Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Induction heating apparatuses and processes for footwear manufacturing
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Application No.: US13539295Application Date: 2012-06-29
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Publication No.: US09986787B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Eric A. Boardman , Levi J. Patton
- Applicant: Eric A. Boardman , Levi J. Patton
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Agent Matthew H. Szalach; Jonathan P. O'Brien
- Main IPC: A43D3/02
- IPC: A43D3/02 ; H05B6/10 ; A43B13/28 ; A43B23/02 ; A43B23/08 ; A43B23/17 ; A43D11/12
Abstract:
An apparatus for making an article of footwear is provided. The apparatus may include a last shaped to resemble a human foot and being formed at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field. The apparatus may also include an induction coil disposed proximate to the last and configured to produce an electromagnetic field that causes the susceptor material in the last to increase in temperature by induction heating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140000043A1 Induction Heating Apparatuses And Processes For Footwear Manufacturing Public/Granted day:2014-01-02
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