Method and apparatus for putting on gloves and gloves
A glove retained by retaining enabled to be donned onto a hand by: providing gloves GR in which a cuff edge 8D of a glove palm side part is formed to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with a cuff edge 8U of a glove back side part; hanging the gloves GR by engaging an upper portion of the glove back side part located in the vicinity of the upper cuff edge 8U and above the lower cuff edge 8D, with the glove cuff being directed upward and the palm side part with a lower cuff edge 8D being placed in front; opening the cuff of the foremost one of the gloves to an extent sufficient to enable the hand to be inserted therethrough; and applying a force to the glove to disengage the glove after inserting the hand through the opened cuff from above.
The present invention relates to a glove donning method, a system for carrying out the method, and a glove used therewith. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for donning a thin glove especially suitable for use in a food processing plant and the like and fabricated from a substantially unstretchable material, such as polyethylene, and relates to such a glove used therewith.
BACKGROUND ARTHeretofore, there have been proposed various methods and systems for enabling a person to don a glove by merely inserting his or her hand through the cuff or opening of the glove.
For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10(1998)-108870 discloses a method and apparatus for donning a glove, made from an elastically expandable material, to encase a wearer's hand. This method comprises mounting the glove cuff on a retaining means in a manner such that the glove cuff faces upward by expanding the opposed surfaces of the glove cuff against the elastic restoring force thereof, donning the glove by inserting the hand of a user through the expanded glove cuff, releasing the retaining means, and removing the glove from the retaining means.
However, the foregoing glove donning method is disadvantageous in that:
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- (1) this method is not applicable to a substantially unstretchable glove fabricated from a material such as polyethylene, since the method requires expansion of the glove cuff against its elastic restoring force while retaining the glove cuff;
- (2) since the user has to mount gloves one by one onto the glove retaining means prior to donning, some amount of labor and time therefor is necessary;
- (3) as the user's hand touches the fingers of the glove during mounting the gloves one by one on the glove retaining means, hygiene of the glove is lost and a dedicated mounting unit is necessary.
In view of the foregoing, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for donning a substantially unstretchable thin glove for use in a food processing plant and the like very quickly and safely, while maintaining the hygiene of the glove, and a glove used therewith.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTIONA glove donning method of the invention preferably comprises the steps of:
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- hanging gloves in a state such that the gloves are arranged one behind the other, by engaging the upper portion of the gloves with the cuff of each glove being directed upward;
- opening the cuff of the foremost one of the gloves to an extent sufficient to enable a hand to be inserted therethrough; and
- applying a force to the glove to disengage the glove after inserting the hand through the opened cuff from above.
In the preceding method, it is preferable that: one of the cuff edges respectively corresponding to the back-side and palm-side parts of the glove, for example, the cuff edge of a palm side part of the glove, is provided to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge i.e. a cuff edge of a back side part of the glove; and the gloves are hung in a state such that the glove part, whose cuff edge is positioned below the other when the glove is hanging, i.e. the palm side part, is placed in front, by engaging a portion of the of the rearward glove part, i.e. the back side part. The portion is located in the vicinity of the upper cuff edge of the rearward glove part whose cuff edge is positioned above the other, i.e. the back side part, and above the lower cuff edge i.e. the cuff edge of the palm side part.
A glove donning system of the invention preferably comprises:
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- hanging means for hanging gloves, in which one of two cuff edges respectively corresponding to the back-side and palm-side parts of the glove, for example, the cuff edge of the palm side part of the glove, is provided to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge, i.e., the cuff edge of the back side part of the glove, with the gloves being arranged one behind the other in a state such that the cuff of each glove is directed upward, the glove part, whose cuff edge is positioned below the other when the glove is hanging, i.e. the palm side part, is placed in front; and such that a portion, located in the vicinity of the upper cuff edge, i.e. the back side part, and above the lower cuff edge, i.e., the palm side part, of the rearward glove part whose cuff edge is positioned above the other, i.e. the back side part, is engaged;
- opening means for opening the cuff of the foremost one of the hanging gloves to an extent sufficient to enable a hand to be inserted therethrough; and
- drive means for driving the opening means.
The hanging means preferably comprises a holding rod, for example, two rods, which extend substantially horizontally in the front-rear direction through a hole formed in the glove part having the cuff edge positioned above the other, i.e., the back side part, in the vicinity of the cuff edge thereof, and the gloves are hung from the holding rods with the gloves being arranged one behind the other.
