Abstract: A method of manufacturing outer footwear such as a shoe comprises the step of dry or moist heat setting a lasted shoe (9, 10) by partially or totally immersing it in a fluidized solid material (2) in a bath (1). It is now proposed that the lasted shoe (9, 10) should be enclosed in a sleeve (7) of flexible impervious material, the upper open end (6) of the sleeve being fixed with respect to the bath (1) while the remainder of the sleeve including its closed end (7a) is partially or totally immersed in the fluidizable material. Apparatus for the performance of the method comprises a plurality of sleeves (9) fitted as aforesaid with their open upper ends (6) secured to the top (5) of the bath (1) and their lower closed ends (7a) secured by hooks (8) to the floor of the bath. The material is fluidized by admission of heated air to the bottom of the bath of which the top cover (5) has an air outlet (5b) including a filter for preventing escape of fluidized material.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a shoe comprises the step of dry or moist heat setting a lasted shoe upper, with or without a protective coating as necessary, by total or partial immersion in a bath of heated liquid or fluidized solid material. The lasted shoe upper may contain a stiffener element and particularly a heel stiffener made of fibre reinforced thermoplastic or thermosetting polymeric material which becomes cured by the heat treatment.

Abstract: A moccasin shoe is proposed to be made by a method which comprises cutting the parts of an upper including a vamp, preparing the underside of the vamp for fusing, assembling the back part of the shoe, placing and fixing the thus formed and prepared upper, which does not include a plug, in a mold which is injected with polyurethane or other suitable thermoplastic material to form a sole which is bonded to the underside of the upper and also, by means of an upstanding peripheral flange to the side margins of the upper, removing the upper from the mold and thereafter stitching a plug portion to the upper margin of the vamp.