WO2001089338A2 - Segmented separable fastener - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to separable fasteners, in general, and, in specific, to separable fasteners that will be attached to a molded article, such as a seat cushion.
- a separable fastener is typically incorporated into the molded object, such as a polyurethane seating foam, during a molding process, for subsequent attachment to another object carrying the mating portion of the separable fastener.
- the fastener of this invention greatly simplifies the method of molding the part to which it is attached.
- elastomeric polyurethane foam or hard plastic parts it is to be understood that a fastener product according to this invention can be used in parts made from a wide variety of materials, e.g. thermoplastic materials, thermoset materials, elastomers, or any other moldable composition.
- Hook and loop separable fasteners such as those sold by the assignee of this invention under the trademarks "VELCRO” and “ULTRAMATE, " are well known and used to join two members detachably to each other.
- This type of fastener has two components . Each has a flexible substrate or base having one component of the fastening system on the surface thereof. One surface typically carries resilient hooks while the other carries loops . When the two surfaces are pressed together they interlock to form a releasable engagement .
- the hooks can be any of a variety of shapes, including cane-shaped, palm tree-shaped and mushroom-shaped, all of which are well known within the art.
- the terms "hook, " "hook-type” and “hook-like” shall be construed to mean any such configuration of loop- engaging element.
- Separable fasteners are used in the manufacture of automobile seats in the attachment of an upholstered seat cover, ("trim cover"), to a polyurethane foam bun.
- One portion of the separable fastener is incorporated into the surface of the polyurethane seat bun during the foam molding process .
- the mating portion of the separable fastener is attached to the seat cover to provide releasable attachment to the foam seat bun.
- the separable fastener assembly used in the foam mold for incorporation in the,bun surface typically is the hooked portion of the separable fastener system.
- This hook portion has a base carrying resilient hooks on one surface.
- the surface of the base obverse of the hook-carrying surface may act as an anchoring surface by a variety of configurations well known in the art.
- a magnetically attractive material is attached to the base to facilitate placement of the assembly in a trough of the mold cavity wall, which is equipped with magnets . It is also possible to incorporate magnetically attractive material into the body of the fastener itself, such as in a plastic material that is used to make the fastener. This is described in detail in U.S. Patent No. 5,725,928, issued on March 10, 1998, entitled TOUCH FASTENER WITH MAGNETIC ATTRACTANT, assigned to Velcro Industries B.V., inventors, Brian J. Routhier, Randall B. Kenney and Martin I. Jacobs, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
- Such fastening devices are applied to one surface of a clamshell mold; a chemical mixture, for instance of a diisocyanate and a polyol, is injected into a mold; the upper surface of the mold is closed and clamped shut while the chemicals react and blow to form a flexible foam, well known in the art.
- a protective layer often in the form of a thin plastic film, may be placed over the resilient hooks (before they are placed in the mold) to prevent incursion of foam into the hooks during the molding process. Significant foam contamination of the hooks would diminish their ability to engage with the mating portion of the fastener.
- Prior-art assemblies including those disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,673,542, inventor Wigner et al., 4,563,380, inventor Black et al., and 4,693,921, inventor Billarant et al., employ a thin, enveloping film to prevent the incursion of foam into the fastener elements of the separable fastener during molding.
- French Patent 2,423,666 discloses a system for sealing the edges of the tape in the mold trough by jamming the edges of the fastener into the trough.
- Banfield and Rocha entitled MOLDED PRODUCT HAVING INSERT MOLD- IN FASTENER, discloses a fastener of the hook and loop type having a base member and a plurality of engaging elements upstanding from one surface thereof.
- a flexible (e.g. elastomeric or rubber) encasement (which may be either thermoplastic or thermoset) that intimately surrounds the individual engaging elements, substantially filling all of the space around each one, protects the elements when they are exposed to the harsh environment of a molding process .
- the fastener is placed in a mold and molded into, as an integral part thereof, a molded part.
