Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
  • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
  • A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
  • A44B17/0029—Press-button fasteners made of plastics
  • A44B17/0035—Their fastening
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
  • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
  • A41F1/004—Strips of buttons
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • A41H37/00—Machines, appliances or methods for setting fastener-elements on garments
  • A41H37/04—Setting snap fasteners
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
  • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
  • A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
  • A44B17/0058—Strips of press-button fasteners

Definitions

• a combi ⁇ nation in accordance with this patent has certain advantages; however, this solution does not eliminate the drawbacks connected with the use and manufacture of press buttons or snap fasteners in general. It should be repeated that the material and manufacturing technique of press buttons or snap fasteners limits the choice .of their structure and shape and makes it difficult to produce buttons individually adapted for each application.
• Another known fastener is the slide fastener or zipper, which varies in design and structure.
• a characteristical feature to all zippers is that they comprise two ribbons, whose edges are fitted with rows of fastening items, which are laterally interlocked and separated by means of a special lock.
• press button or snap fastener rows are, in some applications, preferred to zippers. In some applications both snap fasteners and zippers are used.
• touch-and-close fasteners are also known. As to these, reference is made to US patent No. 3.778.870 and CH patent No. 495.122. Touch-and-close fasteners can be secured to garments or similar rather easily, but their fastening power is not nearly as good as that of snap fastener rows. Another drawback of touch- and-close fasteners is that their fastening power will gradually reduce by age.
• the present invention relates to a fastening ribbon product com ⁇ prising a pair of longitudinal ribbons made of flexible woven material and fitted with fastening items for interlocking said ribbons together.
• the invention also relates to a procedure for manufacturing such fastening ribbons, in which procedure continuous flexible woven ribbon, for instance textile ribbon, is made use of.
• press buttons or snap fasteners intended for various purposes.
• the most usual way to produce press buttons is to punch them out of metal sheet.
• the known press buttons are riveted to fabric, leather, or similar material with special tools.
• Manufactured of metal, the material and manufacturing techni- que of press buttons or snap fasteners considerably limit the choice of their structure and design.
• Another drawback is that the press buttons must be fastened to garments one by one, which increases the expensive manual part of the work.
• the securing of known press buttons is often loosened; usually they are torn off the garment, and a new one can be secured to the garment only by means of special tools and often by an expert only.
• An object of this invention is to provide a product and a procedure in which the drawbacks mentioned above are eliminated.
• a specific object of the invention is to afford a product which provides advantages in textile industry and generally when securing rows of fastening items, so as to make it possible to use the methods, often highly automatized, developed for securing zippers.
• Another objective of the invention is to provide a new-type ribbon product that can practically and economically be manufactured and which combines the advantages of zippers, press button rows and touch-and-close fasteners, at the same time eliminating their drawbacks.
• both ribbons of the ribbon pair are fitted with separate male and/or female fastening items, located at certain distances from each other, moulded of plastic or similar material so to be secured to the ribbons during the moulding procedure, comprising individual and separate pairs of fastening items, and arranged so as to be interlocked with each other so that the two ribbons of the ribbon pair are positioned flatwise their edges overlapping and that the fastening item rows, when guided against each other, are made interlock by pressing movement essentially applied at right angles in respect to the plane of the ribbon pair, and are made open by a drawing movement whose direction is essentially the opposite.
• the distance between the fastening items can be freely selected, and as the ribbons (male ribbon and female ribbon) are moulded simultaneously, exact distance tolerances are no more required.
• the principal characteristic feature of the procedure in accordance with the invention is that the textile ribbon is fed through a plastic moulding machine, and that in this plastic moulding machine female and male fastening items are moulded into the textile ribbon at certain distances, preferably at equal distances, by arranging the ribbon to pass through mould spaces located opposite to each other on both sides of the ribbon and by feeding suitable plastic material into said mould spaces through a mould channel with suitable feeding equipment.
• ribbon products in accordance with the invention differ from a zipper in that, in the invention, the ribbons of the ribbon pair, which are either male and/or female ribbons, will usually overlap at their edges which is not the case with a zipper. Therefore most pairs of fastening unit ribbons in accordance with the invention can be closed and opened in the same way as the known press button rows. Thus each pair of fastening items is an individual and independent fastening unit.
