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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992266 | Fastener stringer and slide fastener A fastener stringer capable of following up stretching/contracting action of a stretchable fabric smoothly by improving a stretching property of an element attaching portion, and capable of preventing breaking of chain if the element attaching portion is stretched, ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7836563 | Fastener stringer and slide fastener A fastener stringer capable of following up stretching/contracting action of a stretchable fabric smoothly by improving a stretching property of an element attaching portion, and capable of preventing breaking of chain if the element attaching portion is stretched, ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7325420 | Expandable knitted net The present invention is directed to a knitted net, and more specifically to an expandable knitted net. In one form, the net comprises a plurality of fill yarns with an elastomeric performance, which allows the net to expand in the cross-direction. In another form, ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7257868 | Slider for concealed type slide fastener and concealed type slide fastener A slider of a concealed type slide fastener and the concealed type slide fastener, wherein the slider engages/disengages respective fastener element rows of the concealed type slide fastener, in which fastener elements are continuously attached to folded-back pieces... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7231697 | End stop for slide fastener and slide fastener having the same A synthetic-resin-made linear slide fastener has a top end stop and a bottom end stop. A coil-like or zigzag-like linear fastener element row (3) of synthetic resin is mounted on a side edge of a fastener tape (4), and then a rod-like body (6) i... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7059024 | Slide fastener Fastener elements are attached to a side edge of a fastener tape composed of a knitting structure. An interval between the elements and a wale in the vicinity of the elements is formed into a thin knitted fabric. A flange on a side of a rear mouth of a slider is dis... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6332341 | Slide fastener tape composed of warp yarn knitting structure The invention intends to provide a slide fastener tape capable of securing flexibility and attaching strength without losing proper flexibility of knitted fabric and having a warp knitting structure allowing an element to be attached uniformly. In this sl... | 12/25/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5706677 | Warp-knit tape for slide fastener A warp-knit tape has through its entire width tricot-stitch yarns formed of multifilament yarns and single-cord-stitch knitting yarns formed of textured yarns. A fastener-element-attaching portion of the warp-knit tape includes chain-stitch knitting yarns... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5699592 | Concealed woven slide fastener In a concealed woven slide fastener stringer, a fastener tape is woven of foundation warp yarns and a double-pick foundation weft yarn, and a coiled fastener element is attached to folded inner margin of the tape by anchoring warp yarns and a double-pick ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5586369 | Double-layer slide fastener tape A slide fastener tape woven or knitted so as to form a coupling element attaching edge portion, a tape body portion and a tape sewing portion arranged in order transversely of the tape, wherein the tape has a double-layer structure portion composed of a f... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5586454 | Warp-knit tape for slide fastener In a warp-knit tape for a slide fastener, an element-mounting edge portion comprises a reinforcing core, a double-face chain stitches knitted of two yarns on opposite sides of the core, a weft inlaid structure in which a plurality of weft yarns extending ... | 12/24/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5257515 | Stringer for a concealed type of slide fastener A stringer for a concealed type of slide fastener has a warp-knit tape comprising a web portion and a longitudinal edge portion for mounting thereon a row of interlocking fastener elements. The edge portion is comprised of yarns of lower denier disposed i... | 11/02/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5129127 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer comprises a support tape having a foundation fabric strip either woven or knitted which is coated on both sides with a coat of elastomeric or rubberry material and a row of coupling elements mounted on an inner longitudinal edge ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4823446 | Fluid-tight slide fastener stringer A fluid-tight slide fastener stringer has a fluid-tight tape including a longitudinally non-stretchable and transversely stretchable woven or knit fabric wholly covered with a layer of elastic rubber or synthetic resin. The tape has non-stretchable warp i... | 04/25/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4607416 | Fluid-tight slide fastener A fluid-tight slide fastener comprises a pair of stringer tapes each having an inner edge region, an outer edge region and a stretchable region intermediate between the two edge regions which are non-stretchable. The intermediate stretchable region yieldi... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4580321 | Fluid-tight slide fastener A fluid-tight slide fastener comprises a pair of slide fastener halves each including a support tape, a row of continuous coupling elements extending longitudinally along the inner edge of the tape on one side thereof, and an elastomeric sealing member ov... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4510656 | Slide fastener assembly A slide fastener assembly has a net joining structure which includes a pair of warp-knitted adapters having a number of rectangular meshes defined by a plurality of warp cords and a plurality of weft threads. Each adapter has a net transition region inclu... