CN101610693A - Between fabric and/or other materials, form device of sealing and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The in fact sightless rail closure that is applicable to clothes or goods is provided, and it has first guide rail and second guide rail that is configured to mate interlocking, makes first and second guide rails invisible on the outer surface in described rail closure.

Description

Between fabric and/or other materials, form device of sealing and preparation method thereof

The cross reference of related application

The application requires the priority of the U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/884,559 of submission on January 11st, 2007, includes this application in this paper in full by reference.

Invention field

The rail closure device that the present invention relates between fabric and other materials, to form the sealing and cannot see guide rail from the outside.

Background technology

Tightening device generally includes two elongate flexible assemblies of tool tooth, moves slide bar along assembly and can make the tooth interlocking and separate.Though use these tightening devices to come closed for a long time and open various goods, for example clothes and knapsack, this device exists the permission liquids and gases to enter the defective of fasteners, thereby is not suitable for the situation of windproof, the airtight and/or anti-aquatic product of requirement.Though can use the rail type closure member to prevent that liquids and gases from entering fasteners, they are outside high-visible clothes and other goods.Apparatus of the present invention adopt rail closure that visually sightless closed-system is provided, at only visible clothes in the outside of closed-system or product material.The preparation of closed-system need not to sew up or suture, thereby forms seamless rail closure design.

Summary of the invention

Disclosed a kind of material tightening device, it comprises two interlocking rails, and wherein at least one guide rail comprises head, and the outside part of head surface has a surface, and this surface is configured to and can directly be bonded on the described material.Head can also comprise the part of material capture means with immobilization material.

Disclosed a kind of clothes, it has in fact invisible and seamless rail closure, and described closure member comprises the part of two interlockings, and wherein at least one interlocking portions directly is expressed on the clothes.

Disclosed a kind of webbing that uses in seamless rail closure, it comprises guide rail, and guide rail has the interlock that directly is expressed on the described webbing, makes the described interlock that is extruded on the webbing can fasten to required coupling interlock.

Disclosed a kind of material tightening device, it comprises the guide rail of two interlockings, and wherein at least one guide rail comprises head and by material being bonded to the afterbody that described head forms, and the edge of materials trap setting that is positioned at described at least one guide rail.

Disclosed a kind of in fact sightless rail closure, it has towards interior and towards outer surface, comprise: first guide rail, it has head, by material being bonded to the afterbody that head forms and being positioned at the material capture means that is used for fixing the part of material on first rail head; Second guide rail, it has by second material being bonded to the formed afterbody of second guide rail and being configured to and the described first guide rail interlocking, makes described first and second guide rails invisible on the outer surface in rail closure.

The accompanying drawing summary

Fig. 1 is the cross sectional view of the exemplary tightening device of interlocking rails of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the exemplary design of interlocking rails.

Fig. 3 is the present invention's side cross-sectional view of sightless closed-system visually, has shown the interlocking rails part.

Fig. 4 is the diagram of exemplary anury guide rail.

Fig. 5 is a kind of guide rail diagram, and it has interlock and two kinds of different clothing materialses that are connected in guide rail.

Fig. 6 is the diagram of seamless rail integration system, and wherein the anury guide rail is attached directly to clothes.

Fig. 7 is the diagram of seamless rail integration system, and wherein the anury guide rail is attached directly to clothes in a side, and is attached to the seam band at opposite side.

Fig. 8 is the diagram that comprises the seamless rail integration system of material capture means.

Fig. 9 is the zoomed-in view in the material capture means of rail head.

Figure 10 has shown the diagram of closed-system of the present invention, covers the outside part of guide pass with material.

Figure 11 has shown the diagram of closed-system of the present invention, and guide rail is invisible and do not have a suture on the outer part at goods.

