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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1986
Albert I Morse, Beverly, MA (US);
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A machine is disclosed for depositing powder in a selected configuration, fusing the configured powder into a laminate and adhering the fused laminate to a shoe substrate. The machine includes a mounting plate on which the shoe substrate is to be releasably clamped which is elevated from a lower release position to an upper clamping position. A pair of lever arms are mounted on either side of the mounting plate for displacement from a release position to a clamping position. Each lever arm includes a support arm which is configured so that a support portion will be parallel to and lower than the mounting plate when the mounting plate is in the clamping position. A belt is stretchably secured between the support portions with the support portions being selectively located so that when the lever arms are at the release position at least the front portion of the belt will be elevated above the mounting plate thereby permitting the loading or unloading of a shoe substrate on or from the mounting plate and so that when the lever arms are displaced to the clamping position, the belt will forcefully engage the mounting plate whereby a shoe part can be releasably clamped therebetween.