- This product has a fastener with a central fastening area of fastening elements, surrounded by a region that has no hooks (into which a mating portion of the mold may fit) which is in turn surrounded by a ring of fastening elements that are "sacrificial,” in the sense that they may become fouled with molding material, but they will prevent the incursion of the molding material into the interior, fastening area.
- the disclosure of this '781 patent is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,786,061 issued on July 28, 1998, to the present assignee, entitled SEPARABLE FASTENER HAVING A PERIMETER COVER GASKET, inventor Donald Banfield, discloses a fastener having a flexible, space filling cover as described above in connection with either Patents Nos. 5,286,431 or 5,540,970, but where the gasket covers only the perimeter hooks, with an internal coverless region. This gasket cover can remain on the fastening element after the molding operation has completed, thereby eliminating the need to dispose of a removed cover.
- fasteners of the type described above in connection with molded products, foam or otherwise, are made as continuous elongated rectangular sheets, which are typically used as is, or stripped into narrower strips, all of which remain basically rectilinear.
- Such narrow strips can be bent, relatively easily, through two dimensions, out of the plane of the strip.
- bending in the plane of the strip would result in creasing or puckering, as would bending around two or more axis in three dimensions .
- Bending is further complicated by some of the covering schemes disclosed above, as bending may cause the cover to buckle or separate from the substrate, and thus to fail for its intended purpose.
- the several objectives of the invention include to provide a fastener that can be secured to the surface of a molded object having virtually any contour, without requiring special cutting of shapes, or placing separate fasteners, and without significant waste of material, and time.
- Another objective of the present invention is to provide a fastener that has an integral barrier against foam intrusion, which economically, simply and securely protects the fastening elements from being fouled by foaming material. It is a further objective of the invention to provide both the contour and foam barrier features in the same product, without the solution to one problem limiting the effectiveness of the solution to the other.
- a segmented fastener is used to accommodate molding contours .
- Each segment may be surrounded by a gasket barrier, or covered by another sort of cover, or left unprotected.
- a preferred embodiment of the invention is a separable fastener component for use with a complementary separable fastener component.
- the separable fastener component comprises a plurality of fastening segments .
- Each fastening segment comprises a base member, having a nominal fastening face and a non-fastening face; and carried on the fastening face of the base member, a plurality of fastening elements, either hook- type or loop-type.
- Located between and joining each adjacent pair of fastening segments is a flexible neck that is narrower than the fastening segment.
- the flexible neck region is typically flexible around two or three orthogonal axes .
- the cover may be an enveloping type, or a space filling type, that substantially fills any spaces among the fastening elements. Or, it may, when used with hook type fastening elements, leave just the tips of the hooks exposed.
- the space filling cover may comprise an elastomeric, a thermoplastic, or a thermoset. It is typically flexible.
- a gasket that extends fully around the perimeter of the segmented region.
- the gasket may be a perimeter lip that has been integrally formed with the fastening elements, or that has been applied to the base member separately from the fastening elements. If the fastening elements comprise hook-type elements having free tips, it is beneficial that the gasket comprise a flexible lip that extends away from the base slightly further than the tips .
- the gasket may comprise a perimeter space filling gasket that covers fastening elements in a perimeter region of the fastening segment .
- the fastening segments comprise an internal region that carries the fastening elements and a perimeter region that carries no fastening elements, the gasket comprising a perimeter space filling gasket that covers the perimeter region that carries no fastening elements .
- the base may comprise magnetically attractable material .
- the invention is a method for forming a separable fastener component for use with a complementary separable fastener component .
- the method comprises the steps of forming a plurality of fastening segments .
- Each fastening segment comprises a base member, having a nominal fastening face and a non-fastening face; and carried on the fastening face of the base member, a plurality of fastening elements selected from the group consisting of hook-type and loop-type elements .
- the method further comprises the step of joining each adjacent pair of fastening segments with a flexible neck that is significantly narrower than the fastening segment.
