Zipper with inclined surface teeth

11083253 ยท 2021-08-10

Assignee

Inventors

Cpc classification

International classification

Abstract

A zipper with inclined surface teeth includes a pair of zipper cloth tapes extending along an axial direction and left and right zipper teeth which are arranged on inners ides of the pair of zipper cloth tapes and can be mutually fastened, an outer combined lateral surface and an inner combined lateral surface being formed after the left and right zipper teeth are fastened, wherein from a cross section, the whole outer combined lateral surface forms a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface. When the zipper is in a fastened state, the whole outer combined lateral surface forms a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface, so that uneven areas of the outer combined lateral surface of the zipper teeth of the zipper are greatly reduced, the overall appearance of the outer combined lateral surface is optimized, and moreover, the user feels relatively smooth when touching the zipper teeth, and scratches to the hands are avoided.

Claims

1. A zipper, comprising: a pair of zipper cloth tapes extending along an axial direction; and a plurality of zipper teeth arranged on opposite inner sides of the pair of zipper cloth tapes and operable to be mutually fastened; wherein each of the plurality of zipper teeth comprises an upper tooth part and a lower tooth part; the upper tooth part of each of the zipper teeth comprises an outer lateral surface; and respective outer lateral surfaces of the zipper teeth opposite to each other forms an outer combined lateral surface after the opposite zipper teeth are fastened; wherein from a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, the outer combined lateral surface forms a smooth arcuate-shaped surface; and a middle line between the opposite zipper teeth defines a central axis, and a highest point of the outer combined lateral surface is located on the central axis; and wherein the lower tooth part of each of the zipper teeth comprises a bottom surface; and respective bottom surfaces of the opposite zipper teeth forms an inner combined lateral surface after the opposite zipper teeth are fastened.

2. The zipper of claim 1, wherein from the cross section, the bottom surface of the lower tooth part is straight.

3. A zipper, comprising: a pair of zipper cloth tapes extending along an axial direction; and a plurality of zipper teeth arranged on opposite inner sides of the pair of zipper cloth tapes and operable to be mutually fastened; wherein each of the plurality of zipper teeth comprises an upper tooth part and a lower tooth part; the upper tooth part of each of the zipper teeth comprises an outer lateral surface; and respective outer lateral surfaces of the zipper teeth opposite to each other forms an outer combined lateral surface after the opposite zipper teeth are fastened; wherein from a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, the outer combined lateral surface forms a smooth arcuate-shaped surface; and a middle line between the opposite zipper teeth defines a central axis, and a highest point of the outer combined lateral surface is located on the central axis; and wherein the opposite zipper teeth are fastened through engagement of respective lower tooth parts of the opposite zipper teeth.

4. The zipper of claim 3, wherein the upper tooth parts of the opposite zipper teeth are arranged in an alternate manner after the opposite zipper teeth are fastened.

5. A zipper, comprising: a pair of zipper cloth tapes extending along an axial direction; and a plurality of zipper teeth arranged on opposite inner sides of the pair of zipper cloth tapes and operable to be mutually fastened; wherein each of the plurality of zipper teeth comprises an upper tooth part and a lower tooth part; the upper tooth part of each of the zipper teeth comprises an outer lateral surface; and respective outer lateral surfaces of the zipper teeth opposite to each other forms an outer combined lateral surface after the opposite zipper teeth are fastened; wherein from a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, the outer combined lateral surface forms a smooth arcuate-shaped surface; and a middle line between the opposite zipper teeth defines a central axis, and a highest point of the outer combined lateral surface is located on the central axis; and wherein the zipper teeth are made from a resin material.

6. The zipper of claim 1, wherein the outer lateral surface of the upper tooth part of each of the zipper teeth comprises a first outer lateral surface close to the central axis, and a second outer lateral surface away from the central axis; and respect first outer lateral surfaces of the opposite zipper teeth form a cambered transition surface.

7. The zipper of claim 1, wherein each of the zipper teeth further comprises a connecting part at which the pair of zipper cloth tapes and the zipper teeth are connected.

