阅读说明：本技术 手套和制造手套的方法 (Glove and method of manufacturing a glove ) 是由 扬·艾里克·韦斯特·汉森 于 2018-04-11 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种环形构件,用于与手套的开口接合,以在手套的开口周围形成周缘槽。本发明还涉及一种手套和制造手套的方法,手套包括锥形套环,套环在手套的开口周围形成周缘槽,并且其中套环包括所述环形构件。该环形构件包括锥形的第一环形部、锥形的第二环形部和位于第一环形部和第二环形部之间的中间环形部。该环形构件可围绕中间部折叠以得到折叠构造,在折叠构造中第二环形部向下折叠以基本上位于第一环形部的旁边。(The present invention relates to an ring member for engaging with an opening of a glove to form a circumferential groove around the opening of the glove the present invention also relates to a glove and method of manufacturing the glove, the glove including a tapered collar which forms a circumferential groove around the opening of the glove and wherein the collar includes said ring member the ring member including a tapered ring section, a tapered second ring section and an intermediate ring section located between the ring section and the second ring section the ring member being foldable about the intermediate section to give a folded configuration in which the second ring section is folded down to lie substantially alongside the ring section.)

An annular member for engaging with an opening of a glove to form a circumferential groove around the opening of the glove, wherein the annular member comprises a tapered th annular portion, a tapered second annular portion, and an annular intermediate portion located between the th and second annular portions, and wherein the diameter of the annular member is smallest at the intermediate portion, and wherein the annular member is foldable about the intermediate portion to give a folded configuration in which the second annular portion is folded down to lie substantially alongside the th annular portion.

2. The annular member of claim 1, wherein the middle portion includes a plurality of holes.

3. The annular member of any of the preceding claims, wherein the middle portion has a wall thickness that is less than a wall thickness of the and/or second annular portion.

4. The annular member of any of the preceding claims, further comprising a plurality of clips flexibly attached to an edge of the annular portion.

5. The annular member of any of the preceding claims, wherein the annular member is molded as a single component.

6. The ring member according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the ring member is a plastic material in the group of PPC, PP, PVC, POM, PP-H or PE.

A glove of claim 7, , comprising a hand portion at a th end and a shaft portion at an opposite second end, the shaft portion having an opening for insertion of a user's hand, wherein the glove comprises a generally tapered collar and the collar is positioned around the opening of the glove, the collar extending from the opening with an increasing diameter in a direction toward the end of the glove so as to form a circumferential groove on the glove, wherein the collar of the glove comprises an annular member of any of claims 1 to 6, and wherein the annular member is folded into its folded configuration when positioned on the glove.

8. The glove of claim 7, wherein at least the shaft portion of the glove is made of an elastic material, and wherein the annular member is attached to the glove by stretching portions of the elastic material over at least the second annular portion of the annular member.

9. The glove of claim 8, wherein, when folded, the portion of the elastic material is located between the ring portion and the second ring portion.

10. The glove of any of claims 7-9, wherein the glove further comprises a plurality of clips clipped around at least a portion of the annular member for securing the folded configuration of the annular member.

11, a method of manufacturing a glove according to any of claims 7 to 10 to , the method comprising the steps of providing a glove of elastomeric material, providing an annular member according to any of claims 1 to 6 to , folding the portion of the glove adjacent the opening over the second annular portion, and folding the annular member into its folded configuration, thereby forming the peripheral groove on the glove.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the portion of the glove is folded by stretching the elastic material of the glove over the second loop.

13. The method of any of claims 11-12, further comprising guiding the glove through a central opening of the annular member.

14. The method of any of claims 11-13, further comprising clamping or more clamps around at least a portion of the annular member for securing the folded configuration of the annular member.

15. The method of any of claims 11-14, further comprising securing the folded configuration of the annular member with additional adhesive.

16. The method of any of claims 11-15, further comprising, prior to the step of folding the portion of the glove about the second annular portion, the steps of providing a holder and positioning the annular member on the holder.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to gloves comprising a collar and a method for manufacturing such gloves.

Background

In many types of working conditions, gloves are needed or desired in order to reduce or eliminate the time that a bare hand is in contact with, or at risk of coming into contact with, chemicals, detergents or bacteria, in another aspect, the risk of skin disease, irritation, or skin irritation is increased in the case of prolonged use of the glove, especially in the case of poor quality gloves.

are equipped with means for preventing fluid from flowing down the user's arm during operation this feature is particularly important in certain work environments, such as high voltage gloves, where insulating gloves are needed to protect the worker and therefore it is necessary to prevent any fluid from dripping or flowing from the gloves, or at least to safely direct fluid dripping or flowing from the gloves away from the user.

