CN205597299U - System for a hot press and be used for hot pressing system object for suppressing surface of object - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a hot press on the surface of suppression object, this hot press are used for pressing the surface to the object with the pressure head through the heating. In one aspect, the hot press includes: the heat source, the pressure head, this pressure head is including constructing this the surperficial utricule that becomes to accord with the object, hold carrier, should hold carrier and construct and keep into the suppression side layer of this surface towards the pressure head with this object, and the actuator, this actuator is constructed into messenger's pressure head and is exerted pressure to the surface of object to at least, the part accords with the surface of object, exerts the surface of object in the future from the heat of heat source from this. The utility model discloses still relate to a system that is used for hot pressing system object.

Description

For suppressing the hot press on the surface of object and for the system of hot pressing object

Priority

This application claims the priority that U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. is 62/120588 submitted on February 25th, 2015, the entire disclosure of which is included in the way of reference at this herein.

Technical field

This utility model relates to the hot press on a kind of surface for suppressing object and for the system of hot pressing object.

Background technology

Prior art has substantial amounts of trial to manufacture shoes waterproof, ventilative.The trial manufacturing this shoes in early days includes manufacturing such shoes, and these shoes are made up of the upper material and the sole being made up of rubber being processed into waterproof leather etc.So, it is thus achieved that certain breathability.But, such structure for shoe causes Railway Project.If upper material is made into the most waterproof, it can lose its ventilative ability.It addition, the join domain between waterproof sole and upper of a shoe becomes the main source of leakage, because there is no effective manner to make join domain waterproof.

The alternative method of the target realizing comfortable waterproof footwear relates to using waterproof insert or foot cover in shoes.This method is particularly useful in the shoes of machine shoe last or hat block, as is known in the art.If this waterproof insert is made up of suitable material, there is the additional advantage of vapor pervious, so when shoes are put on, steam will not be formed in shoes.In field of footwear, the material of waterproof vapor pervious again is commonly called " function " material.The example of this functional material is can be by W.L. Ge Er Allied Corp. (US) Law Department P.O. Box 2245R. Morristown, NJ 07960-2245, U.S. of Maryland State Elkerton with trade (brand) nameThe diaphragm material of commercially available many micropores expanded polytetrafluoroethyl,ne.Other functional materials also have been developed that and are known in the prior art.

Additive method includes being fixed to inside upper of a shoe by the inner lining material of waterproof and breathable by shoe last or hat block technique, and inner lining material is sealed to waterproof washer or inner bottom.Existing multiple different trial is to provide durable waterproof seal or connector in place of gasket material with waterproof washer or inner bottom bonding.These attempt the success achieved in various degree.

The problem frequently resulted at this waterproof and vapor-permeable shoe period of the day from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m of formation is, the insertion of liner or foot cover can frequently result in the footwear of poor match (i.e., do not fit in being inserted into the upper of a shoe of sizing due to liner) and/or poor attaching between liner or foot cover and upper material, its especially cause outward appearance inside undesirable shoes (that is, liner look like fold or pull down from upper of a shoe).

Another problem is, owing to typically requiring multiple additional layer, so motility can be badly damaged to manufacture the product of waterproof footwear.In other words, usual existing waterproof footwear is substantially flexible not as existing non-waterproof footwear.

Therefore, for not only durable seal, the most flexibly but also the searching of the water proof air penetrating shoes that manufactures economy is also continuing.

Utility model content

There has been described various manufacture waterproof footwear and the method for waterproof foot cover and structure.On the one hand, hot press includes: thermal source；Including the pressure head of utricule, this head structure becomes to meet the surface of object；Bearing part, this bearing part is configured to maintain object so that surface is towards the compacting side layer of pressure head；And actuator, this actuator is configured to cause pressure head pressure is applied to the surface of object and meet the surface of object at least in part, thus heat is applied to from thermal source the surface of object.The method manufacturing waterproof footwear is the most also described.

