Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
  • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
  • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
  • A44B19/24—Details
  • A44B19/26—Sliders
  • A44B19/262—Pull members; Ornamental attachments for sliders

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the control sliders provided on the slide fasteners for controlling the junction or separation of the coupling members of the two rows of such a closure.
• These sliders are actuated by means of a maneuvering rod which makes it possible to move them in one direction or the other on the corresponding closure.
• This zipper can consist of a cut plate, one end of which is articulated on one of the faces of the body of the cursor.
• pull handles there are many different models of pull handles.
• certain models of zippers are designed to receive an added element which can serve as an element of decoration or support for a trade mark, for example the mark of the manufacturer of the garment equipped with the corresponding closure.
• an added element which can serve as an element of decoration or support for a trade mark, for example the mark of the manufacturer of the garment equipped with the corresponding closure.
• the addition of such an element allows manufacturers of closures to "personalize" them according to the identity of the user when it is a garment maker.
• German utility model 7101830 describes a cursor, the zipper of which is capable of receiving a decorative element attached thereto by elastic hooking.
• This element is in the form of a pellet in the thickness of which is formed a corridor capable of receiving the zipper of this cursor.
• the fixing in place of this element is achieved by elastic hooking and in one of the embodiments described, there is provided for this purpose, a hooking tooth capable of engaging in an avidity of the slider of the cursor.
• the subject of the present invention is a bearer of this type designed so as not to have the drawbacks of current sliders and whose arrangement is such that it is possible to subsequently remove the element attached to the pull tab. this cursor.
• the maneuvering pull consists of an elongated ring, the elastic attachment of the member attached thereto is ensured by an elastic tongue cut from a tab integral with one ends of this ring and capable of being engaged in a housing, of the same shape and dimension, formed inside this added member, which also includes a recess or the like capable of receiving the latching tongue.
• the hooking tongue projects with respect to one of the faces of the fixing lug, while in others this tongue projects with respect to one of the edges of this lug.
• the fixing lug consists of a part separate from the operating puller and the end of this part, which is opposite to that intended to receive the member to be attached to the slider, is bent in the form a hook capable of being engaged in the ring of the operating puller or in a particular cover of this puller.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a slider according to the invention and a decorative gripping member intended to be attached to the pulling rod and this, before assembly;
• Figure 2 is a plan view with cutaway, of the rappor member on the operating rod, the corresponding end thereof and its hooking lug being engaged in the housing provided inside this member;
• Figure 3 is a corresponding view, part in side elevation and part in section, along the line III-III of Figure 2;
• Figure 4 is a sectional view along the line IV-IV of Figure 2;
• Figures 5 and 6 are partial top plan views with cutaway of two other embodiments of the operating puller and the member attached to it and this, before assembly;
• Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 but showing the same parts after assembly;
• Figures 8 and 9 are views similar to Figures 1 and 2, but which illustrate another embodiment of the cursor according to the invention.
• Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 1 but which illustrates yet another embodiment;
• Figure 11 is a top plan view of the fixing lug provided in this embodiment for securing the member to be attached to the operating rod;
• Figure 12 is a side elevational view of the same tab;
• Figure 13 is a partial view in longitudinal section of the operating rod and the member attached thereto, as well as the corresponding fixing lug.
• the cursor 1 shown in Figure 1 co ⁇ porte an operating rod 2c mounted thereon during its manufacture.
• This zipper is intended to receive, at a later stage, an added member 3c which may constitute a decorative element or even a support for a trademark, for example the mark of the manufacturer of garments equipped with closures provided with such sliders.
• the operating puller 2c is constituted by an elongated ring, one of the ends of which is rounded in shape, is engaged under a cover 5c of the slider.
• the opposite end 6 of the ring 2 is rectilinear and it carries a tab 7 intended to serve as an assembly element with the decorative member 3.