• locks resembling those of zippers can be used together with a pair of fastening item ribbons (which are from now on called fastening ribbons).
• These locks usually function as follows: they press or open the ribbons of the ribbon pair at right angles in respect to the plane of the ribbon pair, whose direction is the same as the direction of the ribbon pair.
• the difference from a zipper is that a zipper is closed by pulling the lock in the direction of the zipper ribbons.
• Fig. 1 shows a diagrammatic vertical section view of a continuous- action moulding machine using a method in accordance with the invention and producing a product in accordance with the invention.
• Fig. 2 shows a centric sectional view of a male fastening item for a ribbon product in accordance with the invention.
• Fig. 3 shows a female fastening item to be used together with a fastening item illustrated in Fig. 2.
• Fig. 4 shows section IV-IV in Fig. 3.
• Fig. 5 shows section V-V in Fig. 3.
• Fig. 6 shows a slide view of a button ribbon in accordance with the invention.
• Fig. 7 shows the same as Fig. 6, seen from the side of the buttons.
• Fig. 8 shows the use of a button row shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and the matching female hole ribbon for buttoning a shirt or similar.
• Fig. 9 shows a single-use fastening ribbon. Fig. 9 also shows section view IX-IX in Fig. 10.
• Fig. 10 shows section X-X in Fig. 9.
• Fig. 11 shows a fastening ribbon which is tightened when locked by a lateral pull.
• Fig. 11 also shows section view XI-XI in Fig. 12.
• Fig. 12 shows section view XII-XII in Fig. 11.
• Fig. 13 shows a plan view of a combined male/female fastening ribbon in accordance with the invention.
• Fig. 14 shows section view XIV-XIV in Fig. 13.
• Fig. 15 shows in the same way as Fig. 14 two interlocked male/ female ribbons one on top of the other.
• Fig. 16 shows a plan view of another male/female fastening ribbon.
• Fig. 17 shows section view XVII-XVII in Fig. 16.
• Fig. 18 shows two interlocked male/female ribbons one on top of the other.
• Fig. 19 shows a plan view of a ribbon, which is, on one side, fitted with male fastening items, on the other side with female fastening items, i.e. a fastening ribbon that is male on one side and female on the other side.
• Fig. 20 shows section view XX-XX in Figs. 19 and 21.
• Fig. 21 shows the same as Fig. 19 seen from the other side, i.e. from the side of the female fastening items.
• Fig. 22 shows such a ribbon combination in accordance with the invention, in which there are, in the edges of the folding ribbon, male and female fastening items, and between them a row of female fastening items secured to the edge of another ribbon.
• Fig. 23 sbows such a fastening ribbon whose fastening items comprise several adjoining rows and lines (rows and lines are at right angles in r.espect to each other) of plug-shaped fastening items and fastening cavities between the plugs.
• Fig. 24 shows section view XXIV-XXIV in Fig. 23.
• Fig. 25 shows a fastening ribbon that can be opened and closed in a certain direction only.
• Fig. 26 shows section view XXVI-XXVI in Fig. 25.
• Fig. 27 shows an alternative section XXVII-XXVII in Fig. 25.
• Fig. 28 shows such an application of a fastening ribbon in accordance with the invention which is opened and closed with a lock resembling the lock of a .zipper.
• Fig. 29 shows the same as Fig. 28 seen from the opposite direction.
• Fig. 30 shows the use of a fastening ribbon in accordance with the invention in a wind-resistant coat, the front of the coat being open.
• Fig. 31 shows the same as Fig. 30 when the fastening ribbons are closed.
• Fig. 32 shows the same as Figs. 30 and 31 when the fastening ribbons are single-closed or closed to the first phase.
• Fig. 33 shows section view XXXIII-XXXIII in Fig. 31, i.e. the situation in which the fastening ribbons are wind-resistantly double-closed.
• Fig. 34 shows how a fastening ribbon in accordance with the invention can be used in a shoe.
• Fig. 35 shows a section view of Fig. 34 at the fastening ribbons.
