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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7330744 | Metal salt resistive layer on an superconducting element The invention relates to a process for applying a resistive layer on an oxide superconducting element for electrically decoupling superconducting filaments contained in the element, an oxide superconducting element having a resistive layer and use thereof, in partic... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7260638 | Method and system for enabling seamless roaming in a wireless network A gateway server manages connections in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The gateway server provides context information, such as an IP address, that is stored after being previously allocated to a mobile device in a previous connection to the WLAN. The gateway... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5210897 | Pulling over and toe lasting machines For accurately positioning a shoe upper on its last preliminarily to a pulling over and toe lasting operation, the machine comprises an optical scanning system (20) by which, in cooperation with a central processor unit (22), coordinate axis values can be... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5025521 | Shoe lasting machine A wiper assembly (120, 220) for a pulling over and toe lasting machine provides for variation of the configuration of the continuous wiping surface (146, 246) and of the leading edge (144, 244) of the wiper assembly. This is achieved by each wiper plate a... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4949416 | Adhesive applicator device The device has a continuous adhesive-applying surface which is made up from a plurality of elements, articulated so as to enable the configuration of the surface to be varied by varying the relationship between the elements. More particularly, the element... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4945593 | Automatic determination of coordinates of the operating path of an adhesive-applying nozzle in an adhesive applicator for a shoe machine The supports (9; 35) by which adhesive-applying nozzles (6) are supported in a shoe machine, e.g. a cement lasting machine, for tracking movement along opposite portions of a shoe bottom (5), are provided with mountings (34) by each of which either such a... | 08/07/1990 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4833749 | Heel support device for supporting a last without movement thereof A heel support device for use in a shoe making machine for forming the toe and sides of a shoe upper tensioned over a last seated on a last support include a guide fixed with respect to the machine. A heel support member is mounted for movement guided by ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4777685 | Machine for pulling over and lasting toe portions of shoe uppers 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 ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4728378 | Method of gluing, to the insole of a footwear blank, the sides of a respective upper, and a side-lasting machine for implementing the method In a footwear side-lasting machine, the setting movement of pressure members is automated which are operative to upturn and press onto a margin of a footwear blank insole coated with an adhesive a flap of its respective upper, while monitoring the curvatu... | 03/01/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4608723 | Apparatus for lasting footwear Apparatus for lasting footwear comprising a wiper assembly which lays the lasting margin about the insole which prior to lasting is pressed against the last by an adhesive injector plate. By a control the movement of the wiper assembly is arrested in an i... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4602398 | Machine for lasting the heel of a shoe with a wiper assembly A machine for lasting the heel of a shoe comprising a shoe last support including an axially displaceable column having a free end. The support is displaceable from a first retracted position to an advanced position and a shoe last is mounted on the free ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4593423 | Lasting heel seat and side portions of a shoe In a combined heel seat and side lasting machine, in which the heel seat lasting operation takes place during the dwell time necessary for the cement side lasting operation, the backpart of the shoe remains free of any clamping pressure at least in and ad... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4558478 | Device for tensioning a shoe upper on a last and for laying its lasting margin over in the ball and shank region Device for tensioning a shoe upper on a last and for laying its lasting margin over in the ball and shank region, wherein the shoe upper is first pressed against the last by means of a presser member, whereafter a band secured to the presser member is ten... | 12/17/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4491996 | Insole support plate mechanism An insole support plate disposed on the last post, the insole support plate having a toggle mechanism which permits the support plate to be moved heelwardly an adjustable amount of distance, said support plate and toggle mechanism being arranged on a fram... | 01/08/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4462132 | Shoe upper conforming machine Side lasting machine has a last support and two side lasting assemblies each comprising a plurality of lasting fingers, a plurality of clamp pads arranged beneath the fingers, one associated with each pair of fingers, and, depending from each finger and i... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4435869 | Shoe lasting machines Provision is made for enabling the support for the lasting rolls and/or adhesive applying nozzles to be moved initially either into a position in which the instrumentalities are aligned with the longitudinal center line of the machine or alternatively are... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4404700 | Machine for lasting side portions of shoes The machine comprises a shoe support (20) on which a shoe can be positioned, and which includes a toe end engaging member (48) which senses the shoe length, two abutment faces (84, 90) being set along shoe length sensed. The machine also comprises adhesiv... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4395790 | Shoe machine A side lasting machine having a last support, for supporting a last bottom uppermost, and two side lasting assemblies, arranged one at each side of the last support, each assembly comprising a plurality of lasting elements (fingers), a plurality of clamp ... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4381573 | Shoe upper conforming machine In a side (or heel seat and side) lasting machine, opposite side portions of the upper are clamped against the last, by means of clamp pads arranged in two rows one at each side of the last, prior to the lasting margin being wiped over corresponding margi... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4338695 | Shoe upper conforming machine A shoe side or combined heel seat and side lasting machine has two cement applying nozzles movable from an initial position, adjacent one another, outwardly to a first position, determined by abutments associated one with each nozzle, which abutments guid... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4296513 | Seat and waist lasting machine-independently pivotable side lasting fingers A shoe side or combined heel seat and side lasting machine has two side lasting assemblies, each comprising wiping elements mounted for pivotal movement, independently of adjacent elements, about first and second axes extending respectively transversely a... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4167052 | Apparatus for a point lasting machine to fold over a shaft edge of a shoe An apparatus is disclosed for a point lasting machine to fold over an edge of a shaft of a shoe or of a shoe upper at a ball and joint part of a last of the machine. The apparatus includes movable presser members for applying pressure against opposite sid... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4120063 | Cement side and heel lasting machine 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... | 10/17/1978 |
