Mold for the production of shoes

Claim 1

A MOLD, PARTICULARLY A VULCANIZING MOLD, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A SHOE HAVING AN OUTER SOLE PUNCHED FROM PREVULCANIZED RUBBER OR SIMILAR SHEET MATERIAL OF UNIFORM THICKNESS AND HAVING A TREAD SURFACE, AN INTERMEDIATE SOLE OF MOLDABLE MATERIAL AND AN UPPER AND INSOLE JOINED TO THE INTERMEDIATE SOLE, COMPRISING TOW HALF BOXES, A MOLD SECTION LOCATED IN EACH BOX FOR PROVIDING A UNITARY MOLD COMPONENT, SAID BOX HALVES HAVING INNER SURFACES TERMINATING IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP, MEANS DEFINING AT LEAST ONE VERTICAL JOINT BETWEEN SAUCH SECTIONS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIDISTANT FROM THE TWO LATERAL EDGES OF THE SOLE ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE JOINT, SAID MOLD SECTIONS JOINTLY FORMING A MOLDING CAVITY HAVING LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE CURVATURES AND AN OPEN END, EACH SECTION HAVING A BASE SURFACE AND A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PERIMETRIC SURFACE COOPERABLE WITH THE BASE SURFACE TO PROVIDE THE OUTER EDGE OF THE ENTIRE SOLE WITH SAID BASE SURFACES ADAPTED TO RECEIVE TH EOUTER SOLE, THE MOLDING CAVITY BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A MOLDABLE MATERIAL FOR FORMING THE INTERMEDIATE SOLE, AND A LAST CARRYING THE UNITED UPPER AND INSOLE ADAPTED TO CLOSE THE OPEN END OF THE MOLDING CAVITY AND SAID OUTER SOLE SERVING FOR SEALING THE VERTICAL JOINT BETWEEN THE SECTIONS.