The opening means preferably comprises a pair of glove-inter-surface separation plates which is inserted from above into the forefront glove through the front lower cuff edge, i.e., through the cuff edge of the palm side part, such that the plates are held in a position substantially parallel to the relevant cuff edge, and then rotated about 90° respectively around vertically extending shafts, thereby opening the cuff of the glove.
It is preferable that a pressing means is provided which resiliently presses forward a portion, located in the vicinity of the cuff edge positioned below the other, of the rearmostrearmost one of the gloves hanging from the hanging means.
Further, the drive means is preferably of a type operated by a foot-pedal.
A glove used with the foregoing method and system is characterized in that one of two cuff edges respectively corresponding to the back-side and palm-side parts of the glove, for example, the cuff edge of the palm side part of the glove, is provided to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge, i.e., the cuff edge of the back side part of the glove, and an engagement portion, which enables the glove to be hung with the glove cuff being directed upward, is formed at a portion, located in the vicinity of the other cuff edge, i.e., the cuff edge of the back side part, and above the lower cuff edge, i.e., the cuff edge of the palm side part, of the glove part having the other cuff edge.
The engagement portion may be a hole which enables the holding rod to be inserted therethrough, and it is preferable that a frangible portion is provided between this hole and the cuff edge in the vicinity of the hole, thereby facilitating communication therebetween. This frangible portion may be, for example, a perforated line extending between the aforementioned hole and the cuff edge in the vicinity of the hole.
Further, the hole through which the holding rod passes may be a cruciform slit.
The glove donning system of the invention preferably has a glove housing magazine for housing therein gloves, which are removably mounted thereto.
The glove housing magazine is characterized in that it houses therein gloves in a hanging state, each of which has a cuff edge of either a back side part or a palm side, for example, the cuff edge of a palm side part, formed to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge, i.e., the cuff edge of the back side part, such that the gloves are arranged one behind the other in a state such that: the cuff of each glove is directed upward; the glove part whose cuff edge is positioned below the other, i.e., the palm side part, is placed in front; and the gloves are engaged at a portion, located in the vicinity of this upper cuff edge and above the other lower cuff edge, of the glove part which is placed behind and has the upper-positioned cuff edge, i.e., the back side part.
The glove housing magazine preferably comprises a holding rod, for example, two rods, which extend substantially horizontally in the front-rear direction through a hole formed in the rearward glove part, i.e., the back side part, having the cuff edge positioned above the other, in the vicinity of the cuff edge thereof, and the gloves are hung from the holding rods with the gloves being arranged one behind the other.
The glove housing magazine preferably further comprises a pressing means for resiliently pressing forward a portion, located in the vicinity of the cuff edge positioned below the other, of the rearmostrearmost one of the gloves hanging from the holding rods from behind.
While the aforementioned glove is provided such that the cuff edge of the palm side part is offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the cuff edge of the back side part, conversely, it is also possible to provide a glove such that cuff edge of the back side part is offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the cuff edge of the palm side part, as a result of which the glove is hung by engaging a portion of the palm side part in the vicinity of the cuff edge thereof with the back side part being positioned in front and the palm side part being positioned behind.
According to the glove donning method of the invention, gloves are hung in a state such that they are arranged one behind the other by engaging the upper portion of the gloves with the cuff of each glove being directed upward, and the cuff of the foremost one of the hanging gloves is opened to the extent sufficient to enable a hand to be inserted therethrough. Thus, it is possible to don the glove onto a hand in a moment merely by inserting the hand through the cuff of the forefront glove, without loss of hygiene of the glove Further, a glove used for this method is a glove wherein one of two cuff edges respectively corresponding to the back-side and palm-side parts of the glove, for example, the cuff edge of the palm side part of the glove, is provided to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge, i.e., the cuff edge of the back side part of the glove, and an engagement portion, which enables the glove to be hung with the glove cuff being directed upward, is formed at a portion, located in the vicinity of the other cuff edge, i.e., the cuff edge of the back side part and above the lower cuff edge, i.e., the cuff edge of the palm side part, of the glove part having the other cuff edge. Consequently, despite the fact that a substantially unstretchable glove is used, engagement of the gloves in a hanging state with the glove cuff of each glove being directed upward and the palm side part of the glove being placed in front, insertion of a hand through the cuff, and disengagement of the glove after inserting therein a hand are greatly facilitated. Especially, when a frangible portion such as a perforated line is formed between an engagement portion and the cuff edge in the vicinity of the engagement portion, disengagement of the glove is advantageously further facilitated.
