Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

An apparatus and method are provided for applying a surface treatment such as impregnation agent or water repellency agent to shoes, boots, bags, gloves or the like, where the apparatus includes a closed treatment chamber provided with an openable access to the treatment chamber from outside the treatment chamber, and where the bottom of the treatment chamber a turntable is provided, having a flat surface in an x-y plane, and an axis Z, and where one or more nozzles are arranged for spraying a mist towards the turntable where the nozzles is/are connected to a control unit, and where a plurality of markers are provided on the periphery of the turntable, and that inside the treatment chamber a scanner used, such that the nozzles are activated to issue a mist of treatment according to a preprogrammed sequence and/or count of markers registered by the scanner.

A method of forming and shaping a waterproof and moisture permeable shoe upper includes disposing a shoe upper and a waterproof and moisture permeable film on a shoe last, wherein at least one of the shoe upper and the waterproof and moisture permeable film includes microwave treatable material, and heating the shoe last with the shoe upper and the waterproof and moisture permeable film thereon by microwave, so that the shoe upper and the waterproof and moisture permeable film are combined by the microwave treatable material and shaped to form the waterproof and moisture permeable shoe upper after cooling.

The present disclosure relates to a coating method and a coating device, configured to place a surface material on the surface of an object. The coating method includes: obtaining a three-dimensional image of the object by a scanning element providing a structured light, sequentially moving the nozzle according to the pixels of the three-dimensional image, and spraying the surface material on the surface of the object. The coating device includes a structured light scanning element, providing a scanning light beam to the object and capturing a three-dimensional image; a processing unit; and a nozzle. The processing unit is electrically connected to the structured light scanning element and the nozzle. The processing unit receives the three-dimensional image, moves the nozzle according to the pixels of the three-dimensional image, and sprays the surface material onto the surface of the object.

The present disclosure relates to a shoemaking system, including a processing unit, a first conveying device, a first pickup device, a scanning device, a first coating device and a first applying device. The first conveying device comprises at least one support; the first pickup device picks up an upper and the upper is disposed on the first support of the first conveying device. The scanning device is connected to the processing unit and can scan a scanning area; the first conveying device moves the upper on the first support to the scanning area. The scanning device scans the upper in the scanning area and outputs three-dimensional structure data; the processing unit obtains the three-dimensional structure data from the scanning device and decides a first coating path and a first applying path. The first coating device is configured to spray a first treating agent to the upper according to the first coating path; the first applying device is configured to apply a first adhesive to the upper according to the first applying path.

A device for coating footwear including a frame and a coating compartment engaged to the frame, wherein the coating compartment includes a cavity therein. A hingedly connected access door is engaged to the coating compartment for providing access to the cavity and closing off the cavity. A reservoir contains a coating agent and a supply line is engaged to the reservoir and facilitates the flow of coating agent from the reservoir to at least one nozzle disposed within the cavity of the coating compartment for expelling the coating agent within the cavity of the coating compartment. A turntable is positioned within the cavity of the coating compartment for placement of the footwear that is rotatable.

A fiber bound engineered material is provided that imparts an intended characteristic at an intended relative location. A fiber layer is entangled with additional fibers in a manner to create a non-uniform engineered material. The lack of uniformity of a fiber bound engineered material may be accomplished through manipulation of the fibers and/or through fiber binding a scrim. The fiber layer binds with additional fibers through entanglement such that a mechanical connection between the entangled fibers is provided. This entanglement allows the fibers to bind without supplemental adhesives, interlacing, or connections. Variations in the fibers and/or inclusion of scrim materials prior to entanglement allows for an intended characteristic (e.g., a functional characteristic) at an intended relative location (e.g., a position determined by an article to be formed therefrom).

Described is a shoe upper for a shoe, in particular an athletic shoe, wherein the shoe upper is laceless and comprises: (a.) a lateral portion; (b.) a medial portion; and (c.) at least an elastic intermediate portion between the lateral portion and the medial portion, wherein the stiffness of at least one of the lateral portion and the medial portion is at least 2 times higher than the stiffness of the elastic intermediate portion.

Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

A method for manufacturing a shoe body, comprising the following steps: overlap and fix a tensile film and a composite material film; move a vamp having a three-dimensional shape to make a surface of the vamp abutting against the composite material film, so that both of the tensile film and the composite material film have a predetermined tension; heat the composite material film in a contactless manner, so that the composite material film is joined to the surface of the vamp; move the tensile film away from the composite material film. An apparatus for utilizing such method includes a fixture which is adapted to fix the tensile film and the composite material film; a fixing member which is adapted to support the vamp; a driving device which is adapted to drive the fixing member or the fixture; a contactless heating device which is adapted to heat the composite material film.