 1093 In 1962, FM 1093 extended east to IH-610. In the 1960s, the west side went through major growth after the Katy Freeway was foreseen, and neighborhoods and businesses quickly developed. 1093, popularly known in the city as Westheimer, became a major thoroughfare for westside residents traveling into Uptown Houston and Downtown Houston. In 1971, the section of FM 1093 from US 90 Alternate to FM 3013 was transferred to FM 3013. In 1995, the section from SH 99 to IH 610 became an urban road. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Westheimer became clogged with offices, restaurants and strip malls