Induction heating apparatuses and processes for footwear manufacturing
US9986787B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B6/106
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus for making an article of footwear is provided. The apparatus may include a last shaped to resemble a human foot and being formed at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field. The apparatus may also include an induction coil disposed proximate to the last and configured to produce an electromagnetic field that causes the susceptor material in the last to increase in temperature by induction heating.
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