EP0064764A2 - Procédé et appareil de fabrication des éléments de fermetures à glissière - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil de fabrication des éléments de fermetures à glissière Download PDF

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EP0064764A2
EP0064764A2 EP82104079A EP82104079A EP0064764A2 EP 0064764 A2 EP0064764 A2 EP 0064764A2 EP 82104079 A EP82104079 A EP 82104079A EP 82104079 A EP82104079 A EP 82104079A EP 0064764 A2 EP0064764 A2 EP 0064764A2
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Kazumi Kasai
Koitsu Morioka
Sadanobu Sugahara
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/02—Slide fasteners with a series of separate interlocking members secured to each stringer tape
    • A44B19/04—Stringers arranged edge-to-edge when fastened, e.g. abutting stringers
    • A44B19/06—Stringers arranged edge-to-edge when fastened, e.g. abutting stringers with substantially rectangular members having interlocking projections and pieces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/46—Making other particular articles haberdashery, e.g. buckles, combs; pronged fasteners, e.g. staples
    • B21D53/50—Making other particular articles haberdashery, e.g. buckles, combs; pronged fasteners, e.g. staples metal slide-fastener parts
    • B21D53/52—Making other particular articles haberdashery, e.g. buckles, combs; pronged fasteners, e.g. staples metal slide-fastener parts fastener elements; Attaching such elements so far as this procedure is combined with the process for making the elements

