Glove donning and removing machine
First Claim
1. A glove donning machine, comprising:
- at least one glove inflation cylinder defined about an axis and having a hand insertion opening;
a rim at the hand insertion opening for mounting a cuff portion of a glove thereon;
inflating means for producing a negative pressure in the cylinder to inflate a glove mounted to the rim;
a support for supporting the at least one cylinder on a surface; and
a pivoting mechanism secured to the support, the cylinder being coupled to the pivoting mechanism in a manner that enables pivoting of the cylinder about its axis.
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Abstract
A glove donning and removing machine includes a pair of glove donning cylinders in which a negative pressure is created to inflate gloves mounted to the rims of the cylinders. This enables a person to insert his/her hands simultaneously in both gloves. The glove donning cylinders are selectively pivotable toward and away from the user and are also rotatable, allowing for fully adjustable orienting of the cylinders and of the gloves mounted to the cylinders. Actuating switches for controlling inflating and deflating of the gloves are located within the cylinders for allowing manipulation of the switches from within the glove inflating cylinders. Separately of the glove donning cylinders, a pair of glove removing cylinders are provided for removing a pair of gloves from a person'"'"'s hands. According to one embodiment, trapezoid shaped resiliently mounted segments, disposed at the opening into the glove removing cylinders, serve to snag the cuff portion of a glove and to thus pull the gloves off a person'"'"'s hands. According to another embodiment, each of the glove removing cylinders comprises an outer cylinder, a perforated hand form within the outer cylinder and a suction pump for creating a negative pressure within the outer cylinder. When a gloved hand is inserted in the hand form the glove is sucked away from the hand against the interior wall of the hand form allowing the hand to be withdrawn without the glove.
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Citations
35 Claims
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1. A glove donning machine, comprising:
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at least one glove inflation cylinder defined about an axis and having a hand insertion opening; a rim at the hand insertion opening for mounting a cuff portion of a glove thereon; inflating means for producing a negative pressure in the cylinder to inflate a glove mounted to the rim; a support for supporting the at least one cylinder on a surface; and a pivoting mechanism secured to the support, the cylinder being coupled to the pivoting mechanism in a manner that enables pivoting of the cylinder about its axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A glove donning machine, comprising:
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at least one glove inflating cylinder defined about an axis and having a hand insertion opening; a rim at the hand insertion opening for mounting a cuff portion of a glove thereon; inflating means for producing a negative pressure in the at least one cylinder to inflate a glove mounted to the rim; control means for selectively energizing the inflating means to produce the negative pressure and for selectively releasing the negative pressure in the at least one cylinder; and glove dislodging means for dislodging the cuff portion of a glove that had been mounted to the rim. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A glove assembly, comprising:
a ring for supporting the cuff of a glove thereon, the ring including at least one pin protruding from the ring for aligning the ring to a glove inflating cylinder. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A glove donning machine, comprising:
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at least one glove inflating cylinder defined about an axis and having a hand insertion opening; a rim at the hand insertion opening for mounting a cuff portion of a glove thereon; inflating means for reproducing a negative pressure in the at least one cylinder to inflate a glove mounted to the rim; and control means for selectively energizing the inflating means to produce the negative pressure and for selectively releasing the negative pressure in the at least one cylinder; the control means including switch means for initiating releasing of the negative pressure and the switch means being disposed within the at least one cylinder and being suitable for being actuated by a gloved hand of a person that is disposed within the interior of the at least one cylinder.
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31. A glove removing machine, comprising:
a pair of glove removing cylinders for enabling a person to insert his/her hands into the cylinder to remove a pair of gloves from the person'"'"'s hands simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A glove donning machine, comprising:
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at least one glove inflating cylinder for mounting a glove in the at least one glove inflating cylinder for inflating the glove to enable a person to insert his/her hand in the glove; and at least one glove removing cylinder effective for removing a glove from a person'"'"'s hand when a person inserts his/her hand into the glove removing cylinder and thereafter removes his/her hand from the glove removing cylinder.
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