US20010004055A1 - Fastener assembly - Google Patents
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Abstract
A fastener assembly comprising: a plurality of fasteners each including a retaining projection, a fitting portion for engaging with the retaining projection, and a filament portion arranged between the retaining projection and the fitting portion; a first joint member connecting with the retaining projections of the fasteners through first cutting portions; and a second joint member connecting with the fitting portions through second cutting portions, to array the fasteners in a sheet shape. The axes of the retaining projections and the axes of the fitting holes of the fitting portions are formed perpendicular to the sheet-shaped array plane of the fasteners.
An attaching device can be simply charged with the fastener assembly in a set and in an array and can be disassembled in the device into individual fasteners so that each of these fasteners is enabled to attach a price tag or label to a commodity with a loop of its filament portion by inserting its retaining projection easily to engage with the fitting portion.
On the other hand, the fastener assembly can be manually used by disassembling it easily by hands into individual fasteners and can be held in the array state without any entanglement while it is being transported or stored.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a fastener of a synthetic resin to be used for attaching a price tag or label to a commodity while forming a loop of a filament shape or for bundling a plurality of commodities such as slippers, sandals or shoes into one set.
- 2. Description of the Prior Art
- As a joint for attaching a price tag or label to a commodity such as clothes, there has been commonly used a retaining member of a synthetic resin, as called the “tag pin”. This retaining member includes a thin, flexible filament portion, a cross bar portion formed perpendicularly on one end of the filament portion, and a flat, board-like head portion formed on the other end of the filament portion, such that it is wholly formed into a shape of letter “H”.
- Since this retaining member is far smaller than the price tag of the commodity, it is necessary to assemble a number of retaining members into one set so that they may be conveniently manufactured and handled. In order to hit the retaining members continuously by using a gun type attaching device, on the other hand, they have to be assembled into one set when the attaching device is to be charged with the remaining members at its feed groove. Therefore, the numerous retaining members are integrally molded of synthetic resin for use as an assembly on one joint rod through joint portions.
- This retaining member assembly is formed into a fine molding having a comb shape in its entirety by jointing thirty five to one hundred and twenty retaining members on a connecting rod at the joint portions formed on an intermediate portion of a cross bar portion. This joint rod has a length of 80 to 160 mm, and a variety of sectional shapes such as a square, round or flattened round shape are adopted as the section of the joint rod by different makers.
- When this retaining member is used to attach the price tag or the like to the commodity such as clothes, as well known in the art, a hollow needle, as mounted on the front portion of the attaching device, is driven to pierce to the back of the commodity while being inserted into the hole of the price tag or the like. After this, a lever, as elastically projected to the front of a grip portion of the attaching device, is squeezed to proceed a push rod in the attaching device to push the cross bar portion of the retaining member. Then, the cross bar portion is fed together with the filament portion, while cutting the joint portion, through the hollow needle to the back side of the commodity so that the price tag or the like is fixed on the commodity while clamping them between the cross bar portion on the back side and the head portion on the surface side.
- However, this retaining member causes a problem that the commodity is holed because of piercing the hollow needle into the commodity to bring the cross bar portion to the back side of the commodity. Moreover, the application is restricted to such a thin commodity or clothes as can pass the hollow needle easily. Since the price tag is held by hooking the cross bar and the head portion in the hole, moreover, this hole is widened to damage the commodity if the price tag is pulled. Still moreover, regarding the retaining member, there is a limit that the retaining member can not be manually attached and the attaching device can not be dispensed with.
- Because of the type in which the retention is made by the cross bar portion and the head portion, moreover, the retaining member is liable to pass through a relatively small hole such as the button hole of the commodity so that it cannot attach the price tag or the like to the button hole or the like of the commodity. On the other hand, the retaining member cannot be attached to the handle or the like of a bag because it is not of the type in which the retention is made by forming the loop.