It is known to make gloves comprising a stiffening element placed around the opening of the glove (for example in US 2641767) and made of a sponge-like material capable of absorbing some of the fluid in EP2903484 the glove is made with a folded down border or collar which acts to catch any fluid flowing down the glove and to move it away from the user's arm.

Disclosure of Invention

It is therefore an object of embodiments of the present invention to overcome or at least reduce some or all of the disadvantages of known gloves having a folded-down border or cuff described above by providing a glove having a folded cuff that serves to collect fluid and has increased rigidity to maintain a low weight shape.

Another object of embodiments of the present invention is to provide an efficient and simpler manufacturing method for manufacturing gloves with folded cuffs at reduced cost.

According to the invention, this is achieved by an annular member for engaging with the opening of the glove to form a circumferential groove around the opening of the glove, wherein the annular member comprises a tapered th annular portion, a tapered second annular portion and an intermediate annular portion between the th annular portion and the second annular portion, and wherein the diameter of the annular member is at a minimum at the intermediate portion, and wherein the annular member is foldable about the intermediate portion to obtain a folded configuration in which the second annular portion is folded down to lie substantially alongside the th annular portion.

In order for such devices to be effective, the glove-when inserted into the device-needs to engage with the rim or edge of the device to form a closed airtight compartment, such devices are disclosed in, for example, EP2903484, the collar may also prevent the glove from being pushed completely into the container when the user inserts the glove into the device, furthermore, the collar of the glove-forming the peripheral groove-often advantageously acts as a drip trap, fluid trap or sink when the user lifts his gloved hand, for example during cleaning, any fluid flowing down from the glove is stopped by the collar or given a different direction and prevented from flowing down from the user's arm, however the known glove-when manufactured has shown a number of desirable stiffening features that are not as high enough to create a stiffness in the glove-alone to be a problem for the user to use the required stiffening member 3652, but not to be as stiff as well as a stiffening element.

It is believed that a ring member according to the present invention may achieve higher stiffness when compared to conventional structures (e.g., a structure in which two otherwise separate rings are sandwiched at ), due to the dual stabilizing structure, wherein the second ring is folded down onto the th ring in the folded configuration.

The important advantages of the annular member are that it can be attached to the glove in a very small, simple and quick operation, which may optionally be fully automatic or optionally fully manual in preferred cases, due to its collapsibility the annular member can be attached to the glove by simply pulling and/or stretching the glove edge over the edge of the second annular section and then folding the member into its folded configuration.

Furthermore, the manufacturing cost of the ring member is also reduced, since the ring member can be manufactured as a single part in pieces in a single processing step without any post-processing.

In an embodiment, the th and second rings extend substantially the same length from their maximum diameter to their minimum diameter alternatively, the second ring may extend a greater length than the th ring so the second ring may completely cover the th ring in the collapsed configuration the th and/or second rings may extend a length of 5-25mm, such as in the range of 5-10mm, the th and/or second rings may have a taper height in the range of 5-40mm, such as in the range of 5-10mm, the diameter of the middle portion may be adjusted to fit gloves of different sizes, and may be in the range of 70-150mm, such as in the range of 100-120 mm.

In an embodiment, the middle portion of the annular member comprises a plurality of holes. Thus, the stiffness of the intermediate portion is reduced and less force is required to fold the annular member into its folded configuration, while in its folded configuration the overall stiffness of the annular member is not reduced or is only minimally reduced. Advantageously, the holes may be formed during injection moulding of the annular member or may be cut in a later step. The number of holes comprised by the intermediate portion may be in the range of 50-200, for example in the range of 60-80, depending on the size of the annular member. The holes may have different shapes, such as circular, oval or square.

In an embodiment, the wall thickness of the intermediate portion is less than the wall thickness of the and/or second annular portions, so the stiffness of the intermediate portion is reduced and less force is required to fold the annular members into their folded configuration, with no or only minimal reduction in the overall stiffness of the annular members in their folded configuration the wall thickness of the intermediate portion may be in the range of 0.5-4mm, such as in the range of 0.05-1.0mm, such as in the range of 0.10-0.50mm, such as in the range of 0.12-0.37 mm.

the wall thickness of the ring and the second ring may be in the range of 0.7-2.0mm, such as in the range of 0.9-1.2mm the ring and the second ring may have the same wall thickness, or may have different wall thicknesses, preferably the second ring has a greater wall thickness than the ring in an embodiment the ring member further comprises a plurality of clips flexibly attached to the edge of the ring it will be appreciated that by the flexible attachment the clips may be bent at least times or several times without breaking the ring and therefore when folded the clips may be bent around and clipped around the second ring thereby securing the ring member in its folded configuration by simple means and with a simple and quick operation.

