Apparel – Guard or protector – Hand or arm
Patent
1996-11-08
1998-03-24
Crowder, C. D.
Apparel
Guard or protector
Hand or arm
2159, 21616, 2167, A41D 1310
Patent
active
057298319
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a protective glove having the characterising features set out in the preamble of claim 1. Such gloves are known from DE 91 13 608 U1 and are worn by butchers, for example, as a form of protection against gashes, cuts and similar injuries. Metal-ring meshed materials of this type are extremely flexible and leave the hand they are intended to protect free to move. However, the high degree of flexibility of the metal-ring mesh does have one disadvantage in that, unlike a glove made from leather or a textile fabric, a glove of this type can easily slip off the hand unless it is secured at the wrist. The gloves are therefore provided with a fastening strap, which usually bridges a slit in the wrist area of the gloves, provided to make it easier to put on and remove the gloves and ensure they can be fastened without any folds.
Known straps of this type are made from a thermoplastic fabric, e.g. polyamide, and an edge of the metal-ring mesh is welded into the wrist area. This fabric strap is generally provided with a push-stud mechanism to retain the glove.
Another known method is to embed the edge of the metal-ring mesh in a silicon band, which is applied to the metal ring mesh by a spray technique.
The disadvantage of these bands is the fact that they are very-difficult to clean, especially if they have started to wear, which is particularly problematic when used for handling foodstuffs. Once the bands have become worn, the gloves either have to be thrown away or returned to the manufacturer to have new bands fitted. This is quite a simple process, however, since the bands are welded or sprayed onto the metal-ring mesh.
In order to avoid these drawbacks, gloves are already known where inter-changeable fastening straps made from plastics are provided. For this purpose, there are two layers of the metal-ring mesh in the wrist area so as to form runners through which the fastening strap can be pulled. This means that it is possible to remove the straps from the metal-ring mesh for cleaning. Cleaning on a daily basis, however, is rather inconvenient and there is the added difficulty that the runners are particularly difficult to clean.
A glove is also known from DE 91 13 608 U 1, which is fastened by means of a cuff made from perforated metal plates. However, the cuff restricts wrist movement. If designed so that the cuff starts after the wrist, however, and the metal ring mesh of the glove extends over the wrist, it is necessary to provide a separate fastening band and this has the disadvantages outlined above.
The objective of the present invention is to provide a glove that does not restrict movement, whereby the soiled gloves are less of a problem to clean and worn fastening straps easier to change than is the case with the known protective gloves made from a metal ring mesh.
This objective is achieved by means of a glove having the characterising features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are described in the dependent claims.
The glove of the invention resolves the problem by dint of the fact that it does not use a fastening strap made of plastics, leather or similar, but a fastening strap that is also made from a metal-ring mesh and is interlinked with the glove so that the glove and its fastening strap are integrally joined to one another. This feature, which makes it distinctive as compared with the prior art, overcomes the problems outlined above and offers several advantages: more wear than the remainder of the glove. be changed. metal-ring mesh, it is much more hygienic than the known gloves. Since the metal rings, generally made from stainless steel, have a smooth surface with no pores, the glove can be kept clean much more easily than a glove with a strap made from plastics, whose surface becomes rough and torn over time.
The glove can be mechanically and chemically treated with strong cleaning products as required (detergents, solvents, powerful brushes), which could not be used with plastics. methods. and steam-jet devices and sterilised at high temperatu
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Crowder C. D.
Friedrich Munch GmbH & Co. KG.
Jenkins Shirra L.
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