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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6931707 | Zipper assist device A device is designed to facilitate operation of a separable slide fastener having a pair of stringers, respectively carrying first and second rows of interlocking elements, the rows respectively terminating at a stop member and a lug, the fastener including at least... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6467159 | Fastener-chain-finishing apparatus In the fastener-chain-finishing apparatus, only a knockout among plural members arranged below a fastener-chain-transfer path of a space-forming unit can move up and down but all the other members are not movable. Consequently, the units below the chain-t... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6460238 | Plastic bag slider and end termination installation assembly and method An assembly and method for installing sliders and end terminations onto a reclosable zipper for plastic bags is disclosed. The assembly includes a base with a cam path. A rotor is mounted on the base and includes at least one slider installing member and ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 5749134 | Slide fastener repair system A slide fastener repair system including a method in which an opening is formed in a slide fastener to create a gap in a row of fastener elements, removing the slide fastener slider through the opening, positioning a replacement slider on the teeth of the... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5644092 | Apparatus for inspecting the attached state of slide fastener stop boxes and stop boxes attaching machine equipment with the same An apparatus for continuously inspecting the attached states of successive bottom stop boxes attached to separable slide fasteners, which has a pair of tape grip members movable forwardly and backwardly along a travelling path of a fastener tape to which ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5536460 | Method of forming end stops molded on a slide fastener chain and a chain splitting apparatus used therein A method of forming end stops to a continuous slide fastener chain including element-free space portions at longitudinally spaced intervals, wherein as the chain is fed in the backward direction, a pair of rows of interengaged coupling elements extending ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5241742 | Apparatus for applying bottom end stops and sliders to a slide fastener stringer chain An apparatus for assembling a continuous chain of fastener stringers with bottom end stops and sliders comprises a slider holder means capable of rotating about an axis extending parallel to the direction of feed of the stringer chain and having symmetric... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5114057 | Apparatus for feeding slide fastener chain with folding of attached fabric strips An apparatus for feeding a slide fastener chain with fabric strips attached thereto and including flaps extending over a pair of interengaged rows of coupling elements includes a narrow elongate lower guide member having a central guide groove extending l... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5077884 | 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 ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5072502 | Method and apparatus for applying slide fastener end stop A method of and an apparatus for feeding and applying end stops one at a time onto a slide fastener chain are disclosed. An elongated strip wound on a reel and carrying a multiplicity of prospective end stops serially interconnected by flexible connecting... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5027501 | Apparatus for attaching bottom stop to slide fastener chain An apparatus for attaching bottom stops of a generally H-shaped cross section to a slide fastener chain. According to a preferred embodiment, a pair of stringer tapes of one of successive spaced element-free space sections are spread apart by a spreading ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4979288 | Means for the manufacture of zip fasteners The process makes it possible to manufacture any zip fasteners, i.e. to mold sets of locking members of any length, of the staggered or slit type, the upper stop members, the coupling and the box in a single operation. The apparatus for injection moulding... | 12/25/1990 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4862585 | Apparatus for attaching top end stops to slide fastener chain A pair of top end stops is attached to respective beaded edges of a pair of stringer tapes of a slide fastener chain which is fed along a feed path. A punch and die assembly disposed above the feed path has a pair of pockets for gripping the top end stops... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4839956 | Method of and apparatus for attaching top stops to slide fastener chain In attaching a pair of horizontal U-shaped top stops of synthetic resin to a continuous slide fastener chain, opposed tape edges near a leading one of successive element-free spaces are spread apart, and the top stops are clamped each on its upper and low... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4835845 | Parts applicator for slide fasteners A parts applicator for applying fastener parts such as pins of a separable end stop to a fastener chain includes an anvil slidably mounted in an oscillatable holder and having a pocket in which each fastener part is releasably received. The holder is angu... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4819318 | Method of attaching parts of separable bottom end assembly to a continuous slide fastener chain In a method of attaching parts of a separable bottom end assembly to a continuous slide fastener chain, a box or insertion pin, in the shape of a channel, of a separable bottom end assembly is threaded onto one of longitudinally spaced successive element-... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4815205 | Apparatus for mounting metal beginning pieces on a continuous slide fastener chain The apparatus puts at least one metal beginning piece on a cotinuous slide fastener chain made by connecting a plurality of slide fasteners each with beginning piece regions prepared for receiving a metal beginning piece and with the first slide fastener ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4787140 | Apparatus for attaching top end stops to a continuous slide fastener chain A clamping mechanism mounted on a punch/die holder includes a pair of punch arms angularly movably supported on the punch/die holder and a die fixed to the punch/die holder and disposed between the punch arms for supporting U-shaped top end stops between ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4711020 | Top end-stop attaching machine with improved top end-stop supplying apparatus An apparatus for supplying U-shaped top end stops reliably one at a time to a holding portion of a top end-stop attaching machine, includes a movable guide rail reciprocably movable between a receiving position for receiving the top end stop from a fixed ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4697319 | Apparatus for attaching boxes to slide fasteners with separable box and pin of synthetic resin A box holder swingably mounted on a frame is angularly movable between a box receiving position and a box attaching position. The box holder has a casing, an anvil slidably disposed in the casing, and a pair of gripping jaws angularly movably disposed in ... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4671122 | System for inspecting attached state of slide fastener separable end stop, and inspection apparatus used in said system Disclosed is a system for inspecting the attached state of a separable end stop attached to a slide fastener. The system is used with an apparatus for manufacturing a slide fastener equipped with a separable end stop. Fastener stringers are transported by... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4653184 | Apparatus for holding boxes in attachment of same to separable slide fastener chain with box pin and insertion pin A box holder vertically movably mounted on a frame is reciprocably movable between a box attaching position and a box receiving position. The box holder includes a recess for receiving a box and a clamp finger for retaining the box in the recess. The clam... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4640008 | Apparatus for combining fastener stringers A stringer combining apparatus includes a stringer combining guide section. The guide section has an outer guide member located at the junction of guide groove portions which in combination constitute a Y-shaped guide groove, the member being made resilie... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4633580 | Device for positioning slide fastener stringers in fastener finishing apparatus A device for positioning a pair of longitudinally advancing elongate slide fastener stringers comprises a pair of positioning jaws movable relatively to one another in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of each slide fastener stringer to... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4627807 | Apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener with separable end stop An apparatus of manufacturing a slide fastener with a separable end stop according to the invention includes: a step which is carried out while separating engaged stringers of continuous length which have space portions disposed at regular intervals in th... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4624809 | Method and apparatus for forming upper steps of a concealed type slide fastener The invention provides method and apparatus for forming upper stops of a concealed type slide fastener. A concealed type slide fastener comprises a pair of fastener stringers each consisting of a fastener tape having a turn-up along one side thereof and f... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4606100 | Element guide in apparatus for manufacturing slide fasteners with flies An apparatus automatically manufactures a succession of slide fasteners with flies from a continuous slide fastener chain having a pair of intermeshed rows of coupling elements with element-free spaces therein and stringer tapes supporting the rows of cou... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4598454 | Apparatus for manufacturing slide fasteners with flies An apparatus automatically manufactures a succession of slide fasteners with flies from a continuous slide fastener chain having a pair of intermeshed rows of coupling elements with element-free spaces therein and stringer tapes supporting the rows of cou... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4561161 | Method of and apparatus for automatically attaching top stops to a gapped slide fastener chain with slides mounted thereon A longitudinally gapped, continuous slide fastener chain with sliders slidably mounted thereon is longitudinally fed by a feed roller through an apparatus including a top stop applicator mechanism. When the slider on a pair of coupling element rows is sen... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4551900 | Method of and apparatus for mounting separable slide fastener connectors Pin and box elements for the separable connection of the ends of the respective halves of a slide fastener are applied by deflecting the coupled stringer previously provided with the slider, at an angle to enable the elements to be threaded through the wi... | 11/12/1985 |