Since the clip is flexibly mounted on the th ring, the ring member can still be manufactured as a single unit of body, furthermore, the attachment to the th ring ensures proper placement of the clip on the ring member.

In an embodiment, the annular member comprises a plurality of clamps, for example 2, 3, 4 or 5 clamps advantageously the clamps may be evenly distributed around the circumference of the th annular portion.

The annular member may be made of a plastic material from the group of PPC, PP, PVC, POM, PP-H or PE. Thus, the annular member can be efficiently manufactured by injection molding and has low weight but high rigidity.

The invention also relates to gloves comprising a hand portion at a end and a shaft portion at an opposite second end, the shaft portion having an opening for insertion of a user's hand, wherein the glove comprises a generally tapered collar and the collar is positioned around the opening of the glove, the collar extending from the opening at an increasing diameter in a direction towards the end of the glove such that a circumferential groove is formed on the glove, wherein the collar of the glove comprises any annular member according to the preceding, and wherein, when positioned on the glove, the annular member folds into its folded configuration.

The advantages are as mentioned above in relation to the annular member.

Thus, the annular member is attached to the glove in an efficient manner with few but simple operations, wherein the annular member does not accidentally fall or pull off the glove.

In this manner, the loop members fold around the layers of elastomeric material of the glove, thereby holding the layers securely in place.

The glove further includes a plurality of clips that clip around at least portions of the annular members for securing the folded configuration of the annular members, the clips may be separate members, or may be attached to the th ring of the annular members as described above.

The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a glove according to the above description, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing a glove of elastic material, providing a loop member as described above, folding a portion of the glove located adjacent the opening over the second loop, and folding the loop member into its folded condition, thereby forming a circumferential groove on the glove.

The advantages are described in relation to the glove and the ring member.

In an embodiment, the method further comprises guiding the glove through a middle opening of the annular member. Thus, it is convenient to bring the glove into position to stretch the edge of the glove over the second annular member so that the annular members attach to the glove in the required direction to form the peripheral groove.

In an embodiment, the method further comprises clamping or more clamps around at least part of the ring member for securing the folded configuration of the ring member.

Alternatively or additionally, the method may comprise fixing the folded configuration of the annular member by adding an adhesive.

In an embodiment, the method further comprises the step of providing a retainer and positioning the ring-shaped member on the retainer prior to the step of folding the portion of the glove around the second ring-shaped portion. Thus, the retainer helps the loop members to remain in place while the glove is stretched over the second loop portion. In this way the method can be carried out more quickly and more easily.

Drawings

Various embodiments of the present invention will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 shows in perspective view the shaft portion of a glove comprising a collar, which forms a downwardly folded border extending outwardly from the shaft of the glove,

2-4 illustrate different examples of gloves with reinforced collars known in the prior art;

figure 5A shows the device for putting on or taking off a glove with the glove partially inserted seen in perspective view,

figure 5B shows the device of figure 5A with the glove partially inserted into the receptacle,

figures 6 and 7 show in enlarged detail different embodiments of the engagement of the glove with the opening of the receptacle,

figure 8 shows an embodiment according to the invention of an annular member for forming a collar on a glove,

figures 9 and 10 show an embodiment of the glove with the ring-shaped member attached thereto in perspective and in cross-section respectively,

fig. 11 shows the glove of fig. 10 in cross-section, with the annular members in their folded configuration,

figures 12 and 13 show a holder for attachment of the annular member with and without the annular member in place,

figure 14 shows a further embodiment of a ring member including a plurality of clamps according to the present invention,

fig. 15 shows a glove comprising an annular member, which is secured in its folded configuration by a plurality of clamps,

FIG. 16 shows a clamp, an

Fig. 17-18 show two embodiments of the annular member.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a glove 100 in the shape according to the invention. For clarity, only the shaft or upper portion of glove 100 near opening 101 of the glove is shown, while the lower hand-shaped portion, optionally with up to 5 fingers, is not shown. The lower hand portion of the glove may be shaped and formed into any conventional glove.

