US3811132A - Cuff for a glove, bag or the like, for manipulation inside sealed enclosures - Google Patents

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US3811132A
US3811132A US00386356A US38635673A US3811132A US 3811132 A US3811132 A US 3811132A US 00386356 A US00386356 A US 00386356A US 38635673 A US38635673 A US 38635673A US 3811132 A US3811132 A US 3811132A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F7/00—Shielded cells or rooms
    • G21F7/04—Shielded glove-boxes
    • G21F7/053—Glove mounting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J21/00—Chambers provided with manipulation devices
    • B25J21/02—Glove-boxes, i.e. chambers in which manipulations are performed by the human hands in gloves built into the chamber walls; Gloves therefor

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  • the cuff comprises a circular end bead and a body portion which extends away from the bead towards the fingers of the glove.
  • An annular portion connecting the bead and the body has an abrupt and considerable increase in diameter after the bead followed by a narrowing portion before joining the body of the glove.
  • the construction of the annular portion is such that in section the increase in diameter forms a rounded open apex angle which in the preferred embodiment is substantially 90.
  • This invention relates to an end cuff for a flexible glove, sealed bag, mitten or the like, as used to give access to the interior of enclosures, more particularly although not exclusively of the kind shown as glove boxes in laboratories in the pharmaceutical, chemical or nuclear industries, or which forms the extension of the sleeve of a protective or safety suit or a sealed suit worn by an operator who partially or totally enters a closed space.
  • a sealed glove although the features according to the invention are equally applicable to the other elements mentioned above.
  • the cuffs of such gloves are fitted by a circular end bead to a support which, depending upon circumstances, forms either a cylindrical ring connected to the wall of the glove box, or an armband secured to the end of the sleeve of the safety, protective or sealed suit.
  • a known solution for this change is to connect the new glove by its end bead to a relatively flexible ring, for example of polyethylene, with a diameter greater than that of the support, so that it can fit over the latter, and then introduce the glove for replacement outside the new glove.
  • the latter can then be ejected from the ring so that it fits on the support with its end bead behind the bead of the used glove.
  • An axial force exerted on the latter then enables this glove to be removed from the support, its bead being released, so that the new glove can slip over the support in order finally to occupy the place of the glove which has just been withdrawn, without the seal having been broken at any time.
  • the end beads of the new glove and of the used glove are formed directly at the end of the glove cufi', which is of substantially cylindrical shape of constant section or preferably of a section which decreases slightly as far as the glove fingers.
  • the sequence of operations makes it necessary for the new glove to be preliminarily put into position just behind the used glove, so that the cuffs of these two gloves are under tension on their supports which are in contact with one another over some length, so that the considerable friction of these cuffs results in the used glove being locked by the new glove and vice versa. Removal of the used glove is then very difficult if not impossible, and is likely to result at the same time in removal of the new glove with an immediate breakage of the seal.
  • This invention relates to a new sealed glove cuff to obviate this disadvantage.
  • a cuff for a glove, bag, mitten or the like comprising a circular end bead and a body extending away from the bead, is characterised in that it comprises an annular portion providing the connection between the bead and the body, said portion having an abrupt and considerable increase in diameter after the bead followed by a narrowing before joining the body of the glove or the like.
  • the annular portion is in the form of a corrugated bellows which in a sectional plane through the bead axis forms a rounded open apex angle, one side of which is connected to the bead and the other to the body of the glove or the like.
  • a wrenching force applied to the used glove enables its end head to be released over a rim provided at the end of the support, with simultaneous deformation of the cuff which, under these conditions, forms a substantially flat angle and this prevents any contact between the cuff and the cuff of the new glove which has just been fitted over it.
  • This obviates the disadvantage of the prior art solutions and enables the glove to be replaced without any danger of breaking the seal.
  • an outer clamping means after the style of a ring, clip or the like normally locks the cuff in position on its support, said means being disposed at a the connection between the bead and the cuff.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic elevation and partial section of a glove provided with a cuff according to the invention, the cuff being shown fitted to a supporting annband, and with a ring whereby the glove can be replaced by another glove.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are partial details of FIG. 1 showing the operations required for replacing a glove by another glove without breaking the seal.
  • reference 1 denotes a manipulating glove whereby work can be carried out inside any sealed enclosure.
  • the glove is home by a support 2 in the form of an annular armband, which is also used for securing a sleeve 3 at the end remote from the glove 1, the sleeve being part of a protective suit or a garment adapted to be worn by an operator having access to the interior of the enclosure.
  • the sleeve 3 is held fixed in relation to the armband 2 by means of an end head 4 fitted in a groove 5 formed in the armband, while at the other end it is connected by a second bead 6 to a rim 7 forming part of the wall 8 of the enclosure.
  • the sleeve 3 also comprises a cylindrical tongue 9 which can be stuck against the armband by means of a tape 10 or by any other similar element providing a seal between the sleeve and the armband.
  • the glove 1 is fitted on the armband in a substantially similar way by means of a circular bead 12 formed at the end of the glove 1 remote from the actual body of the glove 13, the glove body terminating in the fingers 14.
  • connection between the end bead l2 and the glove body 13 is formed by a cuff 15 in the form of a corrugated bellows which, when viewed in the sectional plane of the figure through the axis of the armband 2, bounds a rounded apex angle which in the case under consideration is means 19, e.g., an outer clip or ring.
  • FIG. 1 also illustrates a cylindrical interchangeability ring 20 mounted inside the enclosure and shown as being fitted to the wall 8 thereof so that the glove 1 can be replaced, as will be described hereinafter, by a glove la which may be the same or different.
  • the glove la like the glove 1 comprises an end bead 12a fitted on the outer surface 21 of the ring 20 and abutting a rim 22 thereof.
  • the ring 20 also has notches 23 so that the bead 12a can be reached from outside and, in particular, so that it can be released from the rim 22.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show the sequence of operations required to replace the glove 1, which is assumed to have been used, by a new glove 111.
  • the armband 2 bearing the glove 1 is surrounded on the outside by the annular ring 20 provided with the glove la.
  • the glove 1' which is to be replaced is advantageously turned inside out so that it comes inside the sleeve 3, i.e., outside the sealed enclosure, by the application of a tractive force to the glove whereby the part of the glove is at least partially flattened.
  • the clamping ring 19 of the glove is withdrawn while the bead 12a of the glove 1a is released from the rim 22 of the ring by means of the notches 23 therein, so that the bead 12a assumes its position on the armband 2 immediately behind the bead 12 of the glove 1.
  • FIG. 2 the two positions of the glove 1a are respectively shown in broken and solid lines.
  • the particular shape of the cuffs 15 and 15a of the two gloves 1 and 1a is such that, according to the invention, their sides 16 and 16a are not in direct contact, the preliminary tractive force exerted on the glove 1 also being taken into account.
  • FIG. 3 shows how final withdrawal of the used glove 1 is carried out, the new glove 1a finally assuming its initial position by sliding over the armband 2 with the clip or ring 19.
  • the glove cuff or the like according to the invention thus enables one glove to be replaced by another without any risk of breaking the seal, and the specific shape of the cuff may undergo numerous variations which can be produced when the glove is actually manufactured by any conventional moulding or forming process.
  • the features of the invention obviously apply similarly if the glove bead support is formed simply by a glove arm connected to the wall of the enclosure and not by an end armband of a safety suit sleeve. Also, the operations described are applicable from either the outside or the inside of the enclosure whether the latter is at positive or negative pressure.
  • a cuff for a glove, bag, mitten or the like, for manipulation inside enclosures comprising a circular end bead and a body extending away from the bead, said cuff being characterised by an annular portion providing the connection between the bead and the body, said portion having an abrupt and considerable increase in diameter after the bead followed by a narrowing before joining the body of the glove or the like.
  • a glove cuff according to claim 1 characterised in that the annular portion is in the form of a corrugated bellows which in a sectional plane through the bead axis forms a rounded open apex angle, one side of which is connected to the bead and the other to the body of the glove or the like.
  • a glove cuff according to claim 1 characterised in that it comprises an outer clamping ring which locks the cuff on its support, the ring being disposed at the connection between the bead and the cuff.
  • a glove cuff according to claim 2 characterised in that its angle is substantially

