Patent ID: 7337510
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slider for a slide fastener provided with an automatic locking device, wherein a slider comprises a body, a pull, and a spring with a locking pawl fixed to an attaching portion of the body, a pawl element provided with a locking pawl at a front end thereof to project to an element guide groove is formed at one end of this spring with the locking pawl, the spring with the locking pawl is formed by a linear material having a same cross-sectional shape in its length direction and approximately in an inverted U-shape comprising an upper element and a lower element opposed vertically, a projection amount regulating portion for regulating a projection of the locking pawl to the element guide groove is provided on the body, the attaching portion arranged on the body is provided with a housing groove for housing the spring with the locking pawl, upper end portions of side walls on both sides of the housing groove are inclined toward an inside of the housine grooves so as to nip and fix the upper element, and the lower element comprising a pawl element on an end thereof is housed in the housing groove so as to be movable without being nipped and held by the side walls.