Method and apparatus for automatically manufacturing shoe soles

US11938697B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• adidas AG · DE

Inventors

• Tru Huu Minh Le · Erlangen, DE
• Carsten Landeck · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Christopher Edward Holmes · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Angus Wardlaw · Nuremberg, DE
• Constantin Kemmer · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Victor Romanov · Wertheim, DE
• Christoph Dyckmans · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Amir Fathi · Bayreuth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01B11/2518
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for automated manufacturing of shoe soles comprises the steps of: loading a transfer device with at least one outsole element and at least one supporting element, positioning the loaded transfer device adjacent a first part and a second part of a sole mold, transferring the at least one outsole element from the transfer device to the first part and transferring the at least one supporting element from the transfer device to the second part of the sole mold, filling the sole mold with a plurality of individual particles, and applying a medium to bond and/or fuse the particles with each other and with the at least one outsole element.