Patent ID: 6842973
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for inserting a slider onto a length of zipper, said zipper of the type comprising a first profile having a first interlocking member and a second profile having a second interlocking member mated with said first interlocking member, said apparatus comprising: a heating element for heating a length of said zipper to a predetermined temperature; a guide for receiving said length of zipper after it has been heated; an activator with a pusher in a slider insertion area where the activator with the pusher move in a vertical direction perpendicular to said heated length of zipper which is in a horizontal direction, said activator including a portion for engaging a section of said heated length of zipper to urge said first interlocking member to offset relative to said second interlocking member; said pusher in said slider insertion area guides a slider over said section of zipper and urges said slider over said offset interlocking members; and where the pusher pushes the activator toward the zipper to offset the first and second interlocking members prior to insertion of the slider onto the zipper and coinciding with movement of the activator, a remainder of the activator with the pusher urges the slider over the offset interlocking members.