US3789466A - Cam-lock slider - Google Patents

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US3789466A
US3789466A US00331072A US3789466DA US3789466A US 3789466 A US3789466 A US 3789466A US 00331072 A US00331072 A US 00331072A US 3789466D A US3789466D A US 3789466DA US 3789466 A US3789466 A US 3789466A
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    • 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
    • B21D53/54—Making other particular articles haberdashery, e.g. buckles, combs; pronged fasteners, e.g. staples metal slide-fastener parts slides
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/26—Sliders
    • A44B19/30—Sliders with means for locking in position
    • A44B19/305—Sliders with means for locking in position in the form of a locking prong protuding from the pull member
    • 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
    • Y10T24/2561—Slider having specific configuration, construction, adaptation, or material
    • Y10T24/2566—Slider having specific configuration, construction, adaptation, or material including position locking-means attached thereto
    • Y10T24/2568—Protrusion on pull tab directly engaging interlocking surfaces

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  • This invention relates to improvements in and relating to fastener sliders, and more particularly to an improved cam-lock slider of the type which includes a cam or cams on the pull tab adapted to press the fastener elements into locking engagement with a holding recess in the rear wing portion of the slider.
  • the pull tab for cam-lock sliders is typically formed by press or by diecasting.
  • Those die-cast pull tabs have the advantage that the cam to be formed thereon can be freely adjusted in size and shape, but they have disadvantages in that the materials of metal are limited as such adaptable to casting and are relatively weak and susceptible particularly at the cam portion to frictional wear.
  • slider pull tab fabricated by press-forming therefore finds greater application in the fasteners that are attached to garments such as trousers and field jackets where the slider is subjected to rough handling and extreme pressure.
  • Press-formed pull tabs of the known type are provided with relatively narrow tongues extending from an end of the pull tab body, which tongues are curled into a cam-functioning roll. This type of pull tab proved inadequate in mechanical strength because there exists a hollow space in the roll cam.
  • Certain improved pull tabs are known which are provided with a curled roll cam laterally swaged to blind the space in the roll. These are also not satisfactory because during the swaging operation a part of the material of the tongues tends to move off the periphery of the cam portion and thereby render this portion thinner and hence liable to deformation.
  • the above prior-art pull tabs are often liable to become distorted or broken at their cams when severe forces are exerted thereto. More specifically, due to the tongues being curled, these are connected to the body of the pull tab by a small strip of a thickness no greater than that of the tongues with the results that the cam is prone to become distorted or displaced about the pivot of the connecting strip. This would often take place even during the formation of the cams.
  • a more specific object of the invention is to provide a cam-lock slider having pivotally connected thereto an improved pull tab of such construction and arrangement which will give reinforcement and stability in respect of form and shape to the cams integrally formed thereon against the stresses exerted when the slider is handled roughly and recklessly.
  • Another specific object of the invention is to provide a cam-lock slider incorporating an improved cam locking means which provides for a more positive and reliable locking action than is possible with the prior known constructions.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of the slider for slide fasteners embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view through the slider of FIG. 1, showing the same as in locking position;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a pull tab according to the novel concepts of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an important part of the pull tab of FIG. 3, showing the manner in which the cams are formed on the end of the pull tab.
  • the slider generally designated 10 is of conventional construction having a front wing 11 and a rear wing 12 connected together at one end by an integral neck 13 defining a Y-shaped channel for the passage of the oppositely disposed rows of fastener elements E.
  • Projecting upwardly from the front wing 11 is a supporting lug or bail 14 in which the pull tab 15 is pivotally connected.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 there is shown the particular form and construction of a cam means, provided on the pull tab 15 and generally designated ,16, which forms the subject-matter of the invention.
  • a blank sheet of metal 15a is stamped out as shown in FIG. 4 wherein at one end of the blank 15a is formed a cam means 16 which comprises a pair of elongated solid cam members 17a and 17b laterally spaced and connected by a trunnion or pivotting bridge 18 so that they are located on opposite sides of the supporting bail 14 when the pull tab 15 is assembled to the slider body.
  • the cam members 17a, 17b define with the pivotting bridge 18 and a transverse edge 19 of the pull tab end a rectangular opening 20 through which the pull tab 15 is mounted on the supporting bail 14 for pivotal movement about the pivotting bridge 18.
  • Each of the cam members 17a, 17b has an outer longitudinal edge 21 diverging relative to the longitudinal axis of the pull tab 15 and partly. protruding beyond the longitudinal edge 22 as seen in FIG; 4, so that when the cam member is bent upwardly in the direction of the arrow at right angles to the plane of the pull tab 15 along the fold 23, which is in line with the longitudinal axis of the pull tab, there is provided an apex 24 higher than the remaining portion of the erected cam member for engagement with the fastener elements E as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the pull tab 15 is provided sidewise with cut-out recesses 25 to permit the cam members 17a, 17b to bend upright relative to the pull tab body into camfunctioning position indicated by the dash-dot line in FIG. 4.
  • the blank can be advantageously stamped out into the ideal form of camlock structure wherein the cam is provided with a sufficient operative area to effectively press an element or elements E into locking engagement with the recess 27 in the rear wing 12 of the slider; the cam is configured to suitably ride on the element E and not to intrude into the spacing between adjacent elements E; and the apex 24 of the cam is positioned forwardly of the pivotal axis of the pull tab 15.
  • Another important aspect of the invention resides in the reinforced construction of the pull tab 15, particularlythe cam means 16 thereon, wherein the cam means 16 is provided with increased stability in respect of its normal shape against deformation under the influence on extreme pressure exerted in repeated cam-lock operation.
  • This reinforcement is achieved by providing each cam member with a sole 28 extending the full l.
  • a cam-lock slider for slide fasteners comprising from and rear wings, a pull tab pivotally connected to the front wing of the slider, a cam means formed integrally with said pull tab, said cam means comprising a pair of laterally spaced elongated solid cam members extending longitudinally of the pull tab and folded at right angles to the plane of the pull tab body, and a pivotting bridge functioning as a pivotal connection to a bail on the front wing of the slider and transversely connecting between said cam members, said bridge defining with said cam members an opening for mounting the pull tab on the bail of the slider, each of said cam members having a sole extending the full length thereof and integrally with the body of the pull tab,

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US4133083A (en) * 1977-03-14 1979-01-09 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Lock slider for slide fasteners
US5568674A (en) * 1994-11-30 1996-10-29 Ykk Corporation Slider for slide fastener

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US2270068A (en) * 1939-09-07 1942-01-13 Marinsky Davis Safety pin lock slider

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US2270068A (en) * 1939-09-07 1942-01-13 Marinsky Davis Safety pin lock slider

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US4133083A (en) * 1977-03-14 1979-01-09 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Lock slider for slide fasteners
US5568674A (en) * 1994-11-30 1996-10-29 Ykk Corporation Slider for slide fastener

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