Woven slide fastener, method and apparatus for its manufacture

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A woven slide fastener and a method of making same. The fastener comprises two fabric supporting tapes each tape, having inner and outer surfaces and having warp and weft threads woven to form a single layer portion and a double-layer edge portion having two overlying arms which merge along a line with each other into a single layer portion of the tape. Each tape includes a row of linking elements to be coupled by a slide with the linking elements being formed by a meander-shaped continous synthetic warp monofilament bent into a series of Uloops, each loop having two leg portions interconnected by a bent end portion. The series of U-loops are joined by a leg port on so as to surround an …