On the other hand, it is provided that the hot press on a kind of surface suppressing object, this hot press includes: thermal source；Pressure head, this pressure head includes the utricule being configured to conform to the surface of object, and this utricule includes at least one of which, and wherein this at least one of which is configured to receive heat from thermal source；Bearing part, is configured to maintain object；And actuator, it is configured to cause pressure head pressure is applied to the surface of object and meet the surface of object at least in part, thus heat is applied to the surface of object by the layer that at least one is heated by this from thermal source.

It yet still another aspect, provide the system of a kind of hot pressing object, this system includes hot press；And the object being placed on the bearing part of hot press, wherein the surface of object is towards the pressure head of hot press, and this pressure head includes the utricule being configured to conform to the surface of object, and this utricule includes at least one layer, and wherein this at least one layer is configured to receive heat from thermal source.Additionally hot press is operable to start hot pressing order, so that hot press applies heat to the heated side layer of pressure head；The surface of object is pressure is applied to, so that pressure head meets the surface of object within the time of specified quantitative at least in part with pressure head；And after the time of specified quantitative, discharge pressure from the surface of object.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Figure 1A illustrates liner and the side view of the seal washer for liner.

Figure 1B illustrates the top view of seal washer.

Fig. 1 C shows the upward view of liner.

Fig. 2 is the front view of example hot press.

Fig. 3 A-3E is cross sectional view, it is shown that with hot press, seal washer is adhered to liner.

Fig. 4 A-4C is the cross sectional view of the example utricule for pressure head.

Fig. 5 is the figure illustrating example seal packing ring.

Fig. 6 is the flow chart of operation hot press method.

Detailed description of the invention

It relates to waterproof footwear and the method for manufacture waterproof footwear.

Figure 1A illustrates liner 100 and the side view of the seal washer 102 for liner.Liner 100 is by a kind of inner lining material manufacture, its waterproof and ventilative (that is, functional material), such as ventilated polymeric barrier film.Liner 100 can be the combination of liner and shoe tree, and this combination includes functional material and other materials.

" moisture vapor permeable " used herein and " breathable " can be used interchangeably, and refer to that the water vapor transmission resistance coefficient of functional layer is less than 200m²Pa/W^-1.Liner 100 includes the top 100a and bottom 100b of opening.The seam of liner top 100a and bottom 100b links together, thus inner lining material is formed as the shape generally corresponded to of upper of a shoe.Each of inner lining material can by including sewing up, welding, the technology such as gluing together.

Ventilative membrane for polymer can be by by the hole in barrier film or being manufactured to breathe freely by solution diffusion mechanism.Ventilative membrane for polymer can be from polyurethane, polyester, polyether-ether-ketone, polyamide, polyacrylate, selects in copolyether ester and copolyether amide.On the one hand, the barrier film of waterproof vapor pervious again is the barrier film of porous Teflon.On the other hand, expanded microporous polytetra fluoroethylene-EPTEE barrier film is as authorized the expanded polytetrafluoroethyl,ne barrier film that the american documentation literature number 3953566 and 4187390 of Ge Er company is lectured.This expanded polytetrafluoroethyl,ne barrier film can be from W.L. Ge Er Allied Corp. (US) Law Department P.O. Box 2245R. Morristown, NJ 07960-2245, U.S. of Maryland State Elkerton with trade (brand) nameBuy.

Figure 1B shows the top view of seal washer 102, and it can have the shape of the bottom 100b shape generally conforming to liner 100.Seal washer can be by multilamellar suitable material manufacture, such as below with reference to the description of Fig. 5.

Substantially homogeneous pressure and heat and can be applied to be fixed on liner 100 on seal washer 102 by being placed on by seal washer 102 bottom liner on 100b by seal washer 102.Heat result in the tack coat flowing of seal washer 102 and is bonded on liner 100 by seal washer 102, thus produces waterproof sealing between seal washer 102 and liner 100.

