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US 6,314,623 B1Granted
Coil-type slide fastener
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsTatsumi Wakai, Sakae Aimono, Shinji Imai
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AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsTatsumi Wakai, Sakae Aimono, Shinji Imai
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A core cord is inserted into coil-shaped fastener elements made of thermoplastic resin, and the fastener elements are sewn onto a fastener tape by multi-thread chain stitch. Yarn mainly made of thermally meltable synthetic fiber is used for looper thread of multi-thread chain stitch, while yarn of fiber which is not or less meltable is used for needle thread. Entangling points of the looper thread and the needle thread are disposed on the core cord. The looper thread is thermally melted to form melted portions where the looper thread and the needle thread entangle with each other at the entangling points. As a result, melted portions which have become monofilamentary are formed on the fastener elements or no sewing yarn is on the fastener elements due to thermal melting. Thus, there is no fear of cutting of the sewing yarn due to sliding of a slider and the slide fastener is abrasive resistant. The coil-shaped fastener elements is firmly attached to the fastener tape by using such thermally meltable looper thread.
A coil-type slide fastener including a pair of fastener stringers each having a core cord inserted into coil-shaped fastener elements made of thermoplastic resin, said coil-shaped fastener elements being sewn on an edge portion of a fastener tape of the fastener stringer by multi-thread chain stitch comprised of looper thread and needle thread, wherein compound yam made by compounding synthetic fiber having a low melting point and synthetic fiber having a high melting point is mainly used for said looper thread, entangling points of said looper thread and said needle thread are disposed on a surface of said core cord, and said synthetic fiber of said looper thread that has a low melting point is thermally melted to form melted portions where said looper thread and said needle thread entangle with each other at said entangling points.
A coil-type slide fastener including a pair of fastener stringers each having a core cord inserted into coil-shaped fastener elements made of thermoplastic resin, said coil-shaped fastener elements being sewn on an edge portion of a fastener tape of the fastener stringer by multi-thread chain stitch comprised of looper thread and needle thread, wherein blended yarn of synthetic fiber which is thermally meltable and fiber which is not thermally meltable is used for said looper thread, entangling points of said looper thread and said needle thread are disposed on a surface of said core cord, and said synthetic fiber of said looper thread which is thermally meltable is thermally melted to form melted portions where said looper thread and said needle thread entangle with each other at said entangling points.
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