- the step of forming a plurality of fastening segments comprise the step of providing, on a mold body, a plurality of spaced apart mold cavities shaped to form the fastening segments and between and joining each of the fastening segment mold cavities, a mold cavity shaped to form the flexible neck.
- the method also includes providing molding material to the mold cavities under sufficient pressure to force the molding material into the mold cavities; and removing the molding material from the cavities after the material has been formed into the fastening segments connected by the necks, to form the fastener component.
- the step of providing molding material may comprise providing molding material to the mold cavities directly through an extrusion nozzle that is closely spaced from the mold cavities .
- the mold body may comprise a mold wheel carrying the mold cavities on a peripheral edge.
- the step of providing molding material may comprise: providing a second wheel with a peripheral edge closely spaced from the mold wheel so as to form a nip therebetween; and providing molding material to the nip such that molding material is forced into the mold cavities under pressure generated at the nip between the molding wheel and the second wheel .
- the mold body may comprise a plurality of mold plates having similarly curved arcuate edges that are arranged parallel to each other, the mold cavities being formed in the arcuate edges.
- the mold plates may be circular, or segments of a circle, where the arcuate edges of the segments comprise a portion of a circle, certain of the mold plates being supported so that they are movable in a radial direction relative to the arcuate edge, thereby facilitating removal of a molded fastener component from the mold cavities, the step of removing molding material from the cavities comprising the step of moving radially inward the movable plates so as to release the molded material .
- the step of providing molding material comprises providing molding material to the mold cavities through an injection mold having at least two parts .
- Still another embodiment of the invention contemplates A molded polymeric body, the body comprising an internal body volume; at least one surface; and a separable fastener component, according to any of the embodiments discussed above, adhered to the surface.
- the fastener component may be arranged such that segments of the fastener component are angled relative to each other, within a plane defined by the base members of the fastening segments .
- Yet another embodiment of the invention is a method for forming a molded polymeric body as described above, carrying a segmented, separable fastener component as described above.
- the method comprises the steps of providing a mold, having at least one surface that has a trench therein, where the trench follows a path that has at least two portions that are angled relative to each other in a plane; and, locating in the trench a separable fastener component as described above.
- the method further includes providing liquid molding material into the mold such that the molding material substantially covers at least the surface of the mold in which the trench resides, and such that molding material contacts a significant portion of the base member of the fastening component, while simultaneously preventing the liquid molding material from contacting the fastening elements .
- the molding material is allowed to solidify to form the molded polymeric body, whereby the fastening component is secured to the molded body.
- the invention also contemplates, in another embodiment, An apparatus for fabricating a strip of a separable fastening component, as described above.
- the apparatus comprises a plurality of mold plates, designated a fastener forming zone, having similar arcuate edges .
- the fastener forming zone further comprises fastening element mold cavities intersecting these edges and one face of the mold plate, the mold cavities being arranged into a plurality of segment forming regions. Circumscribing each of the segment forming regions, is a gasket mold cavity; and between each adjacent pair of segment forming regions, is a hinge forming region.
- the mold plates are arranged to form a cylindrical mold wheel having a circular surface formed by the arcuate edges of the mold plates such that the segment forming regions are spaced apart circumferentially around the cylindrical surface.
- the apparatus further comprises an extruder having a die whose surface is disposed close to the cylindrical • surface for delivering moldable polymeric material to the mold cavities to form upstanding members and also to the surface to form therewith a polymeric base member strip to which the upstanding members formed in the mold cavities are integrally attached.
- Each of the plates may comprise a circular plate.
- each of the plates may comprise less than an entire circular plate, the apparatus further comprising, for each fastener forming zone, a group of the plurality of plates, the members of the group being arranged with the arcuate edges forming the circular cylindrical surface of the mold wheel.
- the apparatus may further comprise additional pluralities of fastening plates, each of the additional pluralities comprising another fastener forming zone, the additional pluralities being arranged axially along the circular cylinder mold wheel to form side-by side fastener forming zones.
