EP0540701B1 - Dispositif d'amorcage pour fermeture a cremailleres - Google Patents

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EP0540701B1
EP0540701B1 EP92908300A EP92908300A EP0540701B1 EP 0540701 B1 EP0540701 B1 EP 0540701B1 EP 92908300 A EP92908300 A EP 92908300A EP 92908300 A EP92908300 A EP 92908300A EP 0540701 B1 EP0540701 B1 EP 0540701B1
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    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/38—Means at the end of stringer by which the slider can be freed from one stringer, e.g. stringers can be completely separated from each other
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/25—Zipper or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/2593—Zipper or required component thereof including complementary, aligning means attached to ends of interlocking surfaces
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/25—Zipper or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/2593—Zipper or required component thereof including complementary, aligning means attached to ends of interlocking surfaces
    • Y10T24/2595—Zipper or required component thereof including complementary, aligning means attached to ends of interlocking surfaces having specific mounting connection or reinforcing structure at connection

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  • the present invention relates to an initiating device for rack closure consisting of two bands bordered by teeth, one of these bands carrying a slider and being provided with a nozzle integral with its end, and the other band being provided a primer which comprises its first tooth and is arranged so as to be able to be introduced into the mouth of the cursor, this device comprising at least two elements, namely a first element secured to the end of the strip carrying the end piece, and a second element secured to the end of the strip provided with the primer, one of these elements constituting a male coupling member formed by a needle made up of a rod and a head having an upper section, in the width direction, to that of the rod, and the other element being constituted by a plate comprising a corresponding female member, consisting of an opening made perpendicular to the plane of the plate e t composed of a circular hole arranged so as to allow the head of the needle and a channel to pass, these two members being arranged so that, after engagement in the female member, the male member is free to move
  • zipper closures also called zippers or racks. These consist of two bands bordered by the teeth of each rack, a nozzle permanently fixed to the end of one of the bands, which has a groove intended to receive the primer of the other rack and finally a slider permanently adapted to the rack carrying the end piece and sliding thereon.
  • the cursor can then be pulled, ensuring the interpenetration of the teeth of the racks.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a priming device which does not require the use of two hands.
  • the device according to the invention is characterized in that said hole is arranged in the vicinity of the end of the plate opposite to that which is attached to the corresponding strip, said channel extends from said hole towards the end of the plate attached to the strip and said tip comprises a groove allowing the introduction of the primer after the introduction of this primer into the mouth of the cursor.
  • the priming operation can thus be carried out using one hand.
  • the invention also relates to a rack and pinion closure provided with this device.
  • the variant described relates to a closure that must adapt to a garment, such as a jacket or jacket.
  • a garment such as a jacket or jacket.
  • the illustration given assumes that the cursor is adapted to the left side of the jacket. It goes without saying that a simple reversal in no way compromises the operation of the device, so that the device may as well be adapted to the case where the cursor is carried by the band of the closure fixed on the other panel.
  • the first strip 1 of the closure bordered by teeth 3, is provided with a slider 4 and a nozzle 5 fixed to the end of the strip 1.
  • a checkered plate 6a also attached to the end of strip 1, carries a primer (not visible in Figure 1a) a part of which is pinched in the nozzle 5 and the rest of which enters the cursor 4 when the latter abuts, at the end of the race, against the nozzle 5.
  • a needle 8 composed of a rod 10 which can be of prismatic shape, as illustrated in Figure la but which can also have any other suitable shape, for example cylindrical or conical, and a hemispherical head 9, forming a rim around the rod 10, is integral with the face of the nozzle 5 opposite to that which is turned on the same side as the face of the cursor 4 carrying the pull tab 7.
  • the second strip 2 also bordered by teeth 3, carries, at its end, a primer 11 which constitutes the first tooth of the strip and which is arranged so that it can be introduced into the free mouth of the slider 4 (FIG. 1a) and slide through the lateral groove 12 of the latter, then into the lateral groove 13 of the end piece 5, to a final locking position, in a manner known per se.
  • the primer 11 is carried by a checkered plate 6b which is fixed to the end of the strip 2 and which is similar to the plate 6a of the strip 1.
  • a guide plate 14 which may be of generally rectangular shape as illustrated in FIG. 1b, but could also have any other suitable shape, for example an oval or circular shape, is fixed, in the vicinity of one of its ends, on the end of the strip 2, extending beyond and in the extension of the latter, by means of an excess thickness portion 15 directly applied to the face of the end of the opposite strip 2 to that on which the plate 6b is placed.
  • the thickness of the part 15 is such that, when the cursor 4 is applied to the guide plate 14, the groove 12 of the cursor 4 is exactly at the same level as the primer 11.