Fig. 1 C shows the bottom 100b of the liner 100 with a sealing the margin 101.The inside dotted line of sealing the margin 101 is depicted.Bottom 100b includes that functional material, seal washer 102 adhere to this functional material.The bottom 100b of liner 100 can include it not being waterproof and/or ventilative material, such as yarn fabric or non-woven material.

Fig. 2 is the front view of example hot press 200.Hot press 200 can be by the uniform or close surface applying uniform pressure to profile.Hot press 200 can be used to apply pressure and heat to seal washer 102, so that seal washer 102 is bonded to liner 100.

Hot press 200 includes base 202, upper segment 204, and control unit 206.Upper segment 204 includes inner chamber 208, and object is placed in this inner chamber to carry out hot pressing.Although depict only single inner chamber 208, in some embodiments, machine 200 includes that multiple inner chamber, to implement multiple parallel or series hot pressing order, starts with realization and compacting efficiency.Such as machine 200 can include two or more inner chambers side by side.Alternatively, it can be envisaged that be used for rotatable bearing part one or more objects are introduced this intracavity in a sequential manner.

Base 202 includes the bearing part 210 for object and control panel 212, and control panel can include the mechanism such as starting hot pressing order on hot press.Control unit 206 can include touch screen 214 and control panel 216.Control unit 206 and/or control panel 212 can include using color-coded button, in order to operations described below: energising, start, emergent stopping, and processor parameter correction.Technological parameter correction can e.g. the press time, press temperature and compacting during apply pressure.

In some embodiments, control unit 206 includes programmable logic controller (PLC) (PLC).PLC can be with storage technology parameter and control hot press 200 to operate according to technological parameter.PLC can program and implement different operations, the data of such as record description process conditions, checks production quantity, sends report, and receive technological parameter on data communication network on data communication network.

In operation, liner 100 (liner i.e. as above/shoe last or hat block combination) is put into bearing part 210 by operator, such as, be placed in the supporting member 218 of bearing part 210.Operator can be such as human operators or robot or any applicable machine.Liner 100 is oriented the bottom 100b top towards inner chamber 208 of liner by operator and/or machine 200.Seal washer 102 is placed on the bottom 100b of liner 100.The example that is orientated of this description orients, and other orientations of liner are also contemplated within as within the scope of utility model.

Operator uses control unit 206 and/or control panel 212 to start hot pressing order on hot press 200.Bearing part 210 and liner 100 move in inner chamber 208, and heated pressure is applied on seal washer 102 by machine 200, to be bonded on liner 100 by seal washer 102.Fig. 3 A-3C illustrates the example of hot pressing order.

Fig. 3 A-3C is sequentially the cross sectional view illustrating and seal washer 102 adhering to hot press 200 liner 100.The upper segment 204 of hot press 200 includes actuator 302, thermal source 304 and pressure head 306.Pressure head 306 is placed in the inner chamber 208 of upper segment 204.

Actuator 302 may be embodied as utilizing such as pneumatic system, hydraulic system, Mechatronic Systems or one or more combinations thereof.Thermal source 304 may be embodied as utilizing such as ceramic heater, infrared flare heater, hot air heater, deep fat (or other liquid) heater, the metallic plate of heating, or has the metal derby of cartridge heater.

In figure 3 a, liner 100 is placed to be attached in the supporting member 310 of bearing part 210.Supporting member 310 passes through the openings contact liner 100 (that is, shoe last or hat block 100c location) in the top 100a of liner to support liner 100.The bottom 100b of liner faces pressure head 306.Supporting member 310 can include the mechanism that liner 100 is fixed to supporting member 310.

Seal washer 102 is placed on the bottom 100b of liner 100, and such seal washer 102 covers the sealing the margin of liner 100.In the set-up procedure of compacting, the heat come from thermal source 304 rises the temperature of high-head 306.

