Disposable Hand Cleaning Glove With Absorbent Sleeve Drying

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing hand sanitizer dispensers lack a means for drying hands and are ineffective in removing all types of substances, as they do not provide the necessary friction for thorough cleaning.

Innovation Solution

A disposable hand cleaning glove with a hand portion coated in a thin film of cleaning substance and a sleeve portion made of absorbent material, allowing for self-contained hand cleaning and substance removal through rubbing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If hand sanitizer is dispensed without water, then convenience is improved, but drying capability is lost and cleaning effectiveness is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of hand cleaningVSAvoidcleaning effectiveness and drying capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the hand sanitizer dispenser and hand drying functions into a single integrated device. The sanitizer is dispensed onto a disposable glove, and the same glove serves as the drying medium through its absorbent interior surface, eliminating the need for separate drying equipment while maintaining both convenience and effectiveness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The disposable glove serves multiple functions: it acts as the dispensing surface for sanitizer, the application medium for cleaning, and the drying towel. This multi-functional design resolves the contradiction by providing both cleaning effectiveness (through friction and absorbency) and drying capability within a single convenient device

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If a disposable glove with pre-applied cleaning substance is used, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecleaning effectivenessVSAvoidstructure of hand cleaning device

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a disposable glove that is pre-applied with cleaning substance. The glove is discarded after single use, eliminating the need for complex cleaning, maintenance, or sterilization systems. This simple disposable approach achieves effective cleaning without increasing device complexity, as the entire cleaning system is contained in a single low-cost item

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables convenient, thorough hand cleaning and sanitizing without the need for water, providing a means to apply and remove the cleaning substance efficiently, addressing the limitations of traditional hand sanitizer dispensers.

Implementation Method 1

The cleaning substance remaining on the user's hand is absorbed by the sleeve

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectAbsorption: Absorption (physical)

Data Source

PatentUS9480369B2Disposable hand cleaning glove and method

Publication Date: 2016.11.01 PENAZ IVAR

AI summary

A disposable hand cleaning glove and method is provided. The glove has a hand portion and a sleeve portion. The hand portion has an interior and an access opening configured to receive a human hand into the interior. The interior has a hand cleaning substance. The sleeve portion is connected to the hand portion about the access opening of the hand portion. The sleeve portion has an absorbent material.