EP1123018B1 - Machine for applying an under-toe cap to a shoe upper - Google Patents
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- EP1123018B1 EP1123018B1 EP99935004A EP99935004A EP1123018B1 EP 1123018 B1 EP1123018 B1 EP 1123018B1 EP 99935004 A EP99935004 A EP 99935004A EP 99935004 A EP99935004 A EP 99935004A EP 1123018 B1 EP1123018 B1 EP 1123018B1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
- A43D25/00—Devices for gluing shoe parts
- A43D25/20—Arrangements for activating or for accelerating setting of adhesives, e.g. by using heat
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
- A43D11/00—Machines for preliminary treatment or assembling of upper-parts, counters, or insoles on their lasts preparatory to the pulling-over or lasting operations; Applying or removing protective coverings
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- the invention relates to manufacturing of footwear, and concerns applying an under-toe cap to the forepart of a shoe upper according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Shoes have heretofore been provided, as having the fore-upper part strengthened by under-toe caps, named simply under-toes in the following, placed between the toe of the upper and the lining.
- the under-toes whose form depends on the shoe model and size, are supplied with a layer of adhesive applied to at least one surface, i.e. the one which is to be glued to the inner surface of the upper.
- the under-toe cap is kept pressed for about 15 - 20 seconds, so as to activate the adhesive applied onto it and allow mutual gluing between the under-toe and the toe of the shoe upper.
- the operator must first choose the appropriate under-toe from a range of available under-toes; then he has to position the selected under-toe on the upper, operate the punch to go down and wait about 15 - 20 seconds before operating the punch to go up.
- This technique leads to limited productivity and the resulting quality depends on the operator's experience, ability, tiredness, working cycle repetitiveness, and the like.
- under-toes borders are covered with the adhesive material during the transfer stage, and this requires a dwelling time necessary to carry out this operation.
- the publication US-A-3 852 840 relates to a machine for preparing flexible sheet material to be assembled and stiffened.
- a mechanism cyclically assembles and stiffen selected portions of footwear, for instance a pre-coated toe portion of a vamp and a lining.
- the machine includes a particle dispensing means, a ply combining mechanism, and pressure conforming means.
- a dispensing device distributes granular reinforcing material to the coating of adhesive, the particles being retained in a thickness-pattern conductive to sequential pressure-forming of the assembly and then recirculates unused granules.
- None of the above-mentioned prior art documents includes heating means placed in the transfer device, to activate an adhesive pre-coated under-toe while transferring it from a multi-type under-toe magazine to an application-pressing station.
- This invention was evolved with the general object of providing a machine that overcomes the above mentioned disadvantages, more particularly a machine that can automatically select the proper type of under-toe from among a predetermined range of under-toes, and promptly position the selected under-toe on the upper toe area.
- Another object of the present invention is to propose a machine which reduces the time necessary to fasten the under-toe to the upper toe area and whose productivity is considerably higher than the productivity obtained by known machines
- Another object of the present invention is to propose a machine whose productivity is independent from the operator.
- a further object of the present invention is to propose a machine which can be operated by commonly specialized personnel.
- Still another object of the present invention is to propose a machine, which applies adhesive to the under-toe surface which does not touch the upper.
- Yet a further object of the present invention is to propose a machine which fulfills all the above mentioned objects and is obtained by a combination of working means and actuators which are simple to manufacture and whose maintenance is very limited, the actuators being controlled by a control unit.
- reference numeral 1 generally designates a stepwise operated carrousel supported by a vertical shaft 2.
- This carrousel carries a plurality of magazines, e.g. four indicated with C1, C2, C3, C4.
- the magazines are arranged in quadrature and symmetrical with respect to vertical diametrical planes of the carrousel, for instance the planes D1 and D2 shown in figure 3.
- magazines can vary; there can be e.g. two, three, five six, etc. magazines.
- the magazine C1 includes:
- crosspieces 6, 8 are carried by two cylindrical rods 9 and can slide with respect to these rods independently from each other.
- the cylindrical rods 9 are fastened to a bar 10 symmetrically with respect to the above-mentioned diametrical plane.
- the bar 10 is attached to the lower surface 1a of the carrousel 1.
- the second crosspiece 8 is pressed against the lower surface 1a of the carrousel thus bending the rods 9 and fastening the first crosspiece 6 to the lower surface 1a.
- the slots 5 do not obstruct the movement of the movable stems during the adjustment of this spatial configuration.
- the stationary stems 3 and movable stems 4, 7 define the walls of the magazine C, which receives a stack of toes P.
- the carrousel 1 carries vertical position identification metal blocks R1, R2, R3, R4, placed at different levels, so as to make them each of them correspond to one of the magazines C1, C2, C3, C4; these metal blocks R1, R2, R3, R4 are detected by a series of corresponding sensors S1, S2, S3, S4 situated upstream of a first station 50, in which the under-toes are picked up from a relative magazine ( Figure 8).
- the carrousel 1 moves stepwise in direction N, in the described case, by 90° steps.