• the ring 2 constituting the operating puller, can also be attached to the top of the slider by imprisonment under a trigger guard formed by two protuberances suitably deformed by crimping. But, in both cases, the assembly in place of the pull tab 2 is reality during the manufacture of the cursor. The latter is therefore then mounted on the corresponding closure with such a pull tab without the decorative member 3 is already attached to it. Indeed, this member is intended to be reported at a later stage either by the manufacturer of the closure, or even possibly by the user, for example a manufacturer of clothing.
• This member consists of a plate which can bear a specific trade mark, or possibly a particular decoration.
• This plate can have any desired shape.
• This plate has, in its thickness, a cavity 8 of the same shape and dinrension gue the tab 7 carried by the ring 2 to be able to serve as a housing for this tab.
• the entrance to this housing has an enlarged part 9 capable of receiving the corresponding end 6 of the operating ring 2 as shown in FIG. 2.
• the tab 7 has a slot extending in the longitudinal direction, on part of its length, and which delimits a tongue whose free end is turned towards the side of the operating ring 2.
• this tongue is elastic and its free end is curved so as to protrude with respect to one faces of the tab 7, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, and thus to somehow constitute a catch pawl. This is intended to engage inside an opening 11 provided in the corresponding face of the decorative member 3, when the tab 7 is fully engaged in its housing 8.
• the manufacturers of closures can produce several series of decorative members 3, bearing different marks or different decorations. These components can be brought back at the last moment on the slider operating puller by the manufacturers of closures according to the orders placed by their customers.
• these decorative elements can also be reported by the users themselves, possibly from clothing manufacturers. This allows the latter not to be hampered by the presence of such a decorative member when mounting a closure on a garment. In fact, in very many cases, the presence of this member would constitute discomfort when sewing a zipper on a garment, in particular when the latter comprises beads more or less completely covering the corresponding closure. In such a case, the clothing manufacturers can then fix the closures by sewing before attaching a decorative member 3 to the sliders thereof. Under these conditions, the sewing operation can be carried out very easily, all the more since the zipper 2 which is then in place on the slider, has a reduced bulk.
• FIG. 5 shows another embodiment in which the tab 7a for fixing the ring 2a constituting the operating pull is produced differently.
• the attachment tab 10a of this tab is located in the middle of the latter, this tab being cut out from this tab by means of two longitudinal slots joined on the side of the end 6a of the ring 2a.
• the decorative gripping member 3a which is intended to be attached to the ring 2a, comprises a housing 8a capable of receiving the tab 7a. At its entrance, this housing has an enlarged part 9a, suitable for receiving for its part the end 6a of the ring 2a. Finally, one of the walls of the housing 8a has an opening 11a in which the hooking member 10a can be engaged.
• FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment in which the fixing lug 7b of the operating ring 2b comprises two elastic hooking tabs 10b produced in this lug and separated from each other by an appropriate cutout 12 allowing these two tongues to be brought together momentarily when they enter the housing 8b provided in the member 3b which must be attached to the ring 2b. Indeed, these two tongues feel designed to be able to deform elastically in the plane of the fixing lug 7b, and not relative to this plane as is the case in the first two embodiments described.
• the entrance to the housing 8b has a widening 9b capable of receiving the corresponding end 6b of the ring 2b.
• this housing has another enlargement determining the formation of two shoulders 13 against which the elastic tongues 10b of the fixing tab 7b can be hooked, as shown in FIG. 7.
• two channels 14 are provided which extend transversely across the thickness of the member 3b and open onto the edges thereof. These channels are intended to allow possible dismantling of the member 3b. Indeed, it is possible to engage through these pushing members so as to act on the elastic tongues 10b according to the arrows F1 and F2 in order to be able to unhook them.
• These thrust members can advantageously be constituted by the ends of the two branches of an appropriate clamp.
• FIGS 8 and 9 show an embodiment in which the fixing lug 7c has a single lateral hooking tongue. When it is a plan view from above, this fixing lug then has the shape of one of which one of the branches is attached to the corresponding end 6c of the operating puller 2c.
