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EVA insole manufacturing process
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-11-29
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Granted: 1992-08-25
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Expires: 2010-11-29
Abstract
Abstract An EVA insole manufacturing process includes a step of mixing an EVA resin with a foaming agent for producing a molding through an injection molding process, and a step of heating the molding thus obtained in a mold so that it foams into a predetermined shape. Two or more moldings which respectively contain a different concentration of foaming agent or a different pigment color may be put together in a common mold and subjected to integral foaming and form setting process, so as to produce an insole which has different hardness and color at different parts thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Kuo-Nan Yang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:09
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29D; B29D35/00; B29D35/12; B29D35/14; B29D35/142; B29B; B29B13/00; B29B13/02; B29B13/023; B29B13/10; B29C; B29C44/00; B29C44/34; B29C44/56; B29C44/5627; B29C44/5636; B29C44/569; B29K; B29K2031/00; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
An insole manufacturing process comprising: (i) forming a first molding and a second molding respectively by the steps of: (a) mixing an ethylene vinyl acetate resin with a foaming agent according to a predetermined proportion, and squeezing the resulting mixture into a flat block; (b) crushing the flat block into pieces and respectively injection molding the pieces into the first molding and the second molding, so that the first molding has an opening for receiving the second molding; (ii) placing the second molding within the opening of the first molding and heat foaming both the first and second moldings together in a mold to form an integral molding; and (iii) form setting the integral molding into an insole.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
An insole manufacturing process comprising: (i) forming a first molding and a second molding respectively by the steps of: (a) mixing an ethylene vinyl acetate resin with a foaming agent according to a predetermined proportion, and squeezing the resulting mixture into a flat block; (b) crushing the flat block into pieces and respectively injection molding the pieces into the first molding and the second molding, so that the first molding has an opening for receiving the second molding; (ii) placing the second molding within the opening of the first molding and heat foaming both the first and second moldings together in a mold to form an integral molding; and (iii) form setting the integral molding into an insole.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the first and second moldings contain different concentrations of foaming agent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the first and second moldings contain different pigment colors.
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