Liquid tpu texturing during and after curing
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorHenry HANSON
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a sole structure, including: providing a liquified polymer; arranging the liquified polymer onto a base layer; curing the liquified polymer; disposing the cured polymer in a mold structure comprising a textured sole imprint; heating the mold structure and pressing the cured polymer against the textured sole imprint; heating the cured polymer to at least partially melt the cured polymer; and molding the textured sole imprint on an outer surface of the at least partially melted cured polymer, thereby obtaining the sole structure.
Claims21
A method for manufacturing a sole structure, comprising:
- providing a liquified polymer;
- arranging the liquified polymer onto a base layer;
- curing the liquified polymer;
- disposing the cured polymer in a mold structure comprising a textured sole imprint;
- heating the mold structure and pressing the cured polymer against the textured sole imprint;
- heating the cured polymer to at least partially melt the cured polymer;
- and
- molding the textured sole imprint on an outer surface of the at least partially melted cured polymer, thereby obtaining the sole structure.
The method according to claim, wherein curing the liquified polymer comprises using radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.