- Still another embodiment of the invention is also an apparatus for fabricating a strip of a separable fastening component, as described above, comprising a plurality of mold plates, designated a fastener forming zone, having similarly curved edges.
- the mold plates comprise fastening element mold cavities intersecting these edges and one face of the mold plate, the mold cavities being arranged into a plurality of segment forming regions. Circumscribing each of the segment forming regions, a gasket mold cavity; and between each adjacent pair of segment forming regions, is a hinge forming region.
- the mold plates are arranged to form one component of a multi-piece injection molding assembly having a surface formed by the edges of the mold plates, such that the segment forming regions are spaced apart along the surface.
- a second component of the injection molding assembly is matable with the surface of the first component. Disposed within at least one of the components of the assembly, are passages for delivering moldable polymeric material to the mold cavities to form upstanding members and also to form therewith a polymeric base member strip to which the upstanding members formed in the mold cavities are integrally attached.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic rendition showing a pair of successive segments of a fastener of the invention, in perspective view, the fastener having an integral, molded perimeter gasket and palm-tree type hook elements;
- Fig. 2 is a schematic rendition, of a fastener of the invention as shown in Fig. 1, in a plan view;
- Fig. 3A is a schematic rendition, of a fastener of the invention as shown in Fig. 1, in a side view;
- Fig. 3B is a portion B of the fastener shown in Fig. 3A, enlarged;
- Fig. 4A is a schematic rendition of a fastener, as shown in Fig. 2, bent to show its flexibility in one plane, i.e., the plane of the fastener;
- Fig. 4B is a schematic rendition of a fastener, as shown in Fig. 2, bent to show its flexibility out of the plane of the fastener, where the hinges are bent;
- Fig. 4C is a schematic rendition of a fastener, as shown in Fig. 2, bent to show its flexibility out of the plane of the fastener, where the hinges are twisted;
- Fig. 5 is a schematic rendition of a precursor to a fastener of the invention, according to some methods of production, showing an intermediate article of manufacture, before the removal of extra material;
- Fig. 6 is a schematic rendition of another embodiment of a fastener of the invention, in perspective view, the fastener having a film-like, enveloping cover, with part of the cover broken away from one of the segments;
- Fig. 7 is a schematic rendition of another embodiment of a fastener of the invention, in perspective view, the fastener having a space filling cover, with part of the cover broken away from one of the segments;
- Fig. 8 is a schematic rendition of yet another embodiment of a fastener of the invention, in perspective view, the fastener having a space filling cover around the perimeter only;
- Fig. 9 is a schematic rendition of another embodiment of a fastener of the invention, in perspective view, the fastener having a perimeter gasket of a hot melt adhesive type;
- Fig. 10 is a schematic rendition in perspective view of any one of the embodiments of the inventions shown above, molded into a body, passing around three orthogonal corners;
- Fig. 11 is a schematic rendition in perspective view of a complementary fastener component, adhered to the inside of a corner of a flexible fabric cover, for attaching the cover to the molded body shown in Fig. 10;
- Fig. 12 is a schematic rendition in cross-section of a portion of a fastener, in place in a mold, showing the relative sizes of representative examples of a hooks and a gasket of the invention
- Figs. 13A and 13B are schematic renditions, in top (Fig. 13A) and side (Fig. 13B) views, showing a portion of a fastener of the invention inserted into a mold, before molding material is provided therein;
- Fig. 13C shows in cross-section a portion of a molded body removed from the mold of Figs. 13A and 13B, having the fastener attached thereto;
- Fig. 13D is a schematic rendition in top view, similar to Fig. 13A, showing a portion of a fastener of the invention inserted into a mold having a trench that follows a path having two portions that are angled relative to each other;
- Fig. 14 is a schematic view of two segment forming regions of a part of a fastener forming apparatus of the invention.
- Fig. 15 is a schematic view of a part of seven fastener forming zones of a part of a fastener forming apparatus of the invention.
