CA1096144A - Decorative slide fastener for articles and method of manufacture - Google Patents
Decorative slide fastener for articles and method of manufactureInfo
- Publication number
- CA1096144A CA1096144A CA281,489A CA281489A CA1096144A CA 1096144 A CA1096144 A CA 1096144A CA 281489 A CA281489 A CA 281489A CA 1096144 A CA1096144 A CA 1096144A
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- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- pair
- fastening elements
- fastener
- tapes
- slide fastener
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
- A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
- B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
- B44C3/00—Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing ornamental structures
- B44C3/08—Stamping or bending
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A dye print is formed continuously across the tapes and dyeable interlocking fastening elements of a slide fastener to form a decorative closure for a garment or the like wherein the pattern is the most visually predominant feature of the fastener.
A dye print is formed continuously across the tapes and dyeable interlocking fastening elements of a slide fastener to form a decorative closure for a garment or the like wherein the pattern is the most visually predominant feature of the fastener.
Description
61~4 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention This invention relates to slide fasteners for garments and other articles.
Description of the Prior Art A wide variety of techniques have been employed ; to render slide fasteners for garments and the like invisible, such as by sewing the tapes of the slide fastener chain beneath abutting or overlapping seam opening halves of the garment, or to render the slide fastener less obtrusive such as by dyeing the fastener chain to a solid color and painting the slider to match the rest of the garment. Additionally, designs, stripes, logos and fabric-look-alike designs have been formed in the tapes by special weaving of the tapes. The hiding of the slide fastener by sewing underneath the abutting seam opening halves requires special sewing techniques and expertise.
When slide fastener chains are dyed to a solid color or the tapes have special designs formed by weaving, the fastening elements of the slide fasteners are still plainly visible when exposed to the outside of the garment and often detract from the attractiveness of the garment.
In the textile industry, some fabrics are printed by a heat transfer process wherein the print is transferred from a paper surface to the fabric by heat energy. The print is formed on the paper by paper printing techniques using ,, . .
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` ~k ~ 6~4 inks containing dyes which vaporize or sublime when heated and hich solubilize while in the vapor state into the fabric.
Transfer machines feed the printed paper and fabric in superposition through heating stations to effect the transfer.
The invention is summarized in an article of manufacture including a pair of dyeable carrier tapes, a pair of trains of dyeable interlocking fastening elements secured on the inner edges of the respective carrier tapes, and a dye prïnt in the pair of tapes and in the interlocking fastening elements, said print having portions thereof extending continuously in one of the tapes, across the inter-locking fastening elements, and in the other tape to form a unitary printed decorative fastener, and said print being the most visually predominant feature on the fastener.
A method according to this invention of manu-facturing a decorative slide fastener comprises forming a slide fastener chain having a pair of dyeable tapes and a pair of trains of dyeable interlocking fastening elements mounted at the inner edges of the respective carrier tapes, and dyeing a continuous printed pattern across both carrier tapes and the fastening elements to form a decorative slide fastener wherein the print is the most visually predominant ` feature on the fastener.
An object of the invention is to ~anufacture a slide fastener chain which is decorative as well as being a closure.
~ Another object of the invention is to render - the train of fastening elements of the slide fastener sub-stantially less visible.
An advantage of the invention is that slide fastener chains may be printed with a manufacturer's logo to produce a decoration which is also an advertisement.
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- One feature of the invention is that it is unnecessary to carry inventories of printed slide fastener chain.
Other objects, advantages and features of the invention will be apparent from the following description ,;. .
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r ' - 3a Gl'~4 of the preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a broken away portion of a garment manufacturedin accordance with the invention.
; Fig. 2 is a cross-section view of the portion of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a cross-section view of a slide fastener chain in an intermediate step in forming the garment of Figs. 1 and 2.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODI~ENT
The invention is embodied in an article, such as a garment, and a method of manufacture thereof wherein the article has a pair of portions 10 and 12,illustrated in Figs.
1 and 2, defining an opening 13 therebetween releasa~ly closed by a slide fastener whi.ch includes a chain formed by a pair of carrier tapes 14 and 16 and a pair of trains 18 and 20 of interengaging fastening elements secured on the inner edges ;~ of the respective tapes 14 and 16. A slider 22 is slidably -; 20 mounted on the fastening elements 18 and 20 for engaging and dlsengaging the fastening elements to close and open the slide fastener chain. The tapes 14 and 16 are suitàbly attached by stitches 24 and 26, or any other means, to the respective portions 10 and 12. A print orpa~tern 30is dyed in the tapes 25 14 and 16 and the interlocking fastening elements 18 and 20.
