Patent ID: 8966775
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A43D

Abstract:
1. A system for generating a bite line during the assembly of a shoe, the system comprising: a rotatable table that revolves at a known rate while retaining a shoe sole assembly with a lasted shoe upper pressed into the shoe sole assembly with a predetermined force; a stylus that contacts the shoe upper at a junction line between the lasted shoe upper and the shoe sole assembly while the shoe upper is pressed into the shoe sole assembly with the predetermined force and while the lasted shoe upper and shoe sole assembly are rotated at the known rate; and a computing system operable to receive a plurality of measurements taken during the rotation of the shoe upper and the shoe sole assembly, the plurality of measurements corresponding to the location of the stylus in contact with the junction line at a plurality of times, and further operable to generate a digital bite line corresponding to the received plurality of measurements.