JP2003129315A - Working glove - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide working gloves having good workability and wearing property. SOLUTION: In the working gloves 111, arm-covering parts 119 are formed so as to be enlarged in the circumferential direction and enlargement of the arm-covering parts 119 to the circumferential direction is carried out by opening or closing of zippers 115 additionally provided in the working gloves 41 and the surface parts of working gloves are formed of a waterproof material and the zipper 115 is composed of a pair of engaging materials 121.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a work glove whose arm covering portion can be expanded in the circumferential direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a work glove has a glove body formed of a material such as rubber or soft synthetic resin. In order to prevent the cuffs and arms of the clothes from getting dirty during work, the length of the arm covering portion (the portion from the wrist portion to the hand insertion opening) is relatively long.

When wearing the above work gloves,
A hand is inserted through the hand insertion opening, and the hand insertion opening is pulled up to the elbow side of the user, so that the arm is covered with the arm covering portion of the glove body. At this time, when wearing a long-sleeved garment, the sleeve of the garment may be caught in the hand insertion opening or the inside of the arm covering portion, and it may take time and effort to wear gloves.

In order to improve the above-mentioned problems, that is, to facilitate wearing, the conventional work gloves have a shape in which the hand insertion opening is relatively wide. For this reason, substances (water, chemicals, dust, oil, mud, etc.) that cause stains on clothes when wearing gloves enter the gloves through the hand insertion port,
It sometimes hindered work.

Therefore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-286809 discloses a work glove for improving wearability. The glove 11 has a structure in which the hand insertion opening 13 expands in the circumferential direction at the time of wearing, and after the glove 11 is fitted, the hand insertion opening 13 is tightened around the user's arm with the tightening string 15 and the fastener 16. This structure can prevent the glove 11 from slipping off at the time of work, and can prevent water or the like from entering the inside of the glove through the hand insertion port 13.

[0006]

However, since the working glove 11 has a structure in which only the hand insertion opening 13 is fastened to the arm, the arm covering portion 19 is slack and the adhesion to the arm is not good, and the tightening cord is not enough. Since 15 is easily caught by other things during work, there is a risk of hindering work.

An object of the present invention is to provide work gloves which are easier to wear and have good workability.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present inventors have come up with a work glove having the following structure in the course of intensive research.

A working glove in which the arm covering can be opened in the circumferential direction by opening and closing a fastener provided on the arm covering of the working glove, and at least the outer surface of the working glove is made of a waterproof material. And the fastener comprises a pair of articulators. Since the abdomen of the arm expands in the circumferential direction, opening the fastener widens the hand insertion opening and does not require labor for mounting, and closing the fastener narrows the hand insertion opening and does not hinder work.

In the above structure, the articulator is made of a rubber-like elastic material, and the occlusal portion formed by the articulator has water stopping properties in the occlusal state.
It is desirable that the liquid can be prevented from invading the inside of the glove from the fastener portion when the liquid is handled.

Further, it is desirable that the fastener is a slide fastener and is provided with a slider for engaging the articulators with each other in order to improve the mountability.

In the above, the slide fastener is arranged linearly with the hand insertion port of the work glove as one end, and the articulator occludes by sliding the slider from the glove tip side to the hand insertion port side. can do.

As another aspect, the slide fastener is arranged in a U-shaped curved line with the hand insertion port of the work glove as both ends, and the articulator is occluded by sliding the slider from one end side. You can also do it.

In order to ensure good water-stopping property of the slide fastener, the articulator has a strip-shaped occlusal convex strip having a bulging locking portion and a strip-shaped concave occlusion having an occlusal groove capable of engaging with the occlusal convex strip. The occlusal convex streak is composed of a child, a supported insert made of a linear or strip-shaped spring material is embedded, and the occlusal portion is provided with rigidity in the occlusal direction,
In addition, it is desirable that a sandwiching insert made of a linear or strip-shaped spring material be embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the occlusal groove in the occlusal groove, so that a spring clamping force is applied between the opening ends of the occlusal groove. .