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4492098 | Method of making a slide fastener coupling strip A coupling strip for a slide fastener, which can be utilized as part of a stringer half together with a fabric tape of which it forms a part, or alone as a stringer half, is produced by crocheting at least two rows of knots using bearded (spring-type) or ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4450694 | Warp-knit stringer tape for slide fastener A warp-knit stringer tape for a slide fastener comprises an elongate first web for supporting along one longitudinal edge thereof a row of fastener coupling elements, an elongate second web spaced transversely from the first web with a wale-free coarse re... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4378683 | Transversely stretchable stringer tape for slide fasteners A warp-knit stringer tape, for slide fasteners, including a pair of transversely non-stretchable longitudinal edge portions and a transversely stretchable intermediate portion extending therebetween. The stringer tape has a knit ground structure composed ... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4372999 | Stringer tape for slide fasteners A heat-sealable stringer tape, for slide fasteners, comprising: an elongate fabric woven of warp and weft threads and including a pair of longitudinally extending, spaced first and second marginal portions and an intermediate portion extending between the... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4334556 | 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 ... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4321733 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer includes a stringer tape having a pair of opposite surfaces, and a series of fastener elements sewn to the stringer tape on one of the surfaces thereof along its one longitudinal edge by utilizing single thread chain stitches for... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4265003 | Warp-knit tape fabric for slide fasteners A plurality of elongate warp-knit webs are connected side by side by water-soluble connecting threads along their longitudinal edges. The warp-knit webs are arranged in connected pairs each having a pair of opposed marginal edge portions for supporting a ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4228566 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer includes a warp-knit stringer tape comprising a first set of yarns forming a knit ground structure containing stitch loops in every course and wale of the tape, and a second set of yarns knit in the ground structure and each exte... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4142276 | Warp-knit slide-fastener stringer half and method of making same A slide-fastener stringer half has an elongated warp-knitted tape having a pair of opposite faces and a pair of opposite longitudinally extending edges. The tape is knit with a plurality of chained warp yarns each forming a respective longitudinally exten... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4137733 | Slide-fastener-stringer half with knitted-in coupling elements and method of making same A slide-fastener stringer half comprises a knit tape having a plurality of parallel longitudinally extending wales and a plurality of transversely extending courses, and a monofilamentary coupling element on the tape and having a succession of turns each ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4134185 | Warp-knit slide-fastener stringer half and method of making same A warp-knit slide-fastener stringer half comprises an elongated warp-knitted tape having a pair of opposite faces and a pair of opposite longitudinally extending edges. The tape is knit with a plurality of warp yarns forming longitudinally extending paral... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4133084 | Slide fastener with continuous coupling elements A fastener stringer is disclosed which has a coil-type continuous coupling element of the oval-shaped cross section. The coupling element is stitched onto a support tape which is substantially integrally provided with a levelling cord extending longitudin... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4067208 | Warp-knit slide-fastener support tape and method of making same A slide-fastener support tape is made in a warp-knitting machine which chains a plurality of relatively thin warp yarns to form an array of longitudinally extending and transversely spaced wales. One of the needles of the knitting machine is left empty so... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4064602 | Warp-knit slide fastener stringer half and method of making same A slide-fastener stringer half comprises an elongated warp-knitted tape having a pair of opposite longitudinally extending edges and a pair of opposite faces and formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending parallel wales. This tape is knit with a ... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4058144 | Tape-supported slide-fastener element A slide-fastener element of the monofilamentary-coil type is held in position on a stringer tape, woven from a set of warp threads and a continuous weft thread, by a core traversing the turns of the coil, the core being anchored to the tape by the weft th... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4043007 | Warp-knit slide-fastener support tape and stringer A support tape for a slide-fastener stringer half is knitted on a Raschel knitting machine having a pair of needle bars. This tape has a pair of longitudinally extending edges and a pair of opposite faces and is knit with an intermediate warp yarn that is... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4041577 | Stringer for sliding clasp fastener A fastener stringer comprises a warp-knit tape and a row of interlocking fastener elements secured thereto. The tape has a web portion formed by chain stitches defining longitudinally extending wales, tricot stitches extending diagonally across and betwee... | 08/16/1977 |
