US 12,127,619 B2
Method of preparing zipper assemblies for apparel manufacturing processes
William Mayo, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to IDEAL FASTENER CORPORATION, Miami, FL (US)
Filed by IDEAL FASTENER CORPORATION, Miami, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/292,394, filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189913 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A41H 37/00 (2006.01); A44B 19/62 (2006.01)
CPC A41H 37/003 (2013.01) [A44B 19/62 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for preparing discontinuous zipper chain for use in apparel manufacturing, the method comprising:
programming a teeth-securing machine to secure zipper teeth at specified intervals along an edge of each of a pair of zipper tapes;
feeding the pair of zipper tapes into the teeth-securing machine so as to secure interlocking zipper teeth to the zipper tapes at the specified intervals, thereby forming a discontinuous zipper chain having successive toothed sections positioned along a length thereof and spaced apart from one another by gap sections without zipper teeth; and
spooling or packaging the discontinuous zipper chain for use in apparel manufacturing.