  • the thickness of the rest of the plate 14 is very slightly less than the length of the rod 10 of the needle 8.
  • the gridded plates 6a and 6b already exist on conventional rack closures and allow the passage of the needles of a sewing machine to fix them respectively at the ends of the bands 1 and 2 of the closure.
  • the plates 6a and 6b are advantageously molded respectively with the end piece 5 and the guide plate 14. According to the needs of designers of clothing, such as jackets, on which the closures with racks fitted with the priming device according to the invention are intended to be mounted, the plates 6a and 6b can be optionally extended towards the ends of the bands 1 and 2, and even beyond these.
  • the guide plate 14 has an opening 16 cut perpendicularly to its main faces.
  • the opening 16 is essentially composed of a circular hole 17 of diameter slightly greater than that of the head 9 of the needle 8 (FIG. 1a), formed in the vicinity of the end of the plate 14 opposite to that which is attached to the strip 2, and of an elongated channel 18 starting from the hole 17 and extending to the part of the plate 14 adjacent to the extra thickness part 15. More precisely, the channel 18 is delimited by two edges 18a and 18b in an arc of circle having a substantially constant spacing between them, slightly greater than the width of the rod 10 of the needle 8, with a projecting edge 18a ending on the side opposite the hole 17, approximately below the primer 11.
  • the length of the plate 14 as well as that of the channel 18 are determined as a function of the dimensions of the slider 4 and of the end piece 5. It is therefore possible to reduce the length of the plate 14 (and that of the channel 18 ) by shortening the cursor 4, by example by half.
  • the device which has just been described operates in the following manner: From an initial open position, illustrated in FIGS. 1a and 1b, in which the two bands 1 and 2 of the rack closure are separated from each other, the cursor 4 abutting against the end piece 5, we first introduce the needle 8 into the hole 17, from the side of the plate 14 facing upwards, in FIG. 1b, in such a way that the faces of the end piece 5 and of the slider 4, opposite the face of the cursor 4 carrying the pull tab 7 are applied flat against the upper face of the plate 14.
  • the thickness of the plate 14 is slightly less than the length of the rod 10 of the needle 8, and that the diameter of the hole 17 is slightly greater than that of the head 9 of the needle 8, the rim of the head 9 spontaneously clings to the underside of the plate 14 (that is to say of the face opposite to that on which the end piece 5 and the slider 4 are applied) by making thus a mutual attachment of the ends of the two bands 1 and 2.
  • a member such as a spring clip or a clip making it possible, on the one hand, to make perceptible the introduction and the attachment of the needle 8 into the hole 17 and, on the other hand, to make this hooking safer.
  • the vertical median plane of the rod 10 has an angular offset, relative to that of the end piece 5, in a direction (namely to the left according to the plan representation of FIGS. 2a to 2d) such that the primer 11 is presented exactly in the axis of the groove 13 of the nozzle 5.
  • the device according to the invention is of a very simple arrangement and easy to produce industrially, without appreciably increasing the cost price of the assembly of a rack and pinion closure equipped with this.
  • priming device with respect to a closure not comprising this priming device.
  • this priming device can be made up of two very simple parts, namely the male guiding and operating member, such as the needle 8, and the guide plate 14.
  • the needle 8 and the tip 5 can be made in one piece, for example a molded or injected part of plastic or metal.
  • the cursor 4 provided with protrusions of semi-spheroidal or semi-ovoid shape, namely a dorsal protuberance 19 and a ventral protuberance 20.
  • the pinching between two fingers namely the thumb and the index finger, allows to advance the cursor, while taking advantage of a kind of fulcrum that the other fingers provide by holding, on the one hand, the bands 1 and 2, and, on the other hand, the fabric of the garment. This avoids the folding of the closure, or of the fabric, which does not fail to occur when one simply pulls on the zipper when the racks are barely engaged in the cursor. Thanks to the pressure that can be exerted on the protrusions, the cursor is propelled like a cherry stone would be.
  • FIG. 4 we see the same elements as in FIG. 3, with the difference that the propulsion of the cursor is exerted towards the interior of the hand, the fingers resting on the protrusions of the cursor while the hand is located between the strips still separated.
  • the means of propelling the cursor by pinching between two fingers could, of course, be arranged in any other appropriate manner, for example by being constituted by lateral protuberances, shaped so as to produce the propelling effect of the "cherry stone” type. ".
  • a propelling effect can also be obtained by pinching simply by giving an appropriate shape to the lateral edges of the slider or of a projecting part secured to its upper or lower face.
  • FIGS. 5a, 5b and 7 The embodiment of the device shown in FIGS. 5a, 5b and 7 is similar to that which is illustrated in FIGS. 1a and 1b, and the elements of this embodiment identical or similar to those of the first embodiment, which has just been described, will be designated, in the following description and in the drawing, by the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1a and 1b.