In figure 3b, bearing part 210 moves to below pressure head 306 and position aligned with it by passage 308 in the inner chamber 208 of machine 200.Such as bearing part 210 can be the go-cart on wheel, and bearing part can be pushed the position in machine 200 by operator.In another example, bearing part 210 can be moved in machine 200 by conveyer belt or any suitable equipment, it is assumed that passage 308 is suitably configured to be easily carried part 210 and comes in and goes out.Other sample equipment include but not limited to pneumatic, dynamo-electric, hydraulic pressure or other suitable equipment.

In fig. 3 c, actuator shaft 312 causes pressure head 306 to move downwardly to liner 100.Pressure head 306 contacts seal washer 102, to apply pressure facing to liner 10 to seal washer 102.Actuator 302 causes pressure head 306 to meet seal washer 102 at least in part.Through a period of time set, pressure head 306 is removed from liner 100, stays seal washer 102 to be sealed to liner 100.

Although Fig. 3 C illustrates that actuator 302 causes pressure head 306 to move, in some embodiments, machine can cause bearing part 210 and/or supporting member 310 to move and liner 100 and seal washer 102 is pressed in pressure head 306.Pressure head 360 can be held in place in hot pressing order.

In some embodiments, machine 200 is applicable to other pressing operations.Such as pressure head 306 can be modular, and so it can exchange with other modules, the most differently contoured pad.In some embodiments, machine 200 is applicable to decorative element is pressed into the side of upper of a shoe or is pressed into together by each layer of upper of a shoe.The most waterproof gas permeable material again can be pressed and be attached to inside upper of a shoe.

Fig. 3 D is shown in the detailed description of the invention that some are other, and thermal source 304 can be placed on other positions of inner chamber 208, such as, depend on the specific configuration of hot press 200.In fig. 3d, this thermal source is placed at the bottom of inner chamber 208 as an exemplary alternative site.

Fig. 3 E illustrates that pressure head 306 includes utricule 400, its can be placed on pressure head 306 or within.

Fig. 4 A is the cross sectional view of the sample utricule 400 for pressure head 306.In this example, utricule 400 includes the silicone membrane 402,404,406 and 408 of four floor height temperature.Should be appreciated that other utricules structure is it can also be envisaged that for having less or relatively multilamellar.Such as, utricule can include at least one of which, and wherein this at least one of which is constructed by this at least one of which and receives heat from thermal source.Some layers can be manufactured by other materials, such as politef.Utricule 400 can be installed to actuator 302 and/or thermal source 304 by such as bracket 410 or any suitable mounting structure.Bracket 410 can be made up of metal or compound material or other any rigid material that suitably can stand threshold temperature and pressure.In some embodiments, such as shown in Fig. 3 A-3C, thicker than other layers towards the top layer 402 of thermal source 304, in order to allow effective heat to keep in sealing step and transmission.Such as in a detailed description of the invention substituted, top layer 402 can be the silicone rubber of 6 millimeters thick, and other layers can be the silastic material of 3 millimeters thick.

Each layer is configured to each layer and can move independently relative to other layers.Such as, multilamellar can be installed in bracket 410 one above the other.This allows utricule to meet has the surface of profile and by the uniform or close surface applying uniform pressure to profile.

In some embodiments, utricule 400 includes buffer section one layer 412.Each in buffering section can be manufactured by silicone rubber, and each section can have the rubber of different hardness.Other materials being used as buffering section include ethane-acetic acid ethyenyl, foamed polyurethane, politef or any material with thermal capacitance and pressurized water steam transport resistance.Buffering section layer can help to independently moving of the permission each region in utricule 400, supports utricule 400 with having contour surface to meet.

In other detailed description of the invention, as shown in figure 4b, this utricule 400 is included in the silicone membrane 402 and 404 of the two-layer high temperature on one layer 412 of buffering section.In some embodiments, utricule 400 can be formed and thus without bracket by the material structure providing enough supportings.

