US3793683A - Adhesive installed slide fastener - Google Patents

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US3793683A
US3793683A US00272999A US3793683DA US3793683A US 3793683 A US3793683 A US 3793683A US 00272999 A US00272999 A US 00272999A US 3793683D A US3793683D A US 3793683DA US 3793683 A US3793683 A US 3793683A
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    • 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
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    • A41H37/003—Methods for attaching slide or glide fasteners to garments
    • 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
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    • Y10T428/28—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer
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  • ABSTRACT A slide fastener having a single strip of adhesive on each carrier tape is bonded directly to each folded seam allowance at a garment opening and to each main fabric section adjacent the opening.
  • a thermoplastic adhesive permits permanent installation of the slide fastener by means of an iron without the use of stitching threads.
  • the present invention relates to slide fastener attachments and, more particularly, to a slide fastener securely attached by an adhesive to a garment both directly and through voids in the garment fabric.
  • the width of the seam allowance is not critical.
  • the width of the folded flap becomes a critical factor since the fastener carrier tapes must physically contact both the flaps and the main fabric sections in order to provide the desired bond. If the seam allowance is too narrow, it will not contact the adhesive and thus will not be bonded. Likewise, if it is too wide, the exposed contact area of the main fabric section will be insufficient to assure proper attachment thereof with the slide fastener. Either of these situations could cause a failure of the installation.
  • a garment includes a pair of fabric sections meeting at an opening, a seam allowance on each fabric section alongthe opening being folded back upon its respective fabric section, a slide fastener having a pair of carrier tapes each in superposition with one of the folded seam allowances, each seam allowance defining a plurality of voids therein, and an adhesive bonding each carrier tape with its associated seam allowance, the adhesive communicating through the voids with the fabric sections to bond the tapes with the fabric sections whereby positive attachment of the fastener to both the fabric sections and the seam allowances may be easily accomplished.
  • Another object of this invention is to install a slide fastener in a garment by bonding the fastener tapes di-' rectly to the folded seam allowances of a garment and, through voids in the seam allowances, to the main or outer fabric sections.
  • the present invention has a further object in that a slide fastener may be securely bonded to the main fabric sections as well as the seam allowances of a garment by applying heat and light pr essure from an iron and without the use of stitching threads.
  • the present invention is advantageous over the prior art in that the need for stitching threads is eliminated, the difficulties associated with fabric alignment prior to fastener installation are reduced, and the resulting bond is both secure and durable.
  • FIG. 1 is a top plan view, partially broken away, of a preferred embodiment of a slide fastener installed in a garment in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view, partially broken away, of the garment and slide fastener of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view in perspective illustra tive of certain operational features of the embodiment of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 4a-4e are partial plan views of one series of seam allowance configurations according to the present invention for use in the embodiment of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. Sa-Se are partial plan views of another series of seam allowance configurations of the 'present invention.
  • FIGS. 6a-6e are partial plan views of a further series of seam allowance configurations of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 7a-7e are partial plan viewsof another series of seam allowance configurations of the present invention.
  • the present invention is embodied in a garment indicated generally at 10 in FIGS. 1 and 2 having a slide fastener 12 which is longitudinally aligned over an opening 14 in the garment.
  • Fastener 12 has a pair of carrier tapes 16 and 18 to which are fixedly attached alternate ones of a series of interengagable coupling elements shown generally at 20.
  • Adhesive strips 22 and 24 are disposed longitudinally along each of the carrier tapes 16 and 18, respectively, for bonding the fastener 12 to the garment l0.
  • Adhesive strips 22 and 24 are preferably made of a suitable thermoplastic material which will soften in response to the heat from a conventional iron and, upon cooling will provide a lasting bond which is flexible and will withstand normal machine or dry cleaning processes. It is also preferred that the adhesive be applied first to the fastener carrier tapes 22 and 24 and, prior to installation, that the adhesive be durable and in a form which is not sticky. In this manner, the prepared slide fastener may be stored for later use without having to apply the adhesive at that time.
  • the adhesive strips 22 and 24 may be of any desired type; for example, they may be thermosetting, thermoplastic or curable independent of heat, may be in liquid, solid, paste or gel form, or may be pre-applied to the slide fastener or applied to the garment or fastener during installation.
  • Garment has a pair of fabric sections 26 and 28 which meet at opening 14 as shown in FIG. 1.
  • Each of the fabric sections has a seam allowance 30 and 32, respectively, which is folded back over the main portion of the fabric section.
