Scraper Glove With Integrated Rigid Elements For Pumpkin Pulp Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of carving jack-o'-lanterns and similar crafts involves unpleasant contact with pumpkin pulp and juice, which can be allergenic and messy, discouraging participation due to skin and clothing contamination.
Innovation Solution
A scraper glove with finger sleeves and integrated rigid scraper elements that extend the user's fingers, allowing for efficient pulp removal while protecting the skin and clothing from plant-based medium contact, featuring adjustable closures and various scraper element geometries for enhanced functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional hand scraping is used to remove pumpkin pulp, then the user can effectively hollow out the pumpkin, but the user's skin and clothing become contaminated with pulp and juice
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a glove as an intermediary barrier between the user's hand and the pumpkin pulp. The glove includes a rigid scraper element attached to the finger, allowing the user to scrape pulp while the glove material prevents direct contact between the skin and contaminants. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by enabling effective scraping while protecting the user from contamination.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove combines different materials with complementary properties: a flexible base material (such as rubber or plastic) that protects the hand, and a rigid scraper element (such as a metal or hard plastic blade) attached to the finger. This composite structure allows the glove to both protect the skin from contamination and effectively scrape away pumpkin pulp, resolving the contradiction between productivity and contamination prevention.
2Productivity
If rigid scraping tools are used to remove pumpkin pulp, then scraping efficiency is improved, but the tools can cause injury to the user's hand
Solution Approach 1:
The rigid scraper element is nested within or attached to the flexible glove material. The scraper blade is positioned such that it extends from the glove, allowing effective scraping, while the flexible glove material surrounds and protects the user's finger and hand. This nested structure enables the hard scraper to perform its function while the soft glove provides protection, resolving the contradiction between scraping efficiency and injury prevention.
3Ease of operation
If the glove includes integrated scraper elements, then dexterity is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The glove is segmented into distinct functional zones: the flexible glove material that protects the hand, the rigid scraper element attached to the finger, and the connection mechanism between them. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently while working together as a unified tool. The scraper element can be detached and replaced if needed, reducing overall complexity while maintaining dexterity during use.
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AI summary
A scraper glove is provided and includes a glove body including one or more finger sleeves; and one or more scraper elements. Each of the scraper elements includes a receptacle portion positioned within a respective one of the finger sleeves to accept one or more fingers of a user, and a scraping portion with one or more scraping edges extending from a tip of a corresponding finger sleeve and integrally connected to the corresponding receptacle portion, wherein the scraping portion is configured to scrape a plant-based medium.