Abstract: A cooling mold having first and second water cooling jackets which are provided inside the mold, a primary cooling water jetting mouth which is located at a distance of 15 to 40 mm from a meniscus of the molten metal, and a secondary cooling water jetting mouth which is located at a position with an interval of 20 to 45 mm between a contact point of a primary jet of cooling water and another contact point of a secondary jet of cooling water on an ingot.

Abstract: A lock fastener for attachment to a bag or the like comprises a socket member and a plug member releasably engageable therewith. A slide member has resilient means for supporting the slide member resiliently movably within the socket member. The socket member and the slide member are provided with respective circular apertures and of substantially equal diameter which are brought out of registry to lock and into registry to unlock the plug member relative to the socket member.

Abstract: A separable end stop for concealed slide fasteners includes a box which has a guide slot extending in a front wall of the box for receiving and guiding folded portions of two stringers, and a retaining recess formed at an upper open end of the box for receiving therein the whole of a lower end portion of a slider body in such a manner that right and left front wall portions extending on opposite sides of the front wall overlap the corresponding wings of the slider body. Each of the front wall portions has an upper end extension projecting from the open upper end the box to ensure that the wings of the slider body are overlapped with the front wall portions of the box. The box further includes a locking portion formed on an interior surface facing a box-pin insertion hole, and a box pin has first and second locking portions on opposite sidewalls thereof, interlockingly engageable with the locking portion and a partition wall, respectively, to assemble the box and the box pin.

Abstract: A slide fastener comprises a pair of stringer tapes, a pair of rows of interdigitating fastener elements mounted on the inner longitudinal marginal edges of the respective stringer tapes, and a slider for reciprocally movable along the fastener element rows to bring the fastener element rows into or out of interdigitating engagement with each other and a bottom stop mounted on the lower end of the element rows to stop the descent of the slider. The slide fastener also includes a terminal latch member mounted on the fastener element rows at their upper end for letting the slider move therebeyond and coupling the respective one ends of the fastener element rows to each other to thus maintaining the fastener element rows into interdigitating engagement with each other.

Abstract: In a tray conveying apparatus, a supply path and a discharge path are situated on the upper and lower sides, respectively, of the apparatus. The stocking, waiting, switching and collecting stations are arranged one under the other in order on the base-end side of the supply path. The waiting station is situated on the supply path, while the switching station is situated on the discharge path. The working station is situated on the front-end side of the supply path, and the shunting station is situated under the working station on the discharge path. Each of the stocking, waiting, switching, working and shunting stations is so constructed as to support and release the tray. The collecting station is vertically movable by the separating lifter, and the receiving plate under the shunting station is vertically movable by the transferring lifter.

Abstract: A surface fastener engaging member manufacturing method includes: extruding from an extrusion nozzle a predetermined width of molten resin; introducing the molten resin into a predetermined gap between the extrusion nozzle and a die wheel to fill up coupling element molding cavities with the molten resin as the die wheel rotates in one direction; continuously molding a multiplicity of coupling elements integrally on the front surface of a continuous board-shaped base layer as the die wheel is rotated; applying a porous backing material to the base layer under pressure while the base layer is moved in response to the rotation of the die wheel; cooling the die wheel to a predetermined temperature; and positively pulling the base layer with the backing material attached thereto as cooled, from the die wheel as the molded coupling elements of the engaging section are removed off the coupling element molding cavities.

Abstract: A buckle for fastening loose ends of a strap or the like comprises a male or plug member and a female or socket member releasably engageable therewith. The plug member includes an elastically deformable locking arm and a retaining lug underlying and supporting the arm when the latter undergoes elastic deformation upon engagement with an engaging surface formed in the socket member. The locking arm has an elongated arcuate cavity for snapping engagement with a complementarily shaped engaging surface in the socket member to ensure stable coupling of the two members.

Abstract: A swivel hook comprises a hook body including a proximal part having an aperture formed at its upper end to define a pair of overhangs and a substantially J-shaped hook portion extending downward from the proximal part, an annular link having an connecting axle provided on one side thereof, the connecting axle having an enlarged head formed on its distal end, the enlarged head being inserted into the aperture into engagement with the overhangs; a locking member having a pair of opposing side walls defining therebetween a chamber; and biasing means mounted in the chamber. The proximal part of the hook body is pivotally mounted on the locking member within the chamber with the aperture closed by the opposing side walls and with the biasing means acting between the proximal part and the locking member for normally urging the locking member into engagement with the J-shaped hook portion.

