Rubber band Rubber band A rubber band (also known as an elastic band, gum band or lacky band) is a loop of rubber, usually ring shaped, and commonly used to hold multiple objects together. The rubber band was patented in England on March 17, 1845, by Stephen Perry. Most rubber bands are manufactured out of natural rubber or, especially at larger sizes, elastomer, and are sold in a variety of sizes. Rubber bands are made by extruding the rubber into a long tube to provide its general shape, putting the tubes on mandrels, curing the rubber with heat, and then slicing it
Rubber band gun miniguns, while some even shoot actual bricks. Many RBGs can be built out of Lego, from simple hinge guns to extremely complex fire-rate-dampening automatic rifles. Lego rubber band gun mechanisms can also be used to launch light projectiles of various types, from small bricks and paper planes to wooden skewers. Lego rubber band guns are also quite reliable, without all the complexity of K'Nex. Most Lego rubber band guns have been made and posted to YouTube, some even firing small bricks using the mechanism. It is difficult to devise a suitable, practical magazine-fed rubber band gun system out of Lego,