Patents Assigned to Viges S.p.A.
  • Apparatus for applying a sole to an upper in the manufacture of shoes
    Patent number: 3971087
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a sole to an upper in the manufacture of shoes, comprising in combination: a seat for a sole, a shoe last destined to receive an upper completed with insole, a means for lifting and for transporting the sole, said means being capable of controlled reciprocation between said seat and said shoe last, and guide means cooperating with the latter in order to guide the sole to a position centered on the upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: Viges S.p.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Giordano
  • Processes and devices for buffing the soles of shoe uppers
    Patent number: 3961390
    Abstract: A process for carrying out the buffing of the upper sole of shoes wherein said buffing is effected by a sequence of passages of a buffing tool, wherein each buffing passage effects the machining of an elemental area of the sole of the upper, said sequence of passages being so arranged that a peripheral overlapping of the single buffed elemental areas will be obtained, so as to obtain a uniform buffing of the entire sole of an upper of a shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Viges S.p.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Giordano