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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Clark Woody, Pinconning, MI (US);
Jeffrey S. Hoffman, Linwood, MI (US);
Clark Woody, Pinconning, MI (US);
Jeffrey S. Hoffman, Linwood, MI (US);
S.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus used in the manufacture of a thermoplastic zipper having a slider mounted thereon includes a pair of clamp arms disposed on opposing sides of a path of the zipper. The clamp arms are movable in directions substantially perpendicular to the zipper path so as to clamp the thermoplastic zipper to fuse a length thereof. A pair of fingers is disposed on opposing sides of the zipper path. The fingers are movable in directions substantially perpendicular to the zipper path and in directions substantially parallel with the zipper path relative to the clamp arms. The fingers push the slider along the zipper.