• Fig. 36 shows the plan view of- the same as Fig. 35.
• Fig. 37 shows another variation of how a fastening tape in accordance with the invention can be used in a shoe.
• Fig. 38 shows section view of a shoe shown in Fig. 37 at the fastening item rows.
• Fig. 39 shows the plan view of the same as Fig. 38.
• Fig. 40 shows a fastening ribbon in accordance with the invention used in a slalom shoe.
• Fig. 41 shows section view of a slalom shoe illustrated in Fig. 40, at its closing flap.
• Fig. 42 shows the plan view of the same as Fig. 41.
• Fig. 43 shows a procedure by means of which a fastening item pair of the slalom shoe shown in Figs. 40,41 and 42 is made of fastening ribbons in accordance with the invention.
• Fig. 43 also shows section XXXXIII-XXXXIII in Fig. 44.
• Fig. 44 shows the plan view of the same as Fig. 43.
• Fig. 45 shows another part of a laterally closed fastening item pair.
• Fig. 45 also shows section XLV-XLV in Fig. 46.
• Fig. 46 shows the plan view of the same as Fig. 45.
• Fig. 47 shows a laterally opening fastening item couple illustrated in Figs. 45 and 46 in the fastened position.
• Fig. 47 also shows section view XLVII-XLVII in Fig. 48.
• Fig. 48 shows section view XLVIII-XLVIII in Fig. 47.
• Fig. 49 shows a laterally opened and closed fastening ribbon pair that is wind— and water-resistant.
• Fig. 50 shows the centric section view of the adjusting lock of the ribbons.
• Fig. 51 shows section view LI-LI in Fig. 50.
• Fig. 52 shows another example of the ribbon adjusting lock.
• Fig. 52 also shows section view LII-LII in Fig. 53.
• Fig. 53 shows section view LIII-LIII in Fig. 52.
• fastening items 210 are moulded onto a flexible ribbon, for example a textile ribbon, at certain distances, preferably at equal distances.
• textile ribbon W moves from the starting roll to the collecting roll (not shown) through the moulding machine.
• Fastening items 210 which in the figure are male fastening items, are produced in mould spaces 205 and 206 of the moulding machine.
• the female fastening items of the other part of the ribbon pair are produced in a similar manner.
• the moulding machine also comprises drawing equipment, by means of which the textile ribbon W is periodically pulled.
• the length of one phase is related to distance H between two consecutive fastening items.
• the tightness of ribbon W is maintained during operation by braking rolls 200.
• the moulding machine comprises two opposite mould units 203 and 208, which move vertically so that mould spaces 205 and 206 are made close tightly in association with the stopped ribbon W for moulding the fastening item.
• the machine Before mould spaces 205 and 206, the machine has perforating devices 201 and 202, by means of which a hole is cut into the ribbon for moulding fastening item 210 in the next phase.
• a spraying cylinder 209 with piston 211 is arranged in association with the top moulding unit 208. Piston 211 is for supplying plastic compound through channel 207 into mould spaces 205,206.
• the thermo ⁇ element of spraying cylinder 209 is indicated with reference number 213.
• ribbon W is moved one step forwards.
• the top moulding unit 208 is at first opened in the direction of arrow G.
• Ribbon W is thereafter lifted by guide 214 clear of the bottom moulding unit 203.
• guide 214 can be turned upwards around link 215 by means of actuator 216.
• Ribbon W is then moved one space H forwards.
• mould spaces 205 and 206 are closed against each other in association with ribbon W and the next fastening item 210 is moulded.
• the machine also comprises a core-remover 217 and actuators 218 and 219.
• the ribbon product comprising two ribbons is thus produced as a continuous process by moulding fastening items 210 into a flexible ribbon W at certain distances, preferably at equal distance. During the moulding procedure the fastening items 210 are reliably and solidly enough secured to the ribbon. Ribbon W need not always be perforated before the moulding phase; particularly when using a ribbon W made of man-made fibres, the items being moulded and the ribbon can reliably be made "fuse" together.
