EP3291698B1 - Ausstopfvorrichtung für einen schuh - Google Patents

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EP3291698B1
EP3291698B1 EP15728129.6A EP15728129A EP3291698B1 EP 3291698 B1 EP3291698 B1 EP 3291698B1 EP 15728129 A EP15728129 A EP 15728129A EP 3291698 B1 EP3291698 B1 EP 3291698B1
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Gábor ÉLÖ
Zoltán RAY
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
    • A43D3/00—Lasts
    • A43D3/04—Pneumatic lasts; Elastic lasts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
    • A43D3/00—Lasts
    • A43D3/14—Stretching or spreading lasts; Boot-trees; Fillers; Devices for maintaining the shape of the shoe
    • A43D3/1433—Shoe-trees

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  • the invention relates to a stuffing device for footwear which is suitable for inserting into and removing from the footwear, and which comprises a gas-tight elastic part which is inflatable by means of an inflating medium, preferably air, furthermore comprises an inlet opening which is, preferably, provided with a check valve for the input of the inflating medium, and in its inflated state comprises an upper part following at least partially the form of the upper of the footwear, as well as, a sole part following at least partially the form of the sole of the footwear, and, the upper part and the sole part are connected to one another in a gas-tight manner.
  • a stuffing device for footwear which is suitable for inserting into and removing from the footwear, and which comprises a gas-tight elastic part which is inflatable by means of an inflating medium, preferably air, furthermore comprises an inlet opening which is, preferably, provided with a check valve for the input of the inflating medium, and in its inflated state comprises an upper part following at least partially the form of the upper of the footwear, as well as
  • footwears When not worn, footwears, such as shoes, boots, e.t.c., are often stuffed with different materials or devices to maintain the shape of the footwear.
  • different stuffing devices for footwears such as the stuffing of shoes with paper, as well as, the traditional shoe trees which can be used for different footwears, shoes and boots.
  • the disadvantage of the traditional shoe trees is that these are stiff and can not follow entirely the shape of the footwear.
  • pneumatic stuffing device is presented by the patent specification No. US 1,160,631 where the position of the sole part and the upper part of the stuffing device is to be fixed by a separate metal tool which complicates the use of the stuffing device, and the manufacture of the device is expensive.
  • the aim of our invention is providing a solution which is widely applicable, where by means of a suitable inflatable pneumatic device the stuffing of the footwears, as well as, the stretching of the footwear at its certain sites can be carried out relatively simply, easily, comfortably and very well, and at the same time, the device can be produced relatively simply and at low cost.
  • our invention is a stuffing device for footwear which is suitable for inserting into and removing from the footwear, and which comprises a gas-tight elastic part which is inflatable by means of an inflating medium, preferably air, furthermore comprises an inlet opening, which is preferably, provided with a check valve for the input of the inflating medium, and in its inflated state comprises an upper part following at least partially the form of the upper of the footwear, as well as, a sole part following at least partially the form of the sole of the footwear, and, the upper part and the sole part are connected to one another in a gas-tight manner, where said sole part or at least a part of said sole part comprises a sandwich structure wherein a stiffening part made of a rigid material is placed in a fixed position between a gas-tight first layer made of an elastic material and a third layer made of an elastic material.
  • All kinds of valves can be used in the device as said preferred check valve which valve does not allow the inflated medium to flow back by itself, but with a little outer intervention it can
  • grooves are formed in the stiffening part, essentially perpendicularly to the length of the stiffening part, where along the grooves the thickness of the rigid material is deminished.
  • the stiffening part is produced in a manner, that beyond its stiffness it will be slightly flexible along the grooves, thus, the device can be optimally adjusted to different footwear soles.
  • the stiffening part is made of polyamide or polyethylene, preferably by means of injection molding.
  • the upper part, as well as the first layer and the third layer of the sole part are made of the same elastic material, such as polyvinylchloride, or a similar material, preferably by means of injection molding.