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. -'''` l~'g6~44 The tapes 14 and 16 are formed from a dyeable material such as a polyester, nylon or other textile woven to include beads 32 and 34 for supporting the fastening elements 18 and 20. The fastening elements 18 and 20 are also dyeable and as illustrated can be suitably formed spirals of continuous monofilaments of synthetic polymer, for example polyester or nylon. Preferrably, the slider 22 is formed with a colored coating, such as paint or dyed polymer, which matches the print 30 on the slide fastener chain.
The print 30 is applied by a heat transfer dyeing process from a substrate such as paper 40, Fig. 3, similar to that employed in heat transfer dyeing fabric in the textile industry. In the heat transfer process, a dye which has the propery of vaporizing or subliming when subjected to dry heat is included in an ink or the like applied to the surface of the paper 40. Then the paper 40 is superposed with the fastener chain and heat is applied to vaporize the - dye and transfer the dye to the tapes 14 and 16 and the ~, fastening elements 18 and 20 of the slide fastener chain.
; 20 The slider 22 is assembled on the slide fastener chain to slide along the trains of fastening elements 18 and 20.
The print 30 is formed from a selected group of colors and shades to render the print 30 the most p~edominant or visible feature on the slide fastener chain. It has been discovered that with the print 30 predominant, the trains of :`i fastening elements 18 and 20 are rendered remarkably less 10~9Glf~4 visible; thus the slide fastener chain appears to be a single unitary printed strip when the slide fastener i5 closed. Further the matching slider also appears to be a ~ portion of the print.
The slide fastener chain can be attached to the outside of an article as shown in Fig. 1, or at least to the article so that a considerable portion of the slide fastener tapes 14 and 16 and the trains 18 and 20 of fastening elements ; are visible to the outside, to thus form a decoration on the article as well as a closure for the opening 13 in the article. Thus the slide fastener, rather than detracting from the appearance of the article, adds to the appearance of the article. ~-By using the transfer printing process, it is lS unnecessary to have inventories of printed slide fastener chains, only white, greige, or solid colored slide fastener chains and a suitable source of printed paper with the heat vaporizable dyes thereon is necessary since the print can be formed quickly by commerically available equipment used in heat transfer dyeing fabrics. The slide fasteners may have a manufacturer's logo incorporated in an attractive design printed on the tapes to thus identify and advertise the.manufacturer of the article as well as enhancing the appearance of the article.
Since many modifications, variations and changes in detail may be made to the presently described article and r method of manufacture, it is intended that all matter in the foregoing description and shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
Field of the Invention This invention relates to slide fasteners for garments and other articles.
Description of the Prior Art A wide variety of techniques have been employed ; to render slide fasteners for garments and the like invisible, such as by sewing the tapes of the slide fastener chain beneath abutting or overlapping seam opening halves of the garment, or to render the slide fastener less obtrusive such as by dyeing the fastener chain to a solid color and painting the slider to match the rest of the garment. Additionally, designs, stripes, logos and fabric-look-alike designs have been formed in the tapes by special weaving of the tapes. The hiding of the slide fastener by sewing underneath the abutting seam opening halves requires special sewing techniques and expertise.
When slide fastener chains are dyed to a solid color or the tapes have special designs formed by weaving, the fastening elements of the slide fasteners are still plainly visible when exposed to the outside of the garment and often detract from the attractiveness of the garment.
In the textile industry, some fabrics are printed by a heat transfer process wherein the print is transferred from a paper surface to the fabric by heat energy. The print is formed on the paper by paper printing techniques using ,, . .
~ - 2 -. .~
,:
` ~k ~ 6~4 inks containing dyes which vaporize or sublime when heated and hich solubilize while in the vapor state into the fabric.
Transfer machines feed the printed paper and fabric in superposition through heating stations to effect the transfer.
The invention is summarized in an article of manufacture including a pair of dyeable carrier tapes, a pair of trains of dyeable interlocking fastening elements secured on the inner edges of the respective carrier tapes, and a dye prïnt in the pair of tapes and in the interlocking fastening elements, said print having portions thereof extending continuously in one of the tapes, across the inter-locking fastening elements, and in the other tape to form a unitary printed decorative fastener, and said print being the most visually predominant feature on the fastener.