Detailed Description Of The Invention

The guide rail fasteners is often used in forming between fabric and/or the other materials sealing.The guide rail fasteners constitutes the hermetic unit of closed-system, generally includes sliding bar mechanism to control the closed of two coupling guide rail cross sections and to separate.Fig. 1 has described the guide rail fasteners, and it has standard postlude 10, by be provided for sewing up, adhesive tape is bonding, glue is bonding or space welding, adjacent with the fasteners head, so that the guide rail fasteners is installed in the clothes.Transition portion 20 is the head 30 of connection guide rail 40 and the section part of afterbody 10.The head 30 of guide rail fasteners has interlock 60, is the part of being handled by slide bar, normally afterwards visible part in being installed to clothes or device.As shown in Figure 2, interlock 60 is with guide rail fasteners locking be sealed to the part of another guide rail fasteners with the sealing that forms closed-system in the guide rail 40.Interlock 60 is generally the tongue and groove engagement configuration, is preferably placed at rail head 30 and extends along rail length, yet also can adopt other suitable configuration so that the guide rail interlocking of two couplings.Guide rail 40 has microscler shape, extends along the length of the hermetic unit of required closed-system at least.The guide rail of citation form has head 30 and interlock 60 at least at least.In some embodiments, both sides or the two halves that adopt slide bar to control two rail fastener separate.The guide rail two halves separate in the face of slide bar the time, by closed fully behind the slide bar.According to required application, the embodiment of the closed-system of describing below can or be independent of slide bar with the slide bar coupling.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the effect of seamless rail system is similar to typical guide rail fasteners, just forms afterbody 10 at rail head 30 binding materials, thereby produces the closing structure that does not have the suture seam on goods.Seamless rail system is the material tightening device, comprises at least two interlocking rails, and wherein at least one guide rail 40 has head 30, and head has towards outer part, is configured to be directly connected on the material surface towards the surface of outer part.The head 30 that material is bonded to guide rail 40 can be finished in many ways, adopts various material types and installation or adhesive method.For example, as shown in Figure 3, do not have the guide rail fasteners of afterbody, can make seamless rail system by extruding or injection moulding.Then that seamless rail is gluing, radio frequency (RF) welds or otherwise directly is bonded on clothing materials or other the suitable goods.The whole head of guide rail 40 can be attached to clothes inboard or downside, the clothes exterior material is manifested and guide rail is invisible, in seamless rail was used, suture was also invisible, thereby outside clothes outside or other applications, closed-system 100 is in fact invisible.The application of seamless rail has also improved the flexibility of closed-system by removing the afterbody of the guide rail fasteners relevant with conventional guide rails, can also reduce accurate the stitching and the bonding requirement of jointing tape.Under the situation of gas permeability jacket closure, because the size of closure member reduces, cause exposing the surface of more breathable fabrics, also improved gas permeability.

It is directly gluing or be welded to seamless rail integrated structure on overcoat or the clothes that Figure 4 and 5 show no adhesive tape or anury guide rail, and wherein the part of clothes is welded on seamless rail and the relative material.This application is applicable to that seamless rail is attached to be had barrier fabric, waterproof material, textile protection or contain fluoropolymer polymer or the clothes of the fabric of similar film, for example overcoat.Seamless rail does not require that two kinds of materials bond together fully, but can adopt a slice or a part of material 100 to form bonding between guide rail 40 and clothes or application.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 6 and 7 has shown and uses jointing tape 85 to form and the fixedlying connected of guide rail 40 heads.Jointing tape is connected with material part 110, to form immobile interface or bonding.Also available small fabric or the material that is enough to formation bonding between clothing materials 110 and guide rail partly replaces jointing tape 85, keeps not contact fabric of interlock 60 simultaneously.

Guide rail 40 is outside or comprise head towards outer part, and head can adopt material capture means 90.Material capture means 90 can be positioned on the head outer surface, shown in Fig. 8 and 9, perhaps is positioned on the surface of head 30, for example on the transitional region 20 of head 30, perhaps is close to interlock 60.According to the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 8 and 9 has shown the use of the material capture means 90 of form of slits in the guide rail, with end or the edge of integrating material 110 better.Material capture means also can be used for integrating when needed the edge of jointing tape.Though material capture means is shown as slit, should understand also alternative other suitable configuration of use, for example groove, guide rail, anchor clamps or other similar integration technologies.Material capture means can be positioned at rail head edge, so that in fact sightless closed-system to be provided, as shown in Figure 8, thereby provides the closure member that can not be exposed to the outside of clothes or other goods.Fig. 9 has described the part of visible rail head when closure member is in the close position, thereby seamless configuration is provided, but closed-system is in fact invisible.Fabric or material 110 can enter in the material capture means 90, by gluing, welding or sew up sealing.This material capture means can be positioned at the either side of seamless rail, is not used in closed other materials in introducing, for example works when functional fabric band or other required materials.An example is to introduce the zone of reflections in the overcoat outside.

Figure 10 and 11 has shown that the employing guide rail shelters closure member fully in overcoat, clothes or application front, thereby produces in fact sightless closed-system 100.As shown in figure 10, closure member is sheltered fully in goods (clothes, bag or any other application) outside, and does not also have suture or material joints.Thereby, for providing in appearance, clothes or goods beautify benefit, obtained littler, flexible higher closed-system, and this system enjoys higher gas permeability and lower installation cost.Owing to not only do not need the traditional tail of guide rail fasteners, and do not need closure member sewed up and be bonded to material on the goods, so reduced size and weight.Another benefit of the present invention is, eliminated typical rail fasteners and stretching, extension and elongation problem that installation brought.

Except material 110 being bonded to the guide rail outside, also rail head directly can be pushed or is injected on the fabric or webbing of direct introducing clothes and other article.No matter be extruding, injection moulding or otherwise formation, for the ease of understanding, the method that will prepare guide rail hereinafter is called extruding.In its most basic form, clothes comprises the rail closure with two interlocking portions, and wherein at least one interlocking portions is extruded on the clothes.The guide rail of extruding can be directly connected in clothes or be connected on the webbing.The guide rail of extruding can be positioned at garment edge or be positioned on the functional fabric band or in another desired position.