Alternatively, the articulator comprises a pair of occlusal concavo-convex strips having a swollen locking portion and an occlusion groove, and the occlusal concavo-convex strip has a linear or strip-shaped outer peripheral portion of the occlusal groove. It is desirable that a sandwiching insert made of a spring material is embedded so that a spring sandwiching force is applied between the open ends of the occlusal concavo-convex strips.

In the above description, if the lateral end surface of the sandwiching insert has an eggplant shape having substantially no corners,
Particularly good waterproofness can be ensured.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The working gloves of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Regarding the reference numerals,
The last two digits of the corresponding portions are the same numbers, and the hundreds's place is shown as 1, 2 in correspondence with Examples 1 and 2.

The present invention is not limited to the shapes of the following embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

The present invention is a working glove in which the arm covering portion can be opened in the circumferential direction by opening and closing a fastener provided on the arm covering portion of the working glove. 2 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention.

The working gloves 11 of the present invention in FIGS.
The appearance of No. 1 is similar to the general-purpose work gloves that are commercially available. Generally, the glove tip 112 to the hand insertion port 113
Up to about 230 mm or more, preferably about 280
mm or more. The width W of the palm 114 is about 80 to 120 m
m, preferably about 90 to 110 mm.

Further, the circumference length of the hand insertion opening 113 when the fastener 115 is closed is set to a length in which the hand insertion hole 113 is in close contact with the arm and is different depending on the thickness of the arm.
Various sizes (S ・ M ・ L)
Etc.) are prepared.

The thickness of the work glove 111 varies depending on the material forming the glove and the use mode of the glove, but is within a range in which the work glove 111 has flexibility and elasticity that do not hinder the movement of the hand during work, and moderate strength. And Specifically, about 0.1-1m
m, preferably about 0.2 to 0.5 mm.

At least the outer surface portion of the work glove is molded with a waterproof material. Usually, vulcanized natural rubber is used, but various synthetic rubbers, thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), soft polymer materials such as soft plastics, and the like can also be used.

Although not inevitable, the inner wall 116 of the glove may be provided with a fiber layer 117 for improving wearability. The fiber layer 117 is usually formed by flocking. For the flocking process, a conventional electrostatic flocking may be used. In addition to the use of flocked hair, a structure in which a fibrous glove type base material is provided along the inner wall 116 of the glove may be used. In addition, non-slip processing 118 or the like may be applied to the outer surface of the glove.

Then, the arm covering portion 11 of the work glove 111.
The greatest feature of the present invention is that the fastener 115 is provided on the shaft 9.

Although the commercially available fasteners may be used as the above fasteners, the work gloves are mainly used for a lot of work for handling liquids such as water and chemicals.
1 is made of a rubber-like elastic body, and is an articulator 121.
It is desirable that the occlusal part formed by the above has water stopping property in the occlusal state. Since the fastener itself has the above water-stopping structure, the water-stopping property of the entire glove is not impaired.

Here, the rubber-like elastic body is a broad concept including not only rubber (synthetic and natural) but also a thermoplastic elastomer having rubber-like elasticity. Specific examples include natural rubber, butyl rubber, styrene butadiene rubber, chloroprene rubber, ethylene propylene rubber, silicone rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene, and other rubber-based materials, and polyvinyl chloride, ethylene sulfonated polyethylene, and other synthetic resin materials. It is preferably used.

Here, the fastener 115 may be configured to directly occlude the articulator 121 by hand, but it is preferable to have the slider 124 that occludes the articulators, because the workability of mounting is improved.

2 to 3, the slide fastener 115 is shown.
Is provided linearly with the hand insertion opening 113 of the work glove 111 as one end, and the slider 124 of the slide fastener 115 is inserted into the hand insertion opening 11 from the glove tip 112 side.
The articulator 121 is configured to occlude by sliding to the 3 side.