- Fig. 16 is a schematic view, in partial cross-section, of an apparatus for making a fastener of the invention having an extruder head, that presents molding material directly to a mold wheel under pressure;
- Fig. 17 is a schematic view, in partial cross-section, of an apparatus for making a fastener of the invention having an extruder head that presents molding material into a nip between two rollers, which generate the required molding pressure there between;
- Fig. 18 is a schematic representation of a two part injection mold for fabricating an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 A preferred general embodiment of the invention is shown schematically with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3A, Fig. 1 being a perspective view of a portion of a product, and Figs. 2 and 3A being plan and side views thereof .
- An elongated fastener 10 is made up of a series of adjacent fastening segments 12, joined by hinges 14.
- Each fastening segment 12 includes a base 16, having a fastening face 18 and a non- fastening face (19, shown in Fig. 3A) .
- the base carries a plurality of fastening elements 20 on the fastening face of the hook and loop type fastener.
- the fastening elements 20 may be hook type elements or loop type elements .
- a gasket 22 surrounds each segment. The gasket 22 extends slightly further from the base 16 than does the tip of the fastening elements 20, as shown in Fig. 12.
- the fastener 10 can be a long strip of a large plurality of fastening segments.
- each segment is twenty-nine mm long, and seventeen mm wide, with the hinges 14 being five mm long.
- the long strip may be bent at the hinges 14 in many ways. For instance, it can be bent as shown in Fig. 4A, where all of the fastening segments 12 remain essentially in one plane, the plane of the fastener. The minimum bending radius depends predominantly on the relative length of the hinge 14 and the width of the fastening segments.
- the fastener can also be bent out of the plane of the fastener, around axes that are perpendicular to the long length of the strip of segments, as shown in Fig. 4B. It can also be bent out of the plane of the fastener by twisting a pair of adjacent segments relative to each other around an axis parallel to the long axis, as shown schematically in an end view in Fig. 4C.
- the fastener can also be bent through any combination of the three modes discussed above.
- a tape of fifteen of such fastener segments can be made, which tape can then be secured to a foam block 30 as shown in Fig. 10, around three orthogonal edges 34, 36 and 38.
- the fastener bends around the edge 34 in the mode shown in Fig. 4B. It bends on block face 40 in the manner shown in Fig. 4A. No twist is shown in Fig. 10.
- One or more fabric trim covers can then be attached to the corner of the foam block 30.
- the fastener can also be made to follow a sinuous path 42 on a single face, which includes at least two portions 43 and 45 that are angled relative to each other within the plane of the base 16 of the fastener segments. The possibilities are virtually limitless.
- the fastener has an integrally molded perimeter lip gasket 22, which surrounds the fastening elements 20 to protect them from foam incursion.
- the means by which the fastening elements 20 are protected is shown schematically with reference to Figs. 13A, 13B and 13C.
- Fig. 13A is a top view of a portion of a mold 50, having a bottom wall 52, with a trench 54 formed therein.
- the trench 54 is sized to accept a fastener strip 10, shown comprised of a plurality of fastener segments 12. This figure is not to scale, and shows only two fastener segments in the portion of the mold shown. In actual practice, there will be a much larger plurality of segments in a much larger mold. As shown in Fig.
- the fastener segments 12 are sized so that the free edge of the gasket 22 contacts the bottom of the trench 54, while the perimeter edges of the fastening face 18 of the base 16 contact the bottom 54 of the mold wall 52 at the edge of the trench.
- the fastening elements 20 are shorter than the gasket, so they do not touch the bottom of the trench 54.
- the fastener is drawn tightly toward the trench bottom by a magnet 58, which attracts magnetically attractive material that composes the fastener 10, such as is described in U.S. Patent No. 5,725,928, identified above.
- the gasket 22 flexes slightly, as shown enlarged in Fig. 12, and forms a liquid tight seal to protect the fastening elements 20.
