Automated strobel printing
US9380837B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA43D2200/60
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A machine moves shoe strobels to a camera or scanner where images of the strobels are captured. Using the images, a computing device instructs a printer how to mark guidelines within a threshold distance of each other on the strobels that signify strobel sewing lines for different shoes models and shoe sizes. Cross-sectional lines may also be printed on the strobels to aid in error-checking guideline marking. Unmarked strobels are stacked in a loading compartment, sometimes in pairs—e.g., right and left shoe strobels. The unmarked strobels are transferred to a conveyor that brings the strobels to the camera or scanner and the printer. After guidelines and/or cross-sectional lines are added to the strobels, the marked strobels are stacked in a compartments housing other marked strobels.
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