Glove and lining for a piece of equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to a glove, in particular a pilot's glove, having a lining comprising at least one outer layer made up of several material blanks with a glove outer surface, and the outer layer of the lining has no joining point on at least a volar zone and preferably a distal zone in the finger tip region of one or more glove finger(s). The material blanks comprise at least an inner hand part, a top hand part, several finger side parts and optionally a thumb part, and the inner hand part is joined to the other material blanks along a single continuously extending join line 5 to form the at least one glove finger. The invention further relates to a lining comprising material blanks joined to one another and an intermediate element is stitched into the join formed by a seam.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is a national phase application of PCT Patent Application No. PCT / AT2005 / 000333, filed Aug. 23, 2005 which claims priority from Austrian Application No. A 1476 / 2004, filed Sep. 3, 2004. The disclosure of each such application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety where appropriate for teachings of additional or alternative details, features, and / or technical background, and priority is asserted from each.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates to a glove and a method of producing a glove, as well as a lining for an item of equipment.[0003]Gloves are known from the prior art which are made up of several material blanks in the region of the fingers and these material blanks are joined to one another by seams. As a rule, one of these seams extends distally on a glove finger at the finger tip between a glove bottom face and a glove top face. With gloves of this type, the sense of touch and feeling in the regi...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]The objective of the present invention is to eliminate the problems and disadvantages outlined above encountered with gloves and / or linings, and to this end proposes a glove or a lining for the item of equipment, which has a higher resistance to external influences and stress. Another partial objective of the invention is to reduce the complex processing involved in producing a glove and simultaneously improve its resistance and tactile properties, in particular in the region of the finger tips. Another partial objective of the invention is to propose a lining for an item of equipment, which has better wear properties and resistance to external influences and stress in order to increase the service life of the item of equipment.

[0011]The objective of the invention is achieved on the basis of the features defined by at least one outer layer made up of several material blanks with a glove outer surface, which outer layer of the lining has no joining point at least on a volar zone and preferably a distal zone in the finger tip region of one or more glove finger(s). The advantage achieved as a result primarily resides in the fact that the glove can be made in a very simple and economic way because the inner hand part which forms a glove finger is joined to the other material blanks by means of a single, continuous join line, which means that the inner hand part can be joined to the other material blanks in a single work sequence. Due to the continuous course of the join line, in addition to being manually made and hand-crafted, the glove can also be made by mechanical devices, in particular a glove quilting machine, thereby enabling the manufacturing work involved to be reduced and organized more economically. Another advantage of the design proposed by the invention resides in the fact that no seams are provided on the glove inner face and the finger tips due to the integral inner hand part, which means that there are no weak points that might be destroyed and come apart in a short time due to stress and external influences, thereby increasing the service life of the glove.

[0012]An embodiment based on the characterizing features, wherein the join line in the finger tip region extends in an arc between two finger side regions of a glove finger and the inner hand part is tensed in an arcuate shape towards the top hand part across the seam-free finger tip region, is of advantage because the arcuate contour of the joining line between the two finger side regions of a glove finger means that the material blanks to be joined in this region can be stitched in a simple and time-saving production sequence and there are no seam intersections and seam ends, thereby avoiding any particularly sensitive or susceptible weak points in the seam join along the joining line.

Problems solved by technology

With gloves of this type, the sense of touch and feeling in the region of the finger tips of a user's hand is detrimentally limited due to the distal seam joint, and these gloves have a shorter service life because the seams are exposed to constant additional and increased stress in the region of the finger tips caused by continuous direct contact with different objects, in particular abrasion, tensile stress, aggressive substances, or sharp and pointed objects.

The problem encountered with a glove of this type is that a lot of complex work is involved in joining the two material blanks to one another because the process of joining the tab-type projection of A-part to the finger end regions of the A-part in the finger tip region and joining the A-part to the B-part each have to be performed in separate work sequences.

It has proved very difficult to make such a glove by machining, for example by means of a glove quilting machine, and in most cases it is not possible at all, which means that the effort involved in producing such a glove manually is enormous.

Another disadvantage of this type of glove is that the finger tip region is only free of seams in the immediate distal region and two seams are provided in the side finger tip regions, which are also exposed to stress when a user is employing the glove.

The service of life of such a glove is also limited due to the stress to which the seam joint is exposed.

The disadvantage of this type of glove is again the fact that producing the finger tip regions without seams is very complex and is very difficult to carry out by machine because a separate part or blank has to be stitched or secured to the finger tips in the finger tip region and to this end it is necessary to provide seams at several intersecting join lines.

This glove is therefore very uneconomical to produce because an inner hand blank, a top hand blank and the blanks in the region of the finger tips can not be assembled with one another in a single work operation and instead, each finger with the finger tip part provided in each case has to be produced in a separate work step.

The described glove therefore has an additional disadvantage in that a seam is provided on the internal face or volar side of the glove at the bottom end of the fingers, the purpose of which is to join the finger tip part and the inner hand part.

This seam therefore lies in the contact and gripping surface of the glove, as a result of which the seam provided there very rapidly becomes worn or damaged due to the stress to which the glove is exposed during use and the service life of this type of glove is severely limited.

In the case of clothing which is often and directly exposed to mechanical stress and other external influences and regularly comes into contact with objects, as is always the case with gloves for example, the seams are not capable of withstanding the stress in the long term and the stitched joins break open relatively rapidly.

This being the case, the items of equipment can no longer be used or have to be repaired involving high costs and it is often not possible to repair the original item of equipment and achieve the same results.

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