- Liquid foaming material is poured into the mold cavity 60, such as according to a two component 56a, 56b system, as is well known in the art. Some liquid may tend to leak around the edge of the base 16, into the space 62 between the gasket 22 and the vertical wall 64 of the trench 54. However, due to the presence of the gasket 22, and the magnetic force that attracts it to the trench bottom, the liquid can not get through to the place where the fastening elements are. The foaming material then solidifies, and the entire foam block 65 is removed, having the fastener 10 embedded therein. Using the simple trench 54 shown, the fastening elements and the gasket 22 extend outward from the surface 66 of the foam block 65.
- Fig. 13D is similar to Fig. 13A, and shows schematically, in a top view, a fastener component 10, made up of fastener segments 12 , connected to each other by hinges 14 , where the fastener component 10 is resting in a trough 55 of a mold 53, where the trough 55 has two portions 57 and 59 that are angled relative to each other, in the plane of the fastener (i.e., a plane defined roughly by the- base 16 of the fastening segment, which is only roughly defined, because the base 16 has a slight radius, as shown in Fig. 3B and discussed elsewhere) .
- the plane of the fastener i.e., a plane defined roughly by the- base 16 of the fastening segment, which is only roughly defined, because the base 16 has a slight radius, as shown in Fig. 3B and discussed elsewhere.
- the hinge 14' that is between the two segments 12' and 12'' is bent so that the fastening component can follow the angle in the trough 55. Only one angle is shown, for simplicity. However, a large variety of angles and path patterns could be accomplished, limited primarily by the flexibility of the hinge, and the width of the fastening segments. Using techniques known in the art, such as ramps, pedestals, etc., it is also possible to have the tips of the fastening elements flush with the surface 66 of the foam block, or submerged, uniformly, or not.
- the fastener can also be incorporated into an unfoa ed molded part, either thermoplastic or thermoset.
- the molded perimeter gasket, segmented fastener can be made in any suitable way.
- the fastener can be made according to the method and apparatus shown generally with reference to U.S. Patent No. 3,752,619, assigned to Velcro Industries B.V., inventors Menzin, et al.
- a large circular cylindrical wheel has hook forming segments distributed around its circumferential edge.
- the segments are made of ganged together flat plates, with hook forming cavities formed in their edges .
- hook elements are formed.
- the hook elements can in some cases be more easily removed, according to the * 619 patent, by moving certain of the plate segments radially inward, away from the forming part, thereby freeing the formed hooks.
- a backing strip may be applied to the formed hooks just downstream of the location where the hooks are formed.
- FIG. 14 A portion of a hook forming wheel, for forming two segments, is shown in Fig. 14.
- the face shown is the circular, cylindrical circumferential surface of a relatively large wheel.
- the wheel has a fastener forming zone 111 which includes regions 112 for the formation of, for example, more than fifty such segments.
- Each region is made up of a plurality of parallel plates 113 , some of which have formed therein cavities 116 for the formation of hooks, and some of which may not.
- a shallow cavity 114 is provided for the hinge to be formed.
- a gasket forming cavity 122 is formed entirely around the region 112 where the hooks will be formed. This cavity 122 is flat bottomed, to form a flat edge to the gasket 22 that will be formed.
- the cavity may be formed by plunge electro-discharge machining into the set of plates after they
- Fig. 14 shows a two segment portion of one fastener forming zone 111. Wheels can be fabricated with a plurality of such fastener forming zones spaced axially of the cylinder, across the circumferential surface.
- Fig. 15 shows a portion of such a wheel with seven fastener forming zones 111, each of which showing five fastener segment regions 112 for the formation of a fastener segment. It is typically a goal in designing the tooling to make such components to space the forming regions close to each other, to minimize wasted material, reduce the size of the machinery and its power requirements, etc .
- FIG. 5 A part as formed on such a tool is shown schematically in Fig. 5.
- the individual segments 12 can be seen, joined to each other by hinges 14, as well as the excess material 218 in the regions between the segments 12. Additional excess material 226 may surround the segments also. This excess material is removed after the strip is removed from the forming wheel.