- On the other hand, there is the “string- or thread-shaped connecting member” in which a retaining projection (or male portion) is provided at one end of a flexible filament portion whereas a fitting portion (or female portion) for fitting the retaining projection to form the filament portion into a loop shape is formed at the other end. In this string-shaped connecting member, the retaining projection, the filament portion and the fitting portion are linearly arranged such that the axis of the retaining projection is formed in the extending direction of the filament portion whereas the axis of the fitting hole of the fitting portion, as formed to be inserted by the retaining projection, is perpendicular to the filament portion, and such that there is formed on the inner face of the fitting hole a retaining pawl with which the retaining projection is to engage.
- This string-shaped connecting member is sold or used as a fastener or under the trade name of “LOX”. This connecting member can simply form a closed loop by hands without any damage such as holing the commodity, so that it can be widely used for applications to attach the price tag or the like to the handle of a bag or to joint or bundle a plurality of commodities.
- As the string-shaped connecting members are massively used in recent years, there has been developed a device for handling them automatically. It is considerably difficult to charge the device with the string-shaped connecting members of the prior art.
- In the string-shaped connecting member of the prior art, more specifically, the retaining projection, the filament portion and the fitting portion are linearly arranged, and the axis of the retaining projection is formed in the extending direction of the filament portion whereas the axis of the fitting hole of the fitting portion, as formed to be inserted by the retaining projection, is formed perpendicular to the filament portion. In order to form the connecting member into the loop shape, therefore, the tip of the retaining projection has to be inserted into the hole of the fitting portion after the retaining projection is turned by 270 degrees to bring the retaining projection tip into a position to face the hole of the fitting portion. In short, in the automatic attaching device, when the fitting portion is gripped by one arm, the retaining projection cannot be fitted unless its direction is turned by the other arm.
- When the price tag is to be attached to the handle of the bag, for example, more specifically, the fitting portion is gripped by one arm of the attaching device and is carried over the bag handle and to the back of the handle. Simultaneously with this, the retaining projection, having its filament portion inserted into the hole of the price tag, is turned by 270 degrees from the extension of the filament portion by the other arm and is then inserted below the handle and fitted in the fitting portion supported on the other side. These operations are manually simple, but when they are to be performed by the attaching device, the device is extremely complicated in its structure and is increased in its weight and size to raise a difficulty in the deteriorated operability. On the other hand, it is troublesome to charge the attaching device with the numerous string-shaped connecting members.
- Therefore, we have manufactured an assembly of string-shaped connecting members in which a number of string-shaped connecting members are arrayed between two parallel joint rods to form a sheet shape as a whole. This assembly is excellent in its moldability, and the attaching device can be simply charged with the assembly. At the same time, the string-shaped connecting members may be separated for use one by one from the assembly so that the assembly is excellent in its handling quality. When the attaching device is to be charged with the assembly, on the other hand, there has been examined a method of bending the sheet-shaped array into a shape of letter “U”. Therefore, we have developed a method of inserting and fitting the retaining projection simply into the hole of the fitting portion to joint the filament portion in the loop shape not by turning the retaining projection by 270 degrees with respect to the fitting portion supported by one arm but by merely moving the retaining projection forward with respect to the fitting portion.
- According to the invention, there is provided a fastener assembly which comprises: a plurality of fasteners each including a retaining projection, a fitting portion for engaging with the retaining projection, and a filament portion arranged between the retaining projection and the fitting portion; a first joint member connecting with the retaining projections of the fasteners through first cutting portions; and a second joint member connecting with the fitting portions through second cutting portions, to array the fasteners in a sheet shape. The axes of the retaining projections and the axes of the fitting holes of the fitting portions are formed normal to the sheet-shaped array plane of the fasteners.
- On the other hand, the retaining projections of the fasteners are jointed to each other through first temporary joint portions, and the fitting portions are jointed through second cutting portions by second joint member, to form the fastener assembly.
- On the other hand, the retaining projections of the fasteners are jointed to each other through first temporary joint portions, and the fitting portions are jointed to each other through second temporary joint portions, to form the fastener assembly.
- An attaching device can be simply charged with the aforementioned fastener assembly in a set and in an array and can be simply disassembled in the device into individual fasteners so that each of these fasteners is enabled to attach a price tag or label to a commodity with a loop of its filament portion by inserting and engaging its retaining projection easily with the fitting portion.
