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(11) EP 0 193 941 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.05.1989 Bulletin 1989/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.09.1986 Bulletin 1986/37

(21) Application number: 86102893.4

(22) Date of filing: 05.03.1986
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: D05B 35/06, A41H 37/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR IT NL

(30) Priority: 06.03.1985 US 708727
08.03.1985 JP 46118/85

(71) Applicant: YOSHIDA KOGYO K.K.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Boser, Ronald J.
    New York (US)
  • Tanaka, Shigeru
    Toyama-ken (JP)
  • Yoshioka, Hiroshi
    Toyama-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Patentanwälte Leinweber & Zimmermann 
Rosental 7
80331 München
80331 München (DE)


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    (54) Method and apparatus for sewing a slide fastener to fabric pieces


    (57) An apparatus for sewing a slide fastener (1) to a pair of fabric pieces (7, 7) is provided with a slider-moving unit (21) for coupling a pair of opposed stringers (4, 4) of the slide fastener (1) immediately after the opposed stringers (4, 4) have been sewn to the respective fabric pieces (7,7). The slider-moving unit (21) includes a slider-holding mechanism disposed downstream of a sewing station (14) and reciprocable for pulling a slider (5) on the slide fastener (1) away from the sewing station (14), and a brake (75) disposed adjacent to an upstream end of the reciprocating movement of the slider-holding mechanism for retaining a bottom end of the slide fastener (1) while the slider (5) is being pulled by the slider-holding mechanism.






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