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  • the present invention relates to the production of slide fastener stringers, and more particularly to a method of and apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener coupling elements of metal suitable for use with a two-way slide fastener.
  • a two-way slide fastener has a pair of oppositely disposed sliders and hence can be opened from either end.
  • To facilitate smooth movement of the sliders in either direction it is required to chamfer the coupling heads of metallic coupling elements on one face of each coupling head.
  • Such chamfering is hitherto performed by means of a separate, small-sized cutting tool, which not only has a short endurance, but also often causes production of burrs and chips. Further, with the samll-sized cutting tool, it is difficult to produce adequate quality of coupling elements.
  • a method provided of manufacturing coupling elements for a slide fastener comprising the steps of: providing a rod of metal of a generally Y-shaped cross section having a base, as a prospective coupling head, and a pair of legs divergently extending from the base; feeding the rod stepwise in a longitudinal direction; transversely slicing the rod into a plurality of coupling element blanks in timed relation to said stepwise feeding; placing the coupling element blanks, one at a time, in a coupling-head forming station away from the rod in a direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction; and at the coupling-head forming station, forming the base of each coupling element blank into a final coupling head of one coupling element which head has a projection from one face and a coacting socket in the other face; CHARACTERIZED IN: that said method comprises the further step of forming a chamfered portion on the base of the rod every time each coupling element blank is sliced off
  • an apparatus for manufacturing coupling elements for a slide fastener from a rod of metal of a generally Y-shaped cross-section having a base, as a prospective coupling head, and a pair of legs divergently extending from the base comprising: means for feeding the rod in a longitudinal direction in regular steps of a predetermined distance equal to the thickness of one coupling element; a fixed cutting punch having a cutting edge; a reciprocating ram movable relatively to said cutting punch perpendicularly to said longitudinal direction; a cutting die carried by said ram and having a hole for the passage of the rod, said cutting die being movable, in response to the reciprocating movement of said ram, across a cutting edge of said cutting punch for transversely slicing the rod into a plurality of coupling element blanks, one on each stroke of said ram; a forming die carried by said ram and movable, in response to the reciprocating movement of said ram, toward and away from said cutting edge of
  • the present invention seeks to provide a method of manufacturing high quality metallic coupling elements suitable for two-way slide fasteners.
  • the invention also seeks to provide a method of manufacturing accurate coupling elements, for two-way slide fasteners, with improved rate of production.
  • the invention further seeks to provide an apparatus for carrying out the method described above, which not only requires no additional parts, but also has an improved endurance.
  • Figure 1 shows an apparatus 1 for manufacturing coupling elements 2', for a slide fastener and more particularly for a two-way slide fasterer3 (Figure 12), from a rod 4 of metal of a generally Y-shaped cross section having a base 5, as a prospective coupling head 5" ( Figures 2, 5, 13 and 14), and a pair of legs 6,6 divergently extending from the base 5.
  • the apparatus 1 generally comprises a pair of rollers 7,8 for feeding the rod 4 stepwise upwardly, i.e. in a longitudinal direction indicated by an arrow 9, in regular steps of a distance h ( Figure 2) equal to the thickness of a single coupling element 2', a coacting cutting die and punch 10,11 for transversely slicing the rod 4 into a plurality of coupling element blanks 2 (only one shown in Figures 3 and 4) in timed relation to the stepwise feeding of the rod 4, and a coacting forming die and punch 12,13 for forming a slice of coupling element blank 2 into a final coupling element 2'.
  • h Figure 2
  • the ram 15 has a horizontal channel 17 in which a projection 18 of the cutting punch 11 is slidably received and which leads to the upper end of the hole 16 of the cutting die 10.
  • the cutting die 10 is movable back and forth, in response to the reciprocating movement of the ram 15, across the cutting edge 14 of the cutting punch 11 for transversely slicing the rod 4 into the individual coupling element blanks 2 one on each backward stroke of the movement of the ram 15.
  • the apparatus 1 also includes a means, disposed on the projection 18 of the cutting punch 11, for forming a chamfered portion 20 on the base 5 of the rod 4 at the end of each backward stroke of the ram 15, so that each coupling element blank 2 has the chamfered base 5' ( Figures 3 and 4).
  • the chamfered-portion forming means comprises a chamfering surface 21 composed of a pair of first and second beveled surfaces 21a,21b for being forced against the base 5 of the rod 4 at the end of each backward stroke of the ram 15.
  • the chamfered portion 20 on the base 5 of the rod 4 is composed of a pair of third and fourth beveled surfaces 20a,20b corresponding to the first and second beveled surfaces 21a,21b on the cutting punch 11.
  • the third beveled surface 20a extends at an angle a with respect to a vertical outer side surface 23 of the rod 4
  • the second beveled surface 20b extends at an angle a with respect to a horizontal upper end surface 4a of the rod 4.
  • the chamfering surface 21 is disposed at a corner defined by the projection 18 and a horizontal surface 24.
  • the horizontal surface 24 is disposed at a level above the bottom surface 25 of the projection 18 by a distance H ( Figure 2).
  • the upper horizontal surface 26 of the cutting die 10, which includes a cutting edge 27, is disposed at a level above the bed 17a of the channel 17 of the ram 15 by the same distance H.
  • the forming die 12, contiguous to the cutting die 10, is carried by the ram 15 and is movable, in response to the reciprocating movement of the ram 15, toward and away from the cutting edge 14 of the cutting punch 11 for receiving one coupling element blank 2 in a coupling-head forming recess 28 at the end of each backward stroke of the movement of the ram 15.
  • the forming recess 28 is in vertical alignment with the forming punch 13 which is movable vertically toward and away from the recess 28, i.e. in directions indicated by arrows 36,37 ( Figure 1).
  • the forming punch 13 is lowered to press the coupling element blank 2 at the chamfered base 5', the latter is formed into a final coupling head 5" ( Figures 2, 5, 13 and 14) having a projection 30 from the lower face and a coacting socket 31 in the upper face at such a position that the beveled surfaces 20a, 20b are disposed around the socket 31.
  • the coupling element blank 2 is retained in the recess 28 by a presser 32 lowered together with the forming punch 13.
  • a complete coupling element 2' has been produced ( Figures 2 and 5).
  • a freshly completed coupling element 21' is located adjacent to a slide fastener stringer tape 33 with the legs 6,6 disposed astride the beaded tape edge 34.
  • a pair of pressing levers 35,35 ( Figure 1) is moved toward i each other to clinch the opposite legs 6,6 about the beaded edge 34 of the tape 33, which is fed upwardly in steps of a predetermined distance equal to the element- to-element pitch.
  • the forming punch 13 is lowered to press the coupling element blank 2 at the chamfered base 5' to thereby form the latter into a final coupling head 5" ( Figures 2, 5, 13 and 14) having a projection 30 from the lower face and a coacting socket 31 in the upper face at such a position that the beveled surfaces 20a,20b are disposed around the socket 31.
  • the coupling element blank 2 is retained in the recess 28 by the presser 32 lowered together with the forming punch 13.
  • a complete coupling element 2' has been produced ( Figures 2 and 5).
  • a chamfered portion is formed on the base of the rod in order that the base of the individual coupling element blank will have had such chamfered portion before the formation of a projection and a coacting socket, and for this reason, it is possible to form a chamfered portion accurately and reliably, thus producing high quality of coupling elements suitable for a two-way slide fastener ( Figure 12).
  • the slicing step and the placing step and the chamfered-portion forming step are performed in sequence on only a single stroke of relative movement of the cutting die and punch, it is possible to manufacture accurate coupling elements with improved rate of production.
  • the apparatus 1 is very simple in construction and hence can be obtained from the conventional apparatus by providing the cutting die with a horizontal channel behind the vertical hole and by providing the cutting punch with a chamfering surface, which requires no complicated machining or added parts.
  • Figures 6 through 10 show a modified apparatus 40 according to a second embodiment similar to the apparatus 1 of Figures 1 through 5, and the only difference therefrom is as follows.
  • the chamfering surface 21 on the projection 18 of the cutting punch 11 is disposed below a corner 41 (described below) by a distance h ( Figure 7) equal to the thickness of a single coupling element 2', the corner 41 being difined by the projection 18 and the horizontal surface 24.
  • the chamfering surface 21 comprises a beveled surface of a nose 42 extending forwardly from the projection 18.
  • the forming punch 13 is lowered to press the coupling element blank 2 at the chamfered base 5' to thereby form the latter into a final coupling head 5" ( Figures 7, 10, 13 and 14) having a projection 30 from the lower face and a coating socket 31 in the upper face at such a position that the beveled surface 20 is disposed around the socket 31.
  • the coupling element blank 2 is retained in the recess 28 by the presser 32 lowered together with the forming punch 13.
  • a complete coupling element 2' has been produced ( Figures 7 and 10).
  • Figure 11 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view showing a third embodiment similar to the embodiment of Figures 6 through 10, and the only difference therefrom is that the chamfered-portion forming means further includes an auxiliary chamfering surface 43 disposed below the chamfering surface 21 by a distance h ( Figure 2) equal to the thickness of one coupling element.
  • the auxiliary chamfering surface 43 comprises a beveled surface of a small nose 44. The nose 44 bites into the base 5 of the rod 4 when the latter is forced against the projection 18 of the cutting punch 11 at the end of backward stroke of the ram 15.
  • a beveled surface 45 corresponding to the auxiliary chamfering surface 43 is formed on the base 5 of the rod 4.
  • the beveled surface 45 is disposed below the beveled surface 20 by the distance h equal to the thickness of one coupling element 2' and hence facilitates the formation of the beveled surface 20 on the next backward stroke of the ram 15.

