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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chet Dudek, Marietta, GA (US);
Kiichiro Ishikawa, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
YKK Corporation of America, Marietta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
11247516 ; 112152 ; 112113 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus of sewing a pair of opposed fabric pieces to a pair of continuous fastener stringers of a slide fastener; the fastener stingers having a pair of coupling elements mounted one on an opposed longitudinal edge thereof. The sewing of opposed fabric pieces to the fastener stringers is carried out at a sewing unit, while the fastener stringers are fed in disengaged disposition, with a predetermined distance kept therebetween.