• ribbon when we mean a flexible pair of ribbons, preferably made of textile material, in which there are at certainj preferably equal distances male and/or female fastening items, moulded of plastic or similar, which are, when molded, reliably secured to the ribbon as described above.
• the male section of the fastening item pair (Fig. 2) comprises a foot section 11, by means of which the male fastening item is secured to ribbon 10.
• the foot section is extended by a plug section, which at its top end widens out to form a cap section 12, under which there is a fastening groove 13.
• the shape of fastening item 11-13 is rotational; the shape of the outer surface of its cap section 12 is a hemisphere.
• FIGs. 3,4, and 5 illustrate a female fastening item to be used together with a male fastening item illustrated in Fig. 2.
• This fastening item comprises an annular section 14 with hole 15.
• Hole 15 has a U-shape extension 15'.
• Hole 15,15' is surrounded by a bevelled surface 16, which guides the hemispherical cap section of the male part when being inserted into hole 15.
• the fastening items are thus interlocked with each other.
• grooves 13 of the male fastening item row are wedged into the U-shape extension 15' of hole 15 thus creating a reliable interlocking that can be opened only by moving center line K..-K.. at the center point K mon of hole 15, which is the same position in which the fastening item pair was locked.
• the fastening ribbon pair illustrated in Figs. 2-5 can be used for instance in shirts, blousons and similar garments.
• buttons 20 are secured to textile ribbon 10 at equal distances H.
• Buttons 20 comprise foot section 21, neck section 22 and cap section
• buttons 20 are moulded in the fashion described above or with some other method so as to make buttons 20 be secured to ribbon 10 by foot section 221 and the root of neck section 22.
• buttons 20 are illustrated in scale 2:1.
• distance H between buttons 20 is approx. 3,5 cm
• the width of ribbon 10 is approx. 2,1 cm
• diameter D of the cap section 23 is approx. 1,1 cm.
• button row 20 is positioned on the center line of ribbon 10. In some cases an unsymmetrical securing of buttons 20 to ribbon 10 is possible and may be preferable to a symmetrical securing.
• Fig. 8 illustrates a female hole ribbon 10' used in association with a button ribbon illustrated in Figs 6 and 7.
• the ring section 25 is sewn in the well-known fashion and therefore sufficiently flexible. Ring parts 25 of holes 26 can also be moulded to into ribbon so that the space between each ring part is H. Ribbons 10 and 10' are sewn to the shirt fabric.
• a buttoning or similar has been created that is essentially more feasible and faster to produce than known buttons and button holes.
• the automatization of the buttoning is easier and more feasible.
• button ribbon 10 alone also belongs to the sphere of the invention.
• a button ribbon 10 like this can, as said, be also used together with traditional button holes. Therefore hole ribbon 10' illustrated in Fig. 8 is not necessary; instead of a hole ribbon it is possible to use button holes made into the edge of the garment without any particular ribbon.
• Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate such a fastening ribbon pair that is of the single-use type in that after ribbons of the ribbon pair have been coupled to each other they cannot be separated without breaking the structure.
• the ribbon is fitted with such male fastening items which are secured to the ribbon by its foot section 28.
• Neck section 30 with tapered cap section 31 is attached to foot section 28.
• Female ribbon 10' comprises hole items 32 with longitudinal slots 33.
• Hole item 32 is made of such a flexible material that neck 30 and cap sextion 31 of items 28 are locked in slots 33.
• the fastening method shown in Figs. 9 and 10 can be used for instance in bags of cloth filters, wires of paper machines, in various belts and other similar applications, in which the fastening item rows need not be opened.
• Figs. 11 and 12 there is a ribbon pair 10,10' .
• ribbon 10 there are male items 34 which comprise a foot section 25, neck section 36 and cap section 37.
• hole items 38 In the female ribbon 10' there are hole items 38 with noncentric holes 39, through which the cap section 37 can be inserted.
• hole items 39 In association with holes 39 there is a narrower hole section 39' , into which the neck section goes.
• Figs. 13,14, and 15 is a laterally self-locking combined male- female ribbon, whose advantage is that one ribbon type only is required for a ribbon pair in accordance with the invention.
