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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 |
| 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 |
| 5778519 | Apparatus for forming "slide fastener elements" In manufacturing slide fasteners, especially fastener elements, an elongated wire of a generally Y-shape cross section with attaching legs shaped into a generally C form by rolling, is supplied intermittently at a predetermined pitch and is then cut into ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5495655 | Method and apparatus for forming slide-fastener coupling element A method and apparatus for forming a slide-fastener coupling element from a metal wire having a substantially Y-shaped cross section wherein a blank piece is cut or sliced off from the metal wire by a co-action between a cutoff die and a cutoff punch, and... | 03/05/1996 |
| 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 |
| 4657500 | Apparatus for forming a row of zigzag coupling elements for slide fasteners In an apparatus for forming a row of zigzag coupling elements, a winding unit includes a guide plate having a guide hole through which a monofilament is supplied onto a periphery of a continuously rotating die wheel. The guide plate is driven by two separ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4625375 | Apparatus for automatically processing a slide fastener chain An apparatus, for automatically processing a slide fastener chain to which a succession of fly strips is attached, comprises an intermittently operative feed unit for feeding the fastener chain along a longitudinal path, a first cutting unit disposed upst... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4557027 | Slide fastener chain apparatus of manufacture Gaps in molded polymer fastening elements secured to inner edge portions of coplanar support tapes are formed by cutting legs of the coupling elements in planes coplanar with the inner edge portions of the support tapes leaving remanents of the molded pol... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4550477 | Apparatus for forming and planting slide fastener elements Disclosed herein is an apparatus for forming and planting fastener elements comprising a ram mounted on a frame for reciprocal movement and having a cutting die provided with a passage for a wire to be used for elements and a forming die for forming an en... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4510658 | Clamping unit A clamping unit has a pair of clamping jaws movable toward each other by manually operable threaded rods to clamp a slotted hollow body such as a separable bottom stop member for a separable slide fastener on a beaded edge positioned between the clamping ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4479290 | Space forming and stop fixing apparatus for fastener chains In the apparatus for forming a space in and simultaneously fixing a stop to a fastener chain of this invention, a casing is provided with a tubular frame portion in which a punch holder having a space punch and a driver punch is received for sliding movem... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4307500 | Apparatus for severing and pairing slide fastener stringers An apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener stringer pairs of a slide fastener length from a pair of continuous slide fastener stringers. The apparatus comprises means for severing the continuous slide fastener stringers transversely across one of eleme... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4307499 | Apparatus for obtaining the spacing of zip fasteners For obtaining the spacing of continuously manufactured zip fasteners by removing in a single operation the connecting members over a certain length, a device is provided which comprises a die and a stepped punch with three rectangular sections. The punch ... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4149569 | Process and apparatus for the manufacture of slide fasteners A weaving process and apparatus for producing a slide fastener from two continuous plastic filaments (synthetic-resin monofilament), each with a multiplicity of generally helicoidal coupling elements for interlocking with the coupling elements of the oppo... | 04/17/1979 |
