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EP2052639A1
EP2052639A1 EP07254217A EP07254217A EP2052639A1 EP 2052639 A1 EP2052639 A1 EP 2052639A1 EP 07254217 A EP07254217 A EP 07254217A EP 07254217 A EP07254217 A EP 07254217A EP 2052639 A1 EP2052639 A1 EP 2052639A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/02—Slide fasteners with a series of separate interlocking members secured to each stringer tape
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/42—Making by processes not fully provided for in one other class, e.g. B21D53/50, B21F45/18, B22D17/16, B29D5/00

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  • the present invention relates to zippers and more particularly, to a metal zipper, which uses a guide groove in a slider body to guide hook strips of male teeth elements in and out of respective hook holes of female teeth elements, thereby closing or opening the zipper tapes.
  • a conventional zipper is generally comprised of two zipper tapes, a male teeth chain, a female teeth chain, a slider body, two pins, a top stop, and a bottom stop.
  • the male and female teeth chains are engaged together to close the zipper tapes or disengaged from each other to open the zipper tapes.
  • the male and female teeth chains may be made of metal, plastics, nylon, or any of a variety of other materials.
  • a zipper can be made in any of a variety of forms, such as close end, open end, X type, or O type.
  • the male and female teeth chains of a conventional zipper are respectively comprised of a series of male tooth and a series of female tooth and driven by the slider body into the engaged position or disengaged position. Exemplars are seen in US PAT Nos. 7,036,191 ; 6,588,072 ; 4,099,301 ; 3,872,551 ; 1,934,084 .
  • Other conventional metal, resin, or nylon zippers have similar male and female teeth chain structures.
  • the zipper is comprised of two zipper tapes, a series of male teeth elements provided at one zipper tape, a series of female teeth elements provided at the other zipper tape, and a slider body movable over the male teeth elements and the female teeth elements to lock the male teeth elements and the female teeth elements or to unlock the male teeth elements from the female teeth elements.
  • the female teeth elements each have a receiving portion and a hook hole on the outer side of the receiving portion.
  • the male teeth elements each have a hook strip guided by the slider body into and out of the hook holes of the female teeth elements.
  • the slider body has a guide groove on the inside for guiding the hook strips of the male teeth elements into and out of the hook holes of the receiving portions of the female teeth elements accurately without deviation when the slider body is moved over the male and female teeth elements.
  • the male teeth elements and the female teeth elements can be independent elements separately fastened to the zipper tapes.
  • the male teeth elements can be made in integrity and then affixed to one zipper tape
  • the female teeth elements can be made in integrity and affixed to the other zipper tape.
  • the male teeth elements and the female teeth elements can be made of a metal material so that the zipper cause a sense of ancient style beauty.
  • the split tube-like bases of the female teeth elements cover the periphery of the cylindrical flange of the associating zipper tape such that the receiving portions of the female teeth elements are kept in an enclosed status relative to the cylindrical flange of the associating zipper tape.
  • the clamping strips and/or split tube-like bases of the male teeth elements and female teeth elements have spurs for engaging into the zipper tapes to secure the respective male teeth elements and female teeth elements firmly to the respective zipper tapes.
  • a zipper in accordance with the present invention is shown comprised of two zipper tapes 1, male teeth elements 2, female teeth elements 3, and a slider body 4.
  • the zipper tapes 1 each have a cylindrical flange 11 extending along the length at one side.
  • the male teeth elements 2 are arranged in series along one side of one zipper tape 1, each comprising a split tube-like base 22 fastened to the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1, a hook strip 21 perpendicularly extending from the periphery of the split tube-like base 22, and two clamping strips 23 extending from the split tube-like base 22 and clamped on the top and bottom surface of the associating zipper tape 1 to secure the split tube-like base 22 to the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1 firmly.
  • the split tube-like base 22 can be made having a hole 221 at one side or each of two opposite sides to enhance engagement between the split tube-like base 22 and the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1.
  • the hook strip 21 has a bend portion 211 extending from the periphery of the split tube-like base 22, and a hook portion 212 extending from one end of the bend portion 211 remote from the split tube-like base 22.
  • the female teeth elements 3 are arranged in series along one side of the other zipper tape 1 to match the male teeth elements 2, each comprising a split tube-like base 33 fastened to the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1, a hollow receiving portion 32 protruded from the periphery of the split tube-like base 33 at one side, a hook hole 31 on the outer side of the hollow retaining portion 32, and two clamping strips 34 extending from the split tube-like base 33 and clamped on the top and bottom surface of the associating zipper tape 1 to secure the split tube-like base 33 to the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1 firmly (the clamping strips 23 or 34 of the male teeth elements 2 or female teeth elements 3 may be eliminated).
  • the split tube-like base 33 can be made having a hole 331 at one side or each of two opposite sides to enhance engagement between the split tube-like base 33 and the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1.
  • the slider body 4 is movable over the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 to force the male teeth elements 2 into engagement with the female teeth elements 3 or to separate the male teeth elements 2 from the female teeth elements 3, having a guide groove 41 (see FIG. 2 ) for guiding the hook strip 21 of each male teeth element 2 into the hook hole 31 of the respective female teeth element 3. Further, a pull-tab 42 is coupled to the slider body 4.
  • the guide groove 41 of the slider body 4 is adapted for the passing of the hook strip 21 of each male teeth element 2 when the slider body 4 is moving over the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 and for guiding the hook strip 21 of each male teeth element 2 toward a predetermined direction so that the hook strips 21 of the male teeth elements 2 can be respectively and accurately forced into the hook holes 31 of the female teeth elements 3 and kept in positive engagement with the receiving portions 32 of the female teeth elements 3.
  • the invention can be made in the form of a close end zipper (see FIG. 8 ) or open end zipper (see FIG. 9 ).
  • the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 are independent elements and separately fastened to the associating zipper tapes 1.
  • the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 can be separately formed in integrity, i.e., the clamping strips 23a or 34a of the teeth elements 2 or 3 at the same side are formed integral with one another. Therefore, the teeth elements 2 or 3 can be independent elements and separately fastened to the zipper tapes 1, or made in one single piece and directly fastened to one zipper tape 1.
  • the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 can be made of metal by means of metal stamping.
  • the metal male teeth elements 2 and the metal female teeth elements 3 are fastened to the zipper tapes 1 to form a metal zipper, the metal zipper shows a sense of ancient style.
  • the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 can be respectively stamped from a single metal sheet member. After stamping, the hook strips 21 of the male teeth elements 2 are bent into shape (see FIG. 5 ). Except the hook strips 21, the split tube-like bases 22 (33), the clamping strips 23 (34), the holes 221 (331), the hook shape of the hook strips 21 of the male teeth elements 2 and the hook holes 31 and hollow receiving portions 32 of the female teeth elements 3 are all formed by means of stamping. Therefore, the fabrication of the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 is easy and quick. After fabrication, the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 can be fastened to the cylindrical flanges 11 of the zipper tapes 1 quickly and tightly. Therefore, the invention is suitable for mass production.
  • the receiving portions 32 of the female teeth elements 3 cover the periphery of the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1 such that the receiving portions 31 of the female teeth elements 3 are kept in an enclosed status relative to the cylindrical flange of the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1 and the cylindrical flange 11 of the associating zipper tape 1 will never enter the receiving portions 31 of the female teeth elements 3 when the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 are stretched heavily.
  • FIGS. 10 ⁇ 12 show an alternate form of the zipper according to the present invention.
  • the aforesaid clamping strips 23 and 34 are respectively eliminated from the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3, and the split tube-like bases 22 and 33 are directly fastened to the cylindrical flanges 11 of the zipper tapes 1.
  • the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 are fastened to the zipper tapes 1 by means of the split tube-like bases 22 and 33, or clamping strips 23 and 34.
  • the clamping strips 23 and 34 of the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 each have a plurality of spurs 24 or 35 at an inner side for engaging into the zipper tapes 1 to affix the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 to the associating zipper tapes 1 (see FIGS. 15 ⁇ 18 ).
  • the spurts 24 of the two clamping strips 23 of each male teeth element 2 are arranged in a staggered manner.
  • the spurts 35 of the two clamping strips 34 of each female teeth element 3 are also arranged in a staggered manner.
  • the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 eliminate the aforesaid clamping strips 23 and 34, and the split tube-like bases 22 and 33 each have a plurality of spurs 24a or 35a for engaging into the zipper tapes 1 to affix the male teeth elements 2 and the female teeth elements 3 to the associating zipper tapes 1 (see FIGS. 21 ⁇ 24 ).

