US 11,938,697 B2
Method and apparatus for automatically manufacturing shoe soles
Tru Huu Minh Le, Herzogenaurach (DE); Carsten Landeck, Herzogenaurach (DE); Christopher Edward Holmes, Herzogenaurach (DE); Angus Wardlaw, Herzogenaurach (DE); Constantin Kemmer, Herzogenaurach (DE); Victor Romanov, Herzogenaurach (DE); Christoph Dyckmans, Herzogenaurach (DE); and Amir Fathi, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/397,446.
Application 17/397,446 is a division of application No. 15/602,537, filed on May 23, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 102016209045.3 (DE), filed on May 24, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362450 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B29D 35/14 (2010.01); A43B 13/00 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43D 111/00 (2006.01); A43D 117/00 (2006.01); B29D 35/12 (2010.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 35/148 (2013.01) [A43B 13/00 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43D 111/006 (2013.01); A43D 117/00 (2013.01); B29D 35/122 (2013.01); B29D 35/142 (2013.01); A43D 2200/10 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/048 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automated manufacturing of shoe soles, the method comprising:
loading a transfer device having a transfer plate with at least one outsole element and at least one supporting element, each placed on opposing sides of the transfer plate;
positioning the loaded transfer device adjacent a first part and a second part of a sole mold;
transferring the at least one outsole element from the transfer device to the first part and transferring the at least one supporting element from the transfer device to the second part of the sole mold;
filling the sole mold with a plurality of individual particles from a particle supply source at the second part of the sole mold; and
applying a medium from a first medium supply at the first part and a second medium supply at the second part of the sole mold to bond the particles with each other and with the at least one outsole element to form a shoe sole in a single step.