Ykk Corporation

Makoto Yamakoshi

Atsushi Ogihara

Hirofumi Tanikoshi

Jun Kiyohara

Masashi Oshita

Koki Shinomiya

Masamichi Yamagata

Provided is a stopper for a slide fastener and a method for manufacturing a stopper for a slide fastener, which can reduce mutual adhesion and defective rates during the painting process. A coated metal stopper for a slide fastener is provided. The stopper includes a head and a pair of legs extending from the head in a bifurcated manner. Each of the legs has a recess in the center on its inner surface. The ratio of the depth of the recess to the thickness of each leg of the stopper is 3.8% or more and 18.9% or less. Further, the ratio of the length of the recess in a longitudinal direction of the stopper to the length of the stopper in the longitudinal direction can be 13.5% or more and 23.5% or less.

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Kurobe, Japan

Makoto Yamakoshi