Provided is a metallic fastener member which has a specific color, i.e., a light gold color, and has all of practical strength, unsusceptibility to discoloration, and processability. The metallic fastener member comprises, as the base material, a copper alloy having a composition which contains 1-30 mass % Zn and 1-11 mass % Ni, with the remainder comprising Cu and unavoidable impurities, and has a Vickers hardness of 120 Hv or greater but less than 220 Hv.

Provided is a metallic fastener member which has a specific color, i.e., a light gold color, and has all of practical strength, unsusceptibility to discoloration, and processability. The metallic fastener member comprises, as the base material, a copper alloy having a composition which contains 1-30 mass % Zn and 1-11 mass % Ni, with the remainder comprising Cu and unavoidable impurities, and has a Vickers hardness of 120 Hv or greater but less than 220 Hv.

There is provided a stop for a slide fastener. A top plate and a bottom plate are linked with one another at a transversely intermediate position by an integral connecting post. The lower side of the top plate is substantially flat. The bottom plate slopes away from the connecting post to form two leg members provided with a respective end flange pointing towards the top plate, the leg members being adapted to cooperate in use with the top plate to retain fastener tapes therebetween.

There is provided a stop for a slide fastener. A top plate and a bottom plate are linked with one another at a transversely intermediate position by an integral connecting post. The lower side of the top plate is substantially flat. The bottom plate slopes away from the connecting post to form two leg members provided with a respective end flange pointing towards the top plate, the leg members being adapted to cooperate in use with the top plate to retain fastener tapes therebetween.

A first stop member includes a first base and a first insert that is positioned between the first base and a first fastener element and is inserted into the slider via a rear mouth of a slider. A second stop member includes a second base and a second insert that is positioned between the second base and a second fastener element and is inserted into the slider via a second slit of the slider. The second insert moves toward the second slit of the slider in accordance with at least one or respective rotations of the first and second bases. A rotational axis with respect to the at least one or respective rotations of the first and second bases is positioned between the first tape region and the second tape region.

Slide fastener (1) includes a pair of fastener stringers (2), at least one slider (5) for opening and closing the pair of fastener stringers (2), and a stop member (6,7) attached to a side-edge (32) of a fastener tape (3) at a position adjacent to the series of fastener elements. The stop member (6,7) has at least one thinned portion (61,71) having a thickness lesser than a thickness of the fastener element (4) and/or at least one through-hole (68) extending through the stop member (6,7) in an up-down direction. The thinned portion (61,71) and/or the through-hole (68) is configured to allow the stop member (6,7) to be produced by remolding one or more fastener elements (4). Alternative conditions are also disclosed.

Slide fastener (1) includes a pair of fastener stringers (2), at least one slider (5) for opening and closing the pair of fastener stringers (2), and a stop member (6,7) attached to a side-edge (32) of a fastener tape (3) at a position adjacent to the series of fastener elements. The stop member (6,7) has at least one thinned portion (61,71) having a thickness lesser than a thickness of the fastener element (4) and/or at least one through-hole (68) extending through the stop member (6,7) in an up-down direction. The thinned portion (61,71) and/or the through-hole (68) is configured to allow the stop member (6,7) to be produced by remolding one or more fastener elements (4). Alternative conditions are also disclosed.

A marking device performs a marking process onto a long object. The marking device includes a driving source and a marking unit that performs a circular motion in accordance with a driving force supplied from the driving source. While the long object is being transferred, marks are applied onto the long object in accordance with the circular motion of the marking unit. An extent of interference by the marking unit to the transfer of the long object is reduced, thus facilitating higher speed transfer of the long object.

A marking device performs a marking process onto a long object. The marking device includes a driving source and a marking unit that performs a circular motion in accordance with a driving force supplied from the driving source. While the long object is being transferred, marks are applied onto the long object in accordance with the circular motion of the marking unit. An extent of interference by the marking unit to the transfer of the long object is reduced, thus facilitating higher speed transfer of the long object.

A slide fastener includes: a pair of fastener stringers each provided with a fastener element at a bent side-edge portion of a fastener tape; a slider that moves for opening or closing the pair of fastener stringers; and a pair of resin-made terminal members each fixed to the fastener tape adjacently to the fastener element in a terminal portion of the fastener tape in an elongation direction of the fastener tape, the pair of terminal members including a pin and a socket configured to receive the pin. Reinforcing films are attached to both tape surfaces of at least one fastener tape in the terminal portion, and each reinforcing film has an embedded portion embedded in the terminal member.