US PATENT SUBCLASS 29 / 766
.~ Slide fastener

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700  DF  MEANS TO ASSEMBLE OR DISASSEMBLE {55}
766.~ Slide fastener {4}
767  DF  .~.~> Means to assemble stop onto stringer
768  DF  .~.~> Means to assemble slider onto stringer
769  DF  .~.~> Means to assemble teeth onto stringer
770  DF  .~.~> Disassembly means

DEFINITION

Classification: 29/766

Slide fastener:

(under subclass 700) Apparatus comprising means for juxtaposing, associating, or fastening together the component parts of a slide fastener; or means to detach such previously assembled parts.

(1) Note. A slide fastener is an assembly of elements normally used to temporarily fasten together garment portions and is comprised of a pair of opposing stringers (i.e., elongated members adapted to be each fastened permanently to a garment portion and adapted to detachably connect to each other by an interlocking fit), a slider (adapted to travel along the stringers and cause the stringers to connect or disconnect from each other), a lower stop (limiting the extent of travel of the slider in the opening direction of the stringers), and an upper stop (limiting the extent of travel of the slider in the closed direction of the stringers.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

33.2, for apparatus for assembling a slide fastener combined with additional apparatus for shaping a work part, e.g., for trimming a component.

408+, for a process of manufacturing a slide fastener.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus,

522+, for means to injection mold a component part of a slide fastener and cross-reference art collection 814 for apparatus for making a slide fastener, generally.