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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7520304 | Fastener stringer of concealed type slide fastener The invention provides a fastener stringer for a concealed type slide fastener, wherein the fastener stringer comprises: a fastener tape having a tape main body portion and an element attaching portion; and fastener element row, a side edge of the tape main body por... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7264023 | Weaved article or garment and method of making weaved article or garment A brand new and unexpected textured fabric or textile that can be used to provide articles of clothing (for humans and/or animals), wall hangings, home decorating articles, headwear, footwear, etc. The method transforms one dimensional fabric or textile into three d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7188642 | Low-friction pull tape A pull tape for facilitating positioning of elongated items within a protective sleeve is disclosed. The pull tape is woven of filamentary members preferably using a twill or satin weave that allows floats to form on the surface of the tape that reduce friction betw... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7152438 | Slide fastener tape and slide fastener stringer using the same tape This invention provides a fastener tape and a stinger for a slide fastener constituted of a warp knitting or weaving structure and including a tape main portion and a fastener element attaching portion, wherein a warp and a weft, which are composition yarns of the f... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150363 | Base structure of a retainer for a shelving A base structure of a retainer for a shelving comprising operation section supporters (2) which have plural locking sections (5) formed at prescribed intervals on flat surfaces of a flat and vertically long board-like material and a pair of shelf board... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7082649 | Metal wire rod for forming slide fastener coupling elements and slide fastener coupling element formed from the same metal wire rod In a Y bar for forming coupling elements, an opening angle of a pair of right and left leg parts is narrower than that of the ordinary ones. Plural bent portions, which are bent inward, are formed successively in an extending direction of the leg parts in a range fr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6913835 | Metal wire rod for forming slide fastener coupling elements and slide fastener coupling element formed from the same metal wire rod In a Y bar for forming coupling elements, an opening angle of a pair of right and left leg parts is narrower than that of the ordinary ones. Plural bent portions, which are bent inward, are formed successively in an extending direction of the leg parts in a range fr... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6505652 | Slide fastener tape A main portion of a fastener tape is woven with transparent or semi-transparent synthetic fiber monofilament yarn as warp yarn and weft yarn. Plural flexible yarns are interwoven into a side edge portion of the fastener tape in a longitudinal direction of... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6494236 | Revised interlocking tab of a zipper An interlocking tab of a zipper includes engaging teeth and a cloth tape. The cloth tape includes a sewing part joined with the engaging teeth at the lateral side of the engaging teeth, and a stretch yarn woven part located away the sewing part enabling t... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6435219 | Method for manufacturing a woven zipper half A woven strip of a zipper half is produced of warp and weft threads. The weft thread is picked in the form of double pick loops. A plastic monofilament forms windings of a closing member row on the woven strip with interlocking heads at one end and windin... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6418975 | Woven slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer having a plurality of coupling elements molded from synthetic resin monofilament woven in a fastener tape in succession along a longitudinal edge thereof, at the same time when the fastener tape is woven, with a plurality of elem... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6401763 | Woven slide fastener stringer A woven slide fastener stringer comprising a fastener tape comprising a plurality of foundation weft yarns, a plurality of warp yarns, and a plurality of coupling element portions, which are continuously formed of synthetic resin monofilament, woven succe... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6330892 | Woven slide fastener belt with differently constructed attaching and body regions A belt is provided in which no deviation of pattern is generated in the warp yarn and weft yarn despite its low weft yarn density and flexibility, provides stability in attaching various elements and fits to an object. The belt is woven with warp yarn and... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6105625 | Woven slide fastener having a fastener element row anchored to a fastener tape A woven slide fastener in which displacements of element anchoring warps in a width direction of a fastener tape does not occur, flexibility of the fastener and smooth operation of a slider are ensured, and anchoring of a fastener element row is stable. T... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5507321 | Heald frame for weaving a slide fastener stringer A heald frame comprises: a heald support frame for supporting a plurality of healds in parallel, the heald support frame having a central plate portion and a pair of ring-shaped rectangular heald supporting portions extending in opposite directions from t... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5472019 | Interlacing arrangement in woven slide fastener stringer A woven slide fastener stringer which includes a row of coiled coupling elements woven into one longitudinal edge portion of a woven stringer tape with a stuffer cord and upper and lower core threads extending longitudinally through a space defined in the... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5469605 | Slide fastener A slide fastener which permits easy attachment of electric conductors and ensures supply of electric current to all metallic coupling elements even if a part of the electric conductors is cut off. And it has a neat appearance because the electric conducto... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5417249 | Double-layer slide fastener tape A slide fastener tape comprising: a tape body portion having a double-layer woven structure; a surface cloth woven of a plurality of yarns, which are dyeable in different degrees with a single dye, so as to form a pattern; and a lining cloth woven of yarn... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5401555 | Cloth A cloth composed of first and second threads, the first threads being dyeable by a first dye and being much more exposed on a front surface of the cloth than a back surface thereof, the second threads being not dyeable by said first dye and dyeable by a s... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5313989 | Slide fastener with continuous coupling coil woven into the support tape In a slide fastener in which the row of coupling elements is woven into the tape, the warp yarns are formed in part with binding warp yarns in two or three groups. The warp yarns of the first group pass under double weft insertions between coupling member... