MOLD AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SHOE BOTTOM

摘要

A mold (4) for producing a shoe bottom (B) has a drag (20) which contains a mold cavity (24) in the configuration of the shoe bottom and a cope (22) which fits against the drag and closes the mold cavity. To form the drag, a model (40) is placed against the cope, and a metallic coating (30) is applied to the exposed surfaces of the model and the surrounding parting surface (34) of the cope. A form (50) is installed around the parting surface of the cope and a fluent backing material is introduced into it and allowed to solidify over the metallic coating to form a backing (34) for the metallic surface. After the drag and cope are separated the model is removed from the drag, thus providing the mold cavity in which shoe bottoms are molded.