当前申请(专利权)人：
DAVID JOHN CLARK
原始申请(专利权)人：
DAVID JOHN CLARK
当前申请(专利权)人地址：
Waterfield, Tillybirloch, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51 7PS, United Kingdom
摘要：
A method of printing shoes using a 3d printer comprising a computer controlled multi axis printer with a build plate B that can move and rotate in multiple directions, onto which the 3D printer deposits materials. The 3d shoe may be printed onto a last that has itself been 3D printed onto the build plate by the 3d printer. Alternatively the 3d shoe is printed onto a build plate that is shaped as a universal foot which is milled by the 3d printer to form a custom last upon which 3d material from the printer is deposited. Preferably the build plate is attached to a fixed point to allow the plate to be repositioned. The build plate may also be heated to aid adhesion of the deposited material, and made from more than one piece to allow the plate to be removed from the shoe. The build plate may have a removable cover that acts as a release agent to prevent the deposited material E from sticking to the build plate B. The cover may be painted, rubbed or sprayed onto the plate, or may be in the form of a sock S that may be printed on and form an integral part of the shoe.
权利要求：
Claims
1. A shoe making machine and method comprising a computer controlled multi axis 3d printer with a build plate that can move and rotate in multiple directions and such build plate is shaped and used as a shoe last being the same shape as the inside of the required shoe to be made, a sock made from any desired material that fits tightly over the build plate, and a print head or heads that can 3d print the desired material onto the sock or build plate .
2. A shoe making method according to claim 1 whereas the shoe making machine can manufacture its own build plate by either removing material from a larger pre formed generic build plate using a cutting method or enlarge a smaller pre formed generic build plate by 3d printing on top of the generic build plate until the desired shape is obtained.
3. A shoe making machine according to claim 1 whereas the build plate can be clamped onto a fixture with a known datum point that allows exact repositioning of the build plate whenever the build plate is taken off or put on the fixture.
4. Abuild plate as in claim 1 that can be heated to aid the adhesion of materials that are being 3d printed onto the build plate or sock and a build plate made from more than 1 piece for easy shoe removal after printing.
5. A shoe making machine according to claim 1 that has computer controlled rotating and linear movement axis's so as to enable the positioning of either a cutting tool or 3d printing head onto whatever position is required to either cut or 3d print a complete build plate or 3d print a complete or parts of a shoe.
6. A sock as in claim 1 that can be put tightly over the build plate and 3d printed onto so as to either work as a release agent enabling the shoe releases easily from the build plate, or a sock than can be 3d printed onto and forms an integral part of the shoe.