GLOVE STRUCTURE

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a glove structure, and more particularly to a glove structure that is simple, easily produced, and can substantially increase production efficiency and glove quality. Moreover, a simple bonding method is used to cut the cost of stitching done by hand, shorten the staff learning curve, and reduce operational variables.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

The different manufacturing methods of existing gloves can generally be divided into injection molded gloves and sewn gloves. And of the two types of gloves, the present invention primarily focuses on providing additional improvement to sewn gloves.

A plurality of glove cut pieces must be first produced when producing general sewn gloves, and then hand or mechanical methods are used to sew together each of the glove cut pieces one by one to complete a glove structure. However, using hand or mechanical methods to carry out the sewing involves a relatively long working time with relatively poor production efficiency. Moreover, because of careless mistakes made by workers or operational variables, the quality of the gloves is often affected during the sewing process, which decreases the up-to-standard rate of the gloves. Hence, in order to reduce careless mistakes made by workers or operational variables, it is necessary to reinforce staff training and improve the staff learning curve, which further adds to the cost of hand sewing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In light of the shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides a glove structure, and more particularly a glove structure that is simple, easily produced, and can substantially increase production efficiency and glove quality. Moreover, a simple bonding method is used to cut the cost of stitching done by hand, shorten the staff learning curve, and reduce operational variables.

In order to achieve the aforementioned object, a glove structure of the present invention is provided with first and second glove components, wherein the first glove component is correspondingly provided with a first internal surface and a first external surface, and the second glove component is correspondingly provided with a second internal surface and a second external surface. The second internal surface uses joining regions to bond to the first external surface, or the first internal surface and the second internal surface form a holding space, with the second internal surface using joining regions to bond to the first external surface. The glove structure of the present invention not only provides a simple structure that is easily produced, but also substantially increases production efficiency and glove quality. Moreover, a simple bonding method is used to cut the cost of stitching done by hand, shorten the staff learning curve, and reduce operational variables.

Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, a connecting portion between the first glove component and the second glove component is used to connect and form an integral body.

The present invention further provides a glove structure comprising at least one of the first glove components, the second glove component, and a third glove component, wherein the first glove component is correspondingly provided with the first internal surface and the first external surface, and the second glove component is correspondingly provided with the second internal surface and the second external surface. The third glove component uses joining regions to bond to the first glove component, or the second glove component; or the first internal surface and the second internal surface form a holding space, with the third glove component uses joining regions to bond to the first or the second glove components.

Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the first glove component is a glove palm, and the second glove component is a glove back, or the first glove component is a glove back, and the second glove component is a glove palm.

Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the first glove component is provided with at least one cut piece, or the second glove component is provided with at least one cut piece.

Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the glove back is provided with a back portion and a second fingers portion located on one side of the back portion, the glove palm is provided with a glove palm portion and a first fingers portion located on one side of the glove palm portion, and the joining regions are positioned on the second glove component.

Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the joining regions are configured as bonding layers.

Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the joining regions use high frequency or compression methods to join the first glove component to the second glove component.

To enable a further understanding of said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, a brief description of the drawings is provided below followed by a detailed description of the preferred embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

• Figures 1A∼1C are structural schematic views of a first embodiment of a glove of the present invention.
• Figure 2 is a structural schematic view of a second embodiment of the glove of the present invention.
• Figure 3 is a structural schematic view of a third embodiment of the glove of the present invention.
• Figure 4 is a structural schematic view of a fourth embodiment of the glove of the present invention.
• Figure 5 is a structural schematic view of a fifth embodiment of the glove of the present invention.
• Figures 6A∼6B are structural schematic views of a sixth embodiment of the glove of the present invention.
• Figures 7A∼7C are schematic views of a manufacturing process of the glove of the present invention.
• Figure 8 is a structural schematic view of a seventh embodiment of the glove of the present invention.
• Figure 9 is a structural schematic view of an eighth embodiment of the glove of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to Figures 1A and 1B, which show structural schematic views of a first embodiment of a glove of the present invention, wherein a glove of the present invention is provided with first and second glove components. In the embodiment depicted in the drawings, a glove palm 10 is an example of the first glove component, and a glove back 20 is an example of the second glove component. The glove palm 10 is provided with a glove palm portion 11 and a first fingers portion located on one side of the glove palm portion 11, wherein the first fingers portion comprises a thumb 12, an index finger 13, a middle finger 14, a ring finger 15, and a little finger 16, which integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion 11. Moreover, the first glove component is made up from a single cut piece, and the glove back 20 is provided with a back portion 21 and a second fingers portion located on one side of the back portion 21, wherein the second fingers portion comprises a rear thumb 22, a rear index finger 23, a rear middle finger 24, a rear ring finger 25, and a rear little finger 26, which integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion 21. Moreover, the second glove component is made up from a single cut piece. In the aforementioned embodiment, the first and second fingers portions are formed as complete finger shapes, and it is understood that they may also take the form of half finger shapes.

