EP3698664B1 - Glove - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to an operational glove.

Such operational gloves are generally worn by people in operations in which harsh environmental conditions can exist. As a result, the gloves are made of stable materials that are insensitive to such environmental conditions.

This applies above all to emergency gloves in the form of firefighter gloves. These are not only increasingly exposed to strong spray water, but also to high temperatures.

In order to adequately protect a person in such operations, it is not sufficient that the operational glove itself guarantees protection against environmental influences. Rather, it is necessary for the deployment gloves to form a tight seal with a deployment jacket which a person wears in an action, in particular in order to prevent water from penetrating between the deployment glove and the deployment jacket.

In order to meet these requirements, it is known to design deployment gloves as gauntlets. Such a gauntlet glove has a gauntlet on the glove body which is pulled over the operational jacket. The advantage of such a gauntlet glove is that the forearm of a person wearing the gauntlet glove is completely covered. It is also advantageous that the gauntlet can be put on relatively easily, although putting it over the jacket requires a certain amount of time.

A major disadvantage of gauntlet gloves is that liquids, in particular water, can penetrate the gauntlet from above via the sleeve of the jacket, which is problematic in particular when deployed in the rain.

It is also known to use longer-cut gloves, for example in such a way that a knitted cuff connects to the glove. The knitted cuff of the operational glove is then worn under the sleeve of the operational jacket, which is then closed by means of a zipper when the knitted cuff is stowed under the operational jacket. The advantage here is that liquids, but also hazardous substances, cannot get into the operational glove via the operational jacket. However, it is disadvantageous that putting on such an operational glove is relatively difficult and time-consuming, since stowing the knitted cuff under the operational jacket is cumbersome.

From the pamphlets US 2014/0096306 A1 , JP S5373065 U and U.S. 5,020,161 A Gloves are known which have gloves with closure means in the form of zippers. U.S. 5,020,161 A discloses the preamble of claim 1.

the WO 2014/113642 A1 relates to a shoe designed as a boot. The shoe has shoelaces as the first closure means. A zip fastener is provided as a further closure means. When the zipper is open, a segment in the area of the boot neck can be folded back so that a larger insertion opening is created through which a foot can be inserted into the shoe. A flap is coupled to the slide of the zipper. A Velcro strip is provided at one end of the flap for attachment to the shaft. The other end of the flap is connected to the boot neck with elastic straps. To close the flap, it is pulled upwards so that the elastic bands stretch and close the zipper. After this process, the flap is brought into its closed position and the Velcro connection is closed. To open the flap the Velcro connection released. The elastic bands then pull together, opening the zipper.

the JP S5373065 U relates to a golf glove which has a zipper on the back. By opening or closing the zipper, the insertion opening through which a hand can be inserted is reduced or enlarged. A flap is provided that runs transversely to the zipper and can be fixed to the back of the glove when the zipper is closed so that it covers part of the zipper.

The invention is based on the object of providing an operational glove which has a high level of functionality and can also be put on or taken off easily and quickly.

To solve this problem, the features of claim 1 are provided. Advantageous embodiments and expedient developments of the invention are described in the dependent claims.

The invention relates to an operational glove with a glove body, glove fingers and a shaft adjoining the glove body. The shaft can be narrowed by means of a locking system. The locking system has a flap which is fastened at one end to the deployment glove and which has a mechanical locking means which, in order to narrow the shaft, is guided onto a corresponding mechanical locking means by a closing movement of the flap, whereby a mechanical lock is formed. A zipper is provided on the shaft, the slide of which is over a coupling means is connected to the flap in such a way that the zipper is closed with the closing movement of the flap.

The deployment glove is designed for outdoor use, whereby it is designed to be resistant to harsh environmental influences such as splash water and high temperatures. For this purpose, the deployment glove consists of appropriately resistant, in particular waterproof and temperature-resistant materials.

According to the invention, the insert glove has an extension in the form of a shaft, which adjoins the glove body and advantageously consists of the same material as the shaft.

The shaft is equipped with a locking system which, on the one hand, has mechanical locking means and, on the other hand, a zipper. According to the invention, the slide of the zip fastener is connected via a coupling means to the tab, which has a mechanical closure means, as a result of which the latter are coupled in terms of movement. It is thereby achieved that by a closing movement of the flap, in which the mechanical locking means on the flap is guided to a corresponding mechanical locking means preferably arranged directly on the shaft, the slide of the zip fastener is moved along via the coupling means so that it is automatically closed. The same applies in reverse when the mechanical lock formed by the mechanical locking means is opened. If the tab with the mechanical closure means is lifted off the corresponding mechanical closure means, the zip fastener opens automatically via the coupling means.

As a result of the inventive coupling of the flap to the zip fastener, the mechanical fastener with the mechanical locking means can consequently be opened and closed and at the same time the zip fastener can also be opened or closed by moving the flap.

A cumbersome manual operation of the zipper is thus completely eliminated. The flap can be operated much more easily by a person who is already wearing a deployment glove than the slide of a zipper. The operation of the locking system according to the invention is therefore extremely simple and user-friendly.