• the "hermaphrodite" ribbon illustrated in these figures comprises elements 40, which, when put against a similar elements 40', comprise a fastening item pair that is self-locked when laterally tightened.
• a protruding section which comprises neck section 41 and cap section 42.
• the section of neck part 41 is semicircular and is, at the side of hole 43, bounded by bevelled surface 47.
• the hole section is such as to allow the insertion of cap section 42.
• Behind hole section 47 there is a plane-formed extension 45, against which the shoulder of the cap section 42 is locked.
• the plane-formed extension 45 is continued by the bevelled surface 46.
• Fig. 15 shows how the identical "hermaphrodite" items 40 and 40' are interlocked when guided by plane-formed surfaces 47.
• a pull is applied to ribbon 10 in the direction of arrow A and to ribbon 10' in the direction of arrow B, a laterally selfplocking fastening item pair is created..Now there is play ⁇ between opposite bevelled surfaces 47.
• surfaces 47 are brought together so to make cap section 42 be detached from the shoulder surface and the locking is opened.
• Surfaces 47 and the roundings 48 of cap section 42 function as guide surfaces which makes it easier to insert items 40 and 40' in association with each other and to lock them into the position shown in Fig. 15.
• Figs. 16,17, and 18 illustrate a modification of the application described above.
• This modification comprises identical "herma ⁇ phrodite" fastening items 50 and 50' which are interlocked as shown in Fig. 18.
• the main design characteristics of this modification are identical to those described above: the item comprises only a neck section 51 attached to the foot section, which neck section is extended by a cap section 52.
• the foot and neck section 51,52 is bounded by bevelled surface 57, which joins to the round surface 58.
• the hole section comprises a wider section located in association with surface 57 and a narrower section 53' , into which the neck section 51 is inserted and locked as ribbons 10 and 10' are tensioned to opposite directions A and B as shown in Fig. 18.
• Figs. 19,20, and 21 also show a "hermaphrodite" male/female fastening ribbon 10.
• this ribbon is fitted with protruding sections 62, i.e. male items.
• protruding sections 62 there is a plane-formed outer surface 65 and in association with it protruding sections which bound a groove section 66.
• Said fastening items 60 are moulded from plastic to ribbon 10 with the procedure and means described above or with a similar procedure and means.
• the items 60 are female organs 61 which comprise an annular section 64 which surrounds hole 63. Under hole 63 there is groove 67, which makes the hole elastic.
• the annular section 64 is connected by necks 68 to other parts of the item.
• such a fastening item ribbon is provided in which only one type of ribbon is required for a ribbon pair, as the male section 62 is locked to the female section 61 of the adjacent fastening item row.
• the topmost male parts may function as press buttons, by means of which the structure can easily be locked and freely opened, as, when opening the coupling, one can insert one's fingertips into grooves 66.
• Fig. 22 illustrates a special embodiment by means of which a wind- resistant closing can be provided for instance for parkas and other outdoor garments.
• the combination comprises ribbon 10 fitted with hole reinforcements 70 with holes 71. Holes 71 may also be formed by perforating the fabric and sewing the edges of the holes. Ribbon
• Figs. 23 and 24 also show a "hermaphrodite" fastening item pair 80, 80'.
• Fastening items 80 comprise foot sections 82, by means of which fastening items 80 are secured to ribbon 10,10'.
• foot sections 82 there are several rows and lines (rows and lines being at right angles in respect of each other) of plug-like protruding parts 81, at the end of which there are bevelled extensions 83.
• plug ⁇ like parts there are spaces into which the similar plug-like parts 81 of the opposite similar locking item 80' are locked.
• Fig. 24 Fig. 24
• the locking can be adjusted by steps a and in direction B by steps b provided that in fastening items 80 and 80' there are several rows and lines of plug-shaped items 81.
• Figs. 23 and 24 The design shown in Figs. 23 and 24 is feasible in that it can easily be locked as it has several different locking positions stepped as described above.
• the design is also feasible in that it makes it possible to lock ribbons 10 and 10' in two opposite directions A and B to different positions for instance to adjust the tightness of a garment. Therefore this application of the invention has, in addition to the general advantages of the invention, some advantages identical to those provided by well-known touch-and-press ribbons, even though their construction is essentially different from the known touch-and-press ribbons.