  • the material of the first layer is continuous with the material of the third layer, in such a manner, that the stiffening part is surrounded, preferably by means of injection molding, by the elastic material of the first and third layers of the sole part.
  • At least one through hole is formed in the stiffening part, where the inside of the through hole is filled with connecting part connecting the first layer to the third layer, said connecting part is made of the material of the first and third layers with material continuity.
  • spacers are formed on the stiffening part which are protruding from it, and the sides of the spacers are surrounded by the third layer.
  • said spacers abut against the injection mold, and around themselves can ensure the easy creation of the third layer of the sole part, and the thickness of the third layer will be defined by the height of the spacers abuting against the injection mold.
  • the upper part and the flange of the sole part are glued or welded together.
  • the material of the upper part is thicker in the vicinity of the inlet opening than farther from it.
  • the user may set the pressure by perception, only, or the pressure can be monitored by a manometer during the inflating.
  • at least two markers are placed on the upper part, preferably in the vicinity of the entering orifice of the footwear, for example by means of material thickening or painting. The distance between these markers will increase during the inflating, and for the user, the advantegous distance between the markers, when inflated the device properly, can be specified empirically. Having reached the specified distance the user will know that the inflating of the device can be stopped.
  • the device comprises at least one adapter fixed on the outer, footwear side surface of the upper part or, occasionally, of the sole part.
  • the shape and size of the adapter should be formed according to user's need, and the adapter can be glued on the device at the location of the abnormality of the foot.
  • the adapter for its formability, is made of elastic material, preferably polyvinylchloride.
  • Such an adapter may have a conical form with a rounded tip, or other forms, which the user can affix by means of glue on the proper place, or the adapter may have a form of a rod with a semi-circular cross-section, e.t.c., which can be cut and/or carved to the necessary form and size, and then affixed on the proper place of the device.
  • a device provided with such adapters, in its inflated state, will stretch and widen the footwear where needed.
  • the forming by stuffing and the local stretching of the footwears can be performed easier, simplier and with a better result, than earlier, and the device can be produced relatively simply and cheaply.
  • the sole part which is produced differently than the upper part ensures with its stiffening part that the sole part will not bend due to the inflation, but it will remain relatively flat, as the sole of the footwear.
  • the device according to the invention can be inflated by means of a simple pump, such as a bycicle pump, through e.g. a check valve, and the upper part will take the shape as the upper of the footwear, while the sole part will follow the shape of the sole of the footwear.
  • the device according to preferred embodiments, presented by means of Figures 1 , 2 and 3 , comprises a sole part 1, and an upper part 2 which is welded around in a gas-tight manner to the flange 9 of the sole part 1, furthermore, comprises an inlet opening 4 for the input of the inflating medium, in our example air, which inlet opening 4 is placed in the vicinity of the foot entering orifice of the footwear.
  • the upper part 2 In its inflated state of the device the upper part 2 follows the upper part of the front part of the footwear, and has a closing side wall 7 where the inlet opening 4 is placed.
  • the device can be put into the footwear easily even without any prior inflation action, and in its deflated state it can be taken out easily from the footwear because the central, major part of the sole part 1 has a sandwich structure wherein a stiffening part 3 made of a rigid polyethylene material, by means of injection molding, is placed in a fixed position between a gas-tight first layer 13 made of a PVC (polyvinylchloride) material and a third layer 14 made of a PVC material wherein the stiffening part 3 ensures that the device will not crumpled up in the footwear, thus, the inserting and the removing is simple, furthermore, the device can follow the form of the sole of the footwear.
  • a stiffening part 3 made of a rigid polyethylene material, by means of injection molding, is placed in a fixed position between a gas-tight first layer 13 made of a PVC (polyvinylchloride) material and a third layer 14 made of a PVC material wherein the stiffening part 3 ensures that the
  • the device is inflatable by means of a gas or liquid medium, but the most simple solution is the inflation by air by means of a hand pump.
