Shoe Support

A drying apparatus comprising

• a drying chamber, and
• a shoe transporter system for carrying shoes through the drying chamber,
• wherein the drying chamber comprises means for directing jets of air against the exposed bottoms of shoes supported by said system,
• wherein the shoe transporter system comprises a plurality of shoe supports, each comprising a pair of support members spaced apart from one another and extending in a direction lengthwise of a shoe to be supported thereby such that a cone of a last can be received between the support members and the shoe is supported by shoesupporting surface portions of said members with the shoe bottom exposed, each of said members being mounted for pivotal movement about an axis disposed adjacent an elongated edge thereof, and a friction arrangement being provided for maintaining the members in adjusted position, the shoe supports being mounted adjacent one another on a continuous drive arrangement and being carried successively from a loading station to an unloading station,
• and wherein a further continuous drive arrangement is provided comprising platform portions on which shoe sole units can be supported and be carried through a further drying chamber in timed relation with the operation of the first-mentioned drive arrangement, in which further drying chamber jets of air are directed against exposed portions of units supported by said platform portions and said portions of the units are heated.

A drying apparatus comprising

• a drying chamber, and
• a shoe transporter system for carrying shoes and shoe components through the drying chamber, wherein the drying chamber comprises means for directing Jets of air against an exposed surface to be dried of shoes and shoe components supported by said system,
• and wherein the shoe transporter system comprises a plurality of shoe supports, each comprising a pair of support members spaced apart from one another and extending in a direction lengthwise of a shoe to be supported thereby such that a cone of a last can be received between the support members and the shoe is supported by shoe-supporting surface portions of said members with the shoe bottom exposed, each of said members being mounted for pivotal movement about an axis disposed adjacent an elongated edge thereof, and a friction arrangement being provided for maintaining the members in adjusted position, the shoe supports being mounted adjacent one another on a continuous drive arrangement and are carried successively from a loading station to an unloading station,
• and wherein each support member is in the form of a plate member so dimensioned that when the plate members are pivoted about said axis to bring the shoe-supporting surface portions thereof into a common plane said surface portions form a substantially continuous surface on which e.g. a sole unit can be supported,
• and further wherein adjacent plate members forming part of adjacent shoe supports are mounted for pivotal movement about a common axis.