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Waterproof slide fastener and apparatus for manufacturing the same

US7337506B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 2005
Grant dateMar 4, 2008
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/2557
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A waterproof slide fastener and a manufacturing apparatus thereof, wherein each fastener element has a coupling head, a neck portion, a body portion, and leg portions which are continuously fused and integrated, a terminal end is projected from a gap between upper/lower half portions of the coupling head, upper/lower flanges of a slider make a sliding contact with a surface of each of upper/lower half portions of each leg portion, each half portion of the leg portion is formed in a flat plate shape with a step and thinner than each half portion of the neck portion and the body portion in a direction perpendicular to a plane in which the fastener tape lies, and extending from the body portion via a crotch portion and guiding the flanges, two or more leg portions are disposed with a predetermined interval in a sliding direction.

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