- On the other hand, the fastener assembly can be manually used by disassembling it easily by hands into individual fasteners and can be held in the array state without any entanglement while it is being transported or stored.
- FIG. 1 is a top plan view showing a first embodiment of a fastener assembly according to the invention;
- FIG. 2 is a section taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a top plan view showing a second embodiment of a fastener assembly according to the invention;
- FIG. 4 is a section taken along line B-B of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 is a top plan view showing a third embodiment of a fastener assembly according to the invention;
- FIG. 6 is a righthand side elevation of FIG. 5;
- FIG. 7 is a front elevation showing a fastener simple composing the fastener assembly according to the invention;
- FIG. 8 is a top plan view of FIG. 7;
- FIG. 9 is a bottom view of FIG. 7;
- FIG. 10 is a righthand side elevation of FIG. 7;
- FIG. 11 is a section taken along line C-C of FIG. 8;
- FIG. 12 is a section taken along line D-D of FIG. 8;
- FIG. 13 is a section of a portion when a retaining projection and a fitting portion of the fastener of FIG. 7 are fitted;
- FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing a used state of the fastener;
- FIG. 15 is a righthand side elevation of a gun type attaching device charged with the fastener assembly; and
- FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining how the fastener assembly is carried in the attaching device.
- Embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
- Description will be made at first on the fastener simple composing the fastener assembly of the invention, as shown in FIGS.7 to 11, and then on the fastener assembly, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6.
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fastener 1 is made, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 11, of a slender,flexible filament portion 2 having a retaining projection (or male portion) 3 at its one end side and a fitting portion (or female portion) 4 at its other end side. - This retaining
protrusion 3 of thefastener 1 is formed of: acylindrical trunk portion 30 connecting at its side portion with thefilament portion 2; aneck portion 31 connecting with thetrunk portion 30 but having a smaller diameter than that of thetrunk portion 30; and ahead portion 32 connecting with theneck portion 31 but having a larger diameter than that of theneck portion 31. Thehead portion 32 is formed at its tip into such a tapering conical or spherical shape as to be easily fitted in thefitting portion 4. - On the other hand, this
fitting portion 4 is formed of aframe portion 40 having an engaginghole 42 therein, and a retainingportion 44 formed on one side of theframe portion 40 and having a radiallysmaller retaining hole 41 than the engaginghole 42, and is provided, in the retainingportion 44 on the side of the engaginghole 42, with a pair of retainingmembers 43 enclosing the retaininghole 41. - On the other hand, the individual axes of the retaining
projection 3 and the engaginghole 42 of thefitting portion 4 are arranged perpendicularly to thefilament portion 2 so as to facilitate the engaging operation by a later-described attaching device. - As shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, moreover, the
head portion 32 of the retainingprojection 3 is turned by 180 degrees from the extension of thefilament portion 2 and is brought to face the retaininghole 41 of thefitting portion 4. When thehead portion 32 is pushed to an inserting direction X, it is brought into the retaininghole 41 and protrudes into the engaginghole 42 while elastically deforming and opening the surrounding retainingmembers 43. In this case, thefitting portion 4 may be turned by 180 degrees, or alternatively the retainingprojection 3 may be turned by 90 degrees and thefitting portion 4 may also be turned by 90 degrees. In short, when either the retainingprojection 3 or thefitting portion 4 is turned totally by 180 degrees, thehead portion 32 of the retainingprojection 3 and the retaininghole 41 of thefitting portion 4 then come into the facing positions. - Now, when the
head portion 32 protrudes from the retainingmembers 43, these retainingmembers 43 restore their elastic deformations to reduce their diameter so that their crest faces 43 a of the retainingmembers 43 abut against a retainingface 32 a of thehead portion 32, as shown in FIG. 13, to prevent thehead portion 32 from moving in a returning direction Y. - As a result, the retaining
projection 3 and thefitting portion 4 can come into engagement to form a loop R of thefilament portion 2. - The sizes of the
