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EP 0237831 A3 19890614 - LASTS FOR MAKING SHOES

Title (en)

LASTS FOR MAKING SHOES

Publication

EP 0237831 A3 19890614 (DE)

Application

EP 87102521 A 19870223

Priority

DE 3609554 A 19860321

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0237831A2] Last (11) for making shoes, with an element for changing the shape of the last (11) in its front region, in particular in the region of the flat surface, ball and or instep, an adjusting part (12), which is height-adjustable in relation to the last (11) by means of an adjusting device, being designed in the last (11) in the front region of the last (11) (Fig. 1). <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A43D 3/02

IPC 8 full level

A43D 3/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A43D 3/02 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[X] US 2037915 A 19360421 - MESSMER CHARLES A
[X] DE 2804198 A1 19790802 - FAGUS WERK KARL BENSCHEIDT
[A] DE 112749 C
[A] US 1813378 A 19310707 - ANDREW BARNA
[A] FR 337034 A

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0237831 A2 19870923; EP 0237831 A3 19890614; DE 3609554 A1 19870924

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87102521 A 19870223; DE 3609554 A 19860321