  • Longitudinal terminal edges 34 and 36, respectively, of seam allowances 30 and 32 are cut in a zigzagged shape, as by pinking shears, to define a plurality of voids or openings 38 and 40 for facilitating fastener installation.
  • the garment 10 is first prepared by cutting the terminal edges 34 and 36 of the seam allowances 30 and 32 with pinking shears or the like to form the zigzagged pattern which defines voids 38 and 40 with .the garment placed front down as shown in FIG. 2. While the width of the seam allow ances must fall within certain limits, the precise dimension is not critical as will be more fully described below.
  • the slide fastener is then placed in superposition with the folded seam allowances, with adhesive strips-22 and 24 in physical contact with the garment fabric. Upon the application of heat and slight pressure, the adhesive becomes softened and will form a secure bond with the garment.
  • the adhesive is in direct contact with the terminal edges of the seam allowances and thus forms a positive direct bond between the seamallowances and the carrier tapes.
  • the adhesive is also in direct contact with the main fabric sections 26 and 28 and, in addition, communicates with the main fabric sections through voids 38 and 40 in the seam allowances 30 and 32, respectively. In this manner, the fastener 12 is attached, at each carrier tape to both the main fabric sections 26' and 28 as well as the folded seam allowances 30 and 32.
  • FIG. 3 shows diagrammatically the outer limits of seam allowance width by which an acceptable bond may be made.
  • seam allowance 32 has been folded so that the peaks of the zigzagged edge 36 slightly overlap adhesive strip 24 of the fastener and a firm bond may be made therebetween.
  • the major portion of strip 24 is left uncovered by seam allowance 32 to provide a substantial direct bond between the fastener and that portion of main fabric section 28 overlying the adhesive.
  • both the outer and folded inner fabric layers are securely attached to the fastener.
  • the width of the seam allowance is at its maximum, as illustrated on the right in FIG.
  • the seam allowance is bonded over a relatively large area, and the outer fabric section is directly bonded over a small area just beyond the edge of the underlying seam allowance as well as the additional areas exposed by the voids 38.
  • the width variation permissible in the seam allowances of the present invention is equal to dimension A-A in FIG. 3. If none of the voids 38 were made in the seam allowances and assuming that the seam allowances had a straight edge 42, shown dotted in the drawing, the allowable width variation would have to be reduced since the bond area in the case on the right would only be that within dimension B-B.
  • the maximum seam allowance width is considerably less in the prior art in order to make a fabric-to-fastener bond over approximately half of the adhesive area as is provided by the present invention. Since the adhesive width is sometimes in the order of one-quarter inch,"the use of a seam allowance having openings such as voids 38 according to the present invention increases the useful space in which the seam allowance width may vary to that shown as dimension A-A; and, thus, takes maximum advantage of the small adhesive area. This represents a major improvement in that the critical and often frustrating steps of measuring, folding and holding the seam allowances are made much simpler in accordance with the present invention since the permissible width variations of the seam allowances of the present invention are much greater than those previously accepted.
  • FIGS. 4a-4e, 5a-5e, 6a-6e and 7a-7e are exemplary of some of the many pattern -configurations which may be used and are not intended to represent the only patterns contemplated as being within the scope of the present invention. All such patterns, by providing openings or voids in the seam allowances would have the same effect as pinking in that proper bonds of the main fabric sections, the flap or seam allowance portions, and the slide fastener tape could be made without the need for extremely careful alignment of three layers.
  • each seam allowance defining a plurality of voids therein
  • adhesive means bonding each carrier tape to its associated seam allowance, said adhesive means communicating through said plurality of voids with said garment fabric sections to bond said carrier tapes to said fabric sections whereby positive attachment of said slide fastener to both said fabric sections and said seam allowances is facilitated.
  • said adhesive means comprises a thermoplastic adhesive.
  • said adhesive means comprises a single strip of thermoplastic adhesive running along each of said carrier tapes and responsive to heat from a garment iron to bond said slide fastener to both said seam allowance and said fabric sections.
  • each folded portion having a terminal edge spaced from its respective common edge
  • a slide fastener having a pair of carrier tapes each having a single strip of thermoplastic adhesive thereon
  • said slide fastener being bonded directly to said folded portions and through said openings to said main portions by said strips of thermoplastic adhesive.
  • each terminal edge of said folded portions comprises a serrated edge defining said openings.
  • said plurality of openings comprises spaced voids cut out of each folded portion in transverse spaced relation to its respective terminal edge.

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US4353760A (en) * 1980-12-08 1982-10-12 American Thread Forming articles with slide fasteners and attached sewing guides
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US4137859A (en) * 1976-05-15 1979-02-06 Yoshida Kogyo K K Slide fastener and a method of attaching the same to a garment
US4353760A (en) * 1980-12-08 1982-10-12 American Thread Forming articles with slide fasteners and attached sewing guides
CN112638194A (zh) * 2018-09-13 2021-04-09 Ykk株式会社 隐藏式拉链半成品、隐藏式拉链安装成品以及隐藏式拉链安装成品的制造方法

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