Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mold apparatus, mold system, and method for molding sole component of article of footwear
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Application No.: US15173082Application Date: 2016-06-03
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Publication No.: US10166734B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Jared S. Baggen
- Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: B29D35/12
- IPC: B29D35/12 ; B29D35/00 ; A43B13/20 ; B29D35/14 ; B29K75/00 ; B29K23/00 ; B29K105/04

Abstract:
A mold apparatus includes a first pivot arm having a first mold surface, a second pivot arm having a second mold surface opposing the first mold surface, and a driving cam member having a first driving cam surface configured to engage a first driven cam surface of the first arm to pivot the first arm in a first direction, and a second driving cam surface configured to engage a second driven cam surface of the second arm to pivot the second arm in a second direction opposite the first direction. The driving cam member moves between a first position, in which the first mold surface of the first arm and the second mold surface of the second arm form a continuous mold surface, and a second position, in which the first arm and the second arm are separated to enable removal of a molded element having an undercut mold surface contour.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160354987A1 Mold Apparatus, Mold System, And Method For Molding Sole Component of Article of Footwear Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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