GLOVE

Abstract

The invention relates to a glove having at least one gripping aid arranged at the periphery of the cuff, the surface of which gripping aid at least partially has patterning, especially knobs and/or grooves, wherein the glove at at least two of the total five finger spaces which are adapted to the fingers of a hand also has a structured surface or patterning, respectively, especially knobs and/or grooves, essentially at the ends of each finger space opposite the cuff which are provided for intake of the fingertips.

Claims

1. A glove (1) having a glove body (2) which comprises five finger spaces (3) for the fingers of one hand as well as a palm space (4) connected to each of the finger spaces (3), and having a cuff (5) adjoining to the palm space (4), on the periphery of which cuff (5) at least one gripping aid (6) is arranged, characterized in that the glove body (2), the cuff (5) and the at least one gripping aid (6) are made in one piece, the gripping aid (6) at least partially has a structured surface (7) and the glove body (2) has a structured surface (9) at at least two of the finger spaces (3) at their respective ends (8) opposite the palm space (4).

2. The glove (1) according to claim 1, wherein the glove body (2) has a structured surface (9) at all five finger spaces (3) at their respective ends (8) opposite the palm space (4).

3. The glove (1) according to claim 1, wherein the structured surface (7, 9) has knobs, lamellae and/or grooves.

4. The glove (1) according to claim 1, wherein the wall thickness of the glove in a region adjacent to the structured surface (7) of the at least one gripping aid (6) is increased in comparison to an adjacent region without a structured surface and with the same distance to the rolled edge.

5. The glove (1) according to claim 1, wherein the structured surfaces (9) at the ends (8) of the finger spaces (3) extend over 70 to 100% of the periphery of the finger spaces (3)

6. The glove Glove (1) according to claim 1, wherein it has exactly one gripping aid (6) which is arranged in the cuff region laterally of the wrist when the glove is worn.

7. A process for producing a glove (1) according to claim 1 using a former (10), wherein the gripping aid (6) with its at least partially structured surface (7) as well as the structured surfaces (9) at the finger spaces (3) of the glove body (2) are co-produced in the shaping process of the glove (1).

8. The process according to claim 7, characterized by the steps providing a former (10) having the geometry of a hand with an essentially cylindrical section adjoining thereto, at the periphery of which at least one elevation is arranged, wherein at the surface of the elevation patterning is arranged at least partially, and wherein at at least two fingers of the model hand patterning is arranged, too, at their respective ends opposite the palm space; dipping the former (10) into an immersion bath of chemical and/or natural ingredients; drying the glove (1); vulcanizing the glove (1); separating the glove (1) from the former (10).

9. A process for producing a former (10) for use in a process according to claim 7.

10. Use of a glove (1) according to claim 1 as examination glove, surgical glove or work glove.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0066] The invention is now described in greater detail by way of examples and with reference to the figures in which

[0067] FIG. 1 schematically shows a hand wearing a glove according to the invention,

[0068] FIG. 2 schematically shows the removal process of a glove according to the invention,

[0069] FIG. 3 schematically shows a hand wearing a further glove according to the invention,

[0070] FIG. 4 schematically shows a hand wearing a further glove according to the invention,

[0071] FIG. 5 schematically shows a former applicable in a process according to the invention, and

[0072] FIG. 6 schematically shows a preferred embodiment of a glove according to the invention.

[0073] In the figures, identical reference numerals denote functionally equivalent components.

[0074] FIG. 1 shows a glove 1 having a glove body 2 and a cuff 5. The glove body 2 comprises five finger spaces 3 which are connected to the palm space 4 each. At their ends 8 opposite the palm space 4, the finger spaces 3 each have structured surfaces 9. Although generally an arrangement of the structured surfaces 9 on the entire periphery of the finger spaces 3 is preferred at least in the region of their ends 8 opposite the palm space 4, in the depicted embodiment the structured surfaces 9 are arranged only partially circumferential at the ends 8 of the finger spaces 3. The structured surfaces 9 have regularly arranged knobs, respectively, extending from the ends 8 of the finger spaces 3 in the direction of the palm space 4, i.e. when the glove is worn being located at the fingertips of the respective outer phalanges or also of the phalanges adjacent thereto, respectively.

[0075] At the cuff 5, an angularly arranged lobular gripping aid 6 having a partially structured surface 7 is arranged. One portion or leg, respectively, of the angular gripping aid 6 is arranged on the periphery of the cuff at a spacing to and essentially in perpendicular to the rolled edge forming the end of the cuff 5, extending over about 50-70% of the length between the rolled edge and the opposite end of the cuff 5 which adjoins to the palm space 4. The second portion or leg, respectively, of the angular gripping aid 6 is arranged at an obtuse angle of about 110° to the first portion or leg, respectively, extending in the direction of the thumb and the finger space 3 which is adapted to a thumb, respectively.