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CN114532672A (zh) * 2022-04-02 2022-05-27 温州日成拉链有限公司 一种可降解注塑拉链及其制备方法

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US624927A (en) 1899-05-16 Elias gunnell
US1746565A (en) * 1926-09-22 1930-02-11 Hookless Fastener Co Separable fastener
US1934084A (en) 1930-08-22 1933-11-07 Hookless Fastener Co Separable fastener
US2991528A (en) * 1959-03-03 1961-07-11 Irving Constant Metal slide fasteners and method of making same
US3872551A (en) 1973-07-06 1975-03-25 Textron Inc Slide fastener having separating end stop
US4099301A (en) 1975-11-22 1978-07-11 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Slide fastener combination
US6243927B1 (en) * 1998-04-28 2001-06-12 Ykk Corporation Slide fastener
US6588072B1 (en) 2001-12-31 2003-07-08 Yu-Pau Lin Zipper slide
US7036191B2 (en) 2003-04-21 2006-05-02 Chang-Wen Tsaur Lower stop of zipper

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US624927A (en) 1899-05-16 Elias gunnell
US1746565A (en) * 1926-09-22 1930-02-11 Hookless Fastener Co Separable fastener
US1934084A (en) 1930-08-22 1933-11-07 Hookless Fastener Co Separable fastener
US2991528A (en) * 1959-03-03 1961-07-11 Irving Constant Metal slide fasteners and method of making same
US3872551A (en) 1973-07-06 1975-03-25 Textron Inc Slide fastener having separating end stop
US4099301A (en) 1975-11-22 1978-07-11 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Slide fastener combination
US6243927B1 (en) * 1998-04-28 2001-06-12 Ykk Corporation Slide fastener
US6588072B1 (en) 2001-12-31 2003-07-08 Yu-Pau Lin Zipper slide
US7036191B2 (en) 2003-04-21 2006-05-02 Chang-Wen Tsaur Lower stop of zipper

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