APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING A MECHANICAL FASTENER
    2.
    发明授权
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING A MECHANICAL FASTENER 有权
    装置及其制造方法的机械固定件

    公开(公告)号:EP1223825B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-27

    申请号:EP00910137.9

    申请日:2000-02-10

    IPC分类号: A44B18/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for forming a mechanical fastener. A preferred embodiment of the method includes moving a substrate along a web path, where the substrate includes a first major surface and a plurality of stems extending from the first major surface of the substrate and each of the stems includes a stem end, radiantly heating the stem ends to form softened ends, and thereafter deforming the softened ends into convex heads with a deformable surface. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes a web conveyor, where the web conveyor defines a web path, a heating source located adjacent the web conveyor and a deformable surface located down the web path from the heating source, where the deformable surface includes a durometer hardness of greater than 10 Shore OO and less than 70 Shore A.

    MECHANICAL FASTENER
    3.
    发明授权
    MECHANICAL FASTENER 无效
    机械紧固件

    公开(公告)号:EP1171011B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-13

    申请号:EP00908348.6

    申请日:2000-01-25

    IPC分类号: A44B18/00

    摘要: A mechanical fastener including a plurality of engaging stems located in unordered arrangements, which repeat on a substrate. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a mechanical fastener with a plurality of repeating unordered arrangements, where the arrangements repeat in more than one direction. The unordered arrangements of the engaging stems allow pairs of the fasteners to interengage with themselves, or in other words, to self-mate. Additionally, the unordered arrangements of engaging stems allow the fasteners to interengage at any relative angular orientation with a relatively constant engagement force, and a relatively constant disengagement force regardless of their angular orientation. The unordered arrangements of engaging stems also allow pairs of fasteners to interengage at any relative planar position with a relatively constant engagement force and a relatively constant disengagement force regardless of their planar position.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING A MECHANICAL FASTENER
    4.
    发明公开
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING A MECHANICAL FASTENER 有权
    装置及其制造方法的机械安装系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1223825A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-07-24

    申请号:EP00910137.9

    申请日:2000-02-10

    IPC分类号: A44B18/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for forming a mechanical fastener. A preferred embodiment of the method includes moving a substrate along a web path, where the substrate includes a first major surface and a plurality of stems extending from the first major surface of the substrate and each of the stems includes a stem end, radiantly heating the stem ends to form softened ends, and thereafter deforming the softened ends into convex heads with a deformable surface. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes a web conveyor, where the web conveyor defines a web path, a heating source located adjacent the web conveyor and a deformable surface located down the web path from the heating source, where the deformable surface includes a durometer hardness of greater than 10 Shore OO and less than 70 Shore A.

    MECHANICAL FASTENER
    6.
    发明公开
    MECHANICAL FASTENER 无效
    机械紧固件

    公开(公告)号:EP1171011A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-01-16

    申请号:EP00908348.6

    申请日:2000-01-25

    IPC分类号: A44B18/00

    摘要: A mechanical fastener including a plurality of engaging stems located in unordered arrangements, which repeat on a substrate. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a mechanical fastener with a plurality of repeating unordered arrangements, where the arrangements repeat in more than one direction. The unordered arrangements of the engaging stems allow pairs of the fasteners to interengage with themselves, or in other words, to self-mate. Additionally, the unordered arrangements of engaging stems allow the fasteners to interengage at any relative angular orientation with a relatively constant engagement force, and a relatively constant disengagement force regardless of their angular orientation. The unordered arrangements of engaging stems also allow pairs of fasteners to interengage at any relative planar position with a relatively constant engagement force and a relatively constant disengagement force regardless of their planar position.