[0076] FIG. 2 shows the removal process with the glove 1 according to the invention depicted in FIG. 1. In the depicted embodiment, the gloves for the right and for the left hand are not identical and therefore cannot be worn ambilaterally, as the knobs at the ends 8 of the finger spaces 3 which knobs form the structured surfaces 9 are arranged only at one side of the finger spaces 3, respectively, and therefore extend over only about 20 to 50% of the periphery of the ends of each finger space 3.

[0077] In the depicted embodiment, the gripping aid 6 of the left glove is seized at its structured surface 7 by a right hand such that the structured surfaces 9 at the ends 8 of the finger spaces 3 interact with the structured surface 7 of the gripping aid 6, i.e. for an increased grip the knobs of the structured surface 7 and the knobs of the structured surfaces 9 intertwine.

[0078] FIG. 3 shows a glove according to the invention having a knob-shaped gripping aid 6 having a structured surface 7 which in the depicted embodiment is burled. In the depicted embodiment, the knob-shaped gripping aid 6 is arranged essentially centrically below the palm space 4 on the periphery of the cuff 5. Contrary to the preferred embodiment in which a glove according to the invention may be worn ambilaterally, the depicted glove may only be worn on the left hand as the structured surfaces 9 are arranged on only one side at the ends 8 of the finger spaces 3, i.e. in a horizontally arranged glove with the thumb pointing to the left only at the upper side of the finger spaces 3.

[0079] FIG. 4 shows a further glove 1 according to the invention having a glove body 2 and a cuff 5. The glove body 2 comprises five finger spaces 3 which are connected to the palm space 4 each. At their ends 8 opposite the palm space 4, the finger spaces 3 have structured surfaces 9, respectively, in the shape of lamellae at a parallel spacing. The structured surfaces 9 are arranged partially circumferential at the ends 8 of the finger spaces 3 and extend over about half to one third of the length of the finger spaces 3 in the direction of the palm space 4.

[0080] An angularly arranged lobe-shaped gripping aid 6 is arranged at the cuff 5 which gripping aid also has lamellae essentially running in parallel as a structured surface 7.

[0081] FIG. 5 shows a former 10. Such a former is applicable in a process according to the invention for production of gloves according to the invention. Below the thumb and laterally of the wrist of the model hand of the former, the former has an elevation at its surface that is similar to a knob or to a truncated cone, respectively. Therefore, upon dipping of the former into an immersion bath the gripping aid is co-produced directly in the shaping phase at the respective position, i.e. laterally below the finger space which is adapted for intake of a thumb. Although it is not depicted in FIG. 5, the former is supposed to have patterning at its elevation as well as at at least two fingers of the model hand in the region of the fingertips.

[0082] FIG. 6 shows a glove according to the invention having a gripping aid 6 which comprises a structured surface 7. Besides, the glove has structured surfaces 9 on each finger space at their ends opposite the palm space. On its side which is averted from the rolled edge, the gripping aid 6 is arranged on the periphery of the cuff such that the transition between the cuff 5 and the gripping aid 6 has a U-shaped profile. Accordingly, a former 10 also has this U-shaped profile, which former was used for producing the glove. Due to the U-shaped profile of the transition between the cuff 5 and the gripping aid 6, no air bubbles are formed during the dipping of the former 10 into an immersion bath, as they could be formed for example with an angular transition between the cuff 5 and the gripping aid 6. On its side facing the rolled edge, the gripping aid 6 also has a slight depression. The respective depression of the former 10 which was used for production of the glove effects that liquid increasingly accumulates in the depression during the dipping of the former 10 into an immersion bath or during the subsequent drying, respectively, in the production process according to the invention. Therefore, the glove preferably has an increased material thickness and resulting therefrom an increased tear strength in this region.

[0083] Furthermore, it is generally preferred that the gripping aid 6 has a protrusion (not depicted) which e.g. is arranged at an angle to its longitudinal direction, at which protrusion after the “dipping” liquid flowing down in a vertical position of the glove with the fingertips and finger spaces pointing downwards, respectively, accumulates instead of dripping off the gripping aid 6 (e.g. onto the finger space 3 which is adapted to a thumb).

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0084] 1 glove [0085] 2 glove body [0086] 3 finger space [0087] 4 palm space [0088] 5 cuff [0089] 6 gripping aid [0090] 7 structured surface at the gripping aid [0091] 8 end of the finger space opposite the palm space [0092] 9 structured surface at the glove body [0093] 10 former