8. The zipper of claim 1, further comprising a puller for unfastening and fastening the left and right zipper teeth; wherein the puller comprises an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate and a middle connecting column; side slots through which the zipper teeth pass, a zipper tooth inlet and a zipper tooth outlet are formed between the upper cover plate and the lower cover plate; zipper tooth inlet end parts are arranged at the front end of the puller, and zipper tooth outlet end parts are arranged at its tail end; and the zipper tooth inlet end part of the upper cover plate has an inner lateral surface adapted to the outer combined lateral surface.

9. The zipper of claim 3, wherein the outer lateral surface of the upper tooth part of each of the zipper teeth comprises a first outer lateral surface close to the central axis, and a second outer lateral surface away from the central axis; and respect first outer lateral surfaces of the opposite zipper teeth form a cambered transition surface.

10. The zipper of claim 3, wherein each of the zipper teeth further comprises a connecting part at which the pair of zipper cloth tapes and the zipper teeth are connected.

11. The zipper of claim 3, further comprising a puller for unfastening and fastening the left and right zipper teeth; wherein the puller comprises an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate and a middle connecting column; side slots through which the zipper teeth pass, a zipper tooth inlet and a zipper tooth outlet are formed between the upper cover plate and the lower cover plate; zipper tooth inlet end parts are arranged at the front end of the puller, and zipper tooth outlet end parts are arranged at its tail end; and the zipper tooth inlet end part of the upper cover plate has an inner lateral surface adapted to the outer combined lateral surface.

12. The zipper of claim 5, wherein the outer lateral surface of the upper tooth part of each of the zipper teeth comprises a first outer lateral surface close to the central axis, and a second outer lateral surface away from the central axis; and respect first outer lateral surfaces of the opposite zipper teeth form a cambered transition surface.

13. The zipper of claim 5, wherein each of the zipper teeth further comprises a connecting part at which the pair of zipper cloth tapes and the zipper teeth are connected.

14. The zipper of claim 5, further comprising a puller for unfastening and fastening the left and right zipper teeth; wherein the puller comprises an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate and a middle connecting column; side slots through which the zipper teeth pass, a zipper tooth inlet and a zipper tooth outlet are formed between the upper cover plate and the lower cover plate; zipper tooth inlet end parts are arranged at the front end of the puller, and zipper tooth outlet end parts are arranged at its tail end; and the zipper tooth inlet end part of the upper cover plate has an inner lateral surface adapted to the outer combined lateral surface.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a structure diagram of a zipper with inclined surface teeth employing the technical solution of the invention when being seen from front;

(2) FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional structure diagram of a zipper tooth 3 applied to a zipper shown in FIG. 1;

(3) FIG. 3 is a structure diagram of a zipper tooth 3 laterally seen;

(4) FIG. 4 is a sectional structure diagram in an A-A direction in FIG. 1 as well as a structure diagram of a first implementation mode of an outer combined lateral surface, wherein the highest point of the outer combined lateral surface is at a central axis 0;

(5) FIG. 5 is a structure diagram of a second implementation mode of an outer combined lateral surface improved on the basis of the first implementation mode;

(6) FIG. 6 is a structure diagram of a third implementation mode of an outer combined lateral surface improved on the basis of the first implementation mode;

(7) FIG. 7 is a structure diagram of a fourth implementation mode of an outer combined lateral surface;

(8) FIG. 8 is a structure diagram of a fifth implementation mode of an outer combined lateral surface;

(9) FIG. 9 is a structure diagram of a sixth implementation mode of an outer combined lateral surface;

(10) FIG. 10 is a structure diagram of a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface of an inner combined lateral surface;

(11) FIG. 11 is a structure diagram of a puller matched with zipper teeth shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 9 for use; and

(12) FIG. 12 is a structure diagram of a puller matched with zipper teeth shown in FIG. 10 for use.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(13) The specific implementation modes of the invention are further described below with reference to the drawings.

(14) FIG. 1 is a structure diagram of a zipper with inclined surface teeth employing the technical solution of the invention when being seen from front, and as shown in FIG. 1, the zipper with the inclined surface teeth includes a pair of zipper cloth tapes (1a, 1b) extending along an axial direction and left zipper teeth 2 and right zipper teeth 3 which are arranged on inner sides of the pair of zipper cloth tapes (1a, 1b) and can be mutually fastened. Wherein, the axial direction is a length extending direction of the zipper cloth tapes (1a, 1b) or the zipper; and the sides, sewn with a garment, of the zipper cloth tapes (1a, 1b) are outer sides, and the opposite sides are the inner sides of the zipper cloth tapes (1a, 1b). An outer combined lateral surface 4 and an inner combined lateral surface 5 are formed after the left zipper teeth 2 and the right zipper teeth 3 are fastened; from a cross section, as shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 9, the whole outer combined lateral surface 4 forms a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface; and of course as shown in FIG. 10, from the cross section, the whole inner combined lateral surface 5 may also form a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface.