- Fig. 3B which is an enlargement of the portion B of Fig. 3A
- the base 16 has a slight curve, concave pointing toward the free fastening element tips (downward in Fig. 3B) .
- the free edge 26 of the gasket seal 22 is, however, flat or straight. This is because the bottom of the cavity 122 in which the gasket is formed, is flat.
- the segmented fastener can be formed in any suitable way, and other ways are possible. It is also possible to form the fastener strip according to a method and with apparatus described in U.S. Patent No.
- the strip remains on the hook forming roller for a portion of a circumference, for instance, between about 20°-270° degrees of arc, at which point it is stripped from the hook forming roller.
- the formed hooks have time to cool, and are not likely to be deformed as they are pulled from the cavities, particularly given the shape of the cavities .
- the forming roller has the same segment regions 112, hinge regions 114 and gasket cavities 122, as does the forming wheel described above in connection with the ⁇ 619 patent.
- the wheels are formed from full circular plates that are ganged together, whereas in the '619 process, the plates are annular pie shaped sections, to permit some to move radially inward, for the release of the hooks from the mold.
- the material from which the fastening elements are formed may be presented to the mold in several ways .
- an extrusion die 635 of an extruder 646 is placed against the surface of the mold wheel 626.
- the figure section is cut at the face of one of the plates 629, into which mold cavities are cut.
- the molding material moves through two passages 637, 638, under significant pressure and temperature conditions, to insure that the molding material is forced completely into the mold cavities 633.
- Fig. 16 shows two extrusion channels: 637 upstream, from which the hooks 621 are formed, and 638, from which the base member 644 is formed.
- This extrusion configuration may be used with either the moving plate apparatus disclosed in "619 Menzin patent, or the fixed plate '028 Fischer patent.
- a two roll arrangement can be used, as shown in Fig. 17.
- a part-forming roll 726 shown above, in Fig. 17, carries the mold cavities 733 for the fastening elements, such as hooks.
- a lower roll 716 is closely spaced to the upper roll 726.
- An extrusion head 735 supplies a stream E of molding material to the nip 720 between the two rollers 726 and 716, where pressure is generated to force the molding material into the mold cavities 733, thereby forming the fastening elements 721.
- the formed strip F of fastening elements remains on the forming roll 726 for some portion of its circumference, about 180° of arc as shown, at which point it is stripped away to pass around another, stripping roller 730.
- the upper, part forming roll 726 may be either the moving plate apparatus disclosed in the Menzin ⁇ 619 patent, or the fixed plate apparatus disclosed in the Fischer 028 patent.
- the segmented fastener may also be formed using a conventional two (or more) part injection molding apparatus, as shown in Fig. 18.
- the forming mold 820 has fastener forming zones 811 similar to those on the wheels, described above, which each include five segment forming regions 812. Four fastener forming zones 811 are shown, although there could be more or fewer.
- Each region is made of plates 829, as above, either movable or not, which have the hook forming cavities 833, the gasket forming cavities 834 and the hinge forming cavities 835 therein.
- This type of tooling also typically has ejector pins 836 at selected locations around the periphery of the parts to help separate the part from the mold (again, only a few are shown) .
- a mating mold component 839 fits the part forcing component 829, as is conventional, defining the part by their mutual cavities .
- Multiple pathways 841 (shown in Phantom) through the mold body 839 are provided, through which the molten material is delivered to the segment forming regions 812.
- the network of pathways 841 shown is schematic only. The pressure source for pressurizing the molten material is not shown.
- Injection molding apparatus may have more than two moving mold bodies 829 and 839. Only two are shown, again for simplicity.
- the formed parts are ejected and shuttled in the direction of the arrows S, such that the next shot fastens itself to the previous shot. This forms a continuous chain that may be taken up on a reel .
- a fastening strip 210 with individual fastening segments 212 is provided.
- This fastening strip is identical to that described above, except that it has no gasket 22 around its perimeter. It has segments 212 that are joined by a hinge 14, which segments and hinge may be formed as described above.
