Glove

Details Glove Glove

2001-09-24

2003-10-28

Calvert, John J. (Department: 3765)

Apparel

Hand or arm coverings

Gloves

C002S016000, C002S167000, C015S227000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06637035

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to gloves, especially disposable gloves, as are used for example in fueling or in checking a dipstick.
Such disposable gloves are known and consist only of plastic. They are made available for example at filling stations sheet size and dispensed from a roll, in order to enable the customer of the filling station to comfortably carry out simple activities on the vehicle, such as fueling or measuring the oil level. In doing so the paper or the mat is used to clean the hands after fueling or to wipe the dipstick before measuring the oil level.
In the known disposable gloves however it is disadvantageous that they are made of plastic. If accordingly oil or gasoline end up on the glove, it is possible to become dirty when handling the gasoline or benzine. Moreover, in addition to the gloves, the used paper or mat must also be disposed of; this is not desirable.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Proceeding from the above described defects and deficiencies, the object of this invention is to develop these gloves, especially these disposable gloves, simply and in a manner which is economical to manufacture, such that thus dirty activities, for example wiping the dipstick, are also possible without using separate paper.
This object is achieved as claimed in the invention according to the teaching of the invention by a glove, especially by a disposable glove,
with at least two essentially congruent plastic films which at least on the lateral edge areas are joined to one another securely with the formation of an outside and an inside and leaving a glove opening, and
with at least one absorbent outside layer which is applied externally to the outside which can be assigned to the outside surface of the hand and/or to the inside which can be assigned to the inside surface of the hand.
Accordingly, as claimed in the invention a glove is made available which is externally provided on its outside, but preferably only on its inside, with an effectively superabsorbent outside layer of paper or (paper) mat. This paper or mat layer can be kept very thin so that considerable material can be saved; according to the prior art this material is necessary in a paper or mat dispenser.
In one advantageous development of this invention the absorbent outside layer can be statically charged, especially electrostatically charged and/or magnetostatically charged so that the glove is advantageously also suited for wiping dirt, since by using an outside layer material with high static charging capacity the dirt collects especially easily on the outside layer. This takes place especially efficiently when the outside layer has iron shavings in powdered form.
In order to reliably prevent formation of disease-causing germs or the like when this invention is used as a cosmetic glove and/or as a medical glove, the outside layer according to one preferred embodiment of this invention has at least one disinfecting and/or germicidal additive, for example in the form of a disinfectant which can be delivered as an additive to the outside layer. One major advantage in this connection is that these disinfectant and/or germicidal additives can be metered very exactly, and for example ground spices in the (paper) mat material can be imagined.
It is a good idea if the absorbent outside layer, as was mentioned above, has paper or mat and if the plastic film is bondable and/or sealable; preferably the plastic film consists of polyethylene (PE), which material offers the advantage that under certain assumptions it can be permeable to air, but not to liquid; in contrast, polypropylene (PP) can be permeable to liquid when certain conditions prevail, but not to air.
According to one advantageous development of this invention at least one of the plastic. films is microperforated at least in places. In this way a glove which can to a certain extent breathe is made available since the plastic films do not allow any liquid exchange, but very probably air exchange; this has the positive effect that unpleasant sweating of the hand in the glove can be avoided.
The essentially congruent plastic films can preferably be made roughly rectangular in a plan view. The plastic films are easily formed from a plastic web which extends in the lengthwise direction and which is folded in the form of a hose, the fold edge which extends in the lengthwise direction forming the top of the glove in the area of the fingertips of the hand which has been inserted therein and the two edges opposite the fold edge forming the glove opening; the gloves are accordingly transversely next to one another.
According to one especially inventive development of this glove, the two edges which are opposite the fold edge and which form the glove opening can be arranged offset to one another. In this way especially comfortable insertion of the hand into the glove is enabled, since the user of the glove can optionally compensate for the fact that the two plastic films may adhere to one another by his easily grasping the projecting edge and gently pulling the two plastic films apart.
As a result, moreover in the area of the fold edge there need not be a bond seam or seal seam; this simplifies production of the glove. Only on the lateral edge areas are the congruent plastic films feasibly joined to one another by cementing and/or by bonding and/or by sealing. The gloves can however advantageously be turned at a right angle, moreover can be formed in succession from the plastic web.
In one feasible embodiment, instead of a roughly rectangular interior or also an interior which is roughly round or at least rounded for the hand, the glove can have at least in areas at least one bond or seal seam which runs at a distance from the side edge areas and/or from the fold edge, in the form of a fingered glove (with up to six receiving areas for the finger, but also with receiving areas in which two or more fingers can be accommodated next to one another at the same time) or in the form of a mitten; in this way the glove is made to have a better grip and to be easier to handle.
Advantageously the bond or seal seam in a plan view can have a thumb section for holding the thumb on both sides of the finger area. Thus gloves for the left hand and gloves for the right hand need not be produced separately; rather each glove can be worn on the left and right such that the absorbent outside layer is assigned to the inside of the glove.
Furthermore, in one feasible embodiment of this invention it is intended that for the two congruent plastic films there be at least one other congruent plastic film on the side opposite the outside layer, this other plastic film being connected at least to the adjacent plastic film via another bond or seal seam which runs with a distance from the bond or the seal seam in the form of a fingered glove or in the form of a mitten, but essentially parallel thereto.
The latter bond or seal seam should take up a larger area than the former bond or seal seam, by which between two adjacent congruent plastic films at a time a glove is formed, but with a different size. Thus the gloves can be easily used for quite large hands and also for quite small hands without adversely affecting the comfort of use.
There are preferably two or more disposable gloves in the lengthwise direction of the plastic web depending on the arrangement on the plastic web next to one another or in succession, and the individual gloves can be easily separated by at least one linear perforation which runs transversely to the lengthwise direction. Thus the gloves as claimed in the invention can be unrolled in the lengthwise direction and can be dispensed individually by means of a dispenser.
If the glove as claimed in this invention is to be developed especially advantageously, it is recommended that in the area of the glove opening there be at least one locking closure with at least one fixing or closing strip which extends essentially transversely to the insertion direction of the hand. Preferably therefore at least one fixing or closing strip is formed which is

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