Abstract: A woven stringer tape for a slide fastener is provided with a row of successively interconnected elongated loops secured to an edge of the tape by a plurality of warp threads and a binding weft thread cooperating with the warp threads in firmly retaining the row of loops in place against bending stresses. The binding warp threads are interlaced with the binding weft thread in close proximity to a common plane of upper legs of the successive loops, so that the upper legs inter alia are held in position against the tendency of getting misaligned when subjected to transverse bending stresses.

Abstract: A method of making a woven zipper is disclosed, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.A zipper tape is woven from warp threads and weft threads. A coil-forming filament is advanced longitudinally of the weft threads and additionally is made to perform a movement about the surface of an imaginary cone whose base extends transverse to the longitudinal advancement of the filament. Cover threads, extending lengthwise of the weft threads are stepwise moved to the vicinity of the imaginary surface and held until the filament has passed them; thereupon, they are moved through the surface to the interior of the cone and a binding thread is passed behind them in longitudinal direction of the weft threads.This is a division of application Ser. No. 484,031, filed June 28, 1974.

Abstract: A method of making a woven zipper is disclosed, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.A zipper tape is woven from warp threads and weft threads. A coil-forming filament is advanced longitudinally of the weft threads and additionally is made to perform a movement about the surface of an imaginary cone whose base extends transverse to the longitudinal advancement of the filament. Cover threads, extending lengthwise of the weft threads are stepwise moved to the vicinity of the imaginary surface and held until the filament has passed them; thereupon, they are moved through the surface to the interior of the cone and a binding thread is passed behind them in longitudinal direction of the weft threads.