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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7757387 | Apparatus for continuously manufacturing fastener stringer A fastener stringer continuous manufacturing apparatus which eliminates a necessity of increasing a size of a manufacturing apparatus and is capable of chamfering attaching legs of an engaging element which is produced continuously from a metallic wire rod having a ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5079820 | Process and means for the manufacture of zip fasteners A process for manufacturing zip fasteners by molding sets of locking members of any length and of the staggered or slit type, the upper stop members, the coupling and the box, in a single operation. The process is achieved with a two-part injection moldin... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5007161 | Apparatus for feeding and transferring discrete coupling elements An apparatus for feeding and transferring discrete coupling elements successively one at a time for attachment onto a stringer tape comprises a feed unit including a vertically disposed feed chute and a transfer unit including first and second slides both... | 04/16/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4974305 | Method of attaching fastener elements to fastener tape A fastener tape is intermittently transferred under tension longitudinally thereof. A discrete fastener element is fed to astraddle one longitudinal beaded edge of the fastener tape. Then, the coupling head of the fastener element is pressed at its both s... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4962580 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener stringers A method and apparatus for the manufacture of slide fastener carrying a discrete formation of differently colored elements in selected orders. Method and apparatus are disclosed for feeding a plurality of colored elements selectively one at a time in a ve... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4884336 | Method and apparatus for mounting electrical connectors to printed circuit boards A method for mounting an electrical connector (10) to a printed circuit board or other support panel (12) with a top-actuated eyelet (20), and an actuation tool (50, 100) for use in practicing the method. The method comprises essentially a two-step mounti... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4855592 | Apparatus using optical fibers for inspecting slide fastener elements Apparatus for inspecting irregular coupling elements from continuously running slide fastener chains is essentially comprised of a light source including a light emitter and a light receptor, an optical fiber extending from the light source and having a l... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4821396 | Method of manufacturing separable slide fasteners Separable slide fasteners are manufactured from an alongate slide fastener chain composed of a pair of slide fastener stringers having rows of coupling elements alternating with element-free portions having substantially U-shaped recesses defined in inner... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4665603 | Method and apparatus for forming a row of zigzag coupling elements for slide fasteners In a method and apparatus for forming a row of zigzag coupling elements, the entire rotating die wheel is heated by a built-in interior heater so as to remain at a temperature slightly lower than the temperature at which a monofilament of thermoplastic sy... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665613 | Apparatus for forming a row of coupling elements for slide fastener An apparatus, for forming a row of slide fastener coupling element, comprises a continuously rotatable die wheel having an annular peripheral groove for receiving a row of coupling element blanks in folded fashion, and a punching unit for forming coupling... | 05/19/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4489486 | Tool for attaching a coupling element to a concealed slide fastener A manually operative tool for attaching a coupling element to a concealed slide fastener lacking of one or more coupling elements and hence to be repaired. The tool includes a pair of relatively pivotable first and second members, each having at one end a... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4432126 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener coupling elements A method of and apparatus for manufacturing coupling elements, suitable for a two-way slide fastener, successively from a rod of metal of a generally Y-shaped cross section having a base, as a prospective coupling head, and a pair of diverging legs. As th... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4387495 | Method and apparatus for feeding conductive wire for anodizing process of slide fastener chain Improved method and apparatus for feeding a conductive wire for anodizing process of a slide fastener chain are disclosed in which a wire guide member reciprocates perpendicularly to the feeding movement of the fastener tape so that the distance between t... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4060886 | Method and apparatus for manufacture of slide fastener stringer In a method and apparatus, a continuous filament coupling element for a slide fastener is formed and an inside surface of one leg portion of a pair of leg portions at each section of the coupling element is deformed to form interlocking means such as a sh... | 12/06/1977 |
| 3987533 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener stringer with improved fastening element count In the manufacture of a slide fastener stringer, the relative count of fastening elements per unit length of the tape of the stringer being manufactured is continuously monitored and used as a feedback control to adjust the relative rate of advancement of... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3951716 | Process for production of slide fastener chain An elongated stringer tape is fed along a path extending substantially tangentially of a die wheel carrying in its circumferential groove a formed continuous coupling element of a zigzag or helical coil configuration composed of thermally fusible material... | 04/20/1976 |
