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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Satoshi Matsumura, Toyama, JP;
Tatsuo Ito, Toyama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toishi, Namerikawa, JP;
Taishin Kameda, Uozu, JP;
Satoshi Matsumura, Toyama, JP;
Tatsuo Ito, Toyama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toishi, Namerikawa, JP;
Taishin Kameda, Uozu, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided left and right gripper devices for holding left and right tip side portions of a slide fastener chain, transferring the fastener chain in a longitudinal direction (an X-axis direction) and opening and closing the left and right tip side portions in a Y-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction based on a command sent from operation control means. There is provided an electric motor for controllably driving the left and right gripper devices in the X-Y axis direction based on a command sent from a numeric control section of the operation control means in the X-Y axis direction of the gripper devices. A slider can be automatically inserted by only a specified operation using a single device without preparing a special device for all types of fastener chains and sliders and requiring a time for a considerable reconstruction.