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Method and apparatus for wearing glove

a glove and glove technology, applied in the field of glove wearing methods and apparatuses, can solve the problems of glove fingers failing, hand in glove failure, damage to glove,

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-27
TOHO SEISAKUSHO
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[0012]According to the present invention, there is provided a method of wearing a glove by inserting a stretchable glove into a reduced pressure vessel containing an expansion restricting member, reducing the internal pressure of the vessel to expand the glove, and inserting the palm and fingers beyond the wrist into the expanded glove, wherein the palm and back portions of the expanded glove are brought into contact with the palm and back contacting portions, respectively, of the expansion restricting member so that the palm portion of the glove may be drawn through vent holes in the palm contacting portion and engaged with an inclined engaging part on the palm contacting portion.

Problems solved by technology

Accordingly, it is difficult to put the hand in the glove smoothly.
However, the above-described manner of putting on the glove takes a long time to put it on and is also likely to cause damage to the glove by a nail, etc.
(1) As the hand-shaped restricting plate, it has a dividing wall between every two adjoining fingers thereof, it is likely that the fingers of a glove may fail to enter the corresponding finger portions of the restricting plate, and that even if they may enter correctly, the fingers of the glove may be caught by the dividing walls.
Accordingly, the glove does not expand properly as designed, thereby disabling the smooth insertion of the hand therein.
As the vent holes are formed in the finger portions of the restricting plate, the fingers of the glove are drawn into the vent holes and stretched longitudinally As a result, the boundary between the palm and finger portions (or the bases of the fingers) of the glove and the finger tip portions thereof fail to make a satisfactory radial expansion, thereby making it difficult to insert the fingers of the hand therein This phenomenon is more prominent with a smaller glove.
As the tips of fingers of the small glove are stretched to a greater extent upon expansion than those of the large glove, it becomes still more difficult to put the hand in the small glove.
As the palm portion of the glove expands longitudinally, while the bases and tips of its finger portions does not make a satisfactory radial expansion, the tips of fingers of the hand cannot be inserted in the glove smoothly.

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first embodiment

[0046]the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

[0047]Referring to FIG. 1, a reduced pressure vessel 1 has an air drawing hole 2 and a hand inserting hole 4 through which an elastic glove, for example, a medical rubber glove 5 made of a thin-film of material is inserted into the vessel 1. An inserting cylinder 4a surrounding the inserting hole 4 has an end to which the glove 5 has its wrist-surrounding part 6 attached in intimate contact therewith, and the glove 5 is suspended as shown by solid lines.

[0048]The reduced pressure vessel 1 has its internal pressure reduced by e.g. a vacuum pump (not shown) so that the reduced pressure P of the air outside the glove 5 and the atmospheric pressure Pa prevailing within the glove 5 may have their pressure difference ΔP increased to expand the glove 5 having the shape shown by the solid lines into a size enabling the fingers and palm beyond the wrist to be inserted therein loosely with an ample clearance, i.e...

second embodiment

[0070]the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. The same reference numerals used in these figures denote the same names and functions as that of in FIGS. 1 to 7.

[0071]The following points differentiate the present embodiment from the first embodiment:

[0072](1) The reduced pressure vessel 1 has a lid 21. The reduced pressure vessel 1 is composed of a bottomed cylindrical body 20 and the lid 21 which can open and close the opening of the body 20, and the body 20 and the lid 21 have their joint sealed with a packing material 23.

[0073](2) The expansion restricting member B comprises a restricting box 25 formed in a box shape instead of a pair of restricting plates 9 and 10. The restricting box 25 is a box which is independent of the reduced pressure vessel 1 and the lid 21, and has a bottom wall 25a and four side walls surrounding the bottom wall 25a, i.e., right and left side walls 25b and 25c, a back side wall 25d and a palm side wall 25e.

[0074]The ...

third embodiment

[0095]the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 26. The same reference numerals used in these figures denote the same names and functions as that of in FIGS. 1 to 17.

[0096]The following points differentiate the present embodiment from the first embodiment:

[0097](1) The glove is provided with a diametrically expanding ring around its wrist portion.

[0098](2) The reduced pressure vessel has its internal pressure reduced by a blower motor which is automatically controlled in accordance with the output of a sensor detecting the position of the glove.

[0099]Referring to FIG. 18, the glove 5 is an elastic glove designed for use by e.g. a surgeon and formed from a thin-film of latex rubber, for example, a thin-film having a thickness of 0.16 mm at its finger portion 13 and a thickness of 0.10 mm at its wrist portion (cuff) 6. The thickness of the thin-film of the glove may be selected as required, and it may, for example, be formed from a thin-film having a th...

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Abstract

An expanded glove has its palm and back portions brought into contact with the palm and back contacting portions, respectively, of an expansion restricting member so that the palm portion of the glove may be drawn through vent holes formed in the palm contacting portion and engaged with an inclined engaging part on the palm contacting portion.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for making it possible to put on an elastic glove, such as a medical rubber glove made of a thin-film of material, easily, quickly and properly such that the glove comes closely into contact with the palm beyond the wrist and the surfaces of the fingers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]A rubber glove made of a thin-film of material is used in a surgical operation and is formed in a size smaller than the hand so that the glove fits the fingers closely when put on the hand. Accordingly, it is difficult to put the hand in the glove smoothly. So, the hand has to be pushed into the glove forcibly to put it on, while the wrist-surrounding edge of the glove is being stretched. However, the above-described manner of putting on the glove takes a long time to put it on and is also likely to cause damage to the glove by a nail, etc.[0003]In order to solve this problem, there has been developed a glove wearin...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G25/90
CPCA47G25/904A61B2019/046A61B19/04A61B42/50A61B42/00
Inventor SAEGUSA, TAKASHI
Owner TOHO SEISAKUSHO