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(11) EP 0 242 222 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.05.1988 Bulletin 1988/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.10.1987 Bulletin 1987/43

(21) Application number: 87303404

(22) Date of filing: 16.04.1987
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT DE ES FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 16.04.1986 CA 506819

(71) Applicant: BATA INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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(72) Inventors:
  • Strong, Douglas R.
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  • Ord, Frederick L.
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  • Folschweiler, Serge
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(54) Method of manufacturing footwear last


(57) The invention disclosed relates to a method of producing a footwear last including the steps of forming rough castings of toe and heel portions (3, 2) of the last, separately maching such portions in an automatic computer operated, three-dimensional milling machine in accordance with a predetermined pattern, and connecting the toe and heel portions together. Thus, consistently accurate lasts can be produced.






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