Referring together with Figure 1C, wherein the glove back 20 overlaps one side of the glove palm 10, and the glove palm 10 of the first glove component is correspondingly provided with a first internal surface 101 and a first external surface 102, and the glove back 20 of the second glove component is correspondingly provided with a second internal surface 201 and a second external surface 202. Moreover, the first internal surface 101 and the second internal surface 201 form a holding space S. Joining regions 27 are used to bond at least one portion of the second internal surface 201 to the first external surface 102, wherein the joining regions 27 are located on peripheral areas of the glove back 20 of the second glove component. As an example, the length of the peripheral areas from the ends of the glove back 20 of the second glove component is greater than 0cm and less than or equal to 5cm. The joining regions 27 enable bonding the glove palm 10 of the first glove component to the glove back 20 of the second glove component to form a three-dimensional configuration that conforms to ergonomics design. The aforementioned joining regions 27 may be configured as bonding layers (not shown in the drawings), and the bonding layers can be adhesive interface materials such as polyurethane (abbreviated to PU) or acrylate, which may be attached using methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue. Accordingly, the bonding layers enable forming a fixed bonding of the glove back 20 to the glove palm 10. It is understood that high frequency, thermal compression bonding, or cold compression bonding methods can also be used to form the fixed bonding.

The aforementioned first glove component comprises at least one cut piece, or the second glove component comprises at least one cut piece. Referring to a second embodiment as depicted in Figure 2, wherein the glove palm 10 is provided with the glove palm portion 11 and a first fingers portion located on one side of the glove palm portion 11. The first fingers portion comprises the thumb 12, the index finger 13, the middle finger 14, the ring finger 15, and the little finger 16, which integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion 11. The first glove component is made up from a single cut piece 10a, and the second glove component comprises two cut pieces 20b.

Referring to a third embodiment as depicted in Figure 3, the first glove component is made up from two of the cut pieces 10a, and the second glove component is made up from the two cut pieces 20b.

Referring to a fourth embodiment as depicted in Figure 4, wherein the glove comprises first and second glove components, and in the embodiment depicted in the drawing, the first glove component is a glove palm and the second glove component is a glove back. A connecting portion 28 between the first glove component and the second glove component is used to connect the glove palm and the glove back to form an integral body. The first glove component is made up from the single cut piece 10a, and the second glove component is made up from the single cut piece 20b. The connecting portion 28 is used to form a fixed bonding between the glove back and the glove palm to form the glove structure as depicted in Figure 1 b.

Referring to a fifth embodiment as depicted in Figure 5, wherein a glove of the present invention is provided with first and second glove components. An example of the first glove component is the glove palm 10, and an example of the second glove component is the glove back 20. The first glove component is correspondingly provided with the first internal surface 101 and the first external surface 102, and first cross sections 103 are located between the first internal surface 101 and the first external surface 102. The second glove component is correspondingly provided with the second internal surface 201 and the second external surface 202, and second cross sections 203 are located between the second internal surface 201 and the second external surface 202. The joining regions 27 are used to bond the first cross sections 103 to the second cross sections 203. The aforementioned joining regions 27 may be configured as bonding layers (not shown in the drawings). The bonding layers can be adhesive interface materials such as polyurethane (abbreviated to PU) or acrylate, which may be attached using methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue. Accordingly, the bonding layers enable forming a fixed bonding of the first and second glove components. It is understood that high frequency, thermal compression bonding, or cold compression bonding methods can also be used to form the fixed bonding.