The glove donning system of the present invention comprises: hanging means for hanging the gloves designed as described above, wherein the gloves are hung with the gloves being arranged one behind the other in the state that the cuff of each glove is directed upward, the glove part, whose cuff edge is positioned below the other, is placed in front, and the gloves are engaged at a portion, located in the vicinity of this upper cuff edge and above the other lower cuff edge, of the glove part whose cuff edge is positioned above the other; and an opening mechanism for opening the cuff of the foremost one of the hanging gloves to the extent sufficient to enable a hand to be inserted therethrough. Accordingly, it is possible to don gloves onto hands in a moment merely by inserting the hands through the cuffs of the forefront gloves, without loss of hygiene of the gloves.
Further, the foregoing glove opening mechanism may comprise a pair of glove-inter-surface separation plates, which is inserted from above into the glove through the front lower cuff edge such that the plates are held in a position substantially parallel to the cuff edge, and then rotated about 90° respectively around vertically extending shafts, thus opening the cuff of the glove. Accordingly, opening the glove cuff to the extent sufficient to enable the hand to be inserted therethrough would be significantly facilitated. Also here, the opening mechanism further may comprise pressing means for resiliently pressing forward a portion, located in the vicinity of the cuff edge positioned below the other, of the rearmost one of the hanging gloves from behind. This causes the respective hanging gloves to be bulged frontward at a region near the lower cuff edge, whereby the lower cuff edge facing forward of each forefront glove opens toward the front. Accordingly, inserting the pair of glove-inter-surface separation plates into the glove through the lower cuff edge would be facilitated.
Further, in the present invention, glove housing magazines are used as hanging means for hanging a plurality of gloves having the features mentioned above with the gloves being arranged one behind the other, whereby, advantageously, the mounting and replenishing of gloves to the glove donning system is greatly facilitated.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Hereinafter, embodiments of the glove donning system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. When it is necessary to distinguish between similar members which are respectively positioned on the left, positioned centrally, and positioned on the right, suffixes L (left), C (center), and R (right) are respectively appended to the reference numerals indicating these members.
Referring to
This glove donning system 1 is designed such that all of the mechanisms are actuated simultaneously by pressing a foot-operated pedal 7 placed under the right-hand door 4, and returned to their respective initial states when the pedal 7 is released. A driving wire 6, which extends upward from the pedal 7 through a main base 24, is attached at one end to the pedal 7, and at the other end to a sliding base 27 disposed on the main base 24 (see FIG. 9 and
When the pedal 7 is pressed under the initial state where the doors 4L, 4R are closed as shown in
As is apparent from
The glove GR includes a cuff edge 8D of the palm side part and a cuff edge 8u of the back side part, both of which extend laterally in a straight line as viewed in
The small holes 10, 10 are the mounting apertures for receiving two holding rods 9, 9 which are provided in the magazine 5R in order to hold the gloves GR securely in a suspended manner. The holding rods 9 extend substantially horizontally in the front-rear direction. The perforated lines (frangible portions) 11, 11 mentioned above facilitate the release of the glove GR donned onto a hand from the holding rods 9, 9. More specifically, once the hand and fingers are inserted through the opened cuff of the forefront one of the gloves GR hanging from the holding rods 9, 9 within the magazine 5R and the glove GR is on the hand, moving the gloved hand downward causes the breakage of the perforated lines (frangible portions) 11, 11, thereby communicating the small holes 10, 10 with the cuff edge 8U. It should be understood that while the small hole 10, 10 for hanging the glove is typically formed in the round shape corresponding to the cross sectional shape of the holding rods 9, 9, the present invention not limited thereto, and any other appropriate shape capable of receiving the support 9, 9, for example, a cruciform slit, may be employed.
The magazine 5R is formed in the shape of box with an open front, and, as is apparent from
The magazine 5R includes the pressing plate 15 which pushes the upper part of the gloves, hanging from the holding rods 9, 9, forward. A pair of rods 16, 16 is fastened to the rear surface of the pressing plate 15 and extends rearward from the left and right end portions thereof through a rear wall 5c of the magazine 5. A coil spring 17 is inserted over each of the rods 16, 16 and positioned in a compressed state between the pressing plate 15 and the rear wall 5c of the magazine 5. This arrangement allows the coil spring to urge the pressing plate 15 forward, and in turn press the upper part of the gloves against the rear surface of the support plate 12. The holding rods 9, 9 are loosely fitted through the pressing plate 15, and a pair pressing blocks 18, 18 are fastened to the lateral ends of the front surface of the pressing plate 15 such that they extend forward. A coil spring 19, wound with a relatively small pitch, is horizontally stretched between the pressing blocks 18, 18. The pressing blocks 18, 18 and coil spring 19 are positioned at a level that the pressing blocks 18, 18 and coil spring 19 can exert a pressure from behind on a portion slightly below the palm side cuff edge 8D of the rearmost glove GR.
