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US 4,734,150 AGranted
Shoe substrate reinforcing machine
AssigneeDVSG Patentverwaltungs GmbH
InventorsAlbert I. Morse, Douglas H. Crowell
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Abstract
The present invention relates to machines which deposit powder in a selected configuration, fuse the powder into a laminate and adhere the fused laminate to a shoe substrate to reinforce the substrate, and more particularly, to instrumentalities to assist the machine operator to properly locate the shoe substrate on the machine.
Claims6
A machine for depositing powder in a selected configuration, fusing the powder into a laminate and pressing the fused laminate against a shoe substrate, comprising:
- means for supporting a family of shoe substrates to which a fused laminate is to be adhered, each said shoe substrate having a selectively configured shape which is to be accurately positioned on said supporting means to properly receive the substrate, said supporting means including;
- a layer of surface material, onto which the shoe substrate is placed;
- an underlying layer of resilient material disposed beneath said layer of surface material;
- at least two locater pins, each extending through an opening formed in said layer of surface material;
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- a pad of selectively compressible material supporting each said pin whereby said locater pins are pushed downwardly to a position flush with said layer of surface material when the fused laminate is pressed onto the shoe substrate.
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