The length of the slide fastener 115 at this time is preferably from the hand insertion opening 113 to the wrist portion 128. If the slide fastener 115 is too long, it undesirably interferes with the movement of the hands, arms, etc. during use. On the contrary, if it is too short, the spread is insufficient and the mounting workability is poor.

When the slide fastener 115 is opened, the fold portion 31 appears and the arm covering portion 119 expands (see FIG. 3). The fold portion 31 is the slide fastener 1.
Even if water leaks from 15, it is desirable that the clothes can be prevented from getting wet with the leaked water. Therefore, if the fold portion 31 is provided, the slide fastener 121 does not necessarily need to have water blocking property. Of course, there is no problem even if it has waterproofness. The fold portion 31 may be integrally formed with the arm covering portion 119, or may be separately formed and integrated by stitching, bonding, or the like.

In the structure for forming the fold portion 31,
Hand insertion hole 113 when the slide fastener 115 is opened
The size of 1.25 to 1.5 of the circumference of the closed state
From the viewpoint of mounting workability, it is desirable to set the length to 1.3 times, preferably 1.3 to 1.4 times.

Then, the slide fastener 115.
Can be designed regardless of the instep side, the palm side, or an intermediate position between them. From the viewpoint of wearing workability, it is desirable to provide the work gloves 111 on the palm side.

Although the productivity is not good, the slide fastener can be attached to two or more places.

On the other hand, FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention, which is a modification in which the fold portion 31 is eliminated in FIGS. In this case, the waterproofness of the slide fastener 115A is required. In addition, the code | symbol 30 in FIG. 4 is a surface fastener pair. When the hook-and-loop fastener pair 30 is provided, the arm insertion port 113A is more firmly fixed to the upper arm, which improves workability and facilitates opening and closing of the fastener when removing the work gloves.

As another embodiment, the one shown in FIGS.

In the work glove 211, the slide fastener 215 is provided in a U-shaped curved shape with the hand insertion opening 213 of the work glove 211 as both ends, and the slider 224 of the slide fastener 215 slides from one end side. As a result, the articulator 221 is configured to occlude.

At this time, if the length of the slide fastener 215 is about twice the length from the hand insertion opening 213 to the wrist portion 228 as shown in the figure, the arm covering portion 219 is cut along the entire length in the longitudinal direction. Can exist and is desirable. If the slide fastener 215 is too short, the expansion of the wrist portion 228 is not sufficient, which may cause a problem in mounting workability.

Further, the curved portion of the slide fastener 215 is designed so as to maintain a reasonable curve so as not to impair the water stopping property of the slide fastener 215 itself. Specifically, when the radius of curvature R is set to 10 mm, it becomes difficult to maintain the waterproof property, and the opening / closing operation of the slide fastener 215 is adversely affected.

When the slide fastener 215 is opened, the arm covering portion 219 is expanded (see FIG. 6). Here, the area of the cut coating portion 33 is preferably about 1/4 to 1 times the area of the coating portion other than the cut portion.

The occlusal portions 122 and 222 of the slide fasteners 115 and 215 use the resilience of the material when the rubber-like elastic body is occluded and held in a compressed state to ensure water stoppage. In order to further secure the waterproofness, it is desirable to embed a resilient member such as a spring material inside the rubber-like elastic body. As the spring material, a wire material, a thin plate material, or the like formed into a shape applicable to a fastener can be used.

Specifically, the seal fastener structure disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2627832 previously disclosed by the present inventor can be applied. When this structure is applied, the waterproofness (sealing property), durability, and occlusal workability are improved (see FIGS. 7 to 10).

The fastener structure shown in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent No. 2627832 is formed along the edge of one sheet body 19 and has a strip-shaped occlusal convex strip 25a having a bulging locking portion at the tip.
And a strip-shaped occlusal concave strip 25b having an occlusal groove which is formed of a rubber-like elastic body along the edge of the other sheet body 19 and which occludes the occlusal convex strip 25a.