  • the device in its inflated state follows partly the shape of the footwear, such as shoe, in our case, follows the shape of the whole socalled instep portion, that means, the device will fill the space in the footwear before the ankle.
  • a check valve 5 a known Schrader valve, is inserted which does not allow the flowing back of the supplied air, but, when removing the device, the air can be released through the valve 5 by means of a simple push pin.
  • the valve 5 is shown in Figure 1 , in Figure 2 the inlet opening 4 is shown with the axis, only, of the valve 5.
  • the construction of the sole part 1 is shown in Figures 2 and 3 .
  • the section A-A in Figure 3 is made by a plane between the stiffening part 3 and the third layer 14, where the section plane cuts the spacers 16 protruding from the stiffening part 3. Not all, but some of the spacers 16 are numbered in Figure 3 .
  • the section plane cuts the connecting parts 8, the upper part 2, the connecting rim 15, and the elastic material of the grooves 6.
  • Narrow grooves 6, in our case five grooves, are formed in the stiffening part 3, essentially perpendicularly to the length of the stiffening part 3, and along the grooves 6 the rigid material is thinner.
  • the thickness of the stiffening part 3 is about 1-3 mm, advantageously 2 mm, while at the grooves 6, it is about 0.5-1 mm, advantageously 0.75 mm.
  • the width of the grooves 6 is 1-4 mm, advantageously 2.5 mm.
  • some spacers 16 are formed which are produced together with the stiffening part 3 by means of injection molding.
  • the stiffening part 3 is surrounded, by means of injection molding, by PVC material of the first and third layers 13, 14 of the sole part 1, thus, the stiffening part 3 is surrounded from all directions by a connecting rim 15, and the spacers 16 belonging to the stiffening part 3 are surrounded by the third layer 14.
  • Through holes in our case seven through holes, are formed in the middle part of the stiffening part 3, where the inside of the through holes are filled with the connecting part 8 connecting the first layer 13 to the third layer 14, said connecting part 8 is made of the material of the first and third layers 13, 14 with material continuity.
  • the grooves 6 are also filled with the elastic, injection molded PVC material, thus, the movement of the stiffening part 3 along the grooves 6 is slightly, but only to the extent necessary, possible, since the elastic material can slightly move out from the grooves 6.
  • the PVC material of the upper part 2 is welded together with the PVC material of the first layer 13 of the sole part 1, at its flange 9.
  • the width of the flange 9 is about 3-20 mm, the average width is about 15 mm.
  • the thickness of the upper part 2 and that of the first layer 13 of the sole part 1 is about 1-2 mm, advantageously 1.2 mm, but in the vicinity of the inlet opening 4 the thickness is greater, e.g. the double.
  • the thickness of the discontinuous third layer 14 is about 0.2-1 mm, advantageously 0.5 mm.
  • an accessory to the device can be seen which is an adapter 10, the shape and size of which can be formed according to the user's need, and is fixed by means of glue on the outer, footwear side of the upper part 2.
  • the adapter is made of PVC material which can be formed also by the user, e.g. by knife.
  • the user inserts the device above into the instep portion of the footwear, preferably in its deflated state, then at the foot entering orifice the user connects with a pump to the valve 5, and inflates the device, which will take on the form according to Figure 1 and 2 , and fills tightly the space in the footwear, at its instep portion, thus, the wrinkles of the footwear become smoother.
  • a device the size of which was chosen suitably, and if the device is inflated in a proper extent, the footwear can also be stretched and extended.
  • the adapter 10 ensures that the footwear will further extend at the places which are pressed by the adapter 10.
  • the device can be inflated by a simple pump, for example also by a bycicle pump to a proper overpressure, for example about 0.6 bar.
  • a proper overpressure for example about 0.6 bar.
  • the overpressure can be different.