- the slide 30 moves longitudinally along the diametrical plane D1 of the station 50 between two extreme positions H1, H2, first and second, respectively.
- the pick up device 31 is situated over the first pickup station 50, while in the second position H2, this device is situated over a second working station 60, in which the under-toe P is applied to an upper T.
- the pick up device 31 features, made in its surface 36, several holes 35 (Figure 9), which can be connected to a source of vacuum (not shown), and heating means (e.g. electric resistor) controlled via a thermostatic device to maintain this surface 36 with the holes at a predetermined temperature.
- heating means e.g. electric resistor
- the second working station 60 has a support surface 61 with a locking element 62 driven to move vertically by a relative actuator 63 between a working lowered position O ( Figures 1, 2) and a working raised position (not shown).
- the part of the upper on which the under-toe is to be applied, is placed on the surface 61 and the locking element 62 clamps the fore edge of the under-toe to the surface 61.
- the pick up device 31 In time relation with the above operations, the pick up device 31, already placed in the pick up station 50, lowers until it strikes the stems 4,7, which are pushed downward against the elastic reaction of elastic means 73, connected to these stems, until the pick up device goes in abutment against the uppermost under-toe P of the stack of under-toes stored in the magazine C situated below ( Figure 1).
- the pick up device 31 can pick up the under-toe P due to the holes 35 being connected to the vacuum source.
- the pick up device 31 is raised, so as to be locate, by motion of the slide 30, over the second working station 60.
- the pressure is maintained for a predetermined period of time, which is considerably shorter than time needed for the solutions described in the prior art. This is because, according to the present invention, the adhesive is already active at the moment in which the under-toe touches the upper.
- the device 31 is raised and the slide 30 goes back to the first working position H1.
- the adhesive is applied to the under-toe by a spray gun 70, operated either by an operator, or automatically by means 80 controlled by the control unit and moving along axes X, Y in relation to the under-toe size.
- the proposed machine activates the adhesive on the run, while the under-toe is transferred from the magazine to the second working station 60, which reduces the time necessary to apply the under-toe to the upper.
- the under-toe is positioned on the upper automatically, which, on the one hand, reduces the time necessary for performing the above described working steps, and on the other hand, optimizes the positioning, which does not depend on the operator's ability.
- the magazines are situated on the carrousel 1, however they can be arranged in a different way, e.g. aligned in one or more lines, or in a still different way.
- Figure 10 shows an interesting embodiment of the proposed machine.
- a heat source 150 is situated between the pick up station 50 and under-toe application station 60, for sending heat (e.g. hot air, infrared rays, etc.) upwards.
- heat e.g. hot air, infrared rays, etc.
- This heat source 150 makes the machine extremely versatile, as far as the technical-functional aspects of the adhesive activation are concerned.
- the adhesive can be activated solely by this heat source; in this case, the pick up device 31 has only the task of picking up the under-toe and transferring it to the application station 60.
- the adhesive is activated preferably by stopping the pick up device 31 over the heat source 150 (position F) for a period of time necessary to activate the adhesive.
- This operation can be optimized and shortened by lowering the pick up device 31 by the actuator 32.
- the adhesive can be activated also on the run, by the heat source 150, i.e. without stopping the pick up device 31.
- the heat necessary to activate the adhesive can be supplied either by the pick up device 31 or by the heat source 150.
- the proposed machine can be also used for only transferring a under-toe from the pick up station 50 to the application station 60, without adhesive activation (by deactivating the heat source 150 and heating means of the pick up device 31); in this case, it is obvious that the adhesive is activated in the application station 60 according to known techniques.
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- Figure 1 is a schematic side view of a portion of the proposed machine;
- Figure 2 is a schematic side view of the proposed machine;
- Figure 3 is a schematic, plan view of the proposed machine, with some parts removed, so as to better show other parts;
- Figure 4 is a plan view of the station, in which the under-toe is applied to the upper, in a working step after the under-toe has been applied;
- Figure 5 is an enlarged view according to the arrow A of Figure 2, showing the means for adjusting the mutual distance between the stems defining a magazine of the carrousel;
- Figures 6, 7 are sectional views taken along lines VI-VI and VII-VII of Figure 5;
- Figure 8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of Figure 3;
- Figure 9 is a view according to the arrow B showing the particular W of Figure 2;
- Figure 10 is the same view as Figure 2 of another, significant embodiment of the proposed invention.
- two stationary
vertical stems 3, symmetrical with respect to a relative diametrical plane D1 of the ones mentioned above; - a first pair of movable
vertical stems 4, symmetrical with respect to this plane D1, freely introduced into therelative slots 5 made in the carrousel parallel to this plane, and with thejackets 4a fastened to afirst crosspiece 6 made in the region of thelower surface 1a of the carrousel; - a second pair of movable
vertical stems 7, symmetrical with respect to the plane D1, freely introduced into therelative slots 5 and whosejackets 7a are fastened to asecond crosspiece 8 made in the region of thelower surface 1a of thecarrousel 1.
