Shoe, method for producing shoe, and method for producing shoe upper
An object of the present invention is to provide a shoe including an upper that is easily conformed to a shape of a last when it is shaped. The shoe includes an upper made of a fiber sheet that includes: a first layer made of knitted fabric or woven fabric that includes yarns having a heat shrinkability and has inner gaps; and a second layer layered on the first layer and made of nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric, and being integrated with the first layer by needle punching.
1. A shoe comprising:
an upper made of a fiber sheet that comprises:
a first layer made of knitted fabric or woven fabric, the knitted fabric or woven fabric comprising yarns having a heat shrinkability and inner gaps; and
a second layer layered on the first layer and made of nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric, and being integrated with the first layer by needle punching; wherein
the upper comprises a body portion located on an upper side and a bottom portion continuous with a lower peripheral end of the body portion,
the second layer does not comprise yarns having a heat shrinkability, and
the bottom portion consists of the second layer and does not include the first layer.
2. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein
the first layer is arranged inside the second layer.
3. The shoe according to claim 2 , wherein
the fiber sheet further comprises a third layer made of nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric, and arranged inside the first layer, and
the first layer and the third layer are integrated by the needle punching.
4. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein
the upper comprises a body portion located on an upper side and a bottom portion continuous with a lower end of the body portion,
the body portion has a forefoot portion,
the fiber sheet is comprised in at least the forefoot portion, and
the first layer has a higher heat shrinkage ratio in a width direction of the upper than in a longitudinal direction of the upper.
5. The shoe according to claim 4 , wherein
at least of a part of the body portion comprises the first layer, and the bottom portion does not comprise the first layer.
6. The shoe according to claim 4 , wherein
the bottom portion further comprises a third layer made of nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric and arranged inside the first layer, and
the first layer and the third layer are integrated by the needle punching.
7. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein
the yarns having the heat shrinkability comprised in the first layer are made of a core-sheath material, and
the first layer is formed of woven fabric in which either warps or wefts are the yarns having the heat shrinkability, or knitted fabric in which 10% or more of the entire yarns forming the knitted fabric have the heat shrinkability.
8. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein
yarns that form the second layer have a multifilament structure.
9. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein
in the fiber sheet, the needle-punched part is arranged on a reinforcement required part to allow the reinforcement required part to have a strength in the upper.
10. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein
the first layer is arranged outside the second layer.