Slide fastener actuating devices

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR ACTUATING A SLIDE FASTENER OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A TAB HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN COMPRISING A HANDLE OF ROD-LIKE CONSTRUCTION HAVING A HOLLOW EXTENSION AT ONE END THEROF, STRUCTURE AT THE OUTER END OF SAID HOLLOW EXTENSION FORMING AN OPEN END SLOT EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HANDLE, PERMANENT MAGNET MEANS POSITIONED AT THE END OF SAID SLOT OPPOSITE SAID OPEN END THEREOF FOR DRAWING THE SLIDE FASTENER TAB INTO SAID OPEN-END SLOT, SLIDE MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW EXTENSION, COMPRESSION SPRING MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW EXTENSION AND ADAPTED TO EXERT A FORCE IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION ON SAID SLIDE MEANS, SAID SLIDE MEANS HAVING A SLOT THERETHROUGH AND AN INCLINED CAM SURFACE EXTENDING THEREALONG, A CROSS PIN EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH SAID SLOT IN SAID SLIDE MEANS, SAID CROSS PIN HAVING STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID INCLINED CAM SURFACE ON SAID SLIDE MEANS, AT LEAST ONE END OF SAID CROSS PIN EXTENDING THROUGH THE SIDE WALL OF SAID HOLLOW EXTENSION FOR MANUAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CROSS PIN EXTENSION FOR MANUAL CAM SURFACE ON SAID SLIDE MEANS, AND PIN MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SLIDE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY THROUGHT SAID OPEN END SLOT, SAID PIN MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE SLIDE FASTENER TAB AND LOCK THE SLIDE FASTENER TAB WITHIN SAID OPEN END SLOT IN A POSITION PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HANDLE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR ACTUATING A SLIDE FASTENER OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A TAB HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN COMPRISING A HANDLE OF ROD-LIKE CONSTRUCTION HAVING A HOLLOW EXTENSION AT ONE END THEROF, STRUCTURE AT THE OUTER END OF SAID HOLLOW EXTENSION FORMING AN OPEN END SLOT EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HANDLE, PERMANENT MAGNET MEANS POSITIONED AT THE END OF SAID SLOT OPPOSITE SAID OPEN END THEREOF FOR DRAWING THE SLIDE FASTENER TAB INTO SAID OPEN-END SLOT, SLIDE MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW EXTENSION, COMPRESSION SPRING MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW EXTENSION AND ADAPTED TO EXERT A FORCE IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION ON SAID SLIDE MEANS, SAID SLIDE MEANS HAVING A SLOT THERETHROUGH AND AN INCLINED CAM SURFACE EXTENDING THEREALONG, A CROSS PIN EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH SAID SLOT IN SAID SLIDE MEANS, SAID CROSS PIN HAVING STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID INCLINED CAM SURFACE ON SAID SLIDE MEANS, AT LEAST ONE END OF SAID CROSS PIN EXTENDING THROUGH THE SIDE WALL OF SAID HOLLOW EXTENSION FOR MANUAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CROSS PIN EXTENSION FOR MANUAL CAM SURFACE ON SAID SLIDE MEANS, AND PIN MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SLIDE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY THROUGHT SAID OPEN END SLOT, SAID PIN MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE SLIDE FASTENER TAB AND LOCK THE SLIDE FASTENER TAB WITHIN SAID OPEN END SLOT IN A POSITION PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HANDLE.