Abstract: An automatic finishing method for an airtight and waterproof slide fastener, comprising the steps of: supplying each of a pair of slide fastener chains, which has coupling elements attached to a waterproof fastener tape by clamp elements, by a pair of toothed supply rollers meshing with the clamp elements of the respective slide fastener chain; and threading the slide fastener chains through a slider situated on a travelling path of the slide fastener chains for interengaging the slide fastener chains and then discharging the interengaged slide fastener chains from the slider.

Abstract: A cord tightening device comprises a case having a pair of front and rear plates and a pair of opposite lateral walls interconnecting the front and rear plates and having forwardly converging inner surfaces defining a small-width opening at one end thereof and a large-width opening at the other end thereof, and a sliding member slidably disposed inside the case and having pressing parts formed on opposite lateral surfaces thereof and adapted to press a cord against the opposite lateral walls of the case. The cord tightening device is provided on at least one sliding surface of either one of said case and said sliding member taken as a set with a sliding groove and on at least one sliding surface of the remaining member of the set with a sliding protrusion fit for insertion into said sliding groove.

Abstract: A structural member is produced using starting powder consisting of composite particulates each containing AlN grain within its surface covered by an Al layer of a single crystal structure, and Al alloy particulates of a single crystal structure, and then by sintering the Al layers of the composite particulates with the Al alloy particulates. The Al layers and the Al alloy particulates of the single crystal structure have no dislocation fault, crystal grain boundary. etc., produced therein, and for this reason, they have a low chemical activity. Therefore, the Al layers and the like have a characteristic that they are extremely difficult to oxidize. This ensures that the Al layers and the Al alloy particulates can be reliably sintered to achieve the densification of the resulting structural member.

Abstract: A snap button includes a female member and a male member engageable therewith.

Abstract: A sintered high-toughness alumina-based composite body comprises a plate- or rod-like, corundum or alumina-based compound structure and another structure having a fine granular corundum structure and containing inevitable impurities. A sintered high-toughness alumina-based composite can be produced by mixing a crystal-growth-promoting additive with a first portion of alumina powder to prepare a mix A, mixing a crystal-growth-inhibiting additive with a second portion of alumina powder to prepare a mix B, granulating at least one of the mix A and the mix B into granules, mixing the mix A and the mix B into a mix C, forming tile mix C into a green body, and then firing the green body, whereby crystals of the corundum or alumina-based compound in the mix A are allowed to grow.

Abstract: A cooling mold has first and second water cooling jackets provided inside the mold. A primary cooling water jetting mouth is located at a distance between 15 and 40 mm from the meniscus of the molten metal. A secondary cooling water jetting mouth is located at an interval of 20 to 45 mm between a contact point of a primary jet of cooling water and another contact point of a secondary jet of cooling water on an ingot. The primary and secondary cooling water jetting mouths are respectively set at an angle of 15 to 30 degrees and of 30 to 60 degrees relative to the ingot surface. The primary jet of cooling water from the primary mouth impinges on the molten metal cooled in the cooling mold at a distance from the meniscus to establish a transition boiling zone and a film boiling zone. The secondary jet of cooling water impinges on initial zones of the transition boiling zone and the film boiling zone to break-out a vapor film.

Abstract: A lower mold attachment plate, on the upper surface of which the fixed mold half is attached, is fixed to a machine base. An upper mold attachment plate, to which the movable mold half is attached in opposite to the fixed mold half, is movable upwardly and downwardly by mold moving cylinders. A rotary disc, which has plural injection cylinder insertion holes in the same circle in vertical alignment with plural injection cylinder insertion holes of the upper mold attachment plate, is rotatably pivoted on the upper surface of the upper mold attachment plate. Plural injection units arranged over the rotary disc in predetermined distances along the circle are joined with the rotary disc as a unit. As the rotary disc is rotated to a divided angular position, a slide fastener chain is conveyed along the extension of the chain travelling path, by a predetermined length at every injection molding by means of chain conveyer.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching pull tabs automatically one at a time onto a slider body comprises a pull tab transport unit, a clamper applying unit and a clamping unit. The transport unit includes a pull tab supply chute having a pair of guide rails defining therebetween a guide slit adjustable depending upon the size of a connecting link of a pull tab. A transfer conveyor operatively associated with the clamper applying unit is movable multi-directionally to move and set the pull tab in position during the attachment operation.