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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
May. 29, 2002
Yoshio Matsuda, Toyama-ken, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A knitted-in slide fastener comprising a continuous fastener element row which is knitted in at the same time as knitting of a fastener tape, wherein a fastener element mounting portion is knitted with a fixing knitting yarn for sandwiching and fixing upper and lower leg portions of each fastener element in a direction of front and rear of the fastener tape and other knitting yarns. Part of these composition yarns is composed of composite fiber yarns formed of heat shrinkage fiber material and heat fusion fiber material, and the heat shrinkage fiber material is shrunk by heat treatment and at the same time, the heat fusion fiber material is fused with other the composition yarns in the vicinity thereof. Consequently, no fraying occurs in yarns even if the composition yarn is cut out.