As summarized in FIG. 1, glove 100 includes a collar 102 that reinforces glove opening 101 through which a hand is inserted, collar 102 has a generally conical shape and is positioned around glove opening 101, extending from opening 101 at an increasing diameter in a direction toward the th hand-shaped end of the glove, the collar thus forming a peripheral groove 104 in the glove, the groove 104 or channel can serve as a fluid collection deepening or fluid collection space and prevent fluid from flowing down onto the user's arm during operation.

Glove 100 including such an advantageous collar 102 may be manufactured by dip forming generally by placing a generally conical ring 201 on the shaft or around a model of the wrist on a corresponding conical surface then the hand model is dipped and covered times or more with glove material, upon drying and curing the glove is removed from the model and turned inside out except for the portion reinforced by the ring, so the boundary of the glove remains bent down when the hand model is removed, forming collar 102, as shown in fig. 2, where the shaft portion of glove 100 is shown in cross-section.

Fig. 3 shows a glove 100 known from the prior art, which has a collar 102, which is formed here by an inner ring 301 and an outer ring 302. Both rings are generally conical. Gloves may be made by the following method: the edge 103 of the glove is stretched over the edge of the inner ring 301 and then the outer ring 302 is pressed or inserted over the inner ring as indicated by the arrow. The outer ring 302 may optionally include several slits 303 to increase its ability to be pressed onto the inner ring and glove rim as well as flexibility. In fig. 4 a perspective view of the inner ring and the outer ring is shown.

FIG. 5 illustrates a prior art known device 500 seen in perspective view for assisting in donning and doffing a glove 100 of elastomeric material from a user's hand in accordance with the present invention, the device 500 includes a container 501 having an opening 502 through which the glove and user's hand are inserted, FIG. 5B illustrates a device of the same wherein the glove 100 is half inserted into the container briefly, the device works by controlling air pressure inside the container, in the device illustrated herein, control of air pressure is established by means of a bellows 505 in combination with a check valve 506 and a vent 507 when the user places or inserts the hand into the glove already suspended in the container, or when the glove-donned hand is inserted into the container, the bellows 505 is compressed and air is forced out of the container through the check valve 506, when the hand is again removed, the bellows again expands and creates a low pressure (underpressure) within the container, thereby expanding the glove and enabling the hand to be removed from the glove.

To create the required low pressure in container 501, glove 100 preferably requires sealing to opening 502 of the container. A glove according to the invention comprising a tapered collar 102 is particularly advantageous in this respect because the collar 102 both provides a seat for the collar to abut the container opening and prevents the glove from being accidentally pressed into the compartment by the user.

This function can be seen in more detail in fig. 6 and 7. The receptacle 501 of the device 500 preferably includes a rim 503 around the periphery of the opening 502 that functions as a collar 101 to support the glove such that the glove rests or rests on the rim 503 when placed in the receptacle. In addition, the rim here includes a rim 504 that extends outwardly (upwardly in the figure) from the container so as to engage the tapered collar 102 on the glove 110, as can be seen in more detail in fig. 7. In the embodiment of fig. 6, the edge surface 504 is substantially perpendicular to the rim 503 and the longitudinal direction of the container. In fig. 7, the edge surface 504 is generally tapered narrowing toward the opening of the container. The edge surfaces may be angled 602 differently from the collar 101 of the glove 100. The edge surface is angled at about 5 to 15 degrees from the glove collar. The glove is thus guided onto the rim of the container and the sealing of the glove and the container is improved. This makes the device more effective for glove removal and donning. Furthermore, the angular difference ensures that the glove can be released from the rim of the container again more easily.

The tapered collar 102 or the folded down border of the glove acts to reinforce the glove opening this collar step acts to maintain the overall shape of the glove opening, making it easier for the glove to be inserted over the rim 503 of the container opening and allowing the collar to act as a seat against the opening of the container, effectively sealing the compartment for effectively creating a low pressure.

In order to achieve these advantages, the glove collar needs to have a stiffness of in another , a too stiff collar reduces user comfort and may even have a snag or trap effect in corners, etc. when the user is working.

All of these advantages can be obtained by a glove having a collar comprising an annular member 800 according to the embodiment shown in figure 8. in this embodiment, annular member 800 comprises a tapered th annular portion 801, a tapered second annular portion 802, and an intermediate annular portion 803 located between the th and second annular portions, the diameter of the annular member being smallest at the intermediate portion, with each of the th and second annular portions extending outwardly and away from the intermediate portion the annular member is foldable about the intermediate portion 803, as shown by arrow 900, and into a folded configuration in which the second annular portion 802 is folded down to lie substantially alongside the th annular portion 801. this is shown in figure 10 in which the annular member is folded to remain on the rim of the glove.

