Patent ID: 9283583
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A43B,A43D,B05B,B05C,B29D

Claim Text:
1. A painting system for painting a shoe sole portion of a shoe, the painting system comprising: a loading station adapted to position the shoe sole portion in a jig comprising a bottom plate having a first multi-layer deforming layer and a first rigid layer and a top plate pivotably coupled to the bottom plate, the top plate having a second multi-layer deforming layer and a second rigid layer, wherein the top plate and the bottom plate are placed in a closed position at the loading station such that an upper surface and a lower surface of the shoe sole portion are completely covered by the top plate and the bottom plate of the jig when the jig is in the closed position, and at least a portion of a side surface of the shoe sole portion is left exposed when the jig is in the closed position; a computer-controlled painting station adapted to automatically paint the exposed portion of the side surface of the shoe sole portion while the shoe sole portion is positioned in the jig; and a transport assembly adapted to transport the closed jig from the loading station to the painting station.