EP0498965A1 - Schweiss aufnehmende Einlage für Schuhe - Google Patents

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EP0498965A1
EP0498965A1 EP91122150A EP91122150A EP0498965A1 EP 0498965 A1 EP0498965 A1 EP 0498965A1 EP 91122150 A EP91122150 A EP 91122150A EP 91122150 A EP91122150 A EP 91122150A EP 0498965 A1 EP0498965 A1 EP 0498965A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B17/00—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined
    • A43B17/10—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined specially adapted for sweaty feet; waterproof
    • A43B17/102—Moisture absorbing socks; Moisture dissipating socks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B1/00—Footwear characterised by the material
    • A43B1/0045—Footwear characterised by the material made at least partially of deodorant means

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  • the present invention relates to a first cleanliness for shoes, in particular sports or leisure shoes, intended to remedy the problems caused by perspiration in the shoe.
  • Patent FR 2,629,692 has proposed a first of cleanliness and comfort comprising a flexible elastic absorbent layer for perspiration combined, on its underside, with a stiffening grid.
  • the stiffening grid thus defines cavities making it possible to ensure a certain "ventilation” and evaporation of moisture through this grid, and further constitutes a framework of the first of cleanliness and comfort.
  • the "ventilation” thus produced is more or less effective and is not always possible, especially when the shoe is waterproof and very adjusted.
  • such a first does not prevent a transfer of moisture to the rest of the shoe, this moisture remaining even during the removal of this first and being difficult to evacuate.
  • This first does not solve either the problems of rising humidity towards the foot under the effect of the pressures exerted on the first of cleanliness during walking or other, since the absorbent layer where the moisture is stored remains subjected to the pressures of the foot.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks and to provide a cleanliness first allowing absorption of the perspiration produced during the exercise of a sport or walking, without risk of rising humidity towards the foot, or towards the rest of the shoe, when applying pressure on this first.
  • Another object of the present invention is also to provide a first which can be dried quickly.
  • the cavities are formed by through holes passing through the second layer from its upper face to its lower face. In this way the drying of the first after use is very easy since the stored moisture can be evacuated directly at the lower end of the holes without having to cross the first layer again.
  • the absorbent material consists of superabsorbent salts. Therefore there occurs between the upper and lower faces of the first layer a significant osmotic imbalance increasing the speed and the amount of water transferred from the upper face to the lower face of this layer.
  • the absorbent material is retained inside the cavities by means of a membrane or the like, which may further include longitudinal moisture transfer means so as to allow moisture transfer from one zone of absorbent material to another, and therefore so as to allow absorption of moisture even in the event of local saturation of an zone.
  • the first cleanliness according to the invention shown in Figure 1 consists essentially of two layers, namely a first layer 10, located on the side of the foot 1 and intended to receive the latter on its upper face 11 and a second layer 20 which is in contact by its upper face 21 with the lower face 12 of the first layer 10 and which is intended to rest by its lower face 22 against the bottom of the shoe (not shown in the drawing).
  • the first layer 10 is formed so as to promote the passage of perspiration from its upper face 11 towards its lower face 12 and is in this case made of a hydrophobic material 14, which may be in the form of a foam, crossed radially, that is to say from top to bottom, by drains 13.
  • the drains 13 are in this case formed by wicks or "bristles” completely passing through the first layer and therefore ensuring the passage of moisture from the upper face 11 to the lower face 12 of this first layer.
  • the wicks 13 can be made of a hydrophobic material and then ensuring the passage of water by capillary action. They can also be made of a hydrophilic material.
  • the second layer 20 has, in the example shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the shape of a grid or lattice, that is to say the shape of a sheet of wires 25, 26 extending perpendicularly to each other. Such a layer 20 therefore delimits between the wires 25, 26 cavities 23 extending from one face to the other of the layer.