Another essential advantage of the invention is that the locking system according to the invention can be opened and closed very quickly, so that the requirements of the standard DIN EN 659: 2008-06 can be met. This standard requires that the emergency glove be used as a firefighter glove that it must be able to be opened within a maximum of 3 seconds. This requirement is met with the deployment glove according to the invention, so that it can be used as a fire brigade glove. The operational glove according to the invention can of course also be used in other areas of application, for example as a police glove or rescue glove.

By closing the zipper, the insert glove according to the invention is narrowed in the area of the shaft. It is particularly advantageous that when the zipper is closed, the shaft is narrowed over the entire length of the zipper. The flap with the mechanical locking means increases this effect when the flap is closed and its mechanical locking means is in contact with the corresponding mechanical locking means and forms the mechanical lock. The mechanical lock also provides additional security, as the flap lies over the zip and partially covers it.

Due to the narrowing of the shaft of the deployment glove according to the invention, it can be inserted easily and quickly into the sleeve of a deployment jacket. The sleeve, which is guided over the shaft, safely and reliably prevents it Penetration of liquids or hazardous substances between the operational glove and the operational jacket. The deployment glove according to the invention thus has a high level of functionality.

According to an ergonomically advantageous embodiment, the zip fastener is arranged on the back of the shaft. Of course, the zipper can also be provided on the inside of the shaft.

The fastening of the flap on the shaft and the corresponding mechanical locking means are located on both sides of the zipper.

The tab is thus also fixed in the area of the back of the deployment glove and can thus be easily operated by the person wearing the deployment glove.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the mechanical fastening means are designed in the form of Velcro fasteners.

The Velcro fasteners only need to be pressed against one another to produce the mechanical fastener, which can be done very easily. The mechanical fastener can be released just as easily by pulling the first Velcro fastener off the second Velcro fastener.

Guiding the Velcro fastener on the flap onto the corresponding Velcro fastener is particularly easy if it is arranged directly on the back of the deployment glove. Of course, variants are also conceivable in such a way that the corresponding Velcro fastener itself is attached to a tab.

The mechanical fastening means are generally not limited to Velcro fasteners. In principle, other closure means such as hooks or the like can also be used.

The coupling means that connects the flap to the slide of the zipper is generally formed by a flexible, that is, easily bendable element, which, however, is advantageously not elastically deformable in the longitudinal direction and thus cannot be stretched. This results in a reproducible coupling of movement between the flap and the zip fastener. Particularly advantageously, a band is provided as the coupling means, one longitudinal end of which is connected to the tab and the second longitudinal end of which is connected to a slide handle on the slide of the zip fastener.

In order to be able to accomplish the automatic opening and closing of the zipper according to the invention by moving the flap to open and close the mechanical fastener, the dimensions and arrangement of the flap with the mechanical fastener and the corresponding mechanical fastener and the zipper are coordinated.

So that an effective narrowing of the deployment glove is brought about by the mechanical closure, the flap advantageously runs in its closed position transversely to the longitudinal direction of the deployment glove.

Adapted to this, the longitudinal axis of the zipper runs obliquely to the longitudinal direction of the insert glove, the closed end of the zipper being arranged on the inside of the shaft and closer to the fastening of the flap than the open end of the zipper, which is in the area of the outer edge of the shaft .

The longitudinal axis of the zip fastener advantageously runs at an angle of inclination α with 0 ° <α <90 °.

The angle of inclination α is particularly advantageously in the range 20 ° <α <60 °.

If the flap is therefore moved transversely to the longitudinal direction of the insert glove in order to open or close the mechanical lock, the connection of the slide to the flap with the coupling means always generates a force component on the slide when the flap is moved The longitudinal direction of the zipper is directed and thus causes the zipper to open or close.

The individual components of the locking system are adjusted in such a way that the zip fastener is completely closed or opened when the flap is closed or opened. This can be achieved surprisingly easily by a suitable choice of the length of the zipper and its orientation on the shaft at its angle of inclination to the longitudinal direction of the insert glove.

Figur 1:

Ausführungsbeispiel des erfindungsgemäßen Einsatz-Handschuhs bei geöffnetem Verschlusssystem.

Figur 2:

Einsatz-Handschuh gemäß Figur 1 bei teilweise geschlossenem Verschlusssystem.

The invention is explained below with reference to the drawings. Show it:

Figure 1:

Exemplary embodiment of the insert glove according to the invention with the locking system open.

Figure 2:

Duty glove according to Figure 1 with the locking system partially closed.

the Figures 1 and 2 show an exemplary embodiment of the deployment glove 1 according to the invention. In the present case, the deployment glove 1 is designed as a firefighter's glove and is preferably made of waterproof or water-repellent and also heat-resistant materials on the outside. Alternatively, the deployment glove 1 can also be designed as a police glove or rescue glove.

The insert glove 1 is designed as a finger glove and accordingly has a glove body 2 with five adjoining glove fingers 3a to 3e, one glove finger 3e being designed