Glove donning and removal apparatus
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1. A glove dispensing and donning apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a glove dispensing opening;
a feed roll having a spaced pair of upper and lower feed sheets at least partially received within said housing;
a glove having a cuff defining a hand opening sandwiched between said upper and lower feed sheets;
a feed sheet drive for advancing said upper and lower feed sheets and said glove toward said glove dispensing opening;
a pair of grabbers each having a base and an arm affixed to said base positioned one on each side of said feed roll; and
a grabber drive connected to said grabbers which moves said grabber arms into engagement with said glove cuff, rotates said grabber arms towards each other to secure said glove and then moves said grabber arms apart to cause said glove hand opening to expand to enable a user to easily insert a hand into said glove hand opening, and rotates said grabber arms away from each other to withdraw said grabber arms from said glove cuff to release said glove after a user'"'"'s hand has been inserted into said glove.
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Abstract
A glove donning and removal apparatus for donning, a glove sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower feed sheets is advanced towards a glove dispensing opening. Grabber arms expand the glove hand opening to enable a user to easily insert a hand into the hand opening. For removal, secondary top and bottom feed rolls having adhesively coated top and bottom feed sheets are moved towards a glove removal opening. The adhesive-coated top and bottom feed sheets cooperate to strip a glove from a user'"'"'s hand when the hand is placed on a glove removal surface in the glove removal opening.
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26 Claims
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1. A glove dispensing and donning apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a glove dispensing opening; a feed roll having a spaced pair of upper and lower feed sheets at least partially received within said housing; a glove having a cuff defining a hand opening sandwiched between said upper and lower feed sheets; a feed sheet drive for advancing said upper and lower feed sheets and said glove toward said glove dispensing opening; a pair of grabbers each having a base and an arm affixed to said base positioned one on each side of said feed roll; and a grabber drive connected to said grabbers which moves said grabber arms into engagement with said glove cuff, rotates said grabber arms towards each other to secure said glove and then moves said grabber arms apart to cause said glove hand opening to expand to enable a user to easily insert a hand into said glove hand opening, and rotates said grabber arms away from each other to withdraw said grabber arms from said glove cuff to release said glove after a user'"'"'s hand has been inserted into said glove. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A glove removal apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a glove removal opening; a glove removal surface adjacent said glove removal opening; a top feed roll having a top feed sheet and a bottom feed roll having a bottom feed sheet with said top and bottom feed sheets at least partially received in said glove removal opening; an adhesive coating formed on top and bottom feed sheets; guides causing said bottom feed sheet to pass over said glove removal surface; guides causing said top feed sheet to pass above said glove removal surface; guides causing said top and bottom feed sheets to converge in said glove removal opening such that said adhesive coated top and bottom feed sheets cooperate to strip a glove from a user'"'"'s hand when said hand is placed on said glove removal surface in said glove removal opening such that it rests on said bottom feed sheet; and wherein said glove is encased between said top and bottom feed sheets subsequent to being removed from the hand of a user.
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11. A glove removal apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a glove removal opening; a glove removal surface adjacent said glove removal opening; a top feed roll having a top feed sheet and a bottom feed roll having a bottom feed sheet with said top and bottom feed sheets at least partially received in said glove removal opening; an adhesive coating formed on top and bottom feed sheets; guides causing said bottom feed sheet to pass over said glove removal surface; guides causing said top feed sheet to pass above said glove removal surface; guides causing said top and bottom feed sheets to converge in said glove removal opening such that said adhesive coated top and bottom feed sheets cooperate to strip a glove from a user'"'"'s hand when said hand is placed on said glove removal surface in said glove removal opening such that it rests on said bottom feed sheet; wherein said glove is encased between said top and bottom feed sheets subsequent to being removed from the hand of a user; and a take-up reel for storing said top and bottom feed sheets containing the encased gloves after they have passed through said glove removal opening. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A glove removal apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a glove removal opening; a glove removal surface adjacent said glove removal opening; a top feed roll having a top feed sheet and a bottom feed roll having a bottom feed sheet with said top and bottom feed sheets at least partially received in said glove removal opening; an adhesive coating formed on top and bottom feed sheets; guides causing said bottom feed sheet to pass over said glove removal surface; guides causing said top feed sheet to pass above said glove removal surface; guides causing said top and bottom feed sheets to converge in said glove removal opening such that said adhesive coated top and bottom feed sheets cooperate to strip a glove from a user'"'"'s hand when said hand is placed on said glove removal surface in said glove removal opening such that it rests on said bottom feed sheet; wherein said glove is encased between said top and bottom feed sheets subsequent to being removed from the hand of a user; and wherein said guides for said top feed sheet comprise a pair of side rolls that bias said top feed sheet downwardly into engagement with the top surface of a user'"'"'s gloved hand in said glove removal opening.
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15. A glove donning and removal apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a glove dispensing opening and a glove removal opening; a primary feed roll having a spaced pair of upper and lower feed sheets at least partially received within said housing; a glove having a cuff defining a hand opening sandwiched between said upper and lower feed sheets; a feed sheet drive for advancing said upper and lower feed sheets and said glove toward said glove dispensing opening; a pair of grabbers each having a base and an arm affixed to said base positioned one on each side of said feed roll; a grabber drive connected to said grabbers which moves said grabber arms into engagement with said glove cuff, rotates said grabber arms towards each other to secure said glove and then moves said grabber arms apart to cause said glove hand opening to expand to enable a user to easily insert a hand into said glove hand opening, and rotates said grabber arms away from each other to withdraw said grabber arms from said glove cuff to release said glove after a user'"'"'s hand has been inserted into said glove; a glove removal surface adjacent said glove removal opening; a secondary top feed roll having a top feed sheet and a secondary bottom feed roll having a bottom feed sheet at least partially received in said glove removal opening; an adhesive coating formed on one side of the top and bottom feed sheets; guides causing said bottom feed sheet to pass over said glove removal surface; guides causing said top feed sheet to pass above said glove removal surface; guides causing said top and bottom feed sheets to converge in said glove removal opening such that said adhesive coated top and bottom feed sheets cooperate to strip a glove from a user'"'"'s hand when said hand is placed on said glove removal surface in said glove removal opening such that it rests on said bottom feed sheet; wherein said glove is encased between said top and bottom feed sheets subsequent to being removed from the hand of a user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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