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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246422 | Feeding unit for engaging element metallic linear material in continuous manufacturing apparatus for fastener stringer The invention provides a feeding unit for a metallic linear material having an irregular shaped section applicable to a continuous manufacturing apparatus for a fastener stringer, the feeding unit comprising the seventh and eighth rollers rotatably supported at thei... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204006 | End-stop for zippered resealable closure A method for providing an end-stop for a slider on a resealable thermoplastic bag is provided. The resealable thermoplastic bag includes a profile track having a first side panel and a second side panel. A clip having first and second legs is made to straddle the pr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200923 | Finishing apparatus for slide fastener There are provided left and right gripper devices for holding left and right tip side portions of a slide fastener chain, transferring the fastener chain in a longitudinal direction (an X-axis direction) and opening and closing the left and right tip side portions i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200911 | Methods for applying sliders to reclosable plastic bags Methods are provided for making slider-operated fasteners for use in reclosable plastic bags using at least a double index and dual unit operations. The methods involve forming two preseals, forming two notches within the preseals, applying two sliders into the prev... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201059 | Magnetic force sensor assembly for workholding fixtures A magnetic force sensor assembly for a workholding fixture includes a magnetic force switch operatively supported by a base of a component disposed on the workholding fixture. The magnetic force sensor assembly also includes a sensor operatively supported by the bas... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7150084 | Slide fastener manufacturing apparatus Machining portions such as a cutter portion, a slider inserting portion and an upper stopper attaching portion are provided around the vertical axis of a fixed table portion in order of machining. A fastener chain cut to have a predetermined length is held by the fi... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7017461 | Dual position automatic notcher A device for consecutively forming one or more notches in a first surface and one or more notches in second surface of a hollow workpiece. The notching device including a first die and a second die that is fixed relative to the first die; and a shiftable punch havin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6973704 | Method and apparatus for positioning sliders for automated slider insertion An apparatus for inserting a slider onto a flexible zipper tape, comprising: a zipper tape guide that supports a section of zipper tape in a slider insertion zone and guides advancement of the zipper tape along a line; a mechanism for displacing a slider from a pre-... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968604 | Method for forming slider end stops on zipper A method and a system for forming slider end stops on a zipper tape that comprises first and second interlockable zipper parts. The method comprises the following steps: (a) transmitting sufficient ultrasonic wave energy into first and second areas of the zipper tap... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957482 | Space forming apparatus for a slide fastener chain The space forming apparatus includes at least a pair of fixed grippers disposed in a lower part thereof; a pair of movable grippers disposed with a gap in a front-to-rear direction such that the movable grippers are movable in a vertical direction toward and away fr... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6938330 | Method and apparatus for inserting sliders during automated manufacture of reclosable bags Methods and apparatus for automated insertion of sliders on continuous zipper material. The method involves the following steps: (a) advancing a section of zipper material past a leading edge of a splitter plate that pries the zipper strips of the zipper material ap... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935007 | Method and apparatus for gripping zipper tape during slider insertion A zipper guide apparatus having different operational states. In the first operational state, the zipper tape is held securely, i.e., gripped, in a zone adjacent the slider insertion zone during slider insertion. In a second operational state, the zipper tape is not... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6904656 | System for transporting sliders for zipper bags An apparatus (10) for and a method of transporting sliders to the slider insertion area (27) of a slider insertion device (18). A first sensor (30) on a sender track (20) detects a lack of sliders (21) in the sender track. A... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6842973 | Apparatus for attaching sliders onto zipper bags and film A keeper (12), a clamp (14), a heater strip (16) and a heated air diffuser (18) are provided for a slider insertion apparatus (10) which inserts sliders (28) on the interlocked profiles (20, 22) of a zipper (23... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6839949 | Zipper repair tool and method of use therefore A hand tool that has a pliers-like body and a special head. The head has a pair of parallel teeth that fit onto the grooves of a zipper guide. As the tool is squeezed, the teeth force the grooves closed uniformly and symmetrically. In this way, the tool can adjust t... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6757953 | Method for forming an end of slide fastener chain A method for forming ends of a slide fastener chain wherein, coil-shaped fastener elements such as linear fastener elements are attached and sewed to side edge portions of a pair of fastener tapes with sewing yarns as fixing yarns while a core thread is inserted thr... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6751854 | Slide fastener finishing apparatus A pair of coupled right and left element rows of a fastener chain is inserted from a rear opening of a slider, which is placed and fixed on a slider passing portion disposed on a transfer path of the fastener chain, and after the element rows are separated side by s... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6745443 | Apparatus for end forming of slide fastener chain According to the fastener chain, method and apparatus for forming ends thereof, coil-shaped fastener elements as linear fastener elements are attached and sewed to side edge portions of a pair of fastener tapes with sewing yarns as fixing yarns while a core thread i... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6442819 | Method and apparatus of applying slider device to a recloseable zipper arrangement A method for mounting a slider device on a recloseable package includes mounting the slider device by providing a package having a recloseable closure mechanism and providing a slider device for opening and closing the recloseable closure mechanism, the s... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6430798 | Method for manufacturing a zipper A method for manufacturing a zipper includes the step of dividing a label into two halves. The two halves are disposed on a cloth strip. Two banks of continuous chain teeth are pressed against one another and then are sewn to the cloth strip. The width be... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6418605 | Method and apparatus of applying slider device to a recloseable zipper arrangement A method for mounting a slider device on a recloseable package includes mounting the slider device by providing a package having a recloseable closure mechanism and providing a slider device for opening and closing the recloseable closure mechanism, the s... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6317969 | Slider-pull-assembling unit In a pull-assembling unit for automatically assembling a pull onto a slider body of a slide fastener, a slider transporting means includes a slider-body-transportation plate member having rectangular notch portions spaced at intervals of plural assembling... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5985438 | Reinforcing tape for slide fastener A reinforcing tape for a slide fastener and a slide fastener having a pair of fastener tapes whose end portions are reinforced with the reinforcing tapes are disclosed. On the end portion of a fastener tape to which a pin-and-box separator of a slide fast... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5584111 | Slide fastener construction machine Provided is an improvement to the slide fastener constructing machine. The improvement provides a tooth-notching unit for forming a notch on each tooth on the stringer produced by a stringer producing unit which is a conventional unit and subsequently col... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5501000 | Slider inserting apparatus for concealed slide fastener and concealed slide fastener finishing machine A slider inserting apparatus is constructed such that before a concealed fastener chain is threaded through a slider, the front and back and the rear end of a flange portion and the left and right front surfaces and the left and right side surfaces and th... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5426840 | Method and apparatus for attaching a slider pull tab An apparatus for attaching pull tabs automatically one at a time onto a slider body comprises a pull tab transport unit, a clamper applying unit and a clamping unit. The transport unit includes a pull tab transfer chute having a pair of elongate horizonta... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5426848 | Apparatus for attaching a slider pull tab An apparatus for attaching pull tabs automatically one at a time onto a slider body comprises a pull tab transport unit, a clamper applying unit and a clamping unit. The transport unit includes a pull tab supply chute having a pair of guide rails defining... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5367758 | Method for manufacturing slide fastener coupling elements A blank wire of a generally Y-shape cross section is supplied intermittently at a predetermined pitch, during which the blank wire is successively cut transversely into slices of a predetermined thickness. A bulge is formed at a time for a head portion of... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5361471 | Slide fastener coupling element forming apparatus and cutting punch As it is intermittently supplied, a blank wire having a generally Y-shape cross section is cut into slices of a predetermined thickness by a cutting punch, which is fixed to the frame, and a coacting cutting die, which is reciprocatingly movable in the cu... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5357663 | Slide fastener coupling element forming apparatus In a slide fastener coupling element forming apparatus, a blank wire of a generally Y-shape cross section intermittently supplied at a predetermined pitch is cut off into pieces of a predetermined thickness by a fixed cutting punch and a reciprocating cut... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5181305 | Process for the manufacture of slide fasteners A process for the manufacture of slide fasteners from an elongate stringer chain is disclosed in which the stringer chain is maintained in tensionless suspension at predetermined locations along the path of its movement through various stages of productio... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5138763 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing slide fasteners A method of and apparatus for manufacturing slide fasteners of selected product lengths from an elongate continuous stringer chain, the method comprising selecting predetermined fastener component parts from among a plurality of such respective component ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5103540 | Apparatus for gapping a stringer chain An apparatus for gapping a stringer chain at predetermined intervals is disclosed, which comprises an anvil and a cutter cooperating therwith in cutting a length of coupling elements on a pair of support tapes. The cutter includes a vertically movable pun... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5101551 | Gapping system for slide-fastener manufacture A slide-fastener stringer is pulled through a gapping station by a motor operatively engaging the stringer without slip and at least one feed roller engaging the stringer upstream of the gapping station. A storage unit downstream of the feed roller and up... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4985977 | Method of and apparatus for applying top end stops on to a slide fastener chain A method of applying top end stops on to a slide fastener chain comprises holding a top end stop or stops in between an anvil and a horn, moving the anvil and the horn together into alignment with a path of travel of the fastener chain, threading the fast... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4980968 | Slider-installing system for slide-fastener manufacture A method of mounting a slider on a workpiece consisting of a pair of parallel and longitudinally extending tapes having confronting edges provided with interleavable coupling elements and formed by removal of sections of the elements to form longitudinall... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4932113 | Manufacture of slide fasteners A slide fastener is made from a workpiece formed of a pair of longitudinally extending parallel tapes having confronting edges provided with longitudinally extending and transversely couplable coupling elements. This workpiece is passed along a treatment ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4906318 | Device for applying auxiliary film to slide fastener chain An auxiliary film is applied or fused to a slide fastener chain having a pair of intermeshing rows of coupling elements with an element-free space defined therein. The slide fastener chain is fed by a chain feeder along a feed path. The device for applyin... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4882824 | Apparatus for installing sliders on a gapped slide fastener chain Apparatus grips and pulls zipper chain along from supply to a desired finite length, installing slider on the way. When next gap in chain is detected by a finger which inserts itself into gap and abruptly stops further advance of tape, a cutter closes to ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4866825 | Apparatus for cutting down finished slide fasteners An apparatus for cutting down or reducing the length of a finished slide fastener includes a pilot pin disposed immediately adjacent to the rear end of an element clamper and spaced from the rear end of an element cutter by a distance which is equal to th... | 09/19/1989 |