A method according to this invention of manu-facturing a decorative slide fastener comprises forming a slide fastener chain having a pair of dyeable tapes and a pair of trains of dyeable interlocking fastening elements mounted at the inner edges of the respective carrier tapes, and dyeing a continuous printed pattern across both carrier tapes and the fastening elements to form a decorative slide fastener wherein the print is the most visually predominant ` feature on the fastener.
An object of the invention is to ~anufacture a slide fastener chain which is decorative as well as being a closure.
~ Another object of the invention is to render - the train of fastening elements of the slide fastener sub-stantially less visible.
An advantage of the invention is that slide fastener chains may be printed with a manufacturer's logo to produce a decoration which is also an advertisement.
,~
- One feature of the invention is that it is unnecessary to carry inventories of printed slide fastener chain.
Other objects, advantages and features of the invention will be apparent from the following description ,;. .
. "
~ ' , , i . ~ . .
,'' :
r ' - 3a Gl'~4 of the preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a broken away portion of a garment manufacturedin accordance with the invention.
; Fig. 2 is a cross-section view of the portion of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a cross-section view of a slide fastener chain in an intermediate step in forming the garment of Figs. 1 and 2.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODI~ENT
The invention is embodied in an article, such as a garment, and a method of manufacture thereof wherein the article has a pair of portions 10 and 12,illustrated in Figs.
1 and 2, defining an opening 13 therebetween releasa~ly closed by a slide fastener whi.ch includes a chain formed by a pair of carrier tapes 14 and 16 and a pair of trains 18 and 20 of interengaging fastening elements secured on the inner edges ;~ of the respective tapes 14 and 16. A slider 22 is slidably -; 20 mounted on the fastening elements 18 and 20 for engaging and dlsengaging the fastening elements to close and open the slide fastener chain. The tapes 14 and 16 are suitàbly attached by stitches 24 and 26, or any other means, to the respective portions 10 and 12. A print orpa~tern 30is dyed in the tapes 25 14 and 16 and the interlocking fastening elements 18 and 20.
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. -'''` l~'g6~44 The tapes 14 and 16 are formed from a dyeable material such as a polyester, nylon or other textile woven to include beads 32 and 34 for supporting the fastening elements 18 and 20. The fastening elements 18 and 20 are also dyeable and as illustrated can be suitably formed spirals of continuous monofilaments of synthetic polymer, for example polyester or nylon. Preferrably, the slider 22 is formed with a colored coating, such as paint or dyed polymer, which matches the print 30 on the slide fastener chain.
The print 30 is applied by a heat transfer dyeing process from a substrate such as paper 40, Fig. 3, similar to that employed in heat transfer dyeing fabric in the textile industry. In the heat transfer process, a dye which has the propery of vaporizing or subliming when subjected to dry heat is included in an ink or the like applied to the surface of the paper 40. Then the paper 40 is superposed with the fastener chain and heat is applied to vaporize the - dye and transfer the dye to the tapes 14 and 16 and the ~, fastening elements 18 and 20 of the slide fastener chain.
; 20 The slider 22 is assembled on the slide fastener chain to slide along the trains of fastening elements 18 and 20.
The print 30 is formed from a selected group of colors and shades to render the print 30 the most p~edominant or visible feature on the slide fastener chain. It has been discovered that with the print 30 predominant, the trains of :`i fastening elements 18 and 20 are rendered remarkably less 10~9Glf~4 visible; thus the slide fastener chain appears to be a single unitary printed strip when the slide fastener i5 closed. Further the matching slider also appears to be a ~ portion of the print.
The slide fastener chain can be attached to the outside of an article as shown in Fig. 1, or at least to the article so that a considerable portion of the slide fastener tapes 14 and 16 and the trains 18 and 20 of fastening elements ; are visible to the outside, to thus form a decoration on the article as well as a closure for the opening 13 in the article. Thus the slide fastener, rather than detracting from the appearance of the article, adds to the appearance of the article. ~-By using the transfer printing process, it is lS unnecessary to have inventories of printed slide fastener chains, only white, greige, or solid colored slide fastener chains and a suitable source of printed paper with the heat vaporizable dyes thereon is necessary since the print can be formed quickly by commerically available equipment used in heat transfer dyeing fabrics. The slide fasteners may have a manufacturer's logo incorporated in an attractive design printed on the tapes to thus identify and advertise the.manufacturer of the article as well as enhancing the appearance of the article.