A pair of hold-down rollers 20, 20, laterally spaced apart similar to the pressing blocks 18, 18, is provided on both left and right ends of the front surface of the magazine 5R so as to be located slightly below the pressing blocks 18, 18. These hold-down rollers 20, 20 are, as clearly shown in
When the glove opening mechanism, shown in the drawings beginning with
As one alternative, another construction as shown in
The door opening mechanism and a drive mechanism of the glove opening mechanism are provided on the main base 24 of the housing 2. First, the door opening mechanism will be described with reference to
Referring to
A connecting member 28L for connecting left-hand door members 3L, 3L of the respective doors 4L, 4R, and a connecting member 28R for connecting right-hand door members 3R, 3R of the respective doors 4L, 4R are provided on the main base 24 in a laterally movable manner. These connecting members 28L, 28R are connected on the opposite ends of a rotary member 30 by means of engagement between a pin and an elongate hole. The rotary member 30 is rotatably supported by a vertical shaft 29 provided on the main base 24. The connection points of rotary member 30, at which the connecting members 28L, 28R are connected, are equi-spaced from the vertical shaft 29. The connecting member 28R is connected to the sliding base 27 via the connecting wire 31 extending along the guide rods 26, 26. Further, a laterally extending pulling element 32 is attached at one end to the tip of the rotary member 30 located closer to the connecting member 28R, and engaged at the other end with the main base 24. This construction allows the connecting member 28L and the connecting member 28R to be resiliently urged rightward and leftward, respectively. As a consequence, the doors 4L, 4R are held closed, and the sliding base 27 is positioned at the left end of its stroke such that the pedal 7 is held at the initial position shown in
When the pedal 7 is pressed under this initial state, the sliding base 27 is pulled and moved rightward by the driving wire 6, and the state shown in
FIGS. 12 to 14 show a drive mechanism for driving the glove opening mechanism shown in the drawings beginning with
Vertically extending columns 34L, 34C, 34R are positioned at the opposite ends and center in the rear part of the main base 24 such that they are laterally spaced at a predetermined distance. Forwardly extending Arms 35L, 35C, 35R are supported at their proximal ends respectively by the columns 34L, 34C, 34R in a manner pivotable around their respective axes laterally extending in the horizontal direction. The arms 35L, 35C, 35R are designed to be connected to one another by three connecting members 36, 37, 38 so as to be pivotable as one, and a wire 39, attached at one end to the front end of the aforementioned sliding base 27 and extending leftward, is bent upward at a right angle by a pulley 40 and engaged at the other end with the front end of the central arm 35C. With this construction, depressing the pedal 7 allows the arms 35L, 35C, 35R, which are tilted so that their front ends are above their rear ends in the initial state shown in
An elongate subbase extending in the front-rear direction is placed above the main base 24 of the housing 2 and fixedly disposed in the locations designated by broken lines 14L, 14C, 14R in
As has been described in connection with
As seen in
A holding member 59 including a retaining surface 59a facing in the leftward direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing sheet of
Further, a pair of laterally extending cam plates 57, 57 is fixed on the subbase 14R such that the pair takes up a vertical position while sandwiching therebetween the movable plate 50 from the front and back sides. Two cam grooves 58, 58 are formed in each cam plate 57. Each cam groove 58 is made up of a cam groove section 58a, extending obliquely from above toward lower right, and a cam groove section 58b, extending horizontally from the lower end of the cam groove section 58a toward right. The two cam grooves 58, 58 provided in each of the front and rear cam plates 57, 57 are, as shown in
Further, a pivot arm 62 having a shape shown in enlarged scale in
As can be seen from
As has been described above, the movable plate 50 is provided with the arm 53, which comprises the roller 52 and is rotatable as one with the glove-inter-surface separation plate 22. In addition, a cam plate 66 is secured at the bottom of the cam plate 57 and when the movable plate 50 lowers to a position shown in
As the drive member 45R further lowers to the position shown in solid lines in
As can be seen from the front views shown in
Simultaneously, the cuff 8 of the left-handed glove GL is also opened to the extent sufficient to enable the hand to be inserted therethrough and supported by a force sufficient to enable the hand to be inserted therethrough.