The occlusal ridge 25a is embedded with a supported insert 26 which is made of a linear spring material and has a corrugated flat surface, to impart rigidity to the occlusal ridge in the occlusal direction. When applied to the work gloves of the present invention, the supported insert is not necessarily a linear spring material (Fig. 9 (a)),
A band-shaped spring material (plate-shaped spring material) typified by the herringbone structure shown in FIG. 9B or the zigzag wave-shaped structure shown in FIG. 9C may be used. As the strip-shaped spring members 26b and 26c, usually, those having a plate thickness of 0.1 to 0.4 mm and a pitch of 1.5 to 2 mm can be preferably used.

On the other hand, a sandwiching insert 27 made of a linear spring material is embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the occlusal groove so that a spring clamping force is applied between the open ends of the occlusal concave stripes.
Also in the sandwiching insert, not only the linear spring material as shown in FIG. 10A, but also the strip spring material (plate spring material) 27b as shown in FIG. 10B can be used.

Incidentally, as a countermeasure against the deformation with the sandwiching insert made of the linear spring material shown in FIG. 10A, FIG.
The shapes shown in (e) to (e) can also be used. That is, the lateral end surface has various shapes such as a U-shaped holding insert 27c, a hook-shaped holding insert 27d, and a U-shaped holding insert 27e. It should be noted that the shape of the lateral end surface is an eggplant shape having substantially no corners as shown in FIG.
The structure of (a) can give the most spring clamping force.

As for the occlusal form of the fastener used, various designs such as (a) lateral occlusion, (b) vertical occlusion (c) oblique occlusion can be designed as shown in FIG.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the bite is a pair of bite-shaped concavo-convex strips (25c, 25c), (25d, 25) having swelling locking portions and bite grooves.
d), (25e, 25e), wherein the occlusal concavo-convex striae is embedded with a sandwiching insert made of a linear or strip-shaped spring material at the outer periphery of the occlusal groove, and the open end of the occlusal concavo-convex striation A fastener having a structure in which a spring holding force is applied can be used. The difference from the fastener structure shown in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent No. 2627832 is that both sides of the occlusal concavo-convex streak are provided with a bulging locking portion and an occlusal groove, whereby the present embodiment is occlusal concavo-convex streak mutual interlocking. A spring clamping force is applied to the. Since the spring clamping force is applied to the occlusal concavo-convex strips, the occlusal force is large and the waterproofness (sealing property) is secured more reliably.

The work gloves of the present invention are manufactured as follows.

The slide fastener's articulator is made of the same material as the work glove body and is integrally molded at the same time, or the articulator part is previously made of the same material or a different material as the work glove. There is a method of joining to the work glove body.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of the joint portion when the slide fastener and the arm covering portion 19 are formed as separate bodies and then joined at the joint portion 35. As a joining mode of the joining portion 35, a method such as heat welding, vulcanization adhesion, adhesion, and stitching can be applied. At this time, as shown in the figure, if the bellows portion 37 and the like are provided in the vicinity of the joint portion on the slide fastener side, elasticity is added to improve the workability of wearing, and the shape of the arm does not hinder the movement of the arm during wearing. Become.

As a method for forming the glove body, a conventional means may be used. For example, there is a dipping method (immersion molding method) using latex, a casting method, or the like.

Specifically, a cloth (base cloth) that has been flocked by electrostatic flocking is sewn, and a glove shape is joined with the fastener by the above-mentioned welding, (vulcanization) bonding, suturing, etc. There is a method of forming by dipping in latex. By this method, the working gloves produced are made to have waterproofness.

Further, in the work gloves of this shape, since the hand insertion opening is widened by the fastener, even an undercut molded product can be easily released from the mold and the product can be easily manufactured. Especially, soft synthetic resin (non-elastomer)
Good when molding using.

Further, since the work gloves having the above-mentioned structure can widen the opening of the arm covering portion, when the glove body is integrally molded, the above-mentioned fiber layer can be easily formed by flocking to the fingertips even after molding. Is possible.