In some embodiments, utricule includes the chamber between each layer of bracket and utricule for admitting fluid.Fluid can include gas and/or liquid.As shown in Figure 4 C, this machine can make utricule 400 to inflate in flexible pipe 416 flows to chamber 414 by passing the fluid through by entering.Such as machine 200 can make utricule inflate before completing a series of hot pressing order.Thermal source can such as be used to internal region and inject the fluid through heating.Fluid can leave chamber 414 by outlet hose 418.

Fig. 5 is the figure illustrating example seal packing ring 102.Seal washer 102 includes barrier layer 504 and tack coat 502, and this tack coat is towards 100b bottom liner.Barrier layer 504 can be first thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with the first fusing point, and tack coat 502 can be to have the 2nd TPU of low-melting second fusing point than the first.

Owing to tack coat 502 has lower fusing point, tack coat 502 starts flowing in hot pressing order, and barrier layer then keeps stable.This allows the bonding that tack coat 502 flows and produces to liner 100, and wherein barrier layer 504 keeps the structure of seal washer 102.

Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the sample technique of the system using hot pressing object.System is controlled by the operator of machine, and this hot press can be the hot press 200 of Fig. 2.

Technological parameter is provided to the control system (602) of hot press such as, and technological parameter can be manually entered into user interface by operator, or operator can allow control system from memorizer or obtain technological parameter on data communication network.

Object is placed in the bearing part of hot press (604).The surface of object is towards the pressure head of hot press.Such as, object can be placed to supporting member and be fixed in supporting member.Pressure head can be the pressure head 306 of such as Fig. 3 A-3C, and supporting member can be the supporting member 310 of such as Fig. 3 A-3C.

Hot pressing order (sequence) is activated (606).Such as, operator can press start key, thus causes machine to start hot pressing order.

In some embodiments, machine applies the scope pressure from 5 pound per square inches (psi) to 50 pound per square inches (psi).Alternatively, pressure can be in the range of 15 to 45 pound per square inches.Pressure can keep constant within the time of specified quantitative, and pressure can change in some embodiments, such as according to the timetable through programming.

In some embodiments, machine can add thermal head 5 or 15 seconds to reach the temperature between 95 degrees Celsius to 200 degrees Celsius.When machine pressure is applied to the surface of object, machine can stop applying heat with thermal source, thus pressure head cools down when machine applies pressure.

One or more following advantages can be provided: product quality can be enhanced compared to some conventional art types, the special embodiment of hot press 200 and/or the method 600 of operation hot press；More waterproof and ventilative liners can be sealed within the time of specified rate；Less personnel are used in the technique of sealed liner；The floor space producing floor can be reduced；Power consumption can be reduced, and is exposed to solvent and gas leakage can be reduced or eliminated.

Be given of the present utility model discussed above be for purposes of illustration and description.Therefore, in the technology and knowledge of related art, the variation matched with above-mentioned instruction, revise and combine, be in the range of this utility model, including such as exceeding percentage elongation described above and load under the definition of extensible inner bottom.

Appended claim is construed as including other alternate embodiment of the present utility model.

Claims (22)

1., for suppressing the hot press on the surface of object, described hot press includes:

Thermal source；

Pressure head, described pressure head includes that utricule, described utricule are configured to conform to the described surface of described object, and described utricule includes at least one of which, and wherein, described at least one of which is configured to receive the heat from described thermal source；

Bearing part, described bearing part is configured to maintain described object；And

Actuator, described actuator is configured to the described surface causing described pressure head to apply pressure to described object, and meet the described surface of described object at least in part, thus via at least one heated layer, the heat from described thermal source is applied to the described surface of described object.

2. hot press as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that described utricule includes:

Multiple compacting sides layer, the plurality of compacting side layer links together and is configured to move independently of one another；And

Being attached at the heated side layer between the compacting each layer in side and thermal source, wherein said bearing part is configured to the described surface the making described object compacting side layer towards described pressure head.