ordinary fastener 1 will be exemplified in the following. The retainingprojection 3 shown in FIG. 7 has a height H of 6.3 mm and a diameter R of 1.6 mm; theneck portion 31 has an external diameter of 0.9 mm; thefilament portion 2 has the minimum diameter P of 0.3 to 0.5 mm; theframe portion 40 has a longer side L of 4.6 mm and a width of 2.8 mm; the retaininghole 41 has an internal diameter of 1.65 mm; and the retainingmembers 43 have an internal diameter of 1.1 mm. Moreover, the retainingprojection 3 and thefitting portion 4 are formed at a spacing of 50 to 250 mm. - According to this
fastener 1, as shown in FIG. 14, aprice tag 7 can be attached to thehandle 8 of abag 9 by inserting thefastener 1 into thehole 7 a of theprice tag 7 and turning it around thehandle 8, and by inserting and forcing the retainingprojection 3 on one end side of thefilament portion 2 of thefastener 1 into thefitting portion 4 on the other end side to bring the retainingprojection 3 and thefitting portion 4 into engagement thereby to form the loop R of thefilament portion 2 easily by this single action. - Likewise, the
price tag 7 or the like can be easily attached to commodities such as clothes by forming the loop R of thefilament portion 2 through button holes or the like of the clothes. - In a similar manner, a plurality of commodities can be easily bundled into one set by forming the loop R of the
filament portion 2. - When these attaching operations of the
fasteners 1 are to be performed by a gun type attaching device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 9-209255, moreover, it is necessary to feed thefasteners 1 sequentially to the position to be hit. For this necessity, a number offasteners 1 have to be formed into a series offastener assembly - This
fastener assembly projections 3 and thefitting portions 4, as forming the two ends of thefasteners 1, respectively, by a firstjoint member 5 and a secondjoint member 6 and so on. - First of all, the
fastener assembly 10 of a first embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, corresponds to the construction in which thefilament portions 2 have a relatively large length or a relatively low rigidity. The firstjoint member 5 is formed of: a firstjoint rod 5 a having a relatively large sectional area and a relatively high strength;first projections 5 b projecting in the shape of comb teeth from the firstjoint rod 5 a; andfirst cutting portions 5 c leading from thefirst projections 5 b to thetrunk portions 30 of the retainingprojections 3 and formed in the extending direction of thefilament portions 2 while being reduced in their sections to be easily cut. The firstjoint member 5 thus formed is jointed to the retainingprojections 3 on the side opposed to thefilament portions 2. - Like the first
joint member 5, on the other hand, the secondjoint member 6 is formed of: a secondjoint rod 6 a having a relatively high rigidity;second projections 6 b projecting in the shape of comb teeth from the secondjoint rod 6 a; andsecond cutting portions 6 c leading from thesecond projections 6 b to theframe portions 40 of thefitting portions 4 and formed in the extending direction of thefilament portions 2 while being reduced in their sections to be easily cut. The secondjoint member 6 thus formed is jointed to thefitting portions 4 on the side opposed to thefilament portions 2. - In short, the
fasteners 1 are supported and fixed at their two individual ends by the firstjoint rod 5 a and the secondjoint rod 6 a having relatively high rigidities through thefirst cutting portions 5 c and thesecond cutting portions 6 c which are easy to cut. - When the plurality of
fasteners 1 are jointed by the firstjoint member 5 and the secondjoint member 6 to form thefastener assembly 10, moreover, they are arrayed in a sheet shape, and the axes of the retainingprojections 3 and the axes of the engagingholes 42 of thefitting portions 4 are formed perpendicular to the sheet-shaped plane of thefasteners 1. - In this case, the first and second
joint rods fastener assembly 10 are provided at every ten and several to several tens of thefasteners 1 with portions of reduced sections such as V-shaped notches so that thefastener assembly 10 can be easily cut at those portions by hands or by using a cutter. This makes it possible to separate a unit of ten and several to several tens of fasteners thereby to charge the attaching device with each unit for the attaching operations. - When this
fastener assembly 10 is to be used with the gun type attaching device of Japanese Patent Application No. 9-209255, for example, as presented on its righthand side in FIG. 15, this attaching device is charged with thefastener assembly 10 by inserting the retainingprojections 3 of thefastener assembly 10 together with the first joint member into a chargingportion 76 b, as located on the righthand lower side, and by inserting thefitting portion 4 together with the second joint member into a chargingportion 76 a, as located at the righthand intermediate portion, and pushing them in direction of arrows. At this time, the retainingprojections 3 and thefitting portions 4 are inserted into the chargingportions filament portions 2 are arranged while being warped in the shape of letter “U” on the righthand face of the attaching device. - FIG. 16 shows the state in which the
