Method and apparatus for manufacturing surface fastener

A method of continuously manufacturing a surface fastener, comprising:

• (a) extruding molten thermoplastic resin, in a predetermined width, from an extrusion nozzle to a circumferential surface of a die wheel having a multiplicity of engaging-element-forming cavities;
• (b) driving said die wheel for rotation;
• (c) molding a multiplicity of engaging elements integrally with a plate-like substrate sheet while filling the molten thermoplastic resin in said engaging-element-forming cavities of said die wheel in rotation;
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• (d) molding pseudo elements integrally with said substrate sheet along opposite side edges across said width of said substrate sheet, using pseudo-element-forming cavities in opposite side circumferential surfaces of said die wheel, simultaneously with said molding of said engaging elements, said pseudo elements shaped to have a larger peeling resistance from said pseudo-element-forming cavities than a peeling resistance of said engaging elements from said engaging-element-forming cavities.