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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Chun-Chieh Chen, Huatan Township, TW;
Yi-Min Chen, Hemei Township, TW;
Chia-Hung Lin, Changhua, TW;
Hsien-Kuang Wu, Taichung, TW;
Hung-Yu Wu, Huatan Township, TW;
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 95/24 (2006.01); A43D 63/00 (2006.01); A46B 13/00 (2006.01); A46B 13/02 (2006.01); B24D 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 95/24 (2013.01); A43D 63/00 (2013.01); A46B 13/001 (2013.01); A46B 13/02 (2013.01); B24D 13/10 (2013.01); A46B 2200/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Buffing of a footwear component allows for an alteration of the component surface to achieve an intended surface for aesthetics and/or manufacturing purposes. The buffing is performed in a system having a vision module, a sidewall buffing module, an up surface buffing module, and a down surface buffing module. Each of the buffing modules are adapted for the unique shape and sizes of a footwear component to effectively and automatically buff the footwear component.