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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5722103 | Toe and side and heel lasting machine and method of lasting A machine for lasting the toe and side and heel of an upper to an insole mounted to a last includes a toe and ball wiper assembly and a heel and shank wiper assembly in combination with a pincer assembly mechanism for stretching the upper tightly about th... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5706538 | Composite band for use in a footwear forming machine A composite band for use in a lasting machine to wipe a portion of the margin of a footwear assembly onto the insole of the assembly that typically includes a last, a shoe upper on the last and an insole at the last bottom. The band includes an elastic (e... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5678269 | Toe and side and heel lasting machine and method of lasting A machine for lasting the toe and side and heel of an upper to an insole mounted to a last includes a toe and ball wiper assembly and a heel and shank wiper assembly in combination with a pincer assembly mechanism for stretching the upper tightly about th... | 10/21/1997 |
| 4939805 | Heel laster A heel laster to receive a footwear upper assembly and constructed to press, form and last the heel part of the footwear upper assembly. A structure is provided to secure the assembly to the laster; princers stretch the heel part of the upper about the he... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4879778 | Heel molder A heel molder to form the heel part of a footwear upper assembly. The heel part includes a thermally-activated material that is deformable when heated above a threshold temperature; it is non-deformable below that threshold temperature; it is non-deformab... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4866802 | Roughing machine for footware upper assemblies and a system that includes the roughing machine but typically includes as well other machines ahead of and following In an integrated system to achieve a number of operations on a footwear upper assembly, an automatic rougher that includes a roughing tool adapted to remove material--and hence rough--the cement margin (or bonding surface) of the footwear upper assembly t... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4829932 | Toe and ball laster and the like A machine to apply adhesive to the toe and ball region of a footwear upper assembly that includes a last, an upper draped about the last and an insole at the last bottom. The machine includes a pair of adhesive nozzles to apply the adhesive onto the footw... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4769866 | Multi-station system to act upon footwear upper assemblies with transfer between stations thereof For use in a system that includes first and second machines to perform operations on a footwear upper assembly, a transfer machine that includes an activator arm assembly, and a gripper assembly rotatably and pivotally connected to one end of the activato... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4765011 | Mechanism to transfer a footwear upper assembly between stations of a multi-station system A transfer machine to move a footwear upper assembly (or the like) between stations in a footwear (or the like) processing system which transfer machine includes an end effector having a mechanism to grasp the footwear upper assembly. A base serves as a r... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4756038 | Machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly Apparatus (and method) for automatically roughing the cement margin of a shoe or other footwear assembly, which footwear upper assembly includes an upper mounted on a last and an inner sole disposed upon the bottom of the last and connected to the upper. ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4709433 | Heel molder flanger A machine to mold and flange the heel region of an upper whose heel region has been heated to soften the same. The heel region includes a thermal plastic material which softens when heated and is fairly rigid at and below room temperature. The machine inc... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4692133 | Method and machine to form box parts A machine to form an end of a unit of a box from a flat box blank that includes two sides, a bottom, and, at each end, an end flap supporting a cantilevered sealing tab, and two side tabs supported by the two sides. A planar movable table receives the box... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4679269 | Heel lasting machine A heel lasting machine to receive a footwear upper assembly that includes a last, an insole on the last bottom and an upper draped about the last with a margin extending upwardly from the insole, the last having a spindle hole. The machine includes two st... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4660242 | Activator An activator for shaping the heel portion of a footwear upper to provide an upper whose heel is shaped approximately to the shape it will ultimately take in the fabricated shoe or other footwear. The activator includes a mold to receive the upper; the mol... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4654914 | Side and heel lasting machine A side and heel lasting machine that serves to adhere the upstanding unwiped side and heel margin of a shoe upper assembly, which assembly includes a last with an insole on the last bottom and an upper draped about the last. The toe portion of the upper a... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4621384 | Steam toe press A steam press for steaming the toe region of a footwear upper, that includes a contoured activator to receive the toe portion of the upper and operable to heat and apply steam to moisturize the toe portion. The contoured activator includes a contoured sil... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4573229 | Side and heel lasting machine A machine for lasting sides and heels of a shoe assembly having a last with an upper mounted thereon and an insole at its bottom, the assembly being one whose toe portion has already been wiped and whose side and heel portions are to be wiped. Nozzles ser... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4561139 | Machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly 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 an... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4553281 | Side and heel lasting machine A side and heel lasting machine. The machine serves to adhere the unwiped margin of a shoe upper assembly, whose toe portion has been wiped, to the periphery region of the assembly insole. Lasting pads are employed to keep the margin in position during ap... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4530124 | Device for toe and ball lasting of a shoe unit 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 fulcru... