US 7,188,395 B2 · Slide fastener

Abstract

A stopper portion has a minute protrusion on part of an outer peripheral face except a side face in the length direction of a fastener tape. This protrusion is a rib-like protrusion extended linearly in the length direction of the fastener tape formed on a vertex of the surface of a bent portion, a protrusion extended so as to be expanded in a curved shape in the length direction of the fastener tape or a rib-like protrusion protruded along a boundary portion between the bent portion of the stopper portion and a bottom face thereof. Existence of this protrusion not only reduces a sliding resistance when the slider is started but also eliminates prickly feeling and feeling of disharmony originating from a shape of an upper stopper which is a kind of the conventional stopper portion.

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Dependent claims

A slide fastener comprising:

a resin stopper portion provided adjacent to an end portion of fastener elements and welded to a fastener tape,
the stopper portion comprising an upper leg portion and a lower leg portion which sandwich a side edge of the fastener tape from above and below, and a bent portion which connects respective ends of the upper and lower leg portions,
wherein the stopper portion is integrally molded with a protrusion by molding the protrusion protruding from one part of an outer peripheral face thereof, and
wherein the protrusion is a rib-like protrusion protruded along a boundary between the bent portion of the stopper portion and a bottom face thereof.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Slide fastener

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Slide fastener

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Abstract

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