(15) FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional structure diagram of a zipper tooth 3 applied to a zipper shown in FIG. 1, and the example is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the right zipper tooth 3. In the embodiment, structures and technical effects of the left zipper teeth 2 and the right zipper teeth 3 are similar, so that the right zipper tooth 3 is taken as an example for detailed description (but as a special example, appearance structures of the left zipper teeth 2 and the right zipper teeth 3 may be slightly different). As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the right zipper tooth 3 includes an upper tooth part 31 and a lower tooth part 32, and process fillets 30 are still formed at corner parts of the right zipper tooth 3. When the right zipper tooth 3 is made from a resin material, the right zipper tooth 3 is usually positioned on the inner side of the right zipper cloth tape 1b by virtue of a processing process of hot melting and the like, and then a connected part of the right zipper tooth 3 and the zipper cloth tape 1b is a connecting part 33.

(16) The whole outer combined lateral surface 4 forms a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface.

(17) Wherein, the first specific structure forming the smoothly-transitioned inclined surface is as shown in FIG. 4, and outer lateral surfaces of the upper tooth parts 31 of the right zipper teeth 3 include outwards-raised cambered connecting part outer lateral surfaces 35 and outwards-raised cambered tooth part outer lateral surfaces 34; and inner lateral surfaces of the lower tooth parts 32 are straight bottom surfaces 36. Similarly, the left zipper teeth 2 are also provided with upper tooth parts 21 and lower tooth parts 22, and outer lateral surfaces of the left zipper teeth 2 also include outwards-raised cambered connecting part outer lateral surfaces 25 and outwards-raised cambered tooth part outer lateral surfaces 24; and inner lateral surfaces of the lower tooth parts 22 are straight bottom surfaces 26. As shown in FIG. 4, the right zipper teeth 3 are connected with the left zipper teeth 2 through the lower tooth parts 32 and the lower tooth parts 22 in a fastening manner, and the upper tooth parts 31 of the right zipper teeth 3 and the upper tooth parts 21 of the left zipper teeth 2 are arranged on front and back in a mutual insertion and combination manner.

(18) FIG. 4 is a sectional structure diagram in an A-A direction in FIG. 1, i.e. a cross-sectional view of the left zipper teeth 2 and right zipper teeth 3 in a fastened state, wherein the cross section is a section cut along a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. After the zipper is sewn to the garment, the outer combined lateral surface 4 formed by the outer lateral surfaces (35, 34) of the upper tooth parts 31 and the outer lateral surfaces (25, 24) of the upper tooth parts (21) is arranged outside the garment, and on the contrary, the inner combined lateral surface 5 of the left zipper teeth 2 and the right zipper teeth 3 is hidden in the garment. According to a first implementation mode, the whole outer combined lateral surface 4 forms a smoothly-transitioned outwards-raised cambered surface, and specifically, the outer combined lateral surface 4 includes the outwards-raised cambered connecting part outer lateral surfaces 25 and outwards-raised cambered tooth part outer lateral surfaces 24 of the left zipper teeth 2, and also includes the outwards-raised cambered connecting part outer lateral surfaces 35 and outwards-raised cambered tooth part outer lateral surfaces 34 of the right zipper teeth 3, wherein the tooth part outer lateral surfaces 24 and the tooth part outer lateral surfaces 34 are overlapped on front and back to form a cambered transition surface 40 on the cross-sectional view, and the transition surface 40 is arranged on the two sides of the central axis 0 between the right zipper teeth 3 and the left zipper teeth 2.

(19) There is also a second implementation mode, and in order to present the cambered outer combined lateral surface 4, as shown in FIG. 5, head parts 241 of the tooth part outer lateral surfaces 24 of the left zipper teeth 2 on the right side of the central axis 0 can be slightly lowered from the central axis 0, that is, the head parts 241 are not positioned on the cambered surface defined by the outer combined lateral surface 4; head parts 341 of the tooth part outer lateral surfaces 34 of the right zipper teeth 3 on the left side of the central axis can be lowered from the central axis 0; and in such a manner, the whole outer combined lateral surface 4 is still substantially cambered on the cross section.