  • the essential difference between the embodiment as shown in FIG. 5a and that of FIG. 1b, consists in the fact that the guide plate 14 ′, which moreover fulfills the same function as the plate 14, n is not assembled in a fixed position with the plate 6b but is, on the contrary, arranged so that it can slide, relative to the latter, between a maximum elongation position, illustrated in FIG. 5a, and a retraction position illustrated in FIG. 5b.
  • the plate 14 has an elongated groove 21, which extends longitudinally over most of its length and opens onto one of its lateral faces 22, constituting a slide whose profile is shown in Figure 7.
  • the internal face (corresponding to the lower face according to FIG. 5b) of the plate 6b is provided with an appendage 23, advantageously molded with the rest of the part 6b, which carries a rail 24 (FIG. 7) whose profile corresponds to that of the groove 21 and which is engaged therein so as to slide therein allowing movement in translation of the plate 14 'between the two extreme positions shown, respectively, in FIG. 5a and in FIG. 5b.
  • the groove 21 extends to an opening (not shown) in the rear face of the plate 14 ', so as to allow the insertion of the rail 24 in the groove 21, and a stop 25 (including a side face is visible in Figure 5b) is placed in the groove 21 after this assembly, in order to limit the extension movement of the plate 14 'and thus prevent it from detaching from the part 6b.
  • the front edge 26 of the plate 14 ' is curved and forms a rim 26a, which extends above the upper surface of the plate 14' and is extended by a surface 26b up to the rear end of the plate 14 '.
  • This rim 26a constitutes a guide member for the head 9 or 9 '( Figure 6) of the needle 8 or 8' ( Figure 6) during the initiation of the slide fastener and it facilitates the execution of this initiation of one hand.
  • the part of the plate 14 'close to its rear edge 27 is provided, on the part of its upper face which slides on the lower face of the plate 6b, with a member, such as a boss or a clip (not shown) cooperating with a corresponding cavity (also not shown ) formed in the underside of the plate 6b in order to make the position of maximum extension of the plate 14 'perceptible and to allow the latter to be temporarily retained in this position.
  • a member such as a boss or a clip (not shown) cooperating with a corresponding cavity (also not shown ) formed in the underside of the plate 6b in order to make the position of maximum extension of the plate 14 'perceptible and to allow the latter to be temporarily retained in this position.
  • a member such as a boss or a clip (not shown), cooperating with a corresponding cavity (also not shown) formed in the hooking member 28 of the cursor 4, is disposed on the rear edge 27 of the plate. 14 'or in the vicinity thereof, in order to make perceptible the engagement of the rear end of the plate 14' with the cursor and to allow this hold to be temporarily maintained.
  • the front part of the plate 14 ′ can also be provided with a member (not shown) such as a boss or a clip, cooperating with a cavity, formed in the underside of the plate 6b, which may possibly be the same as that mentioned above, in order to make perceptible the maximum retraction position of the plate 14 'and to allow this position to be temporarily maintained.
  • a member such as a boss or a clip, cooperating with a cavity, formed in the underside of the plate 6b, which may possibly be the same as that mentioned above, in order to make perceptible the maximum retraction position of the plate 14 'and to allow this position to be temporarily maintained.
  • FIG. 6 corresponds to the part of the device illustrated in FIG. 1a and the identical or similar elements of the arrangements according to these two figures are designated by the same reference numbers.
  • the head 9 ′ of the needle 8 ′ has a conical shape and it has a circular boss 29 at the periphery of the part close to its base, this boss being arranged so that the maximum diameter of the head 9 'is slightly greater than that of the hole 17 of the opening 16 of the plate 14' ( Figure 5a).
  • the internal face of the hole 17 has a groove 30 whose shape and dimensions correspond to those of the boss 29.
  • the rear edges of the upper and lower faces of the end piece 5 have two respective bosses 31 and 31 'cooperating with corresponding claws 32 and 32' formed on the front face of the slider 4. This allows to obtain a temporary securing of the cursor with the endpiece which ensures optimal guidance of the cursor during the initiation of the zipper.
  • the most obvious advantage of the initiating device according to the invention is, of course, to allow the control of a rack closure with one hand.
  • the device can also have appreciable advantages in other fields using rack closures. It is also conceivable that the device according to the invention will give rack closures new fields of use, fields hitherto prohibited because of the drawbacks that the device is precisely trying to make disappear.

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EP92908300A 1991-04-30 1992-04-29 Dispositif d'amorcage pour fermeture a cremailleres Expired - Lifetime EP0540701B1 (fr)

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