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Abstract

A method of making a touch fastener includes continuously introducing molten resin to a pressure zone at a peripheral surface of a rotating mold roll, such that pressure in the pressure zone forces some of the resin into an array of stem cavities defined in the mold roll to form resin stems while a remainder of the resin forms a base at the roll surface, interconnecting the stems. The method includes forming engageable heads on the stems to form fastener elements and transferring an image substance onto the peripheral surface of a nip transfer roll that transfers the image substance into the pressure zone. The image substance becomes bonded to the resin of the base in the pressure zone to form an image visible on the base.

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