• Figs. 25,26, and 27 illustrate a fastening ribbon pair 10,10' that can be closed and opened only in a certain direction; the ribbons of this ribbon pair 10,10' are interlocked as illustrated in Fig. 25.
• Ribbon pairs 10 and 10' comprise, at equal distances, bended hook- shaped male items 90; of these, item 90' is shown in semi-closed position.
• item 90' is shown in semi-closed position.
• female items 85 fitted with bevelled holes 86 which have extension parts 87.
• the protruding parts 91 of male parts 90 are bevelled and hook-shaped, and they have rounded heads 92, which also function as locking shoulders, which are locked into the extension parts 87 of holes 86.
• Figs. 26 and 27 illustrate two alternative sections XXVII-XXVII in Fig. 25.
• Fig. 27 illustrates a usual model which has square male and female sections 90 and 85; the protruding section 91 also has an essentially square section.
• Fig. 26 illustrates a model that is laterally (direction A) tightened; in this model sections 90',85' are rounded.
• the section of the protruding part 91' is also round and its head 92' laterally expands.
• the section of hole 86 is laterally (direction A) tapered; therefore fastening item pair 85' and 90" is laterally (direction A) tightening.
• Figs. 28 and 29 show such an application of the invention which can be closed and opened by lock 100, as a zipper.
• Fig. 28 illustrates the section of ribbons 10 and 10' and lock 100.
• In one ribbon 10' of the ribbon pair there are male fastening items 93 fitted with protruding sections 94, and the other ribbon 10 has female fastening items 95 fitted with holes 96.
• Lock 100 has edge pro ⁇ trusions 101, which guide the lock along the edges of fastening items 93 and 95. As lock 100 is moved by pull 103, in Fig.
• a fastening ribbon pair which essentially has all the advantages of a zipper, but whose structure is essentially different from that of the known zippers.
• Figs. 30,31,32 and 33 illustrate a special application of the invention in which a combined male/female locking ribbon is used.
• Coat 105 illustrated in Figs. 30 and 31 is intended to be a wind- resistant coat.
• Figs. 31 and 33 illustrate fastening item rows ⁇ n closed position 10s. As shown in Fig. 30, this position is provided by, starting from the opened position, interlocking the fastening item rows 10b' and 10c to form a locked item pair 10s' . Thereafter the female items 97 of the fastening item row 10b are turned in association with the male items 108 of the fastening item row lOd, thus providing the final double and wind-resistant interlocking.
• the edges of the vamps 111 and 112 of shoe 110 are fitted with fastening ribbons 10 and 10'.
• ribbons 10 and 10' there are male and female fastening items 113 and 114 which are interlocked as described above.
• the interlocking of ribbons 10 and 10' may preferably be opened so that one grips the top or bottom end of the topmost ribbon 10', and pulls the ribbon row open by one pull.
• the ribbons can be interlocked by, after positioning the first fastening item row 113,114, quickly pressing all the fastening item pairs together making use of the fittings described above, for instance the self-guiding arrangements fitted with various bevelled and tapered surfaces.
• Figs. 37,38 and 39 show another way to apply a ribbon pair in accordance with the invention to shoes.
• a concealed locking is provided by securing by sewing or glueing one fastening ribbon 10 to the edge of the vamp 114 of the shoe 110, and under the edge of the topmost vamp 115 another fastening ribbon 10' .
• Ribbon 10 is fitted with either male or female fastening items 116, and analogously ribbon 10' is fitted with either female or male fastening items 117 that can be locked and opened as described above.
• Figs. 40,41 and 42 illustrate the use of fastening ribbons in accordance with the invention in a slalom shoe.
• Figs. 43 and 44 illustrate the procedure and means for manufacturing the fastening item pair 129 illustrated in Figs. 40,41 and 42.
• the edge sections 118- and 119 of the vamp of slalom shoe 120 are equipped with a fastening item combination 129.
• a fastening item ribbon 10 fitted for instance with female fastening items 123 is secured under the edge sections 118 and 119 of the vamp by sewing and/or glueing.
