Yoshida Kogyo K.k.

Yasuo Yamada

Hiroo Minami

Sadaho Asahi

Masaaki Fuda

In an apparatus for continuously treating a tape-like article with various treatments while the tape-like article is introduced to one turning portion side of two or more endless belts, which are arranged along the circumference of revolution of a rotary framework at predetermined distances in parallel to a rotating shaft and revolve in one direction on the cylindrical surface of revolution, is wound polygon-spirally around the endless belts, and is discharged from the other turning portion side of the endless belts, the fluctuations in amount of feed of the tape-like article, which result from the polygonal shape, are absorbed at each of the introduction and discharge portions by a dancer roller operatively connected with a rotary cam having cam surfaces in conformity with the polygonal shape.

Apparatus for continuously treating a tape-like article

An apparatus for winding and storing a tape-like article in core-less form in a container is disclosed. The tape-like article is fed along a movable guide member, being inserted into a center of the container through an opening on a side wall of the container, and being caught by a grip of a spindle inserted via a through hole on a side of the container. When the tape-like article is wound around the spindle to a preset length, the tape-like article is cut, and the spindle is released from the container.

Apparatus for winding and storing a tape-like article in a container

A hook or male element for surface fasteners has peripheral surface irregularities in the form of protuberances and/or grooves, affording increased surface area for a given material. This hook element is capable of holding itself in the shape and posture desired for effective engagement with its female counterpart, a loop element.

Hook element for surface fasteners

A hook or male element for surface fasteners which is made of a thermoplastic monofilamentary material and which is provided with a coarse surface finish having a multiplicity of alternate minute recesses and ridges, giving rise in its frictional force and ensuring firm, stable engagement with loop or female elements. Having the minute recesses throughout its surface, this hook element can be dyed homogeneously or distinctly at the user's request.

Male and female surface-type fastener tapes are unwound from respective spools in a housing and drawn out of the housing through a tape guide swingably disposed in a slot defined in a side panel of the housing. The spools are disconnected from the housing and can easily be replaced with new ones simply by opening a cover of the housing. The tape guide is automatically directed toward the position where the tapes are unreeled off the respective spools. Therefore, the tapes are properly and smoothly mated together by the tape guide as they are progressively passed through the tape guide.

Case for surface-type fastener

Elongate materials such as slide fastener stringer tapes are discharged in circular motions into a storage container by a tape guide pipe guided by a pipe guide rotatable in composite circular motions along successive first circular paths while revolving along a second circular path. The elongate materials thus discharged are piled up in an orderly manner in the storage container so that they can be picked up at a later time without being entangled with each other. The pipe guide may be rotated in the composite circular motions by a link mechanism, a gear-turntable assembly, or a planetary gear assembly.

Method of and apparatus for piling up tapes

An apparatus for stacking a tape of indefinite length in folded condition by shaking the tape off into an accumulation box. When the height of the tape stacked goes above the top of the accumulation box, the top of the tape stack is pressed down to increase the compactness of the tape stack resulting in increase in the amount of tape stacked in the accumulation box.

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Kurobe, Japan

Yasuo Yamada