- the strip has a fastening face 18, which carries fastening elements 20, which are shown in Fig. 6 as hooks, but which can be any fastening element described above.
- Each segment is individually covered by a film-like cover 222; which seals to the base 216 all around its perimeter, tightly enough to prevent the incursion of foaming material into the region where the fastening elements 20 reside.
- the cover 222 is removed, typically by tearing the seal and ripping off the cover 222.
- a fastening strip 310 with individual fastening segments 312 is provided.
- This fastening strip is identical to that described above, except that it has no gasket 22 around its perimeter. It has segments 312 that are joined by a hinge 14, which segments and hinge may be formed as described above.
- the strip has a fastening face 18, which carries fastening elements 20, which are shown in Fig. 7 as hooks.
- Each segment is individually covered by a space filling cover 322, which intimately surrounds each fastening element 20 and fills the space therebetween, thus preventing the incursion of foaming material into the region where the fastening elements 20 reside, or the adherence of any foam thereto.
- the cover 322 is removed, typically by ripping off the cover 322.
- the space filling cover may extend all the way to the fastening surface 18 of the base 16, or it may be spaced away a small amount, as long as the amount of any foam that does intrude between the foam cover and the base is not so much as to prevent the fastening elements from accomplishing their fastening function.
- a fastening strip 410 with individual fastening segments 412 is provided.
- This fastening strip is identical to that described above, except that it has no gasket 22 around its perimeter. It has segments 412 that are joined by a hinge 14, which segments and hinge may be formed as described above.
- the strip has a fastening face 18, which carries fastening elements 20, which are shown in Fig. 8 as hooks.
- Each segment is individually provided with a perimeter gasket in the form of a space filling cover 422, which intimately surrounds each fastening element 20 and fills the space therebetween that is positioned in the area upon which the cover is deposited. This cover functions in two modes.
- the cover 422 serves as a barrier gasket, and prevents any foam from intruding into the central region 426. Furthermore, it protects those fastening elements in the perimeter that are actually covered by the gasket 422, in the same manner as the fully covering space filling cover 322 shown in Fig. 7. After the fastening strip has been molded into a foam part, the cover 422 is typically left on the fastener, and the fastening function is performed by the fasteners in the central region. Alternatively, it can be removed, typically by ripping off the cover 422.
- the perimeter gasket cover may fully encapsulate the fastening elements, or, it may allow just the tips of the free end of the fastening elements to be exposed, through pinholes.
- FIG. 9 Another variant of a perimeter gasket, is shown in Fig. 9, having a fastening strip 510, with individual fastening segments 512.
- This fastening strip is almost identical to that described above, except that it has no gasket 22 around its perimeter. It has segments 512 that are joined by a hinge 514, which segments and hinge may be formed as described above.
- the strip has a fastening face 518, which carries fastening elements 520, which are shown in Fig. 9 as hooks.
- Each segment is individually provided with a perimeter gasket in the form of a resilient gasket, which does not cover any fastening elements itself, but rather is applied to the base in a perimeter region that does not have any fastening elements.
- This gasket serves as a barrier gasket, and prevents any foam from intruding into the central region 526.
- the gasket 522 is typically left on the fastener, and the fastening function is performed by the fasteners in the central region. Alternatively, it can be removed, typically by ripping off the gasket 522.
- segmented fastener will have some means for keeping foaming material from getting into the region of fastening elements, such as a perimeter seal, or a cover.
- the invention is not so limited, and its segmented fasteners alone, without any such barrier, are within the contemplation of the invention.
- Such fasteners could be used for applications where the fastener is not incorporated into a plastic body.
- the mating portion 13 of a complementary fastener pair may advantageously be formed from a segmented strip.
- Fig. 11 shows the inside of a three sided corner, in a schematic perspective view. Further, if the hooks are chosen to be rather small and close together, no gasket is needed, as the hooks themselves prevent the influx of foam molding material .
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