After donning the gloves GL, GR by inserting both hands through the cuffs 8, 8 of the gloves GL, GR in this state, when a force pressing the gloves GL, GR downward is further applied by both hands, the perforated lines 11, 11 which extend between the cuff edges 8U of the glove back side parts of the gloves GL, GR and the mounting holes 10, 10 are broken, whereby the mounting holes 10, 10 and the cuff edges 8U communicate with each other. This enables disengagement of the gloves GL, GR from the holdings rod 9, 9, and simultaneous downward removal of the gloves GL, GR sandwiched and held between the glove-inter-surface separation plates 22 and the holding surfaces 59a. Then the next gloves GL, FR are pushed forward by the pressing plates 15 and placed at the forefront within the magazines 5L, 5R.
After the gloves GL, GR are donned onto the hands as described above, when both hands are removed from the glove donning system 1 and the previously pressed pedal 7 is released, the doors 4L, 4R are closed and return to the initial state shown in
As is evident from the foregoing description, according to the particular embodiments described above, left-handed and right-handed gloves GL, GR are provided such that a cuff edge 8D of a palm side part is offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the cuff edge 8U of the back side part, and small holes 10, 10 are formed in the back side part in the vicinity of the cuff edge 8U such that holding rods 9, 9 can pass through the gloves at a section above the lower cuff edge 8D, and thereby holding the gloves in a hanging state with the cuff 8 being directed upward. A plurality of each glove GL, GR is inserted over the holding rods 9, 9, which extend in the front-rear direction, with the palm side part being placed in front, and hung in the magazines 5L, 5R with the gloves arranged one behind the other. Pressing the pedal 7 causes the glove-inter-surface separation plates 22, 22 to insert into the glove from the forefront cuff edge 8D to open the cuff 8 to the extent sufficient to enable the hand to insert therethrough. Thus, it is possible to don gloves onto hands in a moment merely by inserting the hands through the cuffs of the forefront gloves, without loss of hygiene of the gloves.
Since easily broken frangible portions such as perforated lines 11, 11 are provided between the mounting holes 10, 10, which is formed in the back side part of each glove GL, GR in the vicinity of the cuff edge 8U and through which the holding rods 9, 9 are passed, and the cuff edge 8U, the gloves can be disengaged from the holding rods 9, 9 only by applying a slight force to the gloves after donning the gloves. In addition, the donning of the gloves is carried out according to a set of procedures of pressing the pedal 7 under the initial state, donning the gloves GL, GR onto both hands by inserting both hands into the glove donning system 1, removing the gloved hands from the glove donning system 1, and releasing the pedal 7 can be completed in a very short time of merely 2 seconds. This brings out a beneficial effect that the glove donning can be completed in a very short time, namely 2 seconds.
Further, the foregoing glove opening mechanism comprises a pair of glove-inter-surface separation plates 22, 22, which is inserted from above into the glove through the front lower cuff edge 8D such that the plates are held in a position substantially parallel to the cuff edge 8D, and then rotated about 90° respectively around vertically extending shafts 51, and thus the cuff 8 of the glove is opened. Accordingly, opening the glove cuff 8 to the extent sufficient to enable the hand to be inserted therethrough is significantly facilitated. Also here, the opening mechanism further comprises pressing blocks 18, 18 and a coil spring 19 both of which are provided for resiliently pressing forward a portion, located in the vicinity of the cuff edge 8D disposed below the other, of the rearmost one of the gloves housed in a hanging state in the magazine 5L, 5R from behind. This causes the respective hanging gloves to be bulged frontward at a region near the lower cuff edge 8D, whereby the lower cuff edge 8D facing forward of each forefront glove is separated forward. Accordingly, inserting the pair of glove-inter-surface separation plates 22, 22 into the glove through the lower cuff edge 8D is facilitated.
Further, with the present invention, glove housing magazines 5L, 5R are used as hanging means for hanging the gloves having the features mentioned above with the gloves being arranged one behind the other, whereby, advantageously, the mounting and replenishing of the gloves with respect to the glove donning system 1 is greatly facilitated.
Further, according to the embodiment of the invention, the glove opening mechanism is designed to be purely mechanically operated only by depressing the pedal 7, without requiring any power source such as power supply or compressed air. Therefore, the system can be advantageously placed at any desired location.
