EP1472947A1 - Maschine mit mehreren Stationen für die automatische Bearbeitung von Schuhrändern und Schuhboden - Google Patents

Maschine mit mehreren Stationen für die automatische Bearbeitung von Schuhrändern und Schuhboden Download PDF

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EP1472947A1
EP1472947A1 EP03425286A EP03425286A EP1472947A1 EP 1472947 A1 EP1472947 A1 EP 1472947A1 EP 03425286 A EP03425286 A EP 03425286A EP 03425286 A EP03425286 A EP 03425286A EP 1472947 A1 EP1472947 A1 EP 1472947A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
    • A43D49/00—Machines for pounding
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
    • A43D25/00—Devices for gluing shoe parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
    • A43D37/00—Machines for roughening soles or other shoe parts preparatory to gluing

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  • the present invention concerns an automatic machine with a plurality of working stations, to carry out machinings on the edge and bottom of footwear, particularly shoe cementing operations.
  • a first type of automatic machines substantially reproduces the approach to handwork and therefore consists of a machine with a single working station, equipped with one or more tools to machine the shoe.
  • the operative positions on the single working station only one shoe mounted on a last, and he starts the production cycle which may consist of one or more successive operations, at the end of which he removes the shoe which has been machined and introduces a new shoe; systems can be provided to shift the support for the shoe, so as to facilitate its positioning on and removal from the machine.
  • An example of this type of automatic machine is described in EP-A-0 388 674.
  • This type of automatic machines is apt to perform a good machining on the shoe, it has fairly reduced dimensions, but its productiveness is insufficiently high due to the fact that the machine is fully inoperative while the shoes are being positioned thereon and removed therefrom.
  • the dead time reckoned for these operations is in fact between 50% and 80% of the time required for the actual working step, according to whether the machine performs a single or more successive operations on the shoe.
  • a second more advanced type of automatic machines has been introduced on the market, characterized in that it comprises a shoe loading station, one or more working stations and, finally, an unloading station of the finished shoe.
  • Different solutions have been proposed for what concerns the number and distribution of the working and loading/unloading stations, as well as the system to convey the shoes from one station to the next.
  • a first solution provides for an in-line machine, wherein the first station is the loading station, followed by the required number of intermediate working stations and ending with the unloading station.
  • a second solution provides instead for a rotary machine with four stations, wherein the first station is used for the loading and unloading operations, while the other three stations are used for the required machining operations.
  • a third solution consists of a machine with only two stations, which provides for means to alternately move between said stations two shoes mounted on lasts, the two stations alternately acting one as a loading/unloading station and the other as a working station, and viceversa. Thanks to this particular double function of the two stations, it has been possible to realize this machine - described in EP-596.570, in the name of the same Applicant - with an extremely compact design, whereby it has met with great success on the market, particularly in its carding/cementing combination. In fact, the replacement of a machine of the first aforementioned type with a machine of this last type has allowed to increase its productiveness by 50%, without taking up any additional space.
  • the object of the present invention is to thus supply an automatic machine to carry out machinings on footwear which, while substantially taking up the same space as the most compact automatic machines of known type, allows to significantly increase the productiveness thereof.
  • said object is reached by means of an automatic machine to carry out machinings on the edge and bottom of footwear, of the type comprising a plurality of working stations arranged according to a circular path, along which move the shoes to be machined mounted on lasts, one of said stations being used for the operations of loading the shoe to be machined and unloading the finished shoe, characterized in that said circular path extends on a vertical plane.
  • an automatic machine to carry out machinings on the edge and bottom of footwear of the type comprising a plurality of working stations arranged according to a circular path, along which move the shoes to be machined mounted on lasts, one of said stations being used for the operations of loading the shoe to be machined and unloading the finished shoe, characterized in that said circular path extends on a vertical plane.
  • the general structure of the automatic machine to carry out machinings on footwear according to the present invention is clearly illustrated in figs. 1 and 2. It comprises a closed box-type frame T, onto a sidewall 1 of which is idly pivoted the shaft 2 of a rotating support 3 with a plurality of spokes 4.
  • the shaft 2 is perpendicular to the sidewall 1, while the spokes 4 extending therefrom lie on a plane parallel to said wall and thus perpendicular to the shaft 2.
  • the rotating support 3 is caused to rotate by a main motor M p through a conventional type belt transmission, both diagrammatically illustrated in fig. 2.
  • the rotating support 3 comprises three spokes 4 positioned at 120° one from the other, the number of spokes of the support 3 obviously determining the number of the working stations in the machine.
  • the motor M p is operated by an on-board processing unit - the control console C of which is positioned in the front part of the machine - to cause the intermittent rotation of the support 3, so that the different spokes 4 of said support move their position in the respective working stations, each of which is used to carry out a different operation or machining on the shoe.
  • each spoke 4 ends with suitable gripping devices allowing to steadily block on the spoke, for the whole working cycle, a shoe mounted on its last.
