Apparel – Guard or protector – Hand or arm
Patent
1997-05-18
1999-01-26
Neas, Michael A.
Apparel
Guard or protector
Hand or arm
21616, 2162, A41D 1900
Patent
active
058625216
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a glove for protecting the hand against cuts, consisting of a lattice of interwoven rings, in particular of metallic rings, with at least one closure element.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Gloves of the aforementioned type for protecting the hand against cuts are used particularly in meat-processing plants as protection against injuries by, for example, cutting tools. Such gloves are known in short and long versions. In the first case, they extend as far as the wrist. In the second case, they extend as far as the forearm. For fastening the gloves, which are intended to protect the hand against cuts, at the wrist or at the arm, the construction of such protective gloves with closure elements is known. Conventionally, this is accomplished by sewing a nylon tape with a locking buckle on the lattice of interwoven rings. Alternately, it is also known that such nylon tape can be fixed with a snap fastener.
It is a disadvantage of these known gloves for protecting the hand against cuts that they must be adjusted each time by the user to the closure length required by the user. For protective gloves with a snap fastener closure, the individual length dimension of the closure frequently cannot be attained, so that only supplies of individually usable protective gloves can be kept in meat-processing plants. Furthermore, the known gloves, for protecting the hand against cuts, are not safe bacteriologically since, despite cleaning, residues of meat particles can adhere not only to the nylon tape itself, but also to the locking buckles and the snap fasteners. Moreover, the known protective gloves are provided at their side with an opening, in order to be able to close the glove at all. This can lead to unprotected regions of the hand, which is to be protected by the glove.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to develop a protective glove of the aforementioned type further in such a manner, that it can be pulled on and closed in a simple and convenient manner.
To accomplish this objective the glove, for protecting the hand against cuts, is distinguished by the fact that the closure element is constructed elastically. By means of the elastically constructed closure clement, the glove, which is to protect the hand against cuts, can be slipped safely and easily over the hand and held automatically at the hand by the elastically constructed closure element. During the process of slipping on the glove, the closure element, provided under tension in the protective glove when the latter is not slipped over the hand, is expanded and changes over automatically into the stretched closed position after the protective glove is slipped on. The amount of expansion and the extent of the initial tension depend on such factors as the size of the hand and of the shoulder and/or the forearm of the user. A cumbersome adjustment to different closure lengths and a cumbersome closing are not required. The closure element itself may be formed by a spring element, an elastic tape and the like. Advisably, in this connection, the possibility of cleaning also the closure element effectively and simply should be taken into consideration. Preferably, therefore, a metallic spring element is provided at one or also at several places of the protective glove.
Furthermore, it is also possible to incorporate the elastic closure element directly in the lattice of interwoven rings, so that partial regions of the protective glove elastic. Moreover, it is also possible, either, for example, by a double layer construction of regions of the lattice of interwoven rings or also by turned-over end regions or by overlapping end regions, to provide receiving channels, in which the the elastic closure element can be inserted or disposed. Moreover, it is also possible, for example, to hook the elastic closure element in rings of the lattice of interlaced rings and thus to construct this element as a part that is to be handled separately. The elastic closure element can also be pulled through the rings of the m
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Hupp Karlheinz
van Marwijk Johannes Adrianus Augstinus
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