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Pizza Pie With Concentric Rings of Crust
A pizza mold for forming a plurality of concentric raised ridges of dough (i.e., crust) on the surface of a pizza pie.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7131794 | Rotatable cutting tool A rotatable cutting tool has a cutting tool body having at least one recess for receiving a replaceable insert. The recess has a wall defined by a deformable clamp extending radially from the tool body, the clamp having a leaf isolated from the tool body except at t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4951338 | Machine for performing a progressive operation on marginal portions of a shoe in the manufacture thereof Two embodiments of the invention are described, namely a machine for performing an adhesive-applying operation progressively along marginal portions of the bottoms of lasted shoes and a machine for performing a roughing operation progressively along side ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4835995 | Machining device, especially for a robot used for the carding of leather A machining device for a robot used for the carding of leather comprises a tool holder head (11, 11a) for receiving a driven rotary tool (24), a movable assembly (12, 8, 9, 20) adjustable in the effective direction of the tool and provided with a rigid ar... | 06/06/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4724562 | Device for controlling the position of a semi-product of a treated shoe A device for controlling the position of a semi-product of treated shoes comprises a holder, which is provided with a heel support and a toe cap support, the mutual distance of which is adjustable by means of a displacement chain according to the size of ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4709434 | Device for controlling movement of a copying roller A device for improving the control of the correction movement of the copying roller of a machine for roughening a margin of a tightened shoe upper comprises a holder of the copying roller which is slidably seated in the basic body of a treating head and c... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4691398 | Shoe making machine A shoe making machine is disclosed. It comprises a base; a slide table movably mounted on the base; a supporting member fixedly mounted on the slide table and having a clamping device for clamping the heel portion of a shoe body; a pair of guide shafts br... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4649585 | Apparatus for roughening the margin of lasted footwear An apparatus for roughening the margin of lasted footwear uppers, comprising a body of a roughening head which is adapted for moving toward an article of semi-finished footwear, the holder of which article is supported by a table board rotatable about a v... | 03/17/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4555823 | Machine for the automatic carding of uppers for footwear A machine for the automatic carding of uppers for footwear, having a locking unit of the last formed by two parts, one for locking the last in the heel-zone and the other to support the toe, and positioned on a carriage movable on a bedplate; a template p... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4510636 | System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts An automatic system for forming custom-made shoe inserts for a person's feet from a pair of blanks is provided with a foot impression mechanism for simultaneously forming an impression of the contour of the undersurface of each of the person's feet and fo... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4452057 | Shoe machine 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 mo... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4416031 | Machine adapted for use in the manufacturing of shoes A shoe support for supporting a shoe, bottom uppermost, with the bottom thereof exposed for an operation to be performed thereon, has a heel end support arrangement and toe end support means moveable relative thereto to accommodate shoes of different size... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4391011 | Machine adapted for use in the manufacture of shoes A computer-controlled machine for progressively roughing marginal portions of shoe bottoms comprises a tool support arm, on which two rotary roughing brushes are carried side-by-side, and a shoe support between which and the arm relative movement takes pl... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4389861 | Machine adapted for use in the manufacture of shoes Apparatus for the combined marginal roughing and toe scouring of shoe bottoms has a shoe support movable in an arcuate path past marginal roughing tools and a scouring tool, the roughing tools being movable widthwise and heightwise of the shoe bottom, and... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4387581 | Machine adapted for use in the manufacture of shoes Machine for performing a progressive roughing operation on shoe bottoms has a three-axis computer controlled stepping motor arrangement for moving two rotary radial roughing tools along a pre-determined path in relation to the shoe bottom being operated u... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4377081 | Belt surfacing tool An endless-belt surfacing tool is disclosed, consisting of a perforated metal sheet with burrs formed by the perforations, the sheet being welded to form a belt, where the weld is made on the same side of the sheet as the burrs formed by the perforations,... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4331011 | Automatic roughing machine A multi-station machine for marginal roughing and toe scouring of shoe bottoms has a turret arrangement, carrying a plurality of shoe supports. At a marginal roughing station two rotary roughing tools operate along opposite marginal portions, during movem... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4324118 | Machine for roughing a peripheral vamp edge of a shoe A turntable rotatable about a vertical axis X supports a carriage slidable thereacross; two templates, with profiles respectively conforming to those of a pair of shoes whose uppers or vamps are to be roughened along a peripheral edge folded about an inso... | 04/13/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4134278 | Machine for performing an operation along a non-rectilinear workpiece periphery A machine for roughing the margin of a shoe upper a desired distance inwardly of the non-rectilinear margin periphery during the rectilinear movement of a shoe assembly, comprising the upper mounted on a last, past a roughing tool. A sensing member, movab... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4126020 | Low inertia shoe machine tool support An automatic shoe bottom roughing machine has tool supports mounted on movable carrier arms to permit movement of the arms widthwise across the shoe bottom, the tool support being pivotable heightwise, both the tool supports and the arms being light in we... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4126021 | Dust extraction arrangement for an automatic roughing machine A dust extraction hood is mounted for pivotal movement with its associated tool on an automatic shoe bottom roughing machine. A parallel linkage is arranged to permit the hood to be spaced equidistantly from the shoe bottom throughout the operation of the... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4020660 | Roughing machine having tool position adjusting mechanism A roughing machine for roughing the margin of an upper of a shoe assembly comprised of a last having an insole on its bottom and the upper mounted thereon with the upper margin lying against and being secured to the insole periphery. The machine is so con... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3975932 | Roughing machine having tool position adjusting mechanism A roughing machine for roughing the margin of an upper of a shoe assembly comprised of a last having an insole on its bottom and the upper mounted thereon with the margin lying against and being secured to the insole periphery. The machine incorporates a ... | 08/24/1976 |