Claims
1. A method of donning a glove onto a hand, characterized by comprising the steps of:
- hanging gloves in a state such that the gloves are arranged one behind the other by engaging the upper portion of the gloves with a cuff of each glove being directed upward;
- opening the cuff of the foremost one of the gloves to an extent sufficient to enable a hand to be inserted therethrough; and
- applying a force to the glove to disengage the glove after inserting the hand through the opened cuff from above.
2. The method as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that one of two cuff edges respectively corresponding to back-side and palm-side parts of the glove is provided to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge; and the gloves are hung in a state such that the glove part, whose cuff edge is positioned below the other when the glove is hanging, is placed in front, by engaging a portion, located in the vicinity of the upper cuff edge and above the lower cuff edge, of the rearward glove part whose cuff edge is positioned above the other.
3. A system for donning a glove onto a hand, characterized by comprising:
- hanging means for hanging gloves, in which one of two cuff edges respectively corresponding to back-side and palm-side parts of the glove is provided to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge, with the gloves being arranged one behind the other in a state such that a cuff of each glove is directed upward, the glove part, whose cuff edge is positioned below the other when the glove is hanging, is placed in front, and a portion, located in the vicinity of the upper cuff edge and above the lower cuff edge, of the rearward glove part whose cuff edge is positioned above the other is engaged;
- opening means for opening the cuff of the foremost one of the hanging gloves to an extent sufficient to enable a hand to be inserted therethrough; and
- drive means for driving the opening means.
4. The system as set forth in claim 3, characterized in that the hanging means comprises a holding rod which extends substantially horizontally in the front-rear direction through a hole formed in the rearward glove part having the cuff edge positioned above the other, and the gloves are hung from the holding rod with the gloves being arranged one behind the other.
5. The system as set forth in claim 3, characterized in that the opening means comprises a pair of glove-inter-surface separation plates which is inserted from above into the forefront glove through the front lower cuff edge such that the plates are held in a position substantially parallel to the lower cuff edge, and then rotated about 90° respectively around vertically extending shafts, thereby opening the cuff of the glove.
6. The system as set forth in claim 5, characterized by further comprising pressing means for resiliently pressing forward a portion, located in the vicinity of the cuff edge positioned below the other, of the rearmost one of the gloves hanging from the holding means from behind.
7. The system as set forth in any one of claims 3 to 6, characterized in that the drive means is of a type operated by a foot-pedal.
8. A glove characterized in that one of two cuff edges respectively corresponding to the back-side and palm-side parts of the glove is provided to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge, and an engagement portion, which enables the glove to be hung with the glove cuff being directed upward, is formed at a portion, located in the vicinity of the other cuff edge and above the lower cuff edge, of the glove part having the other cuff edge.
9. The glove as set forth in claim 8, characterized in that the engagement portion is a hole which enable the holding rod to be inserted therethrough, and a frangible portion is provided between the hole and the cuff edge in the vicinity of the hole, whereby communication therebetween is facilitated.
10. The glove as set forth in claim 9, characterized in that the hole is a cruciform slit.
11. The glove as set forth in claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the frangible portion is a perforated line extending between the hole and the cuff edge in the vicinity of the hole.
12. A glove housing magazine, characterized in that gloves, in which one of two cuff edges respectively corresponding to the back-side and palm-side parts of the glove is provided to be offset closer to the glove fingers compared with the other cuff edge, are housed therein with the gloves being arranged one behind the other in a state such that the cuff of each glove is directed upward, the glove part, whose cuff edge is positioned below the other, is placed in front, and the gloves are hung by engaging a portion, located in the vicinity of this upper cuff edge and above the other lower cuff edge, of the rearward glove part whose cuff edge is positioned above the other.
13. The glove housing magazine as set forth in claim 12, characterized in that the glove housing magazine comprises a holding rod which extends substantially horizontally in the front-rear direction through a hole formed in the rearward glove part having the cuff edge positioned above the other, and the gloves are hung from the holding rod.
14. The glove housing magazine as set forth in claim 13, characterized by further comprising pressing means for resiliently pressing forward a portion, located in the vicinity of the cuff edge positioned below the other, of the rearmost one of the gloves hanging from the holding means from behind.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 5, 2003
Publication Date: Jul 21, 2005
Inventor: Hiromi Sato (Kanagawa)
Application Number: 10/506,430