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5251675 | Slide fastener with continuous coupling coil woven into the support tape In a slide fastener in which the row of coupling elements is woven into the tape, the warp yarns are formed in part with binding warp yarns in two or three groups. The warp yarns of the first group pass under double weft insertions between coupling member... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5140725 | Woven slide fastener stringer A woven slide fastener stringer has a web section and a woven filament section defining a longitudinal edge portion and including successive loops formed from a woven plastic filament and each having upper and lower legs and is provided with a plurality o... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5069952 | Zipper tape This woven tape has a beaded edge comprising a plurality of untextured yarns twisted in one direction, the yarns then being cabled in the opposite direction to form a stabilized cable. The cable is covered by two textured wrapping yarns wound in opposite ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5035267 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing a concealed woven slide fastener stringer A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing a woven stringer for a concealed type of slide fastener having a row of continuous filamentary coupling elements woven integrally into a stringer tape. The row of coupling elements are formed into a continuou... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4924560 | Stretchable slide fastener A stretchable slide fastener includes a pair of stretchable stringer tapes each having a longitudinal edge, and a row of coupling elements mounted on the longitudinal edge at a pitch. The pitch of the row of coupling elements is variable as the longitudin... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4924914 | Weaving a slide-fastener stringer half with an integral coupling coil A slide-fastener stringer is made by feeding a warp of warp filaments in a longitudinal warp direction to a weaving location, feeding to an edge of the warp at the weaving location a coupling coil formed by a multiplicity of turns each forming a coupling ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4918793 | Zip fastener and a process for its manufacture In a zip fastener comprising coupling member rows being formed of one continuous monofilament each, the coupling members of which consist of a folded S-shaped meandering profile, after conducting the according manufacturing process, the folded S-shaped me... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4915140 | Woven slide fastener stringer A woven slide fastener stringer is disclosed, which comprises a woven support tape and a row of continuous coupling elements woven into a longitudinal edge of the tape. The coupling elements are securely anchored in place by a minimum number of binding wa... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4799515 | Woven slide fastener stringer In a woven slide fastener stringer in which a gap-filling warp thread extends under successive loops of a coiled plastic filament and alternately over and under picks of a foundation weft thread so as to pull portions of the foundation weft thread between... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4678013 | Woven slide fastener Disclosed is a woven slide fastener including a row of fastener elements composed of a flat coil formed of a continuous monofilament, and a slide fastener tape having the row of fastener elements woven into a longitudinal side edge thereof. Each fastener ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4623004 | Woven slide fastener stringer In a woven slide fastener stringer of the type which comprises a row of successively interconnected elongated loops of a plastic filament woven into a longitudinal edge of a stringer tape woven of foundation warp and weft threads, and a pair of groups of ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4597418 | Woven slide fastener Disclosed is a woven slide fastener of the type in which fastener elements formed of a continuous monofilament in the shape of a coil are woven into a longitudinal side portion of a tape fabric at the same time that the tape fabric is woven. In order to i... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4561474 | Woven slide fastener stringers A woven slide fastener stringer includes an edge portion woven of foundation warp threads and a single foundation weft thread which is laid in a series of pairs of weft picks. A row of filamentary coupling elements is disposed against one side of the long... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4498503 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing woven slide fastener stringers A method and apparatus for manufacturing a woven slide fastener stringer having a row of coupling elements woven integrally into a woven stringer tape as the latter is woven. An element-forming filamentary material is displaced away from warp threads of t... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4467840 | Woven slide fastener stringer and apparatus for manufacturing the same A woven slide fastener stringer comprises a row of filamentary coupling elements fastened to a stringer tape by a binding thread system composed of weft and warp threads intertwined with the coupling elements and the stringer tape. At leat a pair of warp ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4404998 | Woven slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer of the woven type in which the tape has a ground weave provided with warp threads and a weft formed of double-weft passes on a needle loom. The coupling element is of the continuous, preferably coil, monofilament synthetic-resin ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4401138 | Woven slide fastener stringer A woven slide fastener stringer comprising a woven stringer tape and a coupling element assembly woven into the tape along its one longitudinal edge. The assembly includes a row of coupling elements spaced along and molded around a connector. Each couplin... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4398571 | Slide fastener stringer and method of making same A method of making a slide-fastener stringer in which a continuously woven tape and a coupling element interwoven with the tape are formed continuously and the coupling elements of the resulting continuous web are gapped to permit insertion of the slider ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4392363 | Slide fastener stringer with vent holes A venting slide fastener stringer for use on a cushion, a pillow, etc. has a warp-knit stringer tape including a pair of laterally spaced, elongate webs with a wale-free region therebetween, and a connecting thread or threads having portions laid in oppos... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4383558 | Woven slide fastener stringer A woven slide fastener stringer comprises a binding thread system extending along a row of continuous coupling elements and fixing the latter to a longitudinal tape edge portion of a woven stringer tape. The binding thread system includes a warp thread ex... | 05/17/1983 |