  • the gripping devices are pneumatically operated through specific compressed air channels extending along the shaft 2 and then branching off, by means of a three-way rotating joint, in correspondence of channels each housed into the three spokes 4, so that the feeding of compressed air to the gripping devices takes place independently from the position of the support 3 and from its steady or moving condition.
  • the operation of the single gripping devices is thus obtained, in known manner, by means of independent controls for each gripping device, so that each device can be operated not only for the initial introduction and final removal of the shoe, but also in the intermediate stations when required for the machinings carried out on said shoes. Also the operation of the gripping devices is obviously controlled by the internal processing unit according to the particular working cycle.
  • a new shoe to be machined mounted on its last is introduced in station I, to which the operative can gain access through an opening 5 provided in the front part of the machine.
  • the blocking of the shoe onto the end of the spoke 4 is illustrated in further detail in fig. 3, where it can be seen that the last F, with its upper mounted thereon, is inserted on the spoke 4 - through a pin/hole system known per se, and thus not illustrated - and set in its position by a fixed heel support 6.
  • the last F is then blocked in this position by means of a pneumatically operated gripping device 7, which locks the neck of the last F on both sides.
  • Other systems to block the last can anyhow be adopted, without thereby departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • the on-board processing unit operates the motor M p which causes the shifting by 120° of the rotating support 3, so that the shoe which has just been positioned in station I is shifted onto the working station II, while a new spoke 4 reaches the station I and is ready for a new shoe to be introduced thereon.
  • the working station II is illustrated in further detail in fig. 4. This station is used to carry out the cementing of the lateral edge L of the shoe.
  • the tool to spread the adhesive substance consists of a cementing head 8, carrying at its front end the brush 9 to spread the adhesive substance.
  • the motion of the cementing head 8 is controlled by the processing unit, according to a preset working program, by operating five motors, X, Y, Z, A and B, which cause shifting of the cementing head 8 along the three orthogonal axes X, Y and Z, and the rotation of said head about two mutually perpendicular axes A and B, passing through the point of contact of the brush 9 with the edge of the shoe.
  • the motor X controls the movement of the slide 10 along the guides 11; the motor Y controls the movement of the slide 12 along the guides 13 integral with the slide 10; the motor A controls the rotation of the rotating support 14 about the axis A integral with the slide 12; the motor Z controls the lifting/lowering of the support 15 for the head 8 in respect of the rotating support 14; and, finally, the motor B controls the rotation of the cementing head 8 in respect of the rotation axis B.
  • the axis B and the axis Y are perpendicular to the plane of the drawing shown in fig. 4.
  • Said station is illustrated in detail in fig. 5.
  • Station III is used to carry out the cementing of the shoe bottom.
  • the tool to spread the adhesive substance consists of a cementing head 18, carrying at its front end the brush 19 to spread the adhesive substance.
  • the motion of the cementing head 18 is controlled by the processing unit, according to a preset working program, by operating five motors, X1, Y1, Z1, A1 and B1 - similar to those previously described for station II - with a slightly different mechanical arrangement, as described hereunder.
  • the motor X1 controls the movement of the slide 20 along the guides 21; the motor Y1 controls the movement of the slide 22 along the guides 23 integral with the slide 20; the motor Z1 controls the lifting/lowering of said slide 22 in respect of the slide 20; the motor A1 controls the rotation of the rotating support 24 about the axis A1 integral with the slide 22; and, finally, the motor B1 controls the rotation of the cementing head 18 in respect of the rotation axis B1.
  • the axis B1 and the axis Y1 are perpendicular to the plane of the drawing shown in fig. 5.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention, in which three working stations are provided, similar to the previous ones, except that station II is used to carry out a pounding operation, while station III is used to carry out a seam reducing operation.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates a third embodiment of the invention, with three working stations, in which station II is used to carry out a roughing operation on the shoe upper, while station III is used to carry out a seam reducing operation quite similar to that illustrated in the second embodiment of the invention.
  • a last embodiment of the invention is finally shown in fig. 8 wherein, in a higher machine, the rotating support 3 comprises four spokes 4 which thus determine four corresponding working stations.
  • first station I used to load/unload the shoe mounted on its last
  • second working station II for the roughing operation of the shoe upper
  • third working station III for the pounding operation on the heel of the shoe
  • fourth and last station IV for the seam reducing operation.
  • the machine structure illustrated heretofore allows to perfectly reach the object of the present invention.
  • the plan overall dimensions of the aforedescribed machine is substantially equal to that of a conventional machine with a single working station.
  • the space for the other two or three stations is in fact obtained by utilizing the height of the machine which, normally, does not involve any problem of installation.
  • the machine according to the first embodiment described heretofore has an additional important advantage, in that cementing of the shoe edge is carried out in station II, namely with the bottom of the shoe facing downwards. In this way, any possible dripping of the adhesive substance cannot interfere with the shoe upper, thereby notably reducing the amount of production rejects.
  • the adhesive substance is already sufficiently dried up as to no longer involve any dripping problem and then retain any dripping which may be determined during cementing of the shoe bottom, without hence damaging the integrity of the upper.

