Foamed sole and shoe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10051915-B2
Application number	US-201214373002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2012
Priority date	Jan 18, 2012
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A foamed sole according to the present invention includes a foam molding containing a rubber component and a resin component, wherein the maximum value of a loss factor [tan δ] at a frequency of 10 Hz and at 30° C. to 80° C. of the foam molding is 0.18 or less, and a peak of a loss factor [tan δ] at a frequency of 10 Hz of the foam molding lies within the range of 100° C. or higher. The foamed sole has a feature that it hardly shrinks when it is heated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A foamed sole comprising:
a foam molding containing a rubber component and a resin component,
the rubber component being a polymer with a glass transition point of lower than 0° C.,
the resin component being another polymer with a glass transition point of 0° C. or higher,
the foam molding containing 20 parts by mass to 90 parts by mass of the resin component relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and
the resin component comprising a styrene-based resin that contains 70% by mass or more of styrene,
wherein the maximum value of a loss factor [tan δ] at a frequency of 10 Hz and at 30° C. to 80° C. of the foam molding is 0.18 or less, and a peak of a loss factor [tan δ] at a frequency of 10 Hz of the foam molding lies within the range of 100° C. or higher,
wherein the rubber component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a butadiene rubber, an isoprene rubber, a chloroprene rubber, natural rubbers, a styrene-butadiene rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, and a butyl rubber, and
wherein the foam molding is absent a resin showing a melting point higher than 150° C.

2. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein a density of the foam molding is 0.2 g/cm 3 to 0.6 g/cm 3 .

3. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein a lowest temperature among a glass transition point, a melting point, and a softening point of the styrene-based resin is from 90° C. to 150° C.

4. The foamed sole according to claim 3 , wherein the foam molding contains a resin different from the styrene-based resin, in which a lowest temperature among a glass transition point, a melting point, and a softening point of the different resin is from 90° C. to 150° C.

5. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein the foam molding does not contain a resin in which the lowest temperature among a glass transition point, a melting point, and a softening point of the resin is lower than 75° C. as the resin component.

6. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein the loss factor [tan δ] at a frequency of 10 Hz and at 30° C. to 80° C. of the foam molding is 0.16 or less.

7. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein the loss factor [tan δ] at a frequency of 10 Hz and at 30° C. to 80° C. of the foam molding is 0.12 or more.

8. A shoe comprising the foamed sole according to claim 1 .

9. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein the loss factor [tan δ] at a frequency of 10 Hz and at 30° C. to 80° C. of the foam molding is between 0.12 and 0.16.

10. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the resin component is from 15 parts by mass to 80 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

11. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the resin component is from 20 parts by mass to 70 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

12. The foamed sole according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a butadiene rubber, an isoprene rubber, a styrene-butadiene rubber, and natural rubbers.

Assignees

• Otsuka Yasuhiro
• Harano Kenichi
• KAMIMURA Takuro
• Sawada Daisuke
• Asics Corp

Inventors

• Otsuka Yasuhiro
• Harano Kenichi
• KAMIMURA Takuro
• Sawada Daisuke

Classifications

• C08J2423/06

  Polyethene · CPC title

• C08J2409/06

  Copolymers with styrene · CPC title

• C08J2423/08

  Copolymers of ethene (C08J2423/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C08J2309/00

  Characterised by the use of homopolymers or copolymers of conjugated diene hydrocarbons · CPC title

• C08J9/0061

  characterized by the use of several polymeric components · CPC title