Patent References 3168605 3230134 3399425 3594863 3594865 3608035 3758657 Method for making self-gripping devices having integral trains of gripping elements Process of making a conveyor belt Fastener component InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 433200 filed on 05/02/1995US Classes:428/100, Hook or barb24/442, INCLUDING READILY DISSOCIABLE FASTENER HAVING NUMEROUS, PROTRUDING, UNITARY FILAMENTS RANDOMLY INTERLOCKING WITH, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING TOWARDS, MATING STRUCTURE (E.G., HOOK-LOOP TYPE FASTENER)24/444, With feature facilitating, enhancing, or causing attachment of filament mounting surface to support therefor24/445, Having filaments formed from continuous element interwoven or knitted into distinct, mounting surface fabric24/452, Having mounting surface and filaments constructed from common piece of material156/244.15, Specific nonuniform lamina or article; e.g., netting or rib and groove, etc.264/136, Impregnation of batt, sheet, or filament264/167, Of varying cross-sectional area or with intermittent cross-sectional irregularity264/171.13, Utilizing indefinite length preform264/173.1, Including roller-type shaping surface (e.g., calendering, etc.)264/177.19, Temperature specified (other than ambient)264/257, One component is a fibrous or textile sheet, web, or batt264/328.8, With multiple injectors, mold cavities, or multiple steps of injection of material425/115, Endless surface means to shape fluent material425/327, Reshaping or vulcanizing means is a press428/120Inward from edge of web or sheetExaminersPrimary: Thurlow, JefferyAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA44B 018/00B29C 047/02 AbstractIn a molded surface fastener manufacturing method, molten resin is injected or extruded from an injection die or an extrusion nozzle, and at the same time, a coarse mesh core sheet is introduced between the extruded molten resin and the circumferential surface of a die wheel, which has a multiplicity of hook-element-forming circumferential cavities. The core sheet is forced against the circumferential surface of the die wheel by a pressing force of a press roller or under a molten resin pressure at the time of injection to pass part of the molten resin through pores of the core sheet and to fill in the hook-element-forming cavities. As a result, a multiplicity of hook elements are molded, and at the same time, the core sheet is embedded integrally in a plate-shaped substrate sheet closer to the hook-element-surface side.Field of SearchOf varying cross-sectional area or with intermittent cross-sectional irregularityWith mold element formation or removal Including roller-type shaping surface (e.g., calendering, etc.) Utilizing indefinite length preform Into a liquid bath Temperature specified (other than ambient) Impregnation of batt, sheet, or filament With multiple injectors, mold cavities, or multiple steps of injection of material One component is a fibrous or textile sheet, web, or batt Reshaping or vulcanizing means is a press Endless surface means to shape fluent material Shaping orifice and either a downstream preform reshaping means or vulcanizing means including conforming preform support Hook or barb Inward from edge of web or sheet Encapsulating or enclosing a lamina Adhesive application of fasteners to articles (e.g., slide fastener to garment) Pressure assisted bonding Article or at least one lamina of nonuniform thickness or discontinuous Specific nonuniform lamina or article; e.g., netting or rib and groove, etc. Allowing assembled sphere to move in single plane only Outwardly deforming internally fitted rod Sizing mating parts during final positional association Prestressing rod, filament or strand | |