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US 10,639,861 B2Granted
Sole mold for manufacturing a sole
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsTru Huu Minh Le, Christopher Robertson, Christopher Edward Holmes, Norbert Reuber, Maximilian Philipp Kurtz, Rene Hubert, Christian Richardt
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Abstract
A sole mold for manufacturing a sole from a plurality of particles includes at least one first opening for supplying the particles, and at least two second openings for supplying a gaseous and/or liquid medium to bond and/or fuse the particles together. At least a portion of the sole mold is manufactured by an additive manufacturing method.
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A sole mold for manufacturing a sole from a plurality of particles comprising:
- at least one first opening for supplying the particles;
- and
- at least two second openings for supplying at least one of a gaseous medium and a liquid medium to perform at least one of bonding and fusing the particles together;
- wherein at least a portion of the sole mold comprising the at least two second openings is manufactured by an additive manufacturing method;
- and
- wherein the at least two second openings have a largest dimension smaller than the average size of the particles to be molded in the shoe mold.
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