  • the device can be removed, preferably in such a manner, that the valve 5 is to be pressed by means of a small push pin, and the device will release the air, and it can be removed easily from the footwear.

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  1. Ausstopfvorrichtung für Schuhwaren, die zum Einsetzen in den Schuh und zum Entfernen von dort geeignet ist, und die einen gasundurchlässigen elastischen Teil aufweist, der mit einem Aufblasmedium, vorzugsweise mit Luft, aufblasbar ist, und weiterhin für die Einführung des Aufblasmediums eine Einlassöffnung aufweist, die vorzugsweise mit einem Rückschlagventil versehen ist, und, die Ausstopfvorrichtung steht aus einem Oberteil, der in aufgeblasenem Zustand die Form des Schuhoberteils zumindest teilweise folgt, weiterhin steht aus einem Sohlenteil, der die Form der Schuhsohle zumindest teilweise folgt, wo der Oberteil und der Sohlenteil miteinander gasdicht verbunden sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Sohlenteil (1) oder zumindest ein Teil des Sohlenteils (1) eine Sandwichstruktur aufweist, in der ein, aus einem steifen Material hergestellter Versteifungsteil (3) zwischen einer gasdichten ersten Schicht (13) aus elastischem Material und einer dritten Schicht (14) aus einem elastischen Material in einer festen Position angeordnet ist.
  2. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Rillen (6) in dem Versteifungsteil (3), im wesentlichen senkrecht zur Längsrichtung des Versteifungsteils (3) ausgebildet sind.
  3. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Versteifungsteil (3) aus Polyamid oder Polyethylen hergestellt ist, vorzugsweise durch Spritzgiessverfahren.
  4. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Oberteil (2), weiterhin die erste Schicht (13) und die dritte Schicht (14) des Sohlenteils (1) aus dem selben elastischen Material, sowie aus Polyvinylchlorid oder einem ähnlichen Material, ausgebildet sind, vorzugsweise durch Spritzgiessverfahren.
  5. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Material der ersten Schicht (13) kontinuierlich mit dem Material der dritten Schicht (14) ausgebildet ist, in einer solchen Weise, dass der Versteifungsteil (3) mit dem elastischen Material der ersten und dritten Schichten (13 und 14) des Sohlenteils (1) umgeben ist, vorzugsweise durch Spritzgiessverfahren.
  6. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zumindest ein Durchloch in dem Versteifungsteil (3) ausgebildet ist, wo die Innenseite des Durchlochs mit einem Verbindungsteil (8) ausgefüllt ist, der die erste Schicht (13) mit der dritten Schicht (14) verbindet, und der Verbindungsteil (8) aus dem Material der ersten und dritten Schichten (13 und 14) mit Material-Kontinuität hergestellt ist.
  7. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Abstandhalter (16) am Versteifungsteil (3) ausgestaltet sind, die daraus herausragen, und die Seiten der Abstandhalter (16) durch die dritte Schicht (14) umgeben sind.
  8. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Oberteil (2) und der Rand (9) des Sohlenteils (1) miteinander verklebt oder verschweisst sind.
  9. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Material des Oberteils (2) in der Nähe der Einlassöffnung (4) dicker ist, als ferner davon.
  10. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass um die Stärke des Aufblasens der Ausstopfvorrichtung zu kontrollieren zumindest zwei Markierungen (11, 12), zum Beispiel durch Materialverdickung oder Malen, am Oberteil (2), vorzugsweise in der Nähe der Eintrittsöffnung des Schuhs, ausgebildet sind.
  11. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zumindest einen Adapter (10) aufweist, der auf der äusseren, an der Schuhseite befindlichen Oberfläche des Oberteils (2) oder des Sohlenteils (1) befestigt ist.
  12. Ausstopfvorrichtung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Adapter (10) für seine Formbarkeit aus elastischem Material, vorzugsweise aus Polyvinylchlorid hergestellt ist.
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