MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 1995

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: FOOTWEAR
Subclass:: 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).

Related Keywords

CUTTING parts of footwearleather CUTTING in shoemakingsetting EYELETSFASTENING by riveting or eyeletingmanufacturing FOOTWEARHAND TOOLS for leather-workingmaking LEATHER shoesworking LEATHER in making shoeshand or machine PINCERS for making or repairing shoesPRESS(ES) in shoe-making machinesREPAIRING of boots or shoesmachines or tools for making or repairing SHOE(S)methods of making or repairing SHOE(S)

54 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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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
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 23/00 Single parts for pulling-over or lasting machines
A43D 25/00 Devices for gluing shoe parts
A43D 27/00 Machines for trimming as an intermediate operation
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
A43D 33/00 Machines for assembling lifts for heels