Automatic gumming system

Abstract

Disclosed is an automatic gumming system for automatically gumming an upper surface of a shoe sole or a bottom surface of a shoe body, comprises a conveying device, an data obtaining device, a treating agent applying device, a heating device, and a gumming device. The data obtaining device has an image retrieving member which is provided in a position corresponding to an image retrieving zone for the image retrieving member to scan a gumming surface of a gumming target to generate a gumming data. The treating agent applying device applies a treating agent on the gumming surface according to the gumming data. The heating device is provided in a position corresponding to a heating zone for heating the gumming surface. The gum applying device applies a gum on the gumming surface according to the gumming data, by which the quality and speed of gumming process can be enhanced.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An automatic gumming system for gumming a gumming target which is either an upper surface of a shoe sole or a bottom surface of a shoe body, the automatic gumming system comprising:
 a conveying device for conveying the gumming target along a rotary conveying path that is a path passing through an image retrieving zone, an agent treating zone, a gumming zone, a heating zone, an inputting zone, and an outputting zone, wherein the gumming target is delivered by the conveying device from the inputting zone to the outputting zone;   an data obtaining device having an image retrieving member that is provided in a position corresponding to the image retrieving zone for optically scanning a gumming surface of the gumming target to generate a gumming data of the gumming surface;   a treating agent applying device being provided in a position corresponding to the agent treating zone and being coupled to the data obtaining device, wherein a treating agent is applied on the gumming surface of the gumming target according to the gumming data;   a heating device, being provided in a position corresponding to the heating zone, for heating the gumming surface of the gumming target; and   a gumming device being provided in a position corresponding to the gumming zone and being coupled to the data obtaining device, wherein a gum is applied on the gumming surface of the gumming target according to the gumming data.   
     
     
         2 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rotary conveying path is a path passing through the inputting zone, the image retrieving zone, the agent treating zone, the heating zone, the gumming zone, and the outputting zone respectively in sequence. 
     
     
         3 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the conveying device has a position fixing member for fixing the gumming target to a positioned location. 
     
     
         4 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the heating device includes an input guiding member, a heater, and an output guiding member, the input guiding member is for guiding the gumming target from the rotary conveying path to the heater, and the output guiding member is for guiding the gumming target from the heater to the rotary conveying path. 
     
     
         5 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the data obtaining device includes an analyzing member that analyzes the gumming data in accordance with an optical image which is obtained by the optical scanning, wherein the gumming data includes a spraying/wiping path and a spraying/wiping amount. 
     
     
         6 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein
 the treating agent applying device has an agent nozzle moving member and an agent nozzle member which is disposed on the agent nozzle moving member, the agent nozzle moving member moves along the spraying/wiping path according to the gumming data so that the agent nozzle member applies the treating agent on the gumming surface; and   the gumming device has a gum nozzle moving member and a gum nozzle member which is disposed on the gum nozzle moving member, the gum nozzle moving member moves along the spraying/wiping path according to the gumming data so that the gum nozzle member applies the gum on the gumming surface.   
     
     
         7 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the data obtaining device further includes a covering member for coving the gumming target. 
     
     
         8 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the inputting zone and the outputting zone are overlapped, near or adjacent to each other on the rotary conveying path. 
     
     
         9 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 1 , further including an auxiliary gumming device that is provided in a position corresponding to an auxiliary gumming zone to apply a gum on an edge portion of the gum target, wherein the auxiliary gumming device includes a spraying member and a rolling member. 
     
     
         10 . The automatic gumming system as claimed in  claim 1 , further including a reheating device that is connected to the outputting zone through an outputting path for reheating the gumming surface of the gum target.