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US4889266A (en) * 1988-10-18 1989-12-26 Wight Patrick W Apparatus for donning sterile gloves and sterile glove package for use therewith
US5299243A (en) * 1991-12-24 1994-03-29 Cogema-Compagnie Generale Des Matieres Nucleaires Glove holder unit for a confinement enclosure
US5978960A (en) * 1997-01-31 1999-11-09 Wrightman; Ronald A. Adjustable dry suit and sealing system therefore
US20050066429A1 (en) * 2003-08-26 2005-03-31 Winsource Industries Limited Protective suit
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US3099015A (en) * 1960-06-14 1963-07-30 William J Renehan Joint for interconnecting tubular members
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US4275812A (en) * 1975-10-01 1981-06-30 Poncy Mark P Surgical glove package and donning method
US4543670A (en) * 1984-09-18 1985-10-01 Cairns & Brother Inc. Sleeve attachment for multilayered protective coat
US4889266A (en) * 1988-10-18 1989-12-26 Wight Patrick W Apparatus for donning sterile gloves and sterile glove package for use therewith
US5299243A (en) * 1991-12-24 1994-03-29 Cogema-Compagnie Generale Des Matieres Nucleaires Glove holder unit for a confinement enclosure
US5978960A (en) * 1997-01-31 1999-11-09 Wrightman; Ronald A. Adjustable dry suit and sealing system therefore
US20050066429A1 (en) * 2003-08-26 2005-03-31 Winsource Industries Limited Protective suit
US20050278838A1 (en) * 2004-06-16 2005-12-22 Alion Science And Technology Modular port system and replacement method thereof
US20080217366A1 (en) * 2007-03-05 2008-09-11 Getinge La Calhene Device for changing glove for manipulation in a confined atmosphere, and method for changing a glove
US8220675B2 (en) * 2007-03-05 2012-07-17 Getinge La Calhene Device for changing glove for manipulation in a confined atmosphere, and method for changing a glove
US20140353343A1 (en) * 2007-09-17 2014-12-04 Glovematic Pty Ltd Disposable glove and apparatus for applying a glove to a user's hand
US20120137402A1 (en) * 2010-12-03 2012-06-07 Kantrowitz Allen B Surgical glove appliance device
US8578519B2 (en) * 2010-12-03 2013-11-12 Allen B. Kantrowitz Surgical glove appliance device
CN103507022A (zh) * 2012-06-25 2014-01-15 威格高纯气体设备科技（苏州工业园区）有限公司 一种无泄漏手套更换装置
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