Patent ID: 6726408
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A44B,B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for feeding a simultaneous plurality of sliders from a supply of sliders to a plurality of slider insertion areas used in the insertion of sliders onto zippers, said apparatus comprising:a slider entry port positioned at the supply of sliders; at least two elongated sender tracks attached to the slider entry port, each of said sender tracks having a slider exit port opposite the slider entry port; a first controller including a blocking member and a slider directing member interposed between the slider entry port and the sender tracks, said first controller being responsive to a quantity of the sliders on said sender tracks to control a flow of a simultaneous plurality of sliders from the slider entry port to each of said sender tracks; a feed tube extending from the slider exit port of each sender track toward the slider insertion areas; and a source of pressurized air having an outlet directing said pressurized air to urge the sliders along said sender tracks through said feed tubes and onto the slider insertion areas.