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4517697 | Adhesive applicator A footwear forming machine wherein a shoe (or other footwear) upper assembly comprising a shoe upper draped about a last and an inner sole at the bottom of the last, is presented to the machine for applying adhesive and wiping of the lasting margin. The m... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4490868 | Composite band for a footwear-forming machine A composite band for use in a footwear-forming machine. The composite band includes an elongated pad formed to have a bight portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly from the bight portion. A flexible elongated metal is secured at the outer surface o... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4470165 | Toe lasting machine with adjustable heel clamp pad A toe lasting machine (10) for operating on a shoe assembly (66) formed of a last (68) having an upper (70) draped thereon and an insole (72) secured to its bottom by wiping the margin (74) of the toe portion of the upper against the insole while the heel... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4454830 | Sewing machine presser foot having changeable zone of reciprocation A sewing machine having a needle and a presser foot that are reciprocated in synchronism and an arrangement for changing the zone of reciprocation of the presser foot during the reciprocations of the needle and the presser foot.... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4433632 | Transferring successive workpieces to and from a work station For use with a sewing machine (10) that sews a predetermined pattern of stitches on workpieces (22) of successive workpiece assemblies formed of workpiece mounts (24) having the workpieces (22) detachably secured thereto while the workpiece assemblies are... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4422197 | Workpiece transporting mechanism A mechanism for so transporting an insole (118) rearwardly between a pair of molds (122,124) that regardless of the length of the insole the ball portion of the insole is in registry with the ball portions of the molds. This is accomplished by a mechanism... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4391012 | Swingable insole rest An insole rest (14) that supports a shoe assembly (64) formed of a last (66) having an upper (70) draped thereon and an insole (68) located on its bottom. A first motor (36) is so connected to the insole rest as to effect heightwise movement of the insole... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4389745 | Molding an insole and attaching the molded insole to a last bottom An arrangement for molding a flat insole (412) and adhesively attaching the molded insole to the bottom of a last (414) comprising an upper mold (62) and a lower mold (14) having complementary molding surfaces that are initially spaced from each other so ... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4380524 | Cement applying machine and method A machine for applying cement in the corner between the unwiped portion of the margin of a shoe upper mounted on a last and the corresponding portion of the periphery of an insole located on the last bottom by a pair of nozzles that each has a laterally p... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4373467 | Machine for applying a patch of adhesive onto the bottom of a last A machine for applying a patch of adhesive onto the bottom of a last (94) comprising an adhesive applying member (89) movable downwardly into engagement with the last bottom and a shifting mechanism (34, 92) operative to so shift the adhesive applying mec... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4313395 | Mechanism for performing work along an upwardly facing portion of a workpiece A machine, operable on a shoe assembly formed of a last having an insole located on its bottom and an upper mounted thereon with the toe portion of the upper margin being wiped against and secured to the insole and with an unwiped portion of the upper mar... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4266313 | Boot upper quarter molding machine A machine for molding the quarter of a boot upper by causing a female mold (36) to press the quarter against a male mold (74). The male mold (74) is mounted bottom-up by a stem (76) connected by the front portion (72) of a beam (70) to the machine frame (... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4227483 | Adhesive applying machine A machine for applying adhesive to the toe portion of an insole mounted to the bottom of a last through the top of an applicator. The insole is located on an inclined plane and the applicator lies in the inclined plane and bears flushly against the insole... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4224708 | Upper molding and flanging machine A machine that molds an upper to the shape of a male mold by a female mold and that flanges the margin of the upper by a pair of wipers mounted to the female mold. The wipers have bases hinged to each other for swinging movement about a vertex and legs ex... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4205409 | Pulling over and lasting arrangement A pulling over arrangement on a pulling over and lasting machine. The pulling over arrangement comprises a pincers that is operable to grip the margin of an upper and is movable downwardly under the yieldable force of an air operated motor. A locking mech... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4193154 | Toe pulling over and lasting machine 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... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4184219 | Method of stretching an upper about the vamp of a last A method for stretching an upper mounted on a last about the vamp of the last while the last is supported bottom-down. The last has a throat between the tops of its toe and cone portions that is bridged by the upper with the upper being spaced from the th... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4173050 | Pincers assembly and its mounting A mounting for a pincers assembly having a base at its bottom and an upwardly extending sleeve mounted to its top. The mounting, which enables the pincers assembly to have forward-rearward movement, includes a slide mounted below the base which is connect... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4167103 | Machine for roughing the margin of an upper of a shoe assembly A roughing machine having a support for supporting bottom-up a shoe assembly formed of a last having an insole located on its bottom and an upper mounted thereon with the margin of the upper secured to the bottom of the insole and a roughing tool located ... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4155135 | Pulling over mechanism A pulling over mechanism having pincers for gripping the margin of an upper mounted on a last for stretching the upper about the last pursuant to relative heightwise movement of the last with respect to pincers. A motor is actuable to move the pincers hei... | 05/22/1979 |