fastener assembly 10 is fed in the attaching device. - First of all, the
fastener assembly 10 is charged with itsfilament portions 2 being warped in the U-shape, so that the charged retainingprojections 3 and the engaging holes (or the retaining holes) of thefitting portions 4 are respectively turned in the direction by 90 degrees from the extensions of thefilament portions 2 so that they are arranged to vertically face each other. In other words, the axis of the retainingprojections 3 and the axis of the engaging holes of thefitting members 4 are aligned with each other. - Moreover, the charged retaining
projections 3 are carried forward by awheel 14 a and then turned in the direction (of their axes) from downward (the vertical direction) to forward (the horizontal direction) so that they are fed to the front of arod 70, i.e., to the entrance of ahollow needle 75. - On the other hand, the charged
fitting portions 4 are also carried forward by awheel 14 b and then turned in the direction (of the axes of their engaging holes 42) from downward (the vertical direction) to forward (the horizontal direction) so that they are fed to a grip position at which their head portions are to be gripped by ahead supporting portion 74 d of ahead carrier arm 74. At this time, thefilament portions 2 are proceeded while keeping their U-shaped sheet shape without any entanglement. - Then, the
hollow needle 75 is inserted into thehole 7 a of theprice tag 7 and a button hole 9 a of thecommodity 9, and alever 73 is squeezed. As thehead carrier arm 74 is moved from a position indicated by double-dotted lines in FIG. 15 to a position indicated by solid lines in accordance with the motions oflinks fitting portions 4 are gripped by thehead supporting portion 74 d of thehead carrier arm 74 and are cut at their connection with the secondjoint member 6 by the not-shown blade. Then, thefitting portions 4 are carried to the front of thehollow needle 75 and held on standby. Since this carriage of thefitting portions 4 is performed by the link mechanism, the posture of thefitting portions 4, i.e., the direction of the engagingholes 42 of thefitting portions 4 is unchanged during the carriage so that it is kept in alignment with the direction of the retainingprojections 3 to be driven into the engaging holes 42. - Simultaneously with this, each of the retaining
projections 3 is driven by therod 70, while being disconnected from the firstjoint member 5 by the not-shown blade, through thehollow needle 75 and forced out of the tip of thehollow needle 75 and is inserted to engage with the correspondingfitting portion 4 standing by ahead of thehollow needle 75 so that the correspondingfilament portion 2 forms the loop R. - Then, the
price tag 7 can be attached to thecommodity 9 by the loop R of thefilament portion 2. - As the
fasteners 1 are consumed, the first and secondjoint members fasteners 1 cut off are carried backward in the attaching device until they are discharged, respectively, fromdischarge passages - Next in the
fastener assembly 10A of a second embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the retainingprojections 3 are jointed one another at theirtrunk portions 30 by first temporaryjoint portions 51 of a thin filament shape having a small section, and thefitting portions 4 are jointed at theirframe portions 40 to the secondjoint member 6 having thesecond cutting portions 6 c formed in the extending direction of thefilament portions 2. This secondjoint member 6 is formed of: a secondjoint rod 6 a having a relatively high rigidity;second projections 6 b projecting in the shape of comb teeth from the secondjoint rods 6 a; andsecond cutting portions 6 c leading from thesecond projections 6 b to theframe portions 40 of thefitting portions 4 and formed in the extending direction of thefilament portions 2 while being reduced in their sections to be easily cut. The secondjoint member 6 thus formed is jointed to thefitting portions 4 on the side opposed to thefilament portions 2. - Moreover, the
fasteners 1 are jointed by the first temporaryjoint member 51 and the secondjoint member 6 so that they are arrayed in a sheet shape, and the axes of the retainingprojections 3 and the axes of the engagingholes 42 of thefitting portions 4 are formed perpendicular to the arrayed plane of thefasteners 1. - On the other hand, the