Claims (14)
- A Machine for applying under-toes to the forepart of a shoe upper, including:at least one magazine (C) for storing a stack of under-toes (P), situated in a pick up station (50) in which under-toes are picked up, each of said under-toe having applied thereto a layer of adhesive;an under-toe application station (60) in which a under-toe (P) is applied to the forepart of a corresponding upper (T), said under-toe application station (60) including a support surface (61) for said forepart of the upper;a transfer device (31) to pick up an uppermost under-toe from said magazine (C)and transfer said picked up under-toe to said application station (60) for placing said under-toe on said forepart of the upper and pressing said under-toe with a predetermined force for a predetermined period of time;said machine being characterised in that it includes means (31, 150) for supplying heat acting between said pick up station (50) and said application station (60) for activating adhesive applied previously to the lower part of the under-toe during transferring of said under toe from said pick up station (50) to said application station (60), and in that said magazine (C) includes a support base (1), two stationary vertical stems (3), symmetrical with respect to a vertical plane, and at least two movable vertical stems (4,7) symmetrical with respect to said vertical plane, said movable stems beingtouched by a lower horizontal surface (36) of said pick up device, when said pick up device moves to pick up the uppermost under-toe from the stack of under-toes contained in said magazine.
- A machine according to claim 1, wherein said means for supplying heat includes heating means enclosed within said pick up device (31).
- A machine according to claim 1, wherein said means for supplying heat includes a heat source (150) situated between said pick up station (50) and said application station (60).
- A machine according to claim 1, wherein said means for supplying heat includes heating means, enclosed within said pick up device (31), and a heat source (150), situated between said pick up station (50) and said application station (60).
- A machine according to claim 4, wherein said heating means and heat source cooperating in activating adhesive applied previously to the lower part of said under-toe, while said pick up device (31) transfers said under-toe from said pick up station (50).
- A machine according to claim 2, wherein said pick up device (31) features, made in its horizontal surface (36), a plurality of holes (35), which can be connected to a source of vacuum, for picking up said under-toe, and in that said heating means maintains said surface (36) in a predetermined temperature, in which the adhesive applied to the lower part of the under-toe (P) is activated.
- A machine according to claim 1, wherein said pick up device (31) is carried by a slide (30), with respect to which it moves vertically, said slide (30) moving longitudinally between two extreme positions, namely a first position (H1), in which said pick up device is situated over said pick up station (50), and a second position (H2), in which said pick up device is situated over said application station (60).
- A machine according to claim 1, wherein said movable vertical stems (4,7) enter freely into related slots (5) and there are means for adjusting the position of said movable stems (4,7) with respect to said stationary vertical stems (3).
- A machine according to claim 1, wherein the lower part of each of said movable stems (4,7) is housed in a jacket (4a,7a) and is subjected to elastic means situated inside these jackets.
- A machine according to claim 1, wherein said application station (60) includes a support surface (61), on which the forepart of said upper (T) rests, and means (62) for movably fastening said upper forepart to said support surface.
- A machine according to claim 1, including a series of said magazines (C), said magazines being situated on a carrousel (1) and arranged symmetrically with respect to angularly equispaced diametrical planes (D1,D2), said carrousel being supported by a vertical shaft (2), moved stepwise, so that one of the magazines (C1,C2,C3,C4) is moved to said pick up station (50).
- A machine according to claim 11, including vertical position identification metal blocks (R1,R2,R3,R4), one for each of said magazines, and a series of corresponding sensors (S1,S2,S3,S4) for detecting said metal blocks, said sensors situated upstream of said pick up station (50), so as to position the magazine containing a stack of predetermined under-toes in said pick up station (50).
- A machine according to claim 1, wherein said application station (60) includes means (80) operating an adhesive spraying gun (70), said gun spraying adhesive onto the upper surface of the under-toe (P) already applied to the forepart of the upper (T).
- A machine according to claim 8, wherein said adjusting means include:at least one crosspiece (6,8) supporting said jackets (4a,7a) of the movable stems (4,7), said crosspiece situated under the support bases (1), in which said slots are made;at least two rods (9) freely coupled with said crosspiece, perpendicular thereto;a bar (10), carrying said rods (9), which are fastened to said support base;means (11) for tightening and disengaging of said crosspiece (6,8) to and from the lower surface (1a) of said support base (1).
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ITBO980601 | 1998-10-23 | ||
IT1998BO000601A IT1304227B1 (en) | 1998-10-23 | 1998-10-23 | MACHINE FOR THE APPLICATION OF TOE CAPS TO THE FRONT OF A FOOTWEAR FOR FOOTWEAR. |
PCT/IB1999/001418 WO2000024285A1 (en) | 1998-10-23 | 1999-08-11 | Machine for applying an under-toe cap to a shoe upper |
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CN (1) | CN1122470C (en) |
AT (1) | ATE235174T1 (en) |
BR (1) | BR9914682A (en) |
DE (1) | DE69906341T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2194487T3 (en) |
IT (1) | IT1304227B1 (en) |
PL (1) | PL189927B1 (en) |
PT (1) | PT1123018E (en) |
RO (1) | RO119431B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000024285A1 (en) |
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