Aplix Corporation

Anthony Bertrand Mahe

Damien Bosser

Jean-Pierre Ducauchuis

Damien Pierre Antoine Bosser

A molding apparatus () for forming a retaining device. The molding apparatus () comprises a molding strip () and a molding support (). The molding strip () has an inside face (), an outside face (), and a plurality of through cavities () extending from the outside face () to the inside face (), the molding strip () extending in a longitudinal direction (X) and presenting both a transverse direction (Y) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X), and also a height direction (Z) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X) and to the transverse direction (Y). The inside face () is configured to press against a molding face () of the molding support (), wherein the inside face () of the molding strip () and/or the molding face () of the molding support () includes an array of passages, the array of passages forming vents and connecting together the cavities () when the molding strip () is pressed against the molding support ().

Molding apparatus for forming a fastening device

Moulding apparatus for forming a fastening device

A method for assembling an assembly comprising a tape () of retaining elements and a substrate (), said method comprising the following steps:

Apparatus and method for securing a substrate to a plastic strip, and fastening device likely to be obtained by said method

A method of forming a retaining device with hooks, wherein: a molding strip is provided that presents an inside face and an outside face, and that has a plurality of cavities, each cavity defining a stem extending from the outside face towards the inside face and including an end forming a head that extends from the stem towards the inside face of the molding strip; the molding strip is positioned on rotary drive means, the inside face of the molding strip being arranged to bear against the drive means; and molding material is dispensed against the outside face of the molding strip.

Method and apparatus for forming retaining elements

A method of forming a retaining device with hooks, wherein: a molding strip is provided that presents an inside face and an outside face, and that has a plurality of cavities, each cavity defining a stem extending from the outside face towards the inside face and including an end forming a head that extends from the stem towards the inside face of the molding strip; and the molding strip is positioned on rotary drive means, comprising at least two rollers, the inside face of the molding strip being arranged to bear against the drive means.

Apparatus and method for forming retaining elements by forming

A retaining device includes an elastic film extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plastics tape extending in the longitudinal direction having a base presenting a bottom face and a top face and including a plurality of retaining elements extending from the top face, the device being characterized in that the film, the base, and the retaining elements are formed integrally by extrusion.

Hook-type attaching device

A retaining device includes a base () extending in a longitudinal direction and presenting a top face () and a bottom face (); and a plurality of retaining elements extending from the top face () of the base (), each of the retaining elements being formed by a stem () surmounted by a head (), the stem () having a bottom end () connected to the base (), and a top end () opposite from the bottom end (), the head () surmounting the top end () of the stem (), and having a bottom face facing towards the base and a top face opposite from the bottom face.

Retaining device including reinforced retaining elements

The invention relates to a looped layer in the form of a laminate including an inner supporting element (), for example a non-woven fabric or a plastic film, and a plurality of fibres and/or filaments () attached to the outer surface of the supporting element so as to form loops for engaging with hooks, the attachment being carried out in a attachment region, while in at least one other so-called looped region the filaments and/or fibres are not attached to the supporting element so as to form loops, characterised in that at least in one area () of at least one attachment region the attachment is only carried out in a partial manner, while at least in one other area () of at least one attachment region the attachment is carried out in a complete manner.

Looped layer or strip including differential attachment areas and nappy comprising such a layer

A retaining device, includes a base () extending in a longitudinal direction and presenting a top face () and a bottom face (); and a plurality of retaining elements extending from the top face () of the base (), each of the retaining elements being formed by a stem () surmounted by a head (), the stem () having a bottom end () connected to the base (), and a top end () opposite from the bottom end (), the head () surmounting the top end () of the stem (), and having a bottom face facing towards the base and a top face opposite from the bottom face.

Hook fastening device having edges

A hooked retaining device () for defining at least a portion of a reception groove formed at the periphery of an article comprises a retaining element () made by injection molding. The retaining element has a first side wall () and a second side wall () that are spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction, and a base () connecting together said side walls (). The side walls () and the base () define a retaining groove () that is open in a main direction (z) in order to receive a counterpart having hooks or loops. According to the invention, at least one of the side walls () presents a plurality of hooks () adapted to co-operate with the counterpart, each hook () having at least one hooking portion oriented towards the base () of the retaining element ().

Retaining device having hooks

One-piece article obtained by injection molding, with at least one injection point, said article comprising a main body (), having a body volume defined by the space within a surface forming an outer envelope, and at least one hook (), preferably a field of hooks, obtained from the same molding of the main body of the molded article, the hook or each hook having a stem of longitudinal axis and a catching part projecting laterally from the stem, characterized in that the volume of the hooks is substantially smaller than the volume of the body, i.e. at least 100 times smaller, preferably at least 1000 times smaller, for example between 100 000 and 100 000 000 times smaller, than the volume of the body, and in that the width, or smallest transverse dimension, of the stems, measured transversely to the longitudinal axis, is smaller than the thickness of the main body, measured along the longitudinal axis of the stems.

Injection-moulded article comprising a field of hooks obtained by moulding

A female loop portion for a hook and loop self-adhesive, comprising a film () made of at least one thermoplastic and a plurality of filaments () which are separate from one another and attached to one of the surfaces of the film, each filament comprising a series of fastening sections () and a series of loop sections () alternating with the fastening sections, the filaments being attached to the film along the fastening sections while the loop sections are at a distance from the film so as to form loops, and characterized in that a cross-sectional area of one loop section of a filament is less than a cross-sectional area of one fastening section of said one filament.

Female loop portion having film and filaments anchored by heat-shrinking

The invention relates to a catching element of a male-female or male-male self-gripping device, which comprises a rod portion () and a catching portion (), the rod portion extending in an axis that is transverse to a base strip (B) and the catching portion projecting laterally from the rod portion, characterized in that at least the catching portion is made of a thermoplastic material having a bending modulus of more than 1000 MPa, specifically more than 1200 MPa, in particular more than 1500 MPa at 25&#xb0; C., the catching element being produced by molding, specifically by injection molding, and when the thermogram is plotted for the hook, in other words when differential scanning calorimetry is carried out, an absence or almost-absence of relaxation enthalpy near the glass transition can be seen during the first rise in temperature.

Molded catching elements and method for manufacturing same

One-piece article obtained by injection molding, with at least one injection point, said article comprising a main body (), having a body volume defined by the space within a surface forming an outer envelope, and at least one hook (), preferably a field of hooks, obtained from the same molding of the main body of the molded article, the hook or each hook having a stem of longitudinal axis and a catching part projecting laterally from the stem, characterized in that the volume of the hooks is between 100,000 and 100,000,000 times smaller than the volume of the body, and in that the width, or smallest transverse dimension, of the stems, measured transversely to the longitudinal axis, is smaller than the thickness of the main body, measured along the longitudinal axis of the stems.

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Anthony Bertrand Mahe