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EP19820104079 1981-05-13 1982-05-11 Procédé et appareil de fabrication des éléments de fermetures à glissière Expired EP0064764B1 (fr)

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JP7200481A JPS57187134A (en) 1981-05-13 1981-05-13 Molding method and device for tooth for slide fastener
JP72004/81 1981-05-13
JP56215060A JPS58116946A (ja) 1981-12-29 1981-12-29 スライドフアスナ−用務歯成形装置
JP215060/81 1981-12-29

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EP0175198A2 (fr) * 1984-09-14 1986-03-26 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Fermeture à glissière
EP0608770A1 (fr) * 1993-01-29 1994-08-03 Ykk Corporation Elément d'accouplement pour une fermeture à glissière et procédé de fabrication
EP0698354A3 (fr) * 1994-08-24 1997-09-17 Ykk Corp Eléments d'accouplement pour fermetures à glissière ainsi que leur procédé et dispositif de fabrication
CN1830349B (zh) * 2005-03-09 2010-04-21 Ykk株式会社 用于连续制造拉链牙链的方法和设备
CN101496663B (zh) * 2008-01-28 2011-07-20 福建浔兴拉链科技股份有限公司 拉链植齿机构及使用该植齿机构的拉链植齿机
US8418326B2 (en) 2008-04-14 2013-04-16 Ykk Corporation Metallic one-side teeth and two-way slide fastener
CN109068814A (zh) * 2016-05-06 2018-12-21 Ykk株式会社 拉链链牙、拉链链牙的制造装置以及拉链链牙的制造方法

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EP0175198A2 (fr) * 1984-09-14 1986-03-26 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Fermeture à glissière
EP0175198A3 (en) * 1984-09-14 1987-01-21 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Sliding clasp fastener
EP0608770A1 (fr) * 1993-01-29 1994-08-03 Ykk Corporation Elément d'accouplement pour une fermeture à glissière et procédé de fabrication
US5394593A (en) * 1993-01-29 1995-03-07 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Slide-fastener coupling element and method of making the same
EP0698354A3 (fr) * 1994-08-24 1997-09-17 Ykk Corp Eléments d'accouplement pour fermetures à glissière ainsi que leur procédé et dispositif de fabrication
US5778519A (en) * 1994-08-24 1998-07-14 Ykk Corporation Apparatus for forming "slide fastener elements"
US5926934A (en) * 1994-08-24 1999-07-27 Ykk Corporation Method for forming a row of slide fastener elements
CN1830349B (zh) * 2005-03-09 2010-04-21 Ykk株式会社 用于连续制造拉链牙链的方法和设备
CN101496663B (zh) * 2008-01-28 2011-07-20 福建浔兴拉链科技股份有限公司 拉链植齿机构及使用该植齿机构的拉链植齿机
US8418326B2 (en) 2008-04-14 2013-04-16 Ykk Corporation Metallic one-side teeth and two-way slide fastener
CN109068814A (zh) * 2016-05-06 2018-12-21 Ykk株式会社 拉链链牙、拉链链牙的制造装置以及拉链链牙的制造方法

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