(20) In addition, if there are no mutually inserted structures but bilaterally arranged structures between the upper tooth parts 31 of the right zipper teeth 3 and the upper tooth parts 21 of the left zipper teeth 2, like the structure diagram of a third implementation mode shown in FIG. 6, the upper tooth parts 31 of the right zipper teeth 3 and the upper tooth parts 21 of the left zipper teeth 2 can only extend to the vicinity of the central axis 0, and although certain distances may be formed between the upper tooth parts 31 of the right zipper teeth 3 and the upper tooth parts 21 of the left zipper teeth 2, the whole outer combined lateral surface 4 is still substantially cambered on the cross section.

(21) According to a fourth implementation mode of the outer combined lateral surface 4 as shown in FIG. 7, the two sides of the central axis 0 are straight inclined surfaces (24, 34), the inclined surfaces (24, 34) form a herringbone structure, and a top of the herringbone structure forms transitional connection through a transition circular arc.

(22) According to a fifth implementation mode of the outer combined lateral surface 4 as shown in FIG. 8, on the basis of the first implementation mode, a small platform part 41 is arranged at a position where the central axis 0 is located, and the platform part 41 is in smooth transition connection with the tooth part outer lateral surfaces 24 and tooth part outer lateral surfaces 34 on the two sides.

(23) According to a sixth implementation mode of the outer combined lateral surface 4 as shown in FIG. 9, a difference with the first implementation mode is that the whole outer combined lateral surface 4 is shaped like a concave camber, and transition is formed between positions at the two ends of the concave camber through a circular arc. In such a structure, a central part is thinner, so that the central part can be directly provided with mutually fastened tooth parts.

(24) As shown in FIG. 10, a combined zipper tooth with an inner combined lateral surface 5 which integrally forms a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface structure is further disclosed. Wherein, a difference with contents shown in FIG. 4 is that the whole inner combined lateral surface 5 is also a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface, a platform part 51 is arranged in a central area of the inner combined lateral surface 5, and the platform part 51 is in smooth transition with inclined surfaces (26, 36) on the two sides.

(25) A puller 6 for the zipper shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 9 is further included, and as shown in FIG. 11, includes an upper cover plate 61, a lower cover plate 62 and a middle connecting column (covered and not shown in FIG. 11), wherein side slots 63 through which the zipper teeth pass, a zipper tooth inlet and a zipper tooth outlet are formed between the upper cover plate 61 and the lower cover plate 62, zipper tooth inlet end parts 64 are arranged at the front end of the puller 6, and tooth zipper outlet end parts are arranged at its tail end; and the upper cover plate 61 is provided with an inner lateral surface 65 adapted to the outer combined lateral surface 4 close to the zipper tooth inlet end part 64. Therefore, the inner lateral surface of the zipper tooth inlet end part 64 is a smoothly-transitioned inclined surface, and other inner lateral surfaces of the upper cover plate 61 may also be smoothly-transitioned inclined surfaces.

(26) A puller 6 for the zipper shown in FIG. 10 is further included, and as shown in FIG. 11, includes an upper cover plate 61, a lower cover plate 62 and a middle connecting column 60, wherein side slots 63 through which the zipper teeth pass, a zipper tooth inlet and a zipper tooth outlet are formed between the upper cover plate 61 and the lower cover plate 62, zipper tooth inlet end parts 64 are arranged at the front end of the puller 6, and tooth zipper outlet end parts (covered and not shown in FIG. 11) are arranged at its tail end; the upper cover plate 61 is provided with an inner lateral surface 65 adapted to the outer combined lateral surface 4 close to the zipper tooth inlet end part 64, and the lower cover plate 62 is provided with an inner lateral surface 66 adapted to the inner combined lateral surface 5 close to the zipper tooth inlet end part 64. Therefore, inner lateral surfaces (65, 66) of the zipper tooth inlet end part 64 are smoothly-transitioned inclined surfaces, and other inner lateral surfaces of the upper cover plate 61 and the lower cover plate 62 may also be smoothly-transitioned inclined surfaces.