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DE60318392T DE60318392T2 (de) 2003-05-02 2003-05-02 Maschine mit mehreren Stationen für die automatische Bearbeitung von Schuhrändern und Schuhboden
EP03425286A EP1472947B1 (de) 2003-05-02 2003-05-02 Maschine mit mehreren Stationen für die automatische Bearbeitung von Schuhrändern und Schuhboden
ES03425286T ES2298492T3 (es) 2003-05-02 2003-05-02 Maquina automatica multiestacion para el procesamiento de bordes y suelas de zapatos.
AT03425286T ATE382276T1 (de) 2003-05-02 2003-05-02 Maschine mit mehreren stationen für die automatische bearbeitung von schuhrändern und schuhboden

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US1388838A (en) * 1919-06-23 1921-08-23 Dihlmann Eugen Gottfried Multiple press for the manufacture of shoes and boots
GB856555A (en) * 1957-09-13 1960-12-21 Svit Np Multi-purpose shoe manufacturing machine
DE1120318B (de) * 1958-12-09 1961-12-21 Heinz Gierse Presse zum Aufkleben von Sohlen auf Schuhboeden
DE4104468C1 (en) * 1991-02-14 1992-07-16 Leibrock Maschinenfabrik Gmbh, 6780 Pirmasens, De Automatic shoe upper finisher for several work stations - has table with four stations on central column, and conveying turntable, reaching beyond table
EP0963712A1 (de) * 1998-06-12 1999-12-15 Vifama, S.L. Schuhherstellungsmaschine

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US1388838A (en) * 1919-06-23 1921-08-23 Dihlmann Eugen Gottfried Multiple press for the manufacture of shoes and boots
GB856555A (en) * 1957-09-13 1960-12-21 Svit Np Multi-purpose shoe manufacturing machine
DE1120318B (de) * 1958-12-09 1961-12-21 Heinz Gierse Presse zum Aufkleben von Sohlen auf Schuhboeden
DE4104468C1 (en) * 1991-02-14 1992-07-16 Leibrock Maschinenfabrik Gmbh, 6780 Pirmasens, De Automatic shoe upper finisher for several work stations - has table with four stations on central column, and conveying turntable, reaching beyond table
EP0963712A1 (de) * 1998-06-12 1999-12-15 Vifama, S.L. Schuhherstellungsmaschine

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IT202000002962A1 (it) * 2020-02-14 2021-08-14 Ormac Spa Macchina ribattitrice
CN113966896A (zh) * 2021-11-16 2022-01-25 丽荣鞋业(深圳)有限公司 铁板烧、打圆和换模一体设备

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