JPH09224705A - Anti-static shoes - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To keep off the static electricity from the body and/or clothing by discharging the static electricity stored on the body and clothing to the ground or floor by means of conductive earth material put onto the shoes bottom exposed and connecting its upper and lower face. SOLUTION: Holes 7 to insert an earth material 3 are processed onto a toe part 2a and a heel 2b in the manner that they respectively inclined backward. The earth material 3 is inserted into the holes 7 and its upper end 3a is respectively bent onward along the bottom surface 2 so that it's exposed. You can walk without minding the shoes bottom nor fearing tripping on the ground as a lower end 3b of the earth material 3 is exposed backward the direction you walk. Thus, the static electricity stored on the body and clothing are discharged to the ground as the body comes to be earthed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an antistatic shoe in which static electricity generated on a body or clothes is discharged to the ground or floor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Static electricity stored in a body or clothes may cause an unpleasant shock to the body.

An object of the present invention is to provide antistatic shoes in which the static electricity generated in the body or clothes is discharged to the ground or floor so that the static electricity is not stored in the body or clothes. To do.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in the antistatic shoe of the present invention, the upper surface of the sole contacting the sole of the foot and the bottom surface of the sole contacting the ground are made of a conductive material. By connecting with a grounding material, the static electricity generated in the clothes and body of the person wearing this shoe was discharged to the ground.

By constructing the grounding material from a thin plate material or a wire material, the grounding material can be exposed in a bent shape along the upper surface of the shoe sole without diminishing the elasticity of the shoe sole. There is no adverse effect on the fit of the sole of the foot.

Further, since the grounding material is attached to the back of the shoe sole so as to form a downward slope, the grounding material exposed on the bottom surface of the sole of the shoe is directed rearward with respect to the forward direction of walking. In addition, there is no obstacle such as the grounding material getting caught on the ground.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an antistatic shoe according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a top view of a shoe sole using a thin plate material as the grounding material of the shoe sole of FIG. FIG. 3 is a top view of a shoe sole using a wire as the grounding material of the shoe sole of FIG. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are enlarged cross-sectional views of the portion of FIG. 1 provided with the grounding material.

In FIG. 1, a grounding material 3 is provided on the shoe sole 2. The grounding material 3 is a thin plate material 4 (see FIG. 2) or a wire material 5 (see FIG. 3) having conductivity such as metal or carbon.
See).

Whichever material is used as the grounding material, it is necessary to expose it on the upper surface of the shoe sole 2 so that the upper portion 3a contacts the sole 8 of the foot.

Further, it is necessary to expose the lower end portion 3b of the grounding material 3 to the bottom surface of the shoe sole 2 so that the lower end portion 3b of the grounding material 3 comes into contact with the ground 6 while wearing shoes.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4 (a) or (b), the ground material 3 is attached to the toe portion 2a and the heel portion 2b of the shoe sole 2.
The through hole 7 for inserting the is provided so as to have a downward slope, and the grounding material 3 is inserted through the through hole 7, and the upper portion 3a of the grounding material 3 is bent and exposed along the upper surface of the shoe sole 2. Let

As described above, since the grounding material 3 is provided so as to have a downward slope to the rear of the shoe sole 2, the lower end portion 3b of the grounding material 3 is directed rearward with respect to the walking forward direction. Since it is exposed at the lower end 3b of the grounding material 3,
Can walk without being caught on the ground.

Further, the grounding material 3 is fixed in the through hole 7 with an adhesive, or the back side of the upper portion 3a of the grounding material 3 exposed on the upper surface of the shoe sole 2 is bonded to the upper surface of the shoe sole 2. It is good to fix by. Further, it is preferable to improve the actual feeling of use by bending and embedding the most distal end portion 3c of the earth member 3 toward the inside of the shoe sole 2.

Further, the thin plate member 4 used as the earth member 3
Alternatively, a plurality of wire rods 5 may be provided at one place instead of one. FIG. 3 shows an example in which two wire rods 5 and 5 are used for the toe portion 2a and the heel portion 2b, respectively.

Further, the location where these grounding materials 3 are provided is not limited to the toe portion 2a or the heel portion 2b of the shoe sole 2, and
Any other location may be used as long as it can maintain contact with the sole 8 of the foot.

When wearing shoes, the socks are usually worn, so that the soles 8 of the feet come into contact with the upper surface of the sole 2 through the socks. Static electricity is conducted through these socks, and ground 6 is used to connect to the ground 6
Is discharged.

[0018]

As described above, according to the antistatic shoes of the present invention, the body is grounded with respect to the ground only by wearing the shoes, so that the static electricity occurs on the body or clothes. The static electricity can be discharged to the ground without storing electricity, and the unpleasant impact received by the static electricity can be completely prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an antistatic shoe according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a shoe sole using a thin plate material as a grounding material for the shoe sole of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a top view of a shoe sole using a wire as a grounding material for the shoe sole of FIG.

4 (a) and 4 (b) are enlarged cross-sectional views of a portion provided with a ground material in FIG.

[Description of sign]

 2 ... Sole 2a ... Toe part 2b ... Heel part 3 ... Ground material 4 ... Thin plate material 5 ... Wire material 6 ... Ground 7 ... Through hole 8 ... Soles

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An antistatic shoe, characterized in that a conductive grounding material provided on the sole is connected so as to be exposed on the upper and lower surfaces of the sole. 2. The antistatic shoe according to claim 1, wherein the grounding material is a thin plate material. 3. The antistatic shoe according to claim 1, wherein the grounding material is a wire material. 4. The dew according to claim 1, wherein the grounding material is provided so as to be inclined rearward of the shoe sole.