Webbing can have size that be fit to introduce required application, allows guide rail to keep its integrality in the whole preparation of clothes or article and process.If the employing webbing, in the most basic embodiment, webbing comprises the guide rail 40 with interlock 60, and guide rail is extruded on the webbing and is configured to allow interlock 60 and the interlock fastening of mating.The interlock of coupling can be positioned at the opposite edges of clothes, is positioned on relevant or uncorrelated clothes or the goods, or is positioned on the webbing.Webbing can be the functional fabric with barrier properties or other required attributes, woven material, non-woven material, textile, leather, film, perhaps other similar materials that use in needing the clothes of closure member, bag or other goods.

Utilize content of the present invention can form the in fact sightless clothes of closed-system, for example overcoat.This clothes comprises at least one material tightening device, this device has two interlocking rails, wherein at least one guide rail 40 comprises head 30 and by clothing materials 110 being bonded to the afterbody 10 that head 30 forms, and material capture means, material capture means is used in the part that edge with described material 110 is fixed at least one guide rail 40, forming in fact sightless rail closure in the overcoat outside, thereby solved the problem of visible guide rail in design.

In some embodiments, in fact sightless rail closure comprises: first guide rail 40, and it has head 30, by material being bonded to the afterbody 10 that head 30 forms and being positioned at the material capture means that is used for fixing edge of materials 90 on first guide rail, 40 heads 30; Second guide rail, its have by second material is bonded to second guide rail formed, be configured to the afterbody 10 with the interlockings of described first guide rail 40 coupling, make described first and second guide rails invisible on the outer surface in rail closure.In addition, when adopting welding, gluing or other seamless bonding technologies, rail closure does not have suture towards outer surface yet.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, provide the method for on fabric, making guide rail.This guide rail can directly be expressed on fabric or the functional material in single manufacture process.For example, seamless rail can be integrated directly on the material fabric or other materials that the form that formation can single product is sold.Also can be similar to by formed by extrusion and tension fibro integration is arrived the mode of pushing in pattern or the guide rail fasteners, fabric or material are pushed or be molded onto the rail head inboard.

Provide a kind of basic skills of in fact sightless rail closure may further comprise the steps: first guide rail is provided, and the rail head surface is configured to be fit to bonding, and has material capture means along an edge.First rail head is positioned on first webbing (or garment edge), makes first webbing be attached to described first rail head by the surface that is configured to be fit to bond then.Then, the first webbing edge is fixed in the material capture means.Then, the rail head of coupling is attached to second webbing or edge, and is connected in described first rail head, to form in fact sightless rail closure.

Use for some, the slide bar that uses in the seamless rail system need interact with the material that is bonded in guide rail.Many materials help the described interaction of slide bar and make slip easier, but also can add other materials from the teeth outwards, and forming better interaction, and the protective material surface avoids the wearing and tearing that slide bar causes.

These systems can be combined in and form many track-type facilities together.All features of describing herein do not limit the scope of the invention, but installation, generation and the manufacturing feasibility of expansion guide rail fasteners.

Claims (14)

1. material tightening device, it comprises the guide rail of two interlockings, and wherein at least one guide rail comprises head, and head has towards outer part, and its surface is configured to be bonded on the material.

2. material tightening device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, describedly also comprises material capture means towards outer part.

3. material tightening device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that described material capture means is positioned on the outer surface of described head.

4. material tightening device as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that described material capture means is positioned on the outer surface of described head.

5. material tightening device as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described material capture means is positioned on the inside surface of described head surface.

6. material tightening device as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that described material capture means is positioned on the transition portion of described head.

7. material tightening device, it comprises the guide rail of two interlockings, wherein at least one guide rail comprises material capture means.

8. clothes, it comprises rail closure, and described rail closure has the part of two interlockings, and wherein at least one interlocking portions is extruded on the clothes.

9. webbing, it comprises guide rail, and described guide rail has the interlock that is extruded on the described webbing, and wherein said interlock can fasten to the interlock of coupling.

10. webbing as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that described interlock is extruded on the edge of described fabric.

11. a material tightening device, it comprises the guide rail of two interlockings, and wherein at least one guide rail comprises head and by material being bonded to afterbody that described head forms and the material capture means that is positioned at described at least one guide rail.

12. an in fact sightless rail closure, it has towards interior and towards outer surface, and described closure member comprises:

First guide rail, it has head, by material being bonded to the afterbody that described head forms, and is positioned at the material capture means of the head of described first guide rail with the part of fixing described material;

Second guide rail, it has by second material being bonded to described second guide rail and forms and be configured to afterbody with the described first guide rail interlocking, makes described first and second guide rails invisible on the outer surface in described rail closure.

13. in fact sightless rail closure as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that described rail closure does not have suture towards outer surface.

14. the method that in fact sightless rail closure is provided, described method comprises:

A) provide first rail head, its surface is configured to be fit to bonding and has material capture means;

B) provide first webbing;

C) make described first webbing be configured to be fit to will the described first webbing edge bond and be fixed on the surface in the described material capture means be attached to described first rail head described;

D) provide the rail head of coupling;

E) provide second webbing;

F) make the rail head of described coupling be attached to described second webbing; With

G) by connecting the rail head of described first rail head and described coupling, between described first and second webbings, form in fact sightless hermetically-sealed construction.

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