201 |
System and method of foot shape imaging and overlay |
US520591 |
1990-05-11 |
US5195030A |
1993-03-16 |
Jay P. White |
A system is provided for video display foot imaging and overlaying of an image of selected footwear which includes a video display for displaying a measured foot image and an image of a selected footwear as well as an image device for causing relative movement between the image of the selected footwear and the measured foot image to electronically determine the fit of the selected footwear with the measured foot. The system may include a measurement device for measuring the foot and producing an image of the foot on the video display and a footwear database for providing selected footwear data to the video display. A method is provided for foot shape imaging and overlay comprising the steps of electronically measuring the foot and producing an image of the foot on a video display, selecting footwear from an electronic footwear selection database and displaying an inner shape image of the selected footwear on the video display in overlaying relation to the foot image to determine whether the selected footwear will fit on the measured foot. The method of foot shape imaging and overlay may further include the step of displaying a footwear liner region image defined by a footwear inner perimeter image and a footwear liner image on the video display in overlaying relation to the foot image to determine whether the selected footwear will fit on the measured foot. In addition, the method may include the step of assigning a color hue to a portion of the foot image located within the liner region image such that the color of the foot image portion within the liner region image is different from the color of the foot image not within the liner region image. |
202 |
Machine for roughing side walls portions of a shoe |
US622345 |
1990-11-29 |
US5101528A |
1992-04-07 |
James R. Flanders; Richard E. Storer |
The speed of rotation of a side wall roughing tool (250) can be varied in accordances with the speed of relative movement between the tool (250) and side wall portions of the shoe being roughed (the traverse speed of the tool). To this end, a flow control arrangement (F) is provided including a plurality of flow control valves (CV1, CV2), the arrangement being such that, with the rate of flow through each such valve set, the operator can select one or other to be switched into the hydraulic circuit by which a hydraulic motor (232) is driven, said motor effecting rotation of the tool. The selection of one or other flow control valve (CV1, CV2) is made by the operator during the digitishing of the path of the tool relative to the shoe and such information is stored together with the programmed instruction, in the form of digitised corrdiante axis values, for said path. |
203 |
Detecting workpiece orietation and treating workpieces without reorieting |
US114296 |
1987-10-28 |
US4862377A |
1989-08-29 |
David C. Reedman; Clive Preece |
A system for identifying workpieces by scanning them and "reading" details of their configuration is adapted for applying a desired pattern of material in liquid form (e.g. ink) or in powder form (e.g. toner material or a hot melt adhesive) to the workpieces regardless of their location and orientation on a workpiece support (18, 118). This is achieved by the pattern data (relating to the desired pattern) selected from a store being modified in accordance with positional data (relating to the location and orientation obtained during scanning FIG. 2). When the applied material is liquid and dispensed from such as a suitable tool such as a pen (152) or other liquid applicator. When the ink is in powder form, a suitable tool is an electrostatic printer (36) e.g. an ionographic printer. |
204 |
Machine for pulling over and lasting toe portions of shoe uppers |
US116718 |
1987-10-29 |
US4777685A |
1988-10-18 |
Gerhard Giebel; Manfred Broening; Rudi Fichtner |
In a hydraulically operated pulling over and toe lasting machine both the operative position of the heel support (26), i.e. in which it holds the shoe by engagement with its heel end, and the position from which it initially moves to engage the shoe (the "next start" position) are controlled by electronic circuitry. Thus, an inductance switch (118) is actuated when the heel pad (100) engages the heel end of the shoe, said switch causing the supply of fluid to be shut off and locking the heel support in its operative position. For setting the "next start" position, on the other hand, selector switches (122,124) are provided each of which has an associated timer (T1,T2). At the end of a lasting cycle the heel support (26) is first fully retracted and then moves to its "next start" position under the control of the timer associated with the selected switch. |
205 |
Machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper
assembly |
US572349 |
1984-01-20 |
US4561139A |
1985-12-31 |
Michael M. Becka; William G. Goodenough |
A machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly. The machine includes means for supporting the footwear upper assembly by a mechanism capable of applying to the upper assembly rocking movement, translational movement and rotational movement. A roughing tool is provided, as well as means for applying a combination movement to the upper assembly. Simultaneously, roughing is effected along the shoe margin by the roughing tool. The combination of movements serves continuously to present a new roughing surface to the roughing tool in the course of roughing, resulting in uniformity of roughing. The rotational movement serves to cause the roughing tool to track the cement margin with a determined orientation therebetween as the cement margin moves past the roughing portion of the roughing tool. |
206 |
Device for toe and ball lasting of a shoe unit |
US534537 |
1983-09-22 |
US4530124A |
1985-07-23 |
Gerald Sommer |
A device for toe and ball lasting a shoe unit consisting of a last with a shoe upper superimposed thereon and an insole arranged on the last bottom comprises main wipers seated above the shoe support for linear movement and pivotal movement about a fulcrum point and carrying, on their side opposite the fulcrum point, ball wipers arranged for longitudinal displacement.In order to achieve perfect wiping results in the ball area, irrespective of the length, i.e., size of the shoe unit being processed, without the need to perform troublesome adjusting or setting work on the wipers, the device is provided with a sensing element for scanning the length of the shoe unit placed upon the shoe support, and for emitting a signal indicative of the length of the said shoe unit, the said sensing element coacting with adjusting means which are controlled by the said signal and which serve to automatically adjust the initial position of the ball wipers on the main wipers to the respective length of the shoe unit. |
