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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5685247 | Material for use in incontinence products A multi-layer material for use in incontinence products comprises a base layer comprising a needled felt containing not less than 50% by weight polyester fiber, wherein the surface regions of the felt are denser than the central region thereof, which rema... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5540164 | Workpiece positioning apparatus Two workpiece portions (30, 32) that are to be stitched together along a stitching path (28) each have a stitching region (24, 26) which corresponds to the stitching path (28), but which is so shaped that the regions do not overlap when the workpieces (30... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5481467 | Controlling the operation of a tool along a predetermined path For controlling the progressive operation of a tool along a predetermined path, wherein at least one operating parameter relating to the operation of the tool can be varied during the progressive operation thereof, a limited number of values for said at l... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5303442 | Machine for lasting side portions of shoe uppers A side (or heel seat and side) lasting machine comprises two lasting rollers (232; 232') arranged one at either side of a shoe support (20) by which a shoe is supported bottom up. Each roller (232; 232') has a helical rib arrangement (294) which, when rot... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5296060 | Drying a coating of solvent-based adhesive For drying coatings of solvent-based adhesive applied to shoe bottoms a through-flow drying apparatus is provided which utilises air at ambient temperature for the constant rate period (i.e. the period during which the surface of the coating is "wet"), an... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5271117 | Machine for use in the manufacture of shoes The machine comprises a shoe support (20) for e.g. a heel seat and side lasting machine has a last pin (24) on which a shoe may be positioned, bottom up, having a shoe heel end positioning mechanism (86) including a heel height gauge device (110) for loca... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5271348 | Drive arrangement A drive arrangement comprises an a.c. induction motor (M1) having a rotary output shaft, and a drive control (FIG. 2), by which the speed of rotation of the shaft is controlled. The drive control comprises a signalling arrangement (e.g. a transducer (T) s... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5263216 | Machine for lasting side and heel seat portions of shoes The machine comprises a shoe support (20), two side lasting assemblies (230) and a heel seat wiper mechansim (170), the shoe support comprising a last pin (24), a toe support (30) and a heel band mechanism (150). The heel band mechanism is mounted for rot... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5261958 | Adhesive-applying machine For applying adhesive to a shoe bottom an applicator (708) is provided which comprises a plurality of fingers (732) spring-urged towards the work and end portions thereof providing an adhesive-applying surface (736) to which adhesive is supplied via tubes... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5259329 | Automatic sewing machine system A workpiece is supported by work support means (40; 40'; 40"; 44'; 142, 144) for movement in a first direction by co-operating workpiece clamping and feeding means (46; 142, 144), both said means being supported on a carriage (16) for movement in a second... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5205009 | Shoe Support A shoe support for supporting lasts of a wide range of sizes comprises two support members in the form of spaced-apart bars (38) each of which can pivot at an axis (36) extending adjacent an elongated edge of its associated bar so that the distance betwee... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5193470 | Cording and workpiece holder for automatic stitching machines A workpiece holder which is attachable to positioning apparatus associated with the sewing head of an automatic sewing machine whereby the workpiece holder can be automatically positioned with respect to an automatic reciprocating needle in the sewing hea... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5171095 | Handling multi-component compositions A device applying a two-component composition to a workpiece surface comprises an applicator head (384) to which the two components are supplied separately via tubes (726, 382) arranged one inside the other. The applicator head includes a ball member (392... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5147919 | Reinforcing material comprising E-polycaprolactone and pulverized fuel ash A reinforcing material comprises an E-polycaprolactone binder in admixture with a filler. Said filler is pulverized fuel ash, and said mixture comprises from 50 to 95% by weight of polycaprolactone, from 5 to 45% by weight of pulverized fuel ash and from ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5136745 | Shoe support A shoe support (18') for use e.g. in a machine for operating progressively on side wall portions of a lasted shoe upper comprises a last pin (722') and a toe support (792) both of which are movable heightwise to bring a shoe supported thereby to a heel se... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5101528 | Machine for roughing side walls portions of a shoe 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... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4999237 | Cushion insole/insock material A cushion insole/insock material having a compression stiffness, resilience and energy absorption to provide comfort in conventional or sports footware. The material is a non-woven, low density felt made from fibres and imrpegnated with a rubbery impregna... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4970745 | Operating on side wall portions of a lasted shoe A shoe support (18) for use in a machine for operating progressively onside wall portions of a lasted shoe upper comprises a last pin (722) and a toe support (792) both of which are movable heightwise to bring a shoe supported thereby to a heel seat heigh... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4961240 | Backpart moulding and heel seat lasting machine The backpart of a shoe is moulded by a heel band (240) and at the same time the lasting marginal portions of the upper are wiped over and pressed by wiper plates (270) against corresponding marginal portions of the insole, bedding pressure being applied b... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4959977 | Machine for and method of performing a roughing operation progressively along marginal portions of a shoe bottom A machine for progressively roughing marginal portions of shoe bottoms comprising a shoe support (18) having toe support means (470) and a heel support arrangement including two sets of clamps (390, 392), one set (392) of which serves also as sensing mean... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4920594 | Apparatus for lasting toe, side and heel seat portions of a shoe The apparatus comprises a pulling over and toe lasting machine and a side and heel seat lasting machine. The pulling over and toe lasting machine comprises two linear potentiometers (102, 104) for monitoring the movement of the heel rest (26) both lengthw... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4905336 | Machine for lasting side portions of shoes The machine comprises a shoe support (10) and two side lasting instrumentalities (20), each of which comprises a fluid bag assembly (40) which, in a tilted position (determined by an abutment 44), is moved into engagement with a shoe, whereafter, by conti... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4876434 | Curing coatings of a moisture-curable composition An apparatus is provided with a chamber (20) into which a plurality of jets of moisture-laden air is directed through apertures (nozzles) 18. Through the chamber lasted shoes S, on the bottoms of which a coating of a moisture-curable adhesive composition ... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4862377 | Detecting workpiece orietation and treating workpieces without reorieting 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 workpie... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4836139 | Adhesive-applying apparatus In a computer-controlled adhesive-applying apparatus an adhesive applicator device (20) is guided along a desired path in respect of three axes according to a programmed instruction instruction in the form of digitized co-ordinate axis values, said device... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4821657 | Viewing apparatus for entering coordinate data in an automatic sewing machine Viewing apparatus is disclosed for use with an automatic sewing machine in digitizing patterns that are to be sewn. The viewing system includes a high intensity light projection device mounted close to the head of the sewing machine. The mounting of the p... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4780335 | Curing coatings of a moisture-curable composition An apparatus is provided with a chamber (20) into which a plurality of jets of moisture-laden air is directed through apertures (nozzles) 18. Through the chamber lasted shoes S, on the bottoms of which a coating of a moisture-curable adhesive composition ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4744120 | Shoe support for shoe upper conforming machine A combined heel end assembling, backpart moulding and heel seat lasting machine comprises a shoe support for supporting a shoe bottom uppermost. For gripping and tensioning the shoe upper on its last prior to the combined operation taking place, two gripp... | 05/17/1988 |