Referring to a sixth embodiment as depicted in Figure 6A, the glove is provided with a first glove component, a second glove component, and at least one third glove component, an example of which is an edging 40. And in the embodiment depicted in the drawing, the first glove component is the glove palm 10, the second glove component is the glove back 20, and the embodiment is further provided with three of the edgings 40, which are respectively located between the glove palm 10 and the glove back 20. Referring together with Figure 6B, the first internal surface 101 of the first glove component and the second internal surface 201 of the second glove component form the holding space S. Two sides of the at least one edging 40 respectively use a joining region 41 to bond together the first and second glove components. As an example, a peripheral area on one side of the edging 40 uses a bonding method to connect at least one portion of the glove palm 10 (the first external surface 102 is used as an example in the drawings), and a peripheral area on another side of the edging 40 uses a bonding method to connect at least one portion of the glove back 20 (the second external surface 202 is used as an example in the drawings). The length of the peripheral areas from the ends of the edging 40 is greater than 0cm and less than or equal to 5cm. It is understood that a peripheral area on one side of the edging 40 can also use a bonding method to connect the first internal surface 101 of the glove palm 10, and a peripheral area on the other side of the edging 40 can use a bonding method to connect the second internal surface 201 of the glove back 20.

The thumb 12, the index finger 13, the middle finger 14, the ring finger 15, and the little finger 16 of the first fingers portion integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion 11. Moreover, the first glove component is made up from the single cut piece 10a, and the glove back 20 comprises the back portion 21 and a second fingers portion located on one side of the back portion 21, wherein the second fingers portion comprises the rear thumb 22, the rear index finger 23, the rear middle finger 24, the rear ring finger 25, and the rear little finger 26, which integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion 21. Furthermore, the second glove component is made up from the single cut piece 20b. It is understood that in the fifth embodiment the first glove component can be configured with at least one cut piece, or the second glove component can also be configured with at least one cut piece.

In addition, in the aforementioned embodiment, the first glove component is a glove palm, and the second glove component is a glove back. However, this configuration also can be changed so that the first glove component is glove back, and the second glove component is a glove palm. Moreover, joining regions can also be located on the glove palm to similarly can achieve the objects and effectiveness of the present invention.

The following provides various manufacturing methods that are able to manufacture the glove structure of the present invention.

A first manufacturing method, which is used as an example to manufacture the glove structure of the sixth embodiment, comprises at least the following steps:

1. (a) Provide at least one component mold 51, as shown in Figure 7A, wherein the component mold 51 is provided with at least one first fixing member (not shown in the drawing), which enables rigid fixing of edgings. Adhesive interface materials (which may be attached using methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue) are provided on peripheral areas of the edgings. The component mold 51 is further provided with at least second fixing members 511, wherein the first fixing member can be a magnetic member (such as a magnet), peg, slide plate, or a spring.
2. (b) Provide the glove palm 10, as shown in Figure 6A, wherein the thumb 12, the index finger 13, the middle finger 14, the ring finger 15, and the little finger 16 of the first fingers portion integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion 11.
3. (c) Provide at least one component base 52, as shown in Figure 7B, wherein one side of the component base 52 is provided with a retaining portion 521 that is able to retain a glove back. The retaining portion 521 has a structure corresponding to the external form of the glove back. As an example, the component base 52 respectively bonds to each edging and the second fingers portion of the glove back. Accordingly, the retaining portion 521 can respectively be the external form of a rear index finger and a rear middle finger, the external form of a rear middle finger and a rear ring finger, and the external form of a rear ring finger and a rear little finger. Moreover, the retaining portion 521 can be indented into the structural body of the component base 52, and can also protrude from the structural body of a mold base. Furthermore, the component base 52 is also configured with at least one third fixing member 522 to enable mutual correspondence with a second fixing member of a component mold.
4. (d) Join the glove palm to each edging, place the glove back on the component base 52, align the positions of the edgings to be bonded to correspond with the retaining portion 521 area, and then place a component mold of the fixed edgings to be bonded on the component base 52. Finally, join the glove back to the edgings using a compression bonding method. Accordingly, step (d) respectively forms fixed bonding of three edgings to the glove back.
5. (e) Join the glove palm to the glove back, and provide a hand shaped mold 53 and a hand shaped mold base 54, as shown in Figure 7C, wherein the hand shaped mold 53 has an external form corresponding to the glove back, and is provided with Y portions 531 located on the second fingers portion. Moreover, the hand shaped mold base 54 has an external form corresponding to the glove palm. The aforementioned completed glove back is placed beneath the hand shaped mold 53, and the Y portions 531 enable the peripheral areas of edgings to form an upright form. The glove palm is then placed on the hand shaped mold base 54, after which the glove back configured with the edgings is superposed on the hand shaped mold base 54, enabling the peripheral areas of the edgings to form an upright form using the Y portions 531. Accordingly, the upright sections of the edgings are fixedly bonded to the glove palm. Finally, the completed glove structure of the present invention is released from the mold.