[0056]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The working glove of the present invention has the following effects by having the above structure.

Since the fasteners are used, they can be easily attached and detached. In particular, at the time of wearing, since the hand insertion opening is widened widely, the clothes do not curl up and the wearing is easy even when wearing multiple layers. Further, since the entire arm is tightened instead of the structure of tightening one place with the tightening string as in the conventional product, the adhesion to the arm is good. Therefore, slack of the arm covering portion does not occur during work, and workability is improved.

Further, if the fastener itself has a water-stop structure, it can be used with confidence in the work of handling liquid.

The above construction is also useful when treating the inner wall of the glove. For example, even when the glove body is integrally molded, the expansion of the arm covering portion is large, so that it is possible to easily form the fiber layer up to the fingertip by flocking after molding.

Further, since the arm covering portion is widely spread, there is a secondary effect that the inside of the glove can be easily washed and dried.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the shape of a conventional work glove.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of work gloves of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the work glove of FIG. 2 with a slide fastener open.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a modification of the work gloves shown in FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the work gloves of the present invention.

6 is a plan view of the work glove of FIG. 5 with the slide fastener open.

FIG. 7 is a cutaway sectional view of a main part showing a prior art fastener structure.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG.

9 is a perspective view of a supported insert embedded in the occlusal convex streak of the fastener shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view and a lateral end view showing an example of the sandwiching insert which is also embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the occlusal groove.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing various aspects of an engaging portion of a slide fastener.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view (hatch omitted) showing various aspects of an occlusal concavo-convex strip of a slide fastener.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a joint portion when the slide fastener and the arm covering portion are separately molded (hatch omitted).

[Explanation of symbols]

11,111,211 Working gloves 13, 113, 213 Hand insertion port 115,215 Slide fastener 19, 119, 219 Arm cover 121,221 Articulator 124, 224 slider 31 folds 33 Cutting Cover

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A working glove in which the arm covering can be opened in the circumferential direction by opening and closing a fastener attached to the arm covering of the working glove, and at least an outer surface part of the working glove. Is formed of a waterproof material, and the fastener comprises a pair of articulators. 2. The work glove according to claim 1, wherein the articulator is made of a rubber-like elastic material, and an occlusal portion formed by the articulator has water stopping property in an occlusal state. . 3. The work glove according to claim 1, wherein the fastener is a slide fastener, and a slider for engaging the interlocking elements with each other is provided. 4. The slide fastener is linearly arranged with the hand insertion port of the work glove as one end, and the articulator is occluded by sliding the slider from the glove tip side to the hand insertion port side. The working glove according to claim 3, which has a structure. 5. The slide fastener is arranged in a U-shaped curved line with the hand insertion opening of the work glove as both ends, and by sliding the slider from one end side,
The articulator is configured to occlude.
Work gloves as described. 6. The configuration in which the articulator is composed of a strip-shaped occlusal convex strip having a bulging locking portion, and a strip-shaped concave articulator having an occlusal groove capable of engaging with the occlusal convex strip. The occlusal convex streak is embedded with a supported insert made of a linear or strip-shaped spring material, and rigidity in the occlusal direction is given to the occlusal part, and the occlusal concave streak has an outer periphery of the occlusal groove. A clamping insert made of a linear or strip-shaped spring material is embedded in the portion, and a spring clamping force is applied between the opening end portions of the occlusal concave streak, The work according to claim 4 or 5, Gloves. 7. The occlusal element comprises a pair of strip-shaped occlusal concave-convex strips having a bulging locking portion and an occlusal groove, wherein the occlusal concave-convex filaments have a line on an outer peripheral portion of the occlusal groove. A work glove according to claim 4 or 5, wherein a sandwiching insert made of a strip-shaped or strip-shaped spring material is embedded, and a spring sandwiching force is applied between the open end portions of the occlusal concavo-convex strips. 8. The work glove according to claim 6, wherein the shape of the lateral end surface of the sandwiching insert is an eggplant shape having substantially no corners.