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Top Tape Extension (the fabric part of the zipper, that extends beyond the teeth, at the top of the chain) These variations are achieved by sewing one end of the zipper together, sewing both ends together, or allowing both ends of the zipper to fall completely apart. Waterproof zipper on a diving dry suit. The exterior metal segments clamp the waterproof sheeting over the concealed zipper teeth. The zipper teeth are not visible in this image (obscured by the edges of the waterproof sheet). Plastic watertight drysuit zipper closed teeth detail Plastic watertight drysuit zipper tooth and seal edge detail

Structure of Zipper". YKK Fastening Products Group. Ykkfastening.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010 . Retrieved 14 July 2011. Judson, Whitcomb L. "Shoe-fastening" U.S. Patent Number 504,037 (Filed: August 17, 1892; Issued: August 29, 1893). The zipper handle can have a short protruding pin stamped into it, which inserts between the zipper teeth through a hole on the slider, when the handle is folded down flat against the zipper teeth. This appears on some brands of trousers. The handle of the fly zipper is folded flat against the teeth when it is not in use, and the handle is held down by both slider hinge tension and the fabric flap over the fly. Forbes reported in 2003 that although the zipper market in the 1960s was dominated by Talon Zipper (USA) and Optilon (Germany), Japanese manufacturer YKK grew to become the industry giant by the 1980s. YKK held 45 percent of world market share, followed by Optilon (8 percent) and Talon Zipper (7 percent). [18] Howe, Elias, Jr. "Improvement in fastenings for garments", U.S. Patent Number 8,540 (November 25, 1851).In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley repeatedly mentioned zippers, implying that, in their newness (as of the early 1930s), mechanical complexity, ease of use, and speed, zippers were somehow corrosive of natural human values.

Friedel, Robert (1996). Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty. W. W. Norton & Company. p.94. ISBN 978-0-393-31365-9. This double-mated surface is good at retaining both vacuum and pressure, but the fit must be very tight to press the surfaces together firmly. Consequently, these zippers are typically very stiff when zipped shut and have minimal flex or stretch. They are hard to open and close because the zipper anvil must bend apart teeth that are being held under tension. They can also be derailed, causing damage to the sealing surfaces, if the teeth are misaligned while straining to pull the zipper shut. In 2005, The Guardian reported that China had 80 percent of the international market. Most of its product is made in Qiaotou, Yongjia County. [19] U.S. Patents [ edit ] The airtight zipper is built like a standard toothed zipper, but with a waterproof sheeting (which is made of fabric-reinforced polyethylene and is bonded to the rest of the suit) wrapped around the outside of each row of zipper teeth. When the zipper is closed, the two facing sides of the plastic sheeting are squeezed tightly against one another (between the C-shaped clips [ clarification needed]) both above and below the zipper teeth, forming a double seal. [16] Göldi, Wolfgang (2013). Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, vol 12. Basel: Schwabe AG, Basel. pp.Winterhalter, Martin. ISBN 978-3-7965-1912-3.

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Some zippers include a designed ability for the slider to hold in a steady open or closed position, resisting forces that would try to move the slider and open the zipper unexpectedly. There are two common ways this is accomplished: In 1851, Elias Howe received a patent for an "Improvement in Fastenings for Garments". [4] He did not try seriously to market it, thus missing the recognition that he might otherwise have received. [2] Howe's device was more like an elaborate drawstring than a true slide fastener. In Europe, the Cremalleras Rubi company was established in 1926 in Spain. It sold over 30 million zippers in 2012.

Friedel, Robert (1996). Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. ISBN 0-393-31365-4. In 1916, newspapers in Australia reported displays of the "new hookless fastener", a device from America that "the world has been waiting for" by a live model in the store window of Raynor's of Melbourne. Top Stop (two devices affixed to the top end of a zipper, to prevent the slider from coming off the chain) Petroski, Henry (1992). The Evolution of Useful Things. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-74039-2. attach or detach a separable part of the garment to or from another, as in the conversion between trousers and shorts or the connection or disconnection of a hood and a coat;Bags, suitcases and other pieces of luggage also often feature two sliders on the tape: the part of the zipper between them is unfastened. When the two sliders are located next to each other, which can be at any point along the tape, the zipper is fully closed. Zippers have entered into urban legends. American folklorist Jan Brunvand noted that "The zipper has been the subject of jokes and legends since... the 1920s". Those stories reflect "modern anxieties and desires", emphasizing embarrassments and accidents, primarily involving the flies of men's trousers in stories such as "The Unzipped Stranger" and "The Unzipped Fly". [21]