The steps comprising a second manufacturing method are basically the same as the first manufacturing method, the difference lies in the first step of the second manufacturing method, which provides an automatic conveying device that automatically conveys the preformed glove palms and the glove backs or edgings. A first work station is installed on the automatic conveying device to carry out attachment of the adhesive interface materials, such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue, or a glue sprayer can be installed to carry out glue spraying, to form adhesive layers with a thickness of 0.5∼0.9mm and a width of 2∼8mm. A second work station is installed after the first work station, and the second work station carries out a heating process, whereby the plurality of glove components attached with adhesive interface materials are heated. A baking method can be used to carry out the heating, wherein the heating temperature is 50∼70 degrees centigrade, with a preferred temperature of 60 degrees centigrade.

Furthermore, a third work station is installed after the second work station, and the third work station carries out the aforementioned step (d) to bond together the glove palm and each edging. The bonding time only requires simple compression to complete the fixed bonding, for example, compress together for approximately 5∼15 seconds to complete the bonding. Next, the manufacturing process sequentially carries out the aforementioned step (e) to complete the glove back, and step (f) to join together the glove palm and the glove back. Finally, the completed glove structure of the present invention is released from the mold.

A third manufacturing method, which is used as an example to manufacture the glove structure of the first embodiment, comprises at least: providing a hand shaped mold and a hand shaped mold base, which have external forms corresponding to the glove palm and the glove back. The glove palm is placed on the hand shaped mold base, and the glove back is placed beneath the hand shaped mold to enable joining regions on peripheral areas of the glove back to form upright shapes using the side surfaces of the hand shaped mold, and then adhesive interface materials are attached on the regions to be bonded (using attachment methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue). Finally, compression bonding is carried out to fixedly bond together the glove palm and the glove back.

In addition, in the aforementioned embodiment, a first internal surface of a first glove component and a second internal surface of a second glove component are used to form a holding space as an example to form a holding space to enable the user to insert their hand therein. It is understood that semi-finished components can also be used to produce the glove structure of the present invention. Referring to Figure 8, wherein the first external surface 102 of a first glove component similarly uses the joining region 27 to bond to the second internal surface 201 of a second glove component. However, the limitation is that the first internal surface 101 and the second internal surface 201 have not yet formed a holding space. Referring to Figure 9, wherein the edging 40 of a third glove component uses the joining regions 27 to bond to the first glove component 10 and the second glove component 20.

Furthermore, in the aforementioned embodiments, in addition to using the mutual bonding of at least one first and second glove components to form the glove structure of the present invention, another joining region can be further used to bond to a glove liner. It is understood that the glove structure can use a roll back form from one side of the glove liner to cover another side of the glove liner to form a three-dimensional configuration that conforms to ergonomics design. And the aforementioned other joining region may be configured as a bonding layer (not shown in the drawings), which can be an adhesive interface material such as polyurethane (abbreviated to PU) or acrylate, which can be attached using methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue. And the bonding layer is used to fixedly bond the glove structure to the glove liner. It is understood that high frequency, thermal compression bonding, or cold compression bonding methods can also be used to form the fixed bonding. In addition, in the aforementioned embodiments, the surface of the glove structure is provided with at least one decorative portion, for example, decorative lines can serve as a decorative portion on at least one peripheral area of the surface of the glove structure, wherein the decorative lines give the user the feeling that the glove has been stitched.

It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.