Foldability of the ring member 800 may be facilitated by, for example, a curved or semi-circular cross-sectional shape of the intermediate portion 803, as may be seen more clearly in fig. 10 or 11, optionally except for a reduction in rigidity of the intermediate portion, for example, due to a smaller wall thickness of the intermediate portion and/or due to a plurality of holes 804 or perforations in the intermediate portion, since both the th and second ring portions are generally tapered, the overall shape of the ring member in its folded configuration is also generally tapered.

In an embodiment, the annular member 800 is molded as a single piece body the annular member may be molded by injection molding of a plastic material such as PPC, PP, PVC, POM, PP-H, or PE.

FIG. 9 shows a ring member 800 attached to glove opening 101, also shown in the enlarged detail and cross-sectional view of FIG. 10. Here, a rim 901 of a conventional glove of elastomeric material is stretched over second ring portion 802. in an embodiment, the rim includes a rolled edge 902, and middle ring portion 803 includes a curvilinear shape corresponding to the rolled edge, such as to receive rolled edge 902. second ring portion 802 of ring member 800 is then folded down as indicated by arrow 900 to be adjacent or flush with ring portion 801, as shown in FIG. 11. in the folded configuration in this embodiment, portion of the elastomeric material of the glove is located between ring portion and ring portion 802.

By stretching the elastic material over at least portions of the annular member 800, the annular member attaches to the glove opening 101 to form a peripheral groove 104 around the glove opening.

Two embodiments of the ring member 800 are shown in greater detail in fig. 17 and 18. a side view, a top view and a cross-sectional view of the ring member are shown in fig. 17, respectively, another embodiment of the ring member is shown in cross-section in fig. 18 the most notable difference between the two embodiments is the different size and curvature of the intermediate ring 803, which in the fig. 18 embodiment achieves a higher height and a larger radius, so the ring member 800 of fig. 17 and 18 is sized for use on relatively thinner and thicker glove material and/or with a relatively smaller or larger glove bead 902, respectively, and most notably by the size of the intermediate ring 803 the height 1601 of the intermediate ring is in the range of 5-7mm and for the fig. 17 embodiment is about 6mm for fitting on a conventional glove with relatively thin glove material the height 1601 of the intermediate ring is in the range of 8-10mm and for the fig. 18 embodiment is about 9mm for fitting on a conventional glove with relatively thinner glove material and the different glove thicknesses 1601 is for example sufficient for the glove rolls/15 mm.

The wall thickness 1602 of the middle ring 803 may be thinner near the middle and may be thicker toward the th and second rings 801, 802 the wall thickness 1602 may be in the range of 0.05-0.50mm, such as in the range of 0.12-0.37mm the wall thickness 1603 of the th and second rings 801, 802 may be in the range of 0.7-2.0mm, such as in the range of 0.9-1.2mm (as in the embodiment of fig. 17 and 18). the th and second rings 801, 802 may have the same wall thickness or may be different wall thicknesses, preferably the second ring 802 has a wall thickness thicker than the th ring 801.

FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment of a retainer 1200 that may be used to mount ring member 800 on glove 100 to form peripheral groove 104 on the glove. The holder 1200 comprises a base part 1201 which can advantageously be attached to a table or the like. The holder also includes a cylindrical portion 1202 extending from the base. During assembly, the ring member 800 is positioned on the cylindrical portion 1202 of the holder, as shown in fig. 13. The edge or rim of the glove of elastomeric material is then stretched over the second annular portion of the annular member and the annular member is folded over, pulling the assembled glove with the collar out of the holder. In an embodiment, the flexibility of the cylindrical portion 1202 of the holder is increased by dividing the cylindrical portion into a plurality of protruding members 1203, which make it easier to position the ring-shaped member on the holder and remove the glove at the time of assembly.

FIG. 14 shows an embodiment of an annular member 800 comprising a plurality of clamps 1400 flexibly (compliantly) attached to the annular portion 801 when the annular member 800 has been attached to a glove and folded, the clamps 1400 may be bent upwards and clamped around the upper edge of the glove's collar 102, as shown in FIG. 15.

Additionally or alternatively, an adhesive may be used to secure the annular member in its folded configuration.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been described, it will be understood that the invention is not so limited and modifications may be made without departing from the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the claims, and all devices that come within the meaning of the claims, either literally or by equivalence, are intended to be embraced therein.