CPC Subclass Not Allocatable
A43D MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
Description
A43D encompasses machines, tools, equipment, and processes used in footwear manufacturing and repair operations. This includes machinery for sole attachment, heel installation, lasting, stitching, and shaping of shoe components, as well as hand tools and manual techniques employed in footwear production and restoration. The subclass covers both industrial-scale manufacturing equipment and repair shop facilities, excluding the finished footwear itself (A43B, A43C) and general shoemaking materials (A43C).
55 direct subcodes
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- A43D 1/00 Foot or last measuring devices; Measuring devices for shoe parts
- A43D 100/00 Setting or removing eyelets, buttons, lacing-hooks, or elastic gussets in shoes
- A43D 11/00 Machines for preliminary treatment or assembling of upper-parts, counters, or insoles on their lasts preparatory to the pulling-over or lasting operations; Applying or removing protective coverings
- A43D 111/00 Shoe machines with conveyors for jacked shoes
- A43D 113/00 Machines for making shoes with out-turned flanges of the uppers or for making moccasins
- A43D 115/00 Machines for skiving or removing heel-lifts, heels, or soles, or for removing stitches, preparatory to repair
- A43D 117/00 Racks for receiving or transporting shoes or shoe parts; Other conveying means
- A43D 119/00 Driving or controlling mechanisms of shoe machines; Frames for shoe machines
- A43D 13/00 Machines for pulling-over the uppers when loosely laid upon the last and tacking the toe end
- A43D 15/00 Pulling-over or lasting machines for binding the toe end with cord, string, or wire; Machines for lasting with clamps; Lasting machines with sewing devices, also for platform shoes (special sewing machines for leather or shoes D05B)
- A43D 17/00 Pulling-over or lasting machines with oscillating shoe supports
- A43D 19/00 Hand lasting; Lasting pincers
- A43D 21/00 Lasting machines
- A43D 2200/00 Machines or methods characterised by special features
- A43D 23/00 Single parts for pulling-over or lasting machines (nailing devices A43D75/00)
- A43D 25/00 Devices for gluing shoe parts
- A43D 27/00 Machines for trimming as an intermediate operation (working on edges or margins, e.g. by trimming, of shoe part blanks A43D8/32; trimming as a finishing operation in shoemaking A43D87/00)
- A43D 29/00 Machines for making soles from strips of material
- A43D 3/00 Lasts
- A43D 31/00 Machines for making or inserting shank stiffeners