207 |
Shoe machine |
US438520 |
1982-11-01 |
US4452057A |
1984-06-05 |
John Davies; Graham J. Mansfield; Kingsley J. Tutt; Frederick J. Graveling |
A computer-controlled machine for progressively roughing marginal portions of shoe bottoms comprises a tool carrier on which two rotary roughing brushes (168) are carried side-by-side, and a shoe support (18) between which and the tool carrier relative movement takes place lengthwise, widthwise and heightwise of the shoe bottom. Each tool (168) is mounted so as to "float" heightwise in relation to the tool carrier, resilient means (175) being provided for urging each tool independently downwardly towards the shoe support (18). In this way the pressure applied by each tool to the shoe bottom in the operation of the machine can be controlled and/or regulated. For effecting relative movement between tool carrier and shoe support, numerically controlled motors are provided, operating in response to a programmed instruction. Such instruction can be made using the machine in a path-determining mode. The machine also comprises sensing means for sensing a defined heightwise position of the tool (168) in the path-determining mode of the machine, and the co-ordinate axis values for each selected position of tool carrier and shoe support are digitized, for each point, in relation to such defined heightwise position of the tool relative to the tool carrier. Similarly, the tool is maintained in a defined heightwise position in relation to the tool carrier during any brush grinding operation. |
208 |
Cement side and heel lasting machine |
US25695 |
1979-04-02 |
USRE30646E |
1981-06-16 |
Walter Vornberger; Karl F. Vornberger |
A machine, operable on a shoe assembly formed of a last having an upper mounted thereon and an insole located on its bottom, that applies cement in the corners between the side and heel portions of the upper margin and the peripheries of the corresponding portions of the insole prior to wiping the side and heel portions of the upper margin against the insole and attaching the wiped margin portions to the insole by means of the cement. The machine includes an arrangement for automatically lowering cement applying nozzles against the desired portion of the insole regardless of the length of the shoe assembly, an arrangement for automatically positioning heel and side wiping instrumentalities so as to enable these instrumentalities to simultaneously operate on the side and heel portions of the shoe assembly regardless of the length of the shoe assembly, and a mechanism for applying substantially uniform quantities of cement from the nozzles onto surfaces of the shoe assembly during the entire movements of the nozzles along these surfaces. |
209 |
Toe pulling over and lasting machine |
US936998 |
1978-08-25 |
US4193154A |
1980-03-18 |
Michael M. Becka |
A toe pulling over and lasting machine operable on a shoe assembly formed of a last having an insole located on its bottom and an upper mounted thereon. The machine includes a support for supporting the shoe assembly bottom-down, a toe pincers operable to grip the toe end extremity of the upper margin, side pincers located on each side of and forwardly of the toe pincers operable to grip the upper margin heelwardly of the toe end extremity of the upper margin, and wipers operable to wipe the toe portion of the upper margin against the insole. Circuitry, actuated by a pedal operated control valve, causes the machine to go through its cycle. A three position selector valve is incorporated in the circuitry to determine positions, if any, the machine assumes when it comes to a halt during the machine cycle with a reactuation of the control valve causing the machine to resume the machine cycle after it comes to a halt. |
210 |
Shoe upper conforming machines |
US895741 |
1978-04-13 |
US4192033A |
1980-03-11 |
David C. Reedman; Joseph A. Shutt; Alan M. Peck |
A control system for a shoe upper conforming machine, more especially a pulling over and toe lasting machine, includes a computer control which supplies control signals sequentially, according to a programmed instruction, to actuating means for the various operating elements of the machine. In particular, the release of the grippers is controlled in relation to the movement of the wiper means.Furthermore, the power supply to the actuating means for effecting gripping and pulling is independent of that for the actuating means for wiping over and securing the lasting margin to the insole, the arrangement being such that the power supply to the latter is operatively connected only after the operation of the former is completed. |
211 |
Apparatus for automatic adjustment of the position of working mechanisms
of shoe working devices |
US815433 |
1977-07-13 |
US4124912A |
1978-11-14 |
Ludvik Dokoupil; Oldrich Hrouda; Josef Zila |
Working devices of shoe manufacturing machines are adjusted according to the size of the shoe and also whether a right or left shoe is concerned by first identifying these items and by transmitting this information to a device which automatically adjusts the working devices to the proper position. |
212 |
Apparatus for conforming shoe uppers |
US3097379D |
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US3097379A |
1963-07-16 |
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213 |
Automatic shoe last operating device |
US16251061 |
1961-12-27 |
US3089162A |
1963-05-14 |
JIRI RICHTER; KAREL CERNOCH |
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214 |
Automatic work guidance mechanisms |
US9455661 |
1961-03-09 |
US3080836A |
1963-03-12 |
CLEMENS JOHN E; HARRUFF RAY W; JOHNSTONE BEN B; RAY JAMES D; SOBOTTKE MARK D; WEEKS HORACE W |
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215 |
Rough rounding machines |
US17965962 |
1962-03-14 |
US3076211A |
1963-02-05 |
CLEVERSEY GERALD W |
|
216 |
Work steering and feeding mechanism |
US6143660 |
1960-10-10 |
US3051476A |
1962-08-28 |
SCHAEFER JR HANS F |
|
217 |
Shoemaking systems for the automatic manufacture of shoes |
US60736356 |
1956-08-31 |
US2960703A |
1960-11-22 |
DOROSZ ADOLPH S |
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218 |
Shoe machine |
US73415847 |
1947-03-12 |
US2503166A |
1950-04-04 |
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219 |
Controlling means for fluidoperated machines |
US49187543 |
1943-06-23 |
US2367782A |
1945-01-23 |
BERNHARDT JORGENSEN |
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220 |
Material handling mechanism |
US31058639 |
1939-12-22 |
US2259502A |
1941-10-21 |
TOPHAM LAURENCE E; WOODBURY STEPHEN E |
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