Since many modifications, variations and changes in detail may be made to the presently described article and r method of manufacture, it is intended that all matter in the foregoing description and shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
Claims (8)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A unitary printed decorative fastener comprising a pair of dyed carrier tapes, said tapes having inner edges, a pair of trains of dyed interlocking fastening elements secured on the inner edges of the respective carrier tapes, a dye print in the pair of tapes and in the inter-locking fastener elements when they are interlocked, said print having portions thereof extending continuously in one of the tapes, across the interlocking fastening elements, and in the other tape to form a unitary printed decorative fastener, and said print being the most visually predominant feature on the fastener.
2. A fastener as claimed in claim 1 including a slider colored to blend with the print and mounted on the trains of interlocking fastening elements.
3. A fastener as claimed in claim 1 in combination with a pair of opposite garment portions having an open-ing therebetween, and means securing the pair of carrier tapes to the respective opposite garment portions.
4. A combination as claimed in claim 3 wherein at least one portion of the pair of dyed carrier tapes and the interlocking fastening elements is exposed to the outside of the garment portions to form a decoration on the garment portions.
5. A fastener as claimed in claim 2 wherein the pair of trains of dyed interlocking fastening elements are formed by a continuous spiral monofilament of a synthetic polymer.
6. A method of manufacturing a decorative slide fastener chain comprising forming a slide fastener chain having a pair of dyeable carrier tapes having inner edges and a pair of trains of dyeable interlocked interlocking fastening elements mount-ed at the inner edges of the carrier tapes, and dyeing a continuous printed pattern across the carrier tapes and fastening elements to form a decorative slide fastener wherein the printed pattern is the most visu-ally predominant feature on the fastener.
7. A method as claimed in claim 6 including assem-bling a slider colored to blend with the printed pattern on the pair of trains of fastening elements.
8. A method as claimed in claim 6 wherein said dye-ing includes the steps of positioning a transfer paper having a heat volatili-zable dye in a printed pattern over the slide fastener chain, and heating the dye to volatilize and transfer the dye to the slide fastener chain to form a decorative dye print in the pair of carrier tapes and pair of trains of fastening elements.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US70066076A | 1976-06-28 | 1976-06-28 | |
| US700,660 | 1976-06-28 |
Publications (1)
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| CA1096144A true CA1096144A (en) | 1981-02-24 |
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| CA281,489A Expired CA1096144A (en) | 1976-06-28 | 1977-06-27 | Decorative slide fastener for articles and method of manufacture |
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| CA (1) | CA1096144A (en) |
| DE (1) | DE2729088A1 (en) |
| IT (1) | IT1079957B (en) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2501775A (en) * | 2012-05-04 | 2013-11-06 | Ykk Corp | Slide fastener with decorative features |
| US9521883B2 (en) | 2012-05-28 | 2016-12-20 | Ykk Corporation | Slide fastener |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPH07100041B2 (en) * | 1989-02-20 | 1995-11-01 | ワイケイケイ株式会社 | Manufacturing method of slide fastener with decorative teeth |
| JPH0315402A (en) * | 1989-03-24 | 1991-01-23 | Yoshida Kogyo Kk <Ykk> | Marked and patterned slide fastener |
| JPH0589414U (en) * | 1992-04-30 | 1993-12-07 | 吉田工業株式会社 | Clothing |
| IL161604A0 (en) * | 2004-04-25 | 2004-09-27 | Artzip Ltd | A zipper |
| JP2011131049A (en) * | 2009-12-24 | 2011-07-07 | Ykk Corp | Slide fastener with decorative members and method for manufacturing thereof |
| CN101766376B (en) * | 2010-02-09 | 2011-12-28 | 江门市多快好省机械有限公司 | Method for making decorative zippers |
| US20140259562A1 (en) * | 2013-03-14 | 2014-09-18 | Kathryn Elizabeth Toivonen | Zipper system and slider for zipper system |
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1977
- 1977-06-27 CA CA281,489A patent/CA1096144A/en not_active Expired
- 1977-06-28 IT IT5002477A patent/IT1079957B/en active
- 1977-06-28 DE DE19772729088 patent/DE2729088A1/en active Pending
Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2501775A (en) * | 2012-05-04 | 2013-11-06 | Ykk Corp | Slide fastener with decorative features |
| GB2501775B (en) * | 2012-05-04 | 2017-01-25 | Ykk Corp | A decorated slide fastener and a method for preparing same |
| US9521883B2 (en) | 2012-05-28 | 2016-12-20 | Ykk Corporation | Slide fastener |
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| DE2729088A1 (en) | 1978-01-12 |
| IT1079957B (en) | 1985-05-16 |
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