Patent ID: 9208972
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A44B,F21S,H01H,H01R

Abstract:
1. A slide fastener comprising: rows of elements arranged so as to face one another along edges of opening-closing ends of opposing fastener tapes; and a slider, wherein the slide fastener is to be interposed between a powered device on an output side and a power supply unit and a signal unit on an input side, the slide fastener forming an input-output line that activates the powered device with a closing operation of the slide fastener, wherein each of the elements includes: an interlock portion provided on a first side in a horizontal direction; a fastener-tape fixing portion provided on a second side in the horizontal direction; and an element-upper-leg portion and an element-lower-leg portion that extend in vertical upward and downward directions with respect to the horizontal direction, a portion of the element-upper-leg portion extended in the vertical upward direction being bent into a hook shape, and a portion of the element-lower-leg portion extended in the vertical downward direction being bent into a hook shape, and wherein the elements are arranged so as to face one another, the elements form a top holding section by bringing ends of the element-upper-leg portions arranged so as to face one another closer to or away from one another, and the elements form a bottom holding section by bringing ends of the element-lower-leg portions arranged so as to face one another closer to or away from one another in cooperation with interlock or separation of the interlock portions of the elements arranged so as to face one another, wherein, when the element-upper-leg portion and the element-lower-leg portion of the slide fastener are made of a nonelastic material, by sliding the slider along the elements arranged so as to face one another, the elements are interlocked to close opening-closing ends in the horizontal direction, which are the opposing fastener tapes, and an input electrode section or an output electrode section is concurrently engaged with the top holding section and the bottom holding section to close opening-closing ends in the vertical upward and downward directions, whereas when at least one of the element-upper-leg portion and the element-lower-leg portion of the slide fastener is made of an elastic material, by sliding the slider along the elements arranged so as to face one another, the elements are interlocked to close the opening-closing ends in the horizontal direction, which are the opposing fastener tapes, and the input electrode section or the output electrode section is concurrently engaged, or subsequently joined in a push-in manner, with the top holding section and the bottom holding section to close the opening-closing ends in the vertical upward and downward directions, and wherein a power and/or signal input-output line is formed by connecting a power supply input line and/or a signal input-output line to one of the opening-closing ends in the horizontal direction and the opening-closing ends in the vertical upward and downward directions or concurrently engaging, or subsequently joining in a push-in manner, the input electrode section to which the power supply input line and/or the signal input-output line is/are connected with the one of the opening-closing ends and by connecting a power supply output line extending to the powered device and/or a signal input-output line extending to the powered device to another one of the opening-closing ends or concurrently engaging, or subsequently joining in a push-in manner, the output electrode section to which the power supply output line extending to the powered device and/or the signal input-output line extending to the powered device is/are connected with the other one of the opening-closing ends.