US2100491A - Gloves and mittens for miner's use - Google Patents

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Nov. 30, 1937. A. F. ROBERTSON 2,100,491

GLOVES AND MITTENS FOR MINERS USE Filed Aug. 2, 19,34 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 30, 1937. ROBERTSON 7 2,100,491

GLOVES AND MITTENS FOR MINER'S USE p Filed Aug. 2, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 K 3 wt Inventor:

z/Pmn Patented Nov. 30, 1937 UNITED STTES GLOVES MI'ETENS FOR MINERS USE Almon F. Robertson, Kirkland, Lake, Ontario,

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Application August 2, 1934, Serial No. 138,064 In Canada November l'l, 1933 4 Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gloves and mittens such as are generally worn by men engaged in the mining industry, both underground and on the sur-' face, and its object is to provide better protection for the backs of the hands, the large knuckle of the thumbs, the wrists and the forearms of the wearers.

When miners are engaged in drilling up-holes in raises, stopes or other working places, it is necessary, in the operation of drills, to grasp the throttle of the drill with the hand, the arm being extended at full length. Rock fragments, loosened by the hammer action of the drill steel, sometimes fall on the operators forearm, wrist or hand, causing severe injuries, such as cut tendons, or lacerations which may be serious enough to necessitate amputation of the thumb or fingers.

Injuries to the hands often occur when miners are engaged in other operations such as: scaling loose rock from the walls and back of stopes, cutting hitches with hammer and moil, using sharp axes when placing timber, and when drilling with hammer and hand-steel.

Toprovide better protection against such injuries than is obtainable in ordinary gloves and mittens, is the primary object of my invention and this is obtained in the manner hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,-

Fig. l is a back view of a glove made in ac cordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a back View of a mitten made in accordance with this invention. 1

Fig. 4 is a front View of Figure 3.

Fig. 5 is a developed view of the blank forming the reinforcing or protective section applied to the wrist portion of the glove or mitten.

Fig. 6 is a developed View of the blank forming the reinforcing or protective section'applied to the back of the hand portion of the glove or mitten.

Fig. 7 is a developed view of the blank forming the reinforcing or protective section applied to the thumb portion of the glove or mitten.

Similar letters or numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Figs. 1 and 2, 3 and 4, represent any good quality glove or mitten as manufactured or sold in the United States of America, and may be either the long gauntlet or short cuif type, and may be of any usable size or color.

The cuff or gauntlet portionF, of glove or mitten, is attached to the body or hand ing portion C, by stitching k. a

A, represents a reinforcing or protective section or strip of either fibre, metal, leather, rubber, or any other semi-flexible, or semi-pliable compo portion F, by rivets or by other suitable fasteners,

as :c.

This reinforcing or protective section A, extends from the junction of the cuff or gauntlet with the body or hand covering portion at the wrist, to the rear or upper edge of said 'cufior' gauntlet and laterally, from the inside of the coverforearm, in line with the center of the palm and middle finger, over the upper forearm and down to the bottom of the cuif or gauntlet in line with the little finger.

To improve flexibility, section A may be divided or out along the line P, at the top of the'cuif or gauntlet, thus dividing section A into two sections, the inside front section of which is designated by the letter D, and when so divided or cut, bothA and D are to be fastened to the cuff or gauntlet by stitching,'rivets, or other suitable fasteners, applied on each side of line P.

Instead of being fastened over the cuff or gauntlet, sections A and D may be substituted for the cuff or gauntlet of glove or mitten, thus eliminating the fabric, leather or other material usually used in the construction of said cuff or gauntlet portions of gloves and mittens. When so applied, the edge l, of section D is to be extended down to the bottom of cuff or gauntlet and there be attached to the edge m, of section A, by stitching, rivets or other suitable fasteners, the front edges of both sections being attached to the body of the glove or mitten C, by stitching k, as used in ordinary glove or mitten construction, by rivets, or by other suitable fasteners.

B, represents a reinforcing or protective section of material similar to that from which section A is constructed, and extends across the back of the body C, of the glove or mitten, from the large knuckle of the thumb, to the seam h, at the bottom of the glove or mitten and in line with the outside of the little finger. Lengthwise, B extends along the back of the glove or mitten, from the cuff or gauntlet approximately half the distance to the finger ends or to the second joints of the fingers, as indicated by it in Figs. 1 and 3.

B, is to be attached to the back of the glove or mittenC, by stitching along the sides and the upper edge u, but the front edge over the knuckles is not to be fastened in order to provide complete freedom of movement for the fingers and hand under section B. Instead of stitching, rivets, or other suitable fasteners as 113', may be used to fasten section B to the back of the glove or mitten.

So that freedom of movement of the wrist may not be impaired, the edge u, is to be curved toward the fingers, leaving the space S between sections A and B.

E, represents a reinforcing or protective section of material similar to that from which sections A and B are constructed, and extends across the top of the thumb portion of the glove or mitten, from the seam g, which joins the thumb with the back of the glove or mitten, over the large knuckle of the thumb and down to the junction of the thumb with the palm at seam v, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3.

Section E, is to be attached to the top of the thumb portion of the glove or mitten by stitching along the upper, rear and lower edges as g", k", and v, or by rivets or other suitable fasteners, as m".

The front edge Z, of section E, which curves forward over the top of the second joint of the thumb, is not to be fastened, to avoid interference with movement of the thumb, if the protective material used is too stiff to permit the use of stitching.

I am aware that gloves and mittens have been made which have pieces of a resistant material inserted in pockets or sections of leather or other material which is sewed to the back, around the cuffs or gauntlets, andalong the backs of the fingers and thumbs and that gloves and mittens have been made which have reinforcing materials sewed across the palms and under the thumb crotch; but,

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a glove and the like, a protective cover adapted to be applied to the back of the glove extending laterally substantially over but not more than the entire width and extending lengthwise from approximately the wrist to approximately half the distance between wrist and the finger ends, and coacting means on the glove and said cover for detachably securing the latter to the former, said means being positioned rearwardly of the knuckles whereby the bending V movement of the fingersis not impeded.

2. In combination with a glove and the like, a protective cover attached to the back of the glove extending laterally substantially over but not more than the entire width and extending lengthwise from approximately the wrist to approximately half the distance between wrist and the finger ends, the forward portion of said cover which extends beyond the knuckles being unattached wherebyv the bending movement of the fingers is not impeded.

3. In combination with a glove and the like, a protective cover adapted to be applied to the back of the glove extending laterally substantially over but not more than the entire width, and extending lengthwise from approximately the wrist to approximately one-half the distance between the wrist and the finger ends, and co-operating means on the glove and said'cover for detachably securing the latter to the former, said means being positioned rearwardly of the knuckles, whereby the bending of the fingers is not impeded, said cover having the rear edge thereof curved forwardly, whereby the bending movement of the hand from the wrist is not impeded.

4. In a glove as set forth in claim 3, a cover for the wrist having its forward edge curved so as.

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