| 摘要 |
Touch fasteners useful for bags, packaging and other products as well as novel manufacturing of products incorporating such fasteners are described. A composite touch fastener has an elongated, sheet-form resin substrate, a fibrous loop strip (104) partially encapsulated in, or otherwise permanently attached to, resin of the substrate, and an array of loop-engageable fastener elements (106) integrally molded with resin of the substrate. The loop strip forms a discrete band of hook-engageable, free-standing loops along the length of the substrate and has a substantially constant fiber density across its width. The array of fastener elements is arranged in a discrete band of fastener elements extending longitudinally along the substrate. The fastener product is useful as a repeated use bag closure, with a pair of grooves and a graspable rib (132) integrally molded into the substrate between the fastener elements and loops. The center portion of the closure seals the bag until it is torn away to expose the mating bands of loops and fastener elements. Methods and apparatus are disclosed for continuously molding the resin of the substrate while permanently attaching preformed material, such as loop material staked in discrete regions, to resin of the substrate, and for forming discrete bags incorporating the bag closure. Methods of applying recloseable touch fasteners, e.g. hook and loop fasteners, to sheet or film include vertical form and fill and horizontal form and fill packaging and pouch making. |
