| 摘要 |
<p>A slide fastener having terminal fastener elements reduced in size relative to the remaining fastener elements and two stop members adjacent the terminal fastener elements, each stop member being formed from a mass of fusible material fused onto a slide fastener tape, the reduced terminal fastener elements accommodating the diamond of a slider when the slider engages the stop members to prevent splay of the slide fastener tapes. A method of forming the above described slide fastener including supporting a slide fastener chain to expose the terminal fastener elements, reducing the size of the terminal fastener elements, and fusing a mass of fusible material onto each slide fastener tape to form the stop members. Apparatus for forming the above described slide fastener including a support block having parallel channels for receiving separate slide fastener tapes, a forming anvil having a pair of spaced legs movable in the channels to capture the terminal fastener elements in cavities therein, a source for supplying ultrasonic energy to the forming anvil to reduce the size of the terminal fastener elements, a forming block supporting the separated slide fastener tapes adjacent cavities defined therein by another forming anvil, a forming member engaging the forming block to move the forming block relative to the other forming anvil and shear blanks of fusible material in the cavities, and a source for supplying ultrasonic energy to the forming member to fuse the blanks onto the slide fastener tapes to form separate stop members.</p> |
