Powder reinforcing laminate apparatus

• Main Authors: MARTIN; JOHN F, CROWELL; DOUGLAS H, SIMMONDS, JR.; ROBERT C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.07.1987
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; FOOTWEAR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING ORREPAIRING FOOTWEAR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

A machine for depositing powder in a selected configuration, fusing the configured powder into a laminate and adhering the fused laminate to a shoe substrate. A heater raises the temperature of configured powder to fuse the powder into a laminate. A pair of radially spaced holes extend downwardly through the heater through which a fused laminate underlying the holes can be observed. Configured powder is conveyed past the heater to fuse the configured powder into a fused laminate, and a remote temperature sensor is controllably displaceable from one location to a second location so that the temperature of a fused laminate below either one of said apertures can be sensed. The temperature sensor is secured at either of the two discrete locations, and the holes can be closed by pivotally mounted caps.