• This tongue comprises, at its free end, a retaining spout 16 which projects relative to the corresponding edge of the fixing lug.
• the cutout 17 provided between the two branches of this tab is wide enough that the retaining spout 16 can be erased relative to the corresponding edge thereof by elastic bending of the fastening tab 10c in the plane of the ellermal fixing lug.
• the housing 8c provided in the thickness of the plate 3c has, at its entry, an enlarged part 9c capable of receiving the corresponding end of the operating ring 2c, as shown in Figure 2.
• the plate 3c co ⁇ rporte, on both sides the location of the fixing lug 7c, two housings 18 each of which is capable of receiving the retaining spout 16 of the hooking tongue. Under these conditions, no particular precaution is to be taken for the engagement of the fixing lug 7c inside its housing, as it should have been the case if the plate 3c had included a single housing intended to receive the retaining spout.
• the two housings 18 thus provided in the wafer 3c are simply formed by two openings made in the thickness of the latter and which open on both sides thereof (see FIG. 4 ). Under these conditions, the production of these housings presents no particular problem for the manufacture of the wafer 3c which can be ensured by means of a mold of very simple design.
• the openings thus provided make it possible to later disassemble the plate 3c. Indeed, it is possible to engage inside one or other of these openings, a suitable tool for exerting a thrust on the retaining spout 16 in order to ensure the erasure of the latter. This allows to dismantle the plate-3c to replace it with another.
• Figures 10 to 13 show yet another embodiment of the cursor according to the invention.
• the fixing lug intended to ensure the assembly of the corresponding decorative member 3d and the operating puller 2d, consists of a part 7d distinct from the operating puller.
• this zipper / etied'un usual type unlike what is the case in the embodiments previously described.
• this pull tab is constituted by an elongated ring, one of the ends 4d of which is rounded in shape, is engaged under the cover 5d of the slider, however its opposite end has an extension having an opening 19.
• the fixing lug 7d As for the fixing lug 7d, it has an elastic hooking tongue 10d which is similar to that provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5. Indeed, this elastic tongue is cut in the middle part of the lug 7d fixing and its free end is raised to constitute a sor snap ratchet.
• the fixing lug 7d is intended to be engaged inside a housing 8d of the same shape, provided in the thickness of the decorative member 3d.
• the latter comprises, on one of its faces, a light 11d communicating with the housing 8d and which is intended to receive the raised end of the latching tab 10d (see FIG. 13).
• the end of the fixing lug 7d which is opposite to that intended to be introduced inside the decorative member 3d, is curved over itself to form a sort of open hook 21. This is susceptible to be engaged inside the opening 19 of the corresponding end of the operating puller 2d. This makes it very easy to assemble the fixing lug 7d with this pull tab. However, it should be observed that these two parts could possibly separate since the hook 21 is open. This is the reason why the 3d decorative member has, on one of the edges of the entry of the housing 8d, an extension 22 in the form of a beak which is intended to somehow complete the hook 21 when the tab of fixing 7d is fully engaged in this housing.
• the hook 21 is then placed in the center of the spout 22, so that it comes to form therewith a bearing inside which is enclosed the corresponding edge of the zipper 2d .
• the latter is perfectly secured with the fixing lug 7d and consequently, with the 3d decorative member.
• this decorative member can be articulated on the operating lever 2d, which was not the case in the embodiments previously described. Indeed, in these no articulation of this kind was possible since the fixing lug was integral with the operating puller.
• the main advantage of the present cursor lies in the fact that the use of a fixing tab separate from the operating puller makes it possible to use a puller of conventional type which can be used on other sliders. For closure manufacturers, this therefore has the advantage of simplification spare parts stocks.
• the present cursor continues to have the same advantages as the other embodiments of the cursor according to the invention.
• the 3d decorative member can be replaced by another later.

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