Abstract: Manufacturing of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by executing various shoe-manufacturing processes in an automated manner. A material handling system suitable for use in an automated shoe-manufacturing process has a guide rail and first and second moveable holding elements, each of the holding elements having gripping elements for engaging a part or part stack during the manufacturing process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 17, 2018
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc.
Inventors:
Dragan Jurkovic, Kuo-Hung Lee, Yen-Hsi Liu
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