Fastener stringer and slide fastener
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsYoshimichi Yamakita, Masamichi Hasegawa, Yasushi Yamamoto, Nobuhiro Murai
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Abstract
Disclosed is a fastener stringer where at least one surface of each of the fastener elements is colored. A plurality of fine fixing spaces is disposed on at least one surface of the fastener element which is colored. Accordingly, when a slide fastener is colored through an inkjet method, ink droplets ejected to the fastener element may be received by a plurality of fixing spaces and stably fixed onto a surface of the element. Consequently, a desired pattern or color can be continuously given to a fastener tape or the fastener element, and the contour of the pattern or color can be formed clearly and neatly.
Claims11
A fastener stringer comprising:
- a fastener tape;
- a plurality of fastener elements attached along the fastener tape, at least one surface of at least some of the fastener elements being colored wherein each of the plurality of fastener elements comprises a body fixed to the fastener tape, a neck that extends from the body, and an engaging head portion disposed at a tip of the neck;
- a plurality of recesses or a plurality of bosses disposed regularly on the at least one colored surface such that a predetermined interval is formed between adjacent recesses of the plurality of recesses or adjacent bosses of the plurality of bosses;
- and
- a plurality of fine fixing spaces configured to fix colors or pigments for the at least one colored surface,
- wherein, when the plurality of recesses are disposed on the at least one colored surface, each of the plurality of fine fixing spaces is a space formed in one of the plurality of recesses, and
- wherein, when the plurality of bosses are disposed on the at least one colored surface, each of the plurality of fine fixing spaces is a space formed between adjacent bosses of the plurality of bosses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.