Woven fastener stringer

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A woven fastener stringer has a row of successively interconnected coupling loops having a head an upper leg, a lower leg and a heel. The row of loops is secured to a longitudinal edge of a stringer tape by a binding system comprising a plurality of binding warp threads and a plurality of relatively large diameter thermoplastic yarns all extending longitudinally in the region of the heel of the loop. The thermoplastic yarns are elastically deformed to assume an outer peripheral surface configuration complimentary to inner guide walls of a slider to facilitate smooth running of the slider along the edge of the stringer.