fastener assembly 10B of a third embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 corresponds to the construction havingfilament portions 2 having a relatively small length and a relatively high rigidity. Thetrunk portions 30 of the retainingprojections 3 are mutually jointed by the first temporaryjoint portions 51 having a small section, and theframe portions 40 of thefitting portions 4 are mutually jointed by the second temporaryjoint portions 61 having a small section. - Moreover, the
fasteners 1 are jointed by the first temporaryjoint portion 51 and the second temporaryjoint portions 61 so that they are arrayed in a sheet shape, and the axes of the retainingprojections 3 and the axes of the engagingholes 42 of thefitting portions 4 are formed perpendicular to the arrayed plane of thefasteners 1. - The sizes of the
ordinary fastener assembly fasteners 1 are 3.5 mm; the first and secondjoint rods second projections second cutting portions joint portions hundreds fasteners 1 make onefastener assembly 10. - When the
individual fasteners 1 are to be disassembled in the attaching device, according to thefastener assembly second cutting portions joint portions - On the other hand, the retaining
projections 3 and thefitting portions 4 can be inserted into the chargingportions projections 3 and thefitting portions 4 with the sheet of thefilament portions 2 being arranged in the U-shape outside of the attaching device. At the time feeding them to the front side of the attaching device, moreover, the filament portions can be carried without any entanglement while being in the U-shaped sheet. When thefastener 1 is jointed into the loop shape, still moreover, only the engagingsealers 1 are cut off so that the loops R of theindependent fasteners 1 can be formed sequentially and continuously without any entanglement. - On the other hand, it means nothing but the axes of the retaining
projections 3 and the axes of the engagingholes 42 of thefitting portions 4 are formed perpendicular to thefilament portions 2, in view of theindividual fasteners 1, that the axes of the retainingprojections 3 and the axes of the engagingholes 42 of thefitting portions 4 are perpendicular to the arrayed plane of thefasteners 1. Moreover, the axes of the retainingprojections 3 are perpendicular to thefilament portions 2 so that thefilament portions 2 raise no obstruction against the rear end faces of the retainingprojections 3. As a result, the feed of the retainingprojections 3 need not resort to the method of clamping them but can adopt a simple push method of pushing the rear end face of each of the retainingprojections 3 with thepush rod 70. In this method, moreover, the rear end face of the retainingprojections 3 and the push area of thepush rod 70 can be enlarged to push out the retainingprojection 3 without fail. Still moreover, this retainingprojection 3 can be easily inserted into the engaginghole 42 of thefitting portion 4 because the axis of the engaginghole 42 is perpendicular to thefilament portion 2 so that it raises no obstruction against the insertion. - In the fastener assembly, on the other hand, the axes of the retaining
projections 3 and the axes of the engagingholes 42 of thefitting portions 4 are in parallel with each other. Therefore, when the vertically arranged charging portions of the attaching device are charged with the retainingprojections 3 and thefitting portions 4 with the sheet of thefilament portions 2 being bent in the U-shape, the axes of the retainingprojections 3 and the axes of the engagingholes 42 of thefitting portions 4 can be vertically aligned. This makes it possible to perform the operations of not only carrying, gripping, inserting and engaging the retainingprojections 3 and thefitting portions 4 in the attaching device but also positioning the same efficiently and properly. Moreover, the posture of thefitting portion 4 and the retainingprojection 3 can be controlled mechanically so simply and smoothly as to make it simple and accurate to carry and arrange thefitting portion 4 ahead of the hollow needle with its engaginghole 42 being directed toward the hollow needle and to proceed the retainingprojection 3 in the hollow needle and bring it into engagement with thefitting portion 4. - On the other hand, the
individual fasteners 1 can be manually disassembled by hands easily by cutting them at their first andsecond cutting portions joint portions fastener 1 is provided with two cutting portions at which it can be easily cut because they can be simultaneously confirmed from their top or bottom plan view. - In addition, the
fastener assembly fasteners 1 are arrayed in the sheet shape. - Especially in the
