US 4,412,364 AGranted

Process for the normalized manufacture of shoes

OwnerFernando Orea Mateoinventor

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Abstract

A process for the normalized manufacture of shoes includes defining the measurements of the sole of a last, to determine the transverse contour thereof, by defining an axis transverse to the length of the sole at a position spaced one third of the length from the sole front. Four zones determined by three transverse lines equally spaced at a distance of 1/12 the length are defined forwardly of the transverse axis. The contour of the sole is determined along such lines to be flat at the line nearest to the front, to have an arch height of 1/120 the length at the following line and to have an arch height of 1/96 the length of the last line. Seven transverse lines, equally spaced at a distance 1/12 the length are defined rearwardly of the transverse axis. The contour of the sole is determined by the most forward such line to have an arch height of 1/96 the length, and to have at the remaining such lines arch heights of 1/60 the length.

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A process for the normalized manufacture of shoes, such that as shoe lengths change, other shoe dimensions are changed proportionally, said process comprising contouring shoe lasts used for shoe manufacture such that for each shoe last the sole of the last is dimensioned by:

defining an axis extending transverse to the length of said sole of said last at a position spaced from the front of said sole by one-third the length of said sole;
defining four forward sole zones separated by three lines extending transverse to said length and spaced bewteen said front and said axis by equal intervals of 1/12 said length;
forming said sole at a first said transverse line closest to said front to have a straight contour along said first transverse line;
forming said sole at a second said transverse line rearwardly adjacent said first transverse line to have a regularly arched contour having a height of 1/120 of said length;
forming said sole at a third said transverse line closest to said axis to have a regularly arched contour having a height of 1/96 of said length;
defining eight rearward sole zones separated by seven rear lines extending transverse to said length and spaced between said axis and the heel of said sole by equal intervals of 1/12 said length;
forming said sole at a first said rear transverse line closest to said axis to have a regularly arched contour having a height of 1/96 of said length;
and
forming said sole at each of the remainder of said rear transverse lines to have a regularly arched contour having a height of 1/60 of said length.

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