Rosco Manufacturing, Llc
V.p Product Development
Quality Spraying Technologies Jan 2000 - May 2003
V.p Design and Tool Engineering
Mcm Technologies, Inc. Jan 2000 - May 2003
Vice President Product Development
Speidel 1980 - 2000
Project Engineer and Senior Project Engineer
Speidel/Textron 1976 - 1980
Assistant Toolroom Manager
Education:
Mount Pleasant High School
University of Rhode Island
Skills:
Product Development Manufacturing Design For Manufacturing Engineering Lean Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Machine Tools Product Design Manufacturing Engineering Six Sigma Kaizen Machining Manufacturing Operations Management Cnc Process Engineering R&D Management New Business Development 5S Plastics Mechanical Engineering Automotive Injection Molding Fmea Design of Experiments Iso Solidworks Strategic Planning Process Improvement Iso Standards Business Process Improvement Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Stephen F. Bert - North Scituate RI Raymond R. Bert - Warwick RI
International Classification:
A41F 100
US Classification:
24671
Abstract:
A snap fastener including a conventional first headed part and a second receptor part. The receptor is of sheet-like construction and includes a planar spring panel captured within a housing. The spring panel includes a central cut-out into which fingers extend from opposite sides to form an undersized opening which upon contact with the stud distorts the spring panel to provide the desired closing action therewith.
An expansion band is provided with a row of metallic bottom links underlying a row of metallic top links. The top links are offset with respect to the bottom links in the direction of the band length, with metallic top shells mounted on the top links. Metallic spring biased connecting elements mechanically couple the top and bottom links in a manner permitting resilient longitudinal adjustment of the band between a contracted state at which the top shells are in mutual abutting relationship to thereby cover the underlying upper surfaces of the bottom links, and an extended state at which the top shells are spaced on from the other to thereby expose the upper surfaces of the bottom links. Only the top shells having a base coating of black oxide, and only the to shells having a base coating of black oxide, and only the exposed exterior surfaces of the thus coated top shells and the upper surfaces of the bottom links have a polymeric coating. Preferably, the black oxide coating is produced by immersing the top shells in a heated molten bath containing an oxidizing agent.