METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEARING GLOVE

• US 20080073388A1
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toho Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (Showa Marutsutsu Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Toho Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (Showa Marutsutsu Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Saegusa, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US11/753,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20080073388A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 223/111
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 25/904 for gloves glove hooks A47G25/92
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/00 Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/50 Devices for putting-on or removing

Abstract

An expanded glove has its palm and back portions brought into contact with the palm and back contacting portions, respectively, of an expansion restricting member so that the palm portion of the glove may be drawn through vent holes formed in the palm contacting portion and engaged with an inclined engaging part on the palm contacting portion.

Claims

1. A method of wearing a glove comprising:

inserting a stretchable glove into a reduced pressure vessel containing an expansion restricting member,

reducing an internal pressure of the vessel to expand the glove to form an expanded glove, and

inserting palm and fingers beyond a wrist into the glove,

wherein palm and back portions of the glove are brought into contact with palm and back contacting portions, respectively, of the expansion restricting member so that the palm portion of the glove is drawn through vent holes in the palm contacting portion and engaged with an inclined engaging part on the palm contacting portion.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the palm and back portions of the glove are drawn through vent holes in the palm and back contacting portions of the expansion restricting member.

3. An apparatus for wearing a glove comprising:

a reduced pressure vessel containing an expansion restricting member, an air drawing hole, and a palm inserting hole through which an elastic glove is inserted to have its wrist surrounding edge brought into intimate contact with an edge of the palm inserting hole so that the vessel can have its internal pressure reduced to expand the glove,

wherein the expansion restricting member has a palm contacting portion adapted to face a palm portion of the glove, a back contacting portion, vent holes formed in the contacting portions and an inclined engaging part formed on the palm contacting portion for engaging the palm portion of the glove.

4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the expansion restricting member comprises a pair of restricting plates facing each other with a spacing to allow the insertion of a hand therebetween.

5. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the expansion restricting member comprises a removable restricting box.

6. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein each of the palm and back contacting portions has the vent holes formed toward an upper end thereof.

7. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein each of the palm and back contacting portions has the vent holes formed toward a lower end thereof.

8. An apparatus according to claim 3, further including a blower motor for reducing the internal pressure of the reduced pressure vessel.

9. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the blower motor is controlled by a control unit connected to a sensor for detecting a position of the glove in the expansion restricting member.

10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the sensor comprises an upper sensor situated toward a top of the reduced pressure vessel for detecting the glove during beginning of its insertion into the vessel, and a lower sensor situated toward a bottom of the vessel for detecting a finger portion of the glove inserted therein.

11. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a delay circuit is connected between the lower sensor and the control unit.

12. An apparatus according to claim 3, further including a diametrically expanding ring attached to a wrist portion of the glove to be inserted in the palm inserting hole, extending across a whole diameter of the palm inserting hole and having a member for detaching the ring from the wrist portion.

13. An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the diametrically expanding ring comprises a flexible pipe and a connecting cylinder into which the pipe is connected at both ends to form a ring.

14. An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the

member is for pulling the connecting cylinder to disconnect the pipe therefrom.

15. An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the diametrically expanding ring comprises a cylindrical body having an engaging protrusion or groove formed at a top of its outer wall.

16. An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the member comprises a flexible pull strip attached to the cylindrical body.