  • this second layer 20 could have a completely different shape and consist, for example, of a simple perforated sheet, the main thing being that this layer delimits cavities 23 opening at least into the upper face 21 of this second layer.
  • the second layer 20 also has a relatively rigid structure so that the cavities 23 can hardly be deformed during walking under the effect of the pressures exerted by the foot.
  • this rigidity is obtained by the use, for the wires 25, 26 constituting the grid, of a hard, non-deformable plastic material.
  • the cavities 23 thus defined constitute a non-deformable storage volume, inside of which is placed an absorbent material 30, in this case superabsorbent salts such as crosslinked polyacrylates.
  • the superabsorbent salts 30 are retained inside the cavities 23 by a retaining membrane 40 disposed outside the second layer 20, that is to say outside the bottom face 22 and assembled, for example by a peripheral seam or by gluing to the assembly of the two layers 10, 20.
  • the moisture generated during the exercise is transferred directly, through the wicks 13, to the cavities 23 where it is concentrated and absorbed by the absorbent salts 24 and does not extend to the rest of the shoe.
  • the speed and the quantity of water transferred can then be increased as a function of the degree of absorption of the absorbent materials used as well as of the pressure difference existing between the top of the first layer 10 subjected to the pressures of the material. foot and the bottom of this layer preserved from the pressure at least at the level of the cavities 23 of the second layer 20.
  • the retaining membrane 40 not only has a role of maintaining the absorbent salts inside the cavities 23, but that it also has a role of keeping these salts in contact with the wicks 13 of the first layer.
  • This retaining membrane 40 can also be used to ensure a transfer, either longitudinal, or transverse, or in both directions, from one cavity 23 to another, so as to allow the absorption of moisture even in the event of local saturation of the absorbent salts located in one zone, the humidity then being transferred by the membrane 40 to salts located in other cavities.
  • Such a characteristic can be obtained very simply by the use of a membrane having the shape of a knitted fabric or of a woven sheet capable of transporting moisture.
  • the membrane 40 can also be used to convey moisture to localized areas of absorbent salts.
  • the membrane 40 is arranged outside the second layer 20, but it can also be arranged between the first and the second layer 10, 20, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 so as to fill only the bottom of the cavities 23 of this second layer.
  • Such an embodiment is also advantageous because in this case the second layer 20 can be used to achieve adhesion of the first of cleanliness on the bottom of the shoe. Such adhesion is particularly achieved when the second layer 20 is constituted by a grid as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4.
  • the first layer 10 provides both an upper wear layer function allowing water to pass through and a comfort function, namely of support-pressure distribution and possibly amortization.
  • a comfort function namely of support-pressure distribution and possibly amortization.
  • Such an embodiment is known per se and can be obtained very simply for example by a layer having a higher density at its upper face.
  • These different functions can also be dissociated at the level of the first layer, for example by providing a wear layer 50 (cf. FIG. 3) made of hydrophobic material on the upper face of the first layer 10, which no longer ensures that comfort and moisture transfer functions.
  • a layer 60 preferably flexible, will preferably be fixed inside the shoe (not shown in the drawing) and therefore independently of the first cleanliness, on the one hand for do not interfere with the drying of the latter and, on the other hand, to allow better attachment and immobilization of the first in the shoe, the wires 25, 26 of the grid constituting the second layer 20 "clinging" in the material softer of this layer, which can also constitute an additional comfort layer 60, which is particularly advantageous in the case of a sports shoe.
  • the cavities of the second layer 20 can also be constituted by blind holes 24 opening into the upper face 21 of this layer, as shown in FIG. 5, which makes it possible to avoid the provision of a membrane. retaining salts inside these holes.

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EP91122150A 1991-02-11 1991-12-23 Schweiss aufnehmende Einlage für Schuhe Expired - Lifetime EP0498965B1 (de)

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FR9101785 1991-02-11
FR9101785A FR2672477B1 (fr) 1991-02-11 1991-02-11 Premiere de proprete pour chaussures capable d'absorber la transpiration.

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