Glove With Internal Protective Element

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing gloves in industrial settings, such as oil and gas production, fail to provide comprehensive protection against mechanical, thermal, and fluid hazards due to limitations in material compatibility and impermeability when attaching protector elements.

Innovation Solution

A textile glove with a knitted or woven part featuring a protector element integrated on the inside, allowing for the use of liquid-tight materials and additional coatings for impact, cut, and thermal protection, while maintaining impermeability and using sewing or gluing methods that do not compromise tightness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If protective elements are glued to the outside of a PVC-based glove, then impact protection is improved, but material compatibility and versatility are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimpact protectionVSAvoidmaterial compatibility

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of attaching protective elements to the outside of the glove, the patent inverts the approach by placing protective elements on the inside of the glove part. This allows the use of different materials for the glove part itself while maintaining the ability to attach protective elements, thus improving material compatibility and versatility without compromising impact protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Strength

If protective elements are sewn on to improve impact protection, then strength is improved, but fluid tightness is worsened

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimpact protectionVSAvoidfluid tightness

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the conventional approach by placing protective elements on the inside of the glove part rather than sewing them on the outside. This internal placement eliminates the need for external sewing that would compromise fluid tightness, while still providing effective impact protection through the glove part material itself.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Reliability

If a coating is applied to the outside of the glove part, then fluid tightness and thermal protection are improved, but complexity of the structure is worsened

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefluid tightnessVSAvoidstructure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple protective functions into a single integrated glove part structure. The glove part is designed to simultaneously provide mechanical protection, fluid tightness, and thermal protection through its material composition and construction, eliminating the need for separate protective layers or coatings and thus reducing overall structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP3653069A1Glove and method for producing same

Publication Date: 2020.05.20 W R

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AI summary

The invention relates to a glove (10) comprising a textile glove part (12), in particular a knitted or woven glove part (12), wherein the glove part (12) has an inner and an outer side, and at least one protective element (14). It is characterized in that the protective element (14) is arranged on the inner side of the glove part (12). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a glove (10) in which a protective element (14) is arranged on the inner side of a glove part (12). The glove (10) offers protection against multiple hazards and, in particular, provides a high level of impact protection. It is suitable, for example, for use in oil and/or gas extraction.