Method of machine stitching concealedtype separable fastener stringers to supports therefor

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MACHINE STITCHING CONCEALED-TYPE DOUBLE ACTING SEPARABLE FASTENER STRINGERS HAVING TAPES WITH BEADED EDGES FOLDED BACK 180* OVER THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID TAPE TO SUPPORTS THEREFOR, WHICH CONSISTS IN ATTACHING SCOOPS TO BEADED EDGE PORTIONS OF A STRINGER TAPE, EACH SCOOP HAVING A COUPLING SIDE PORTION AND A TAPE FOLD PORTION, UNFOLDING THE TURNED OVER BEADED EDGE OF SAID TAPE 180* TO BRING SAID COUPLING SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID SCOOPS ON THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID TAPE, ARRANGING A SUPPORT ON AN OUTER SURFACE OF A STRINGER TAPE SO THAT AN EDGE THEREOF IS ADJACENT TO AND ALIGNED WITH COUPLING END PORTIONS OF THE SCOOPS DISPOSED ON SAID SURFACE, STITCHING A SUPPORT TO SAID OUTER SURFACE OF THE TAPE BY A LINE OF STITCHING ARRANGED ADJACENT THE EDGE OF THE SUPPORT WHILE SAID BEADED EDGE OF SAID TAPE IS UNFOLDED, UTILIZING A SLIDER STOP IN CONJUCTION WITH A CONVENTIONAL SLIDER IN COUPLING SCOOPS OF A PAIR OF STRINGERS, SAID SLIDER STOP AND SLIDER ARRANGED ON SAID STRINGERS WITH SINGLE CHANNEL END PORTIONS ADJACENT EACH OTHER, ARRANGING SAID SLIDER AND SLIDER STOP ADJACENT ONE END PORTION OF A STRINGER IN STITCHING THE OPPOSED END PORTION OF THE STRINGER TAPE TO A SUPPORT, AND THEN ARRANGING THE SLIDER AND SAID SLIDER STOP ON THE FIRST STITCHED END PORTION OF SAID STRINGER THUS DISENGAGING THE SCOOPS OF OPPOSED STRINGERS AT SAID FIRST NAMED END PORTION AND COMPLETING THE STITCHING OF THE TAPE TO SAID SUPPORT AT THE FIRST NAMED END PORTION OF SAID STRINGER.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MACHINE STITCHING CONCEALED-TYPE DOUBLE ACTING SEPARABLE FASTENER STRINGERS HAVING TAPES WITH BEADED EDGES FOLDED BACK 180* OVER THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID TAPE TO SUPPORTS THEREFOR, WHICH CONSISTS IN ATTACHING SCOOPS TO BEADED EDGE PORTIONS OF A STRINGER TAPE, EACH SCOOP HAVING A COUPLING SIDE PORTION AND A TAPE FOLD PORTION, UNFOLDING THE TURNED OVER BEADED EDGE OF SAID TAPE 180* TO BRING SAID COUPLING SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID SCOOPS ON THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID TAPE, ARRANGING A SUPPORT ON AN OUTER SURFACE OF A STRINGER TAPE SO THAT AN EDGE THEREOF IS ADJACENT TO AND ALIGNED WITH COUPLING END PORTIONS OF THE SCOOPS DISPOSED ON SAID SURFACE, STITCHING A SUPPORT TO SAID OUTER SURFACE OF THE TAPE BY A LINE OF STITCHING ARRANGED ADJACENT THE EDGE OF THE SUPPORT WHILE SAID BEADED EDGE OF SAID TAPE IS UNFOLDED, UTILIZING A SLIDER STOP IN CONJUCTION WITH A CONVENTIONAL SLIDER IN COUPLING SCOOPS OF A PAIR OF STRINGERS, SAID SLIDER STOP AND SLIDER ARRANGED ON SAID STRINGERS WITH SINGLE CHANNEL END PORTIONS ADJACENT EACH OTHER, ARRANGING SAID SLIDER AND SLIDER STOP ADJACENT ONE END PORTION OF A STRINGER IN STITCHING THE OPPOSED END PORTION OF THE STRINGER TAPE TO A SUPPORT, AND THEN ARRANGING THE SLIDER AND SAID SLIDER STOP ON THE FIRST STITCHED END PORTION OF SAID STRINGER THUS DISENGAGING THE SCOOPS OF OPPOSED STRINGERS AT SAID FIRST NAMED END PORTION AND COMPLETING THE STITCHING OF THE TAPE TO SAID SUPPORT AT THE FIRST NAMED END PORTION OF SAID STRINGER.