• Ribbon pieces 122 are manufactured of a continuous ribbon 10' in accordance with the invention as shown in Figs. 43 and 44. Ribbon pieces should preferably be flexible, which is indi ⁇ cated in Fig. 42 by arrow C.
• Figs. 43 and 44 are diagrammatic illustrations of how fastening" item sets 129 can be manufactured.
• the process makes use of three different ribbon rolls 125,126 and 130 which are supported by bearings on shafts 127, whose operation is controlled and synchro ⁇ nized by means of controlling equipment known as such (not illustrated) .
• the ribbon 10' unwound from roll 125 is fitted for i instance with female fastening items 124, and ribbon pieces 122 are cut from this ribbon. These pieces are connected to each other by the auxiliary ribbon unwound from roll 126 so as to create a continuous combination 129 (Fig. 44), from which suitable pieces are cut.
• From 130 is unwound ribbon 10 which is sewn and/or glued to the edge of vamp 118 of shoe 120. Ribbon 10 is fitted for instance with male fastening items 124.
• Figs. 45-53 illustrate a few possible applications of another direction to which the invention can be developed.
• the embodiments of the invention illustrated in these figures differ from what has been said above in that the fastening item sets are closed laterally, i.e. in the plane of ribbons 10 and 10', and opened to the oppo ⁇ site direction.
• FIGs. 45-48 several fastening items 200 are moulded one after another into ribbon 10.
• the other ribbon 10' has analogous fastening items 200'.
• Figs. 47 and 48 illustrate how fastening item pairs 200 and 200' are interlocked.
• Fastening items 200 have protruding sections 201, and between the protruding sections recessions 202 which fit into the analogous parts 201' and 202' of the other protruding section 200'.
• the interlocking edges of fastening items 200;200' have grooves 203.
• dimension d. indicated in Fig. 48 is somewhat larger than dimension d conjugate, a kind of "snapping mechanism" is provided for interlocking items 200 and 200'.
• Fig. 49 illustrates a laterally closed and opened wind-resistant or water-resistant fastening item pair 10 and 10'.
• separate fastening items 210 and 210' are made at certain distances, their edges fitted with protruding parts 211 and 211' which are interlocked between each other with a "snapping mechanism" similar to the one described above.
• the fastening items 210,210' have grooves 213.
• Figs. 50 and 51 illustrate an adjusting lock of a ribbon pair 10 and 10' equipped with such adjusting locks 220 and 220'.
• Locks 220 and 220' are identical.
• a fastening item 220 and 220' comprises a foot section 221, resp. 221', by means of which the fastening item is fastened to its ribbon 10, resp. 10'.
• a fastening item has a plane-formed end section, which, at its both sides, has grooves 223, resp. 223 r , which, in the way of a "snapping mechanism", are locked onto plugs 222, resp. 222'.
• a self-tightening lock pair is provided.
• Fastening item pairs 220 and 220' can also be secured to a position turned 90 degrees in the plane of ribbons 10,10*.
• Figs. 52 and 53 illustrate an adjusting lock for ribbon 10 fitted with fold 245.
• the lock comprises two identical closing item pairs 240 and 240', of which one is inserted into another.
• Closing items 240,240' comprise a neck part 241, which has at its end a flange- type end section 243.
• neck section 243 there is a groove- protrusion fitting 244, which functions as a locking "snapping mechanism".
• Fastening item pairs 240 and 240' are closed in the direction of arrow G and the locking cannot be opened in the direction of arrows F and in the opposite direction when tensioning ribbons 10 in the direction of their plane.
• the adjusting step being in the direction of the plane of ribbons 10,10' (Figs. 50 and 51) 2 x D_; in Figs. 52 and 53 the corresponding step is 2 x D, .
• the interlocking position of the ribbons can be adjusted by the above steps.
• a fastening ribbon pair in accordance with the invention can also be used in bags, upholstering of furniture, leatherware, belts, ribbons, harnesses, packings, carpets, bedclothes, load coverings, tents, various play and fishing nets, covers and file binders and other analogous applications.
• the various details of the invention may vary within the framework of the inventional idea as defined in the following claims.

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