fastener assembly 10 of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, thefastener assembly 10 is jointed with the first and secondjoint rods fasteners 1 can be prevented from being entangled by each other and from slipping out of the array. Moreover, the attaching device can be simply charged with thefastener assembly 10 having the fasteners arrayed, by making use of the rigidities of the first and secondjoint rods joint rods fasteners 1 so that they can be easily confirmed from their top or bottom plan view to allow their easy grip. - Next, according to the
fastener assembly 10A of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, thefasteners 1 are jointed on their one-hand-sides through the secondjoint rod 6 a having the relatively high rigidity and on their other sides by the first temporaryjoint portions 51 having the relatively low rigidity. As compared with thefastener assembly 10 of FIGS. 1 and 2, therefore, the array of the side of the retainingprojections 3 is easily disturbed but can be sufficiently held on only the side of the secondjoint rod 6 a when thefilament portions 2 are not so long. Moreover, the joints of the retainingprojections 3 are made only by the first temporaryjoint portions 51 which are thin so that the material of a synthetic resin for thefastener assembly 10A can be spared. The easiness in gripping the secondjoint rod 6 a is similar to that of the case of thefastener assembly 10 of the first embodiment. - According to the
fastener assembly 10B of the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, moreover, thefasteners 1 are jointed through the first and second temporaryjoint portions filament portions 2 can be sufficiently held in the array when they are short. Moreover, thefasteners 1 are jointed exclusively by the first and second temporaryjoint portions fastener assembly 10B can be drastically spared. Still moreover, thefastener assembly 10B is low in its two end rigidity so that it can be rolled up for no bulky transportation with itsfasteners 1 being superposed. Still moreover, thefastener assembly 10B is flexible and bendable because it is jointed exclusively by the first and second temporaryjoint portions fasteners 1.
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1. A fastener assembly comprising: a plurality of fasteners (1) each including a retaining projection (3), a fitting portion (4) for engaging with said retaining projection (3), and a filament portion (2) arranged between said retaining projection (3) and said fitting portion (4); a first joint member (5) connecting with the retaining projections (3) of said fasteners (1); and a second joint member (6) connecting with said fitting portions (4), to array said fasteners (1) in a sheet shape.
2. A fastener assembly comprising: a plurality of fasteners (1) each including a retaining projection (3), a fitting portion (4) for engaging with said retaining projection (3), and a filament portion (2) arranged between said retaining projection (3) and said fitting portion (4); a first joint member (5) connecting with the retaining projections (3) of said fasteners (1) through first cutting portions (5 c) extending in the extending direction of said filament portions (2) and having a reduced section; and a second joint member (6) connecting with said fitting portions (4) through second cutting portions (6 c) extending in the extending direction of said filament portions (2) and having a reduced section, to array said fasteners (1) in a sheet shape.
3. A fastener assembly comprising: a plurality of fasteners (1) each including a retaining projection (3), a fitting portion (4) for engaging with said retaining projection (3), and a filament portion (2) arranged between said retaining projection (3) and said fitting portion (4); first temporary joint portions (51) formed to have a small filament section and jointing the retaining projections (3) of said fasteners (1) to each other; and a second joint member (6) connecting with said fitting portions (4) through second cutting portions (6 c) extending in the extending direction of said filament portions (2) and having a reduced section, to array said fasteners (1) in a sheet shape.
4. A fastener assembly comprising: a plurality of fasteners (1) each including a retaining projection (3), a fitting portion (4) for engaging with said retaining projection (3), and a filament portion (2) arranged between said retaining projection (3) and said fitting portion (4); first temporary joint portions (51) formed to have a small filament section and jointing the retaining projections (3) of said fasteners (1) to each other; and second temporary joint portions (61) formed to have a small filament section and jointing said fitting portions (4) to each other, to array said fasteners (1) in a sheet shape.
5. A fastener assembly according to , , 3 or 4,
claim 1
2
wherein the axes of said retaining projections (3) and the axes of the fitting holes (42) of said fitting portions (4) are formed perpendicular to the sheet-shaped array plane of said fasteners (1).
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