Antistatic shoe
AssigneeNew Process Corp.
InventorsSan-Huai Wang, Tzu-Yang Wang
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Abstract
An antistatic shoe includes an outsole having a conducting portion that is made of a conducting material and an insole that has a conducting portion mad of a conducting material. An antistatic unit is sewn to the conducting portion of the insole from below so as to be located between the outsole and the insole. An upper is mounted on the outsole and the insole. Electric connection between the components allows static electricity from a human body to be transmitted to a resistor in the antistatic unit, so that static electricity that would otherwise accumulate in the human body can be stably removed by the resistor and sent to the ground. This eliminates the risk of a transient electrostatic discharge that may disadvantageously damage adjacent electronic devices or generate sparks.
Claims8
An antistatic shoe, comprising:
- an outsole, having a conducting portion;
- an insole, having a conducting portion;
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- an antistatic unit, which is deposited between the outsole and the insole and includes:
- a first base, which is made of a nonconducting material and has a first surface and a second surface;
- a second base, which is made of a nonconducting material and has a first surface and a second surface;
- a first conducting member, which is provided on the second surface of the first surface of the first base;
- a second conducting member, which is provided on the first surface of the second base;
- a third conducting member, which is provided on the first surface and the second surface of the second base, wherein the second conducting member and the third conducting member are not electrically communicated;
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- a resistor, which is provided on the first surface of the second base, with two ends thereof electrically connected to the second conducting member and the third conducting member,
- wherein, the first surface of the first base adheres to the first surface of the second base, so that the first conducting member and the second conducting member are electrically communicated, and the first conducting member of the second surface of the first base is electrically connected to one of the conducting portion of the insole and the conducting portion of the outsole, while the third conducting member of the second surface of the second base is electrically connected to the other of the conducting portion of the outsole and the conducting portion of the insole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.