3. hot press as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that described utricule includes the interior zone for admitting fluid.

4. hot press as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that described hot press includes inflation device, with by making fluid make utricule inflate in flowing into described interior zone.

5. hot press as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that at least twice that described heated side layer has heated side thickness, described heated side thickness to be the maximum gauge suppressing any layer in the layer of side.

6. hot press as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that each compacting side layer and heated side layer comprise high temperature silicone membrane.

7. hot press as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that it is one or more that described thermal source includes in lower group: ceramic heater, infrared flare heater, hot fluid, the metallic plate of heating and hot air heater.

8. hot press as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that described actuator includes pneumatic system.

9. hot press as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that include that control system, described control system are configured to:

Make described thermal source that described pressure head is heated to specified temp；And

After making described thermal source heat described pressure head, make described actuator mobile pressure head, pressure is applied to a special time on the surface of object, and then make described pressure head remove from the surface of object.

10. hot press as claimed in claim 9, it is characterised in that described control system is configured to cause described actuator to move described pressure head, to be applied to special time described in the surface of object by specified pressure.

11. hot presses as claimed in claim 9, it is characterised in that described control system is configured on data communication network send report.

12. hot presses as claimed in claim 9, it is characterised in that described control system is configured to during multiple hot pressing order collect data.

13. hot presses as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that this hot press is operable to use hydraulic system to carry out mobile pressure head.

14. hot presses as claimed in claim 13, it is characterised in that this hot press is operable to use mechanical system to carry out mobile pressure head.

15. 1 kinds of systems for hot pressing object, this system includes:

Hot press；With

Being placed on the object on the bearing part of described hot press, wherein, the surface of described object is towards the pressure head of described hot press, described pressure head includes utricule, this utricule is configured to conform to the surface of described object, and this utricule includes at least one of which, and wherein this at least one of which is configured to receive the heat of self-heat power；

Wherein this hot press is operable to start hot pressing order, thus makes hot press:

Heat is applied to the heated side layer of described pressure head；

Pressure is applied to the surface of described object with pressure head, thus make described pressure head meet the surface of object at least in part within the time of specified quantitative；And

After the time of described specified quantitative, discharge pressure from the surface of object.

16. systems as claimed in claim 15, it is characterised in that:

This object is the footwear liner with sole region and upper of a shoe foot area, and this footwear liner includes the functional layer of the waterproof vapor pervious again being oriented on shoe tree；And

After the sole region of footwear liner places seal washer, footwear liner is placed on the load bearing member, so when hot press mobile pressure head is to when contacting with the sole region of footwear liner, and the heat from the heated side layer of pressure head causes the binding agent flowing of seal washer and seal washer adheres to and is sealed to the sole region of footwear liner.

17. systems as claimed in claim 16, it is characterised in that:

This seal washer includes barrier layer and tack coat；And

Seal washer is placed on the surface of liner, is placed on the surface of liner including by tack coat, and the most described barrier layer is towards described pressure head.

18. systems as claimed in claim 17, it is characterised in that described barrier layer includes first thermoplastic polyurethane with the first fusing point, and described tack coat includes having than the first second thermoplastic polyurethane of low-melting second fusing point.

19. systems as claimed in claim 15, it is characterised in that the control system of described hot press is operable to control the specific time, specific temperature is to apply heat to pressure head, and the pressure of specified quantitative is applied to the surface of object.

20. systems as claimed in claim 15, it is characterised in that the control system of described hot press is configured on data communication network send report.

21. systems as claimed in claim 15, it is characterised in that described utricule includes the interior zone for admitting fluid, and wherein starts hot pressing order by making the interior zone of fluid inflow utricule inflate utricule.

22. systems as claimed in claim 15, it is characterised in that described utricule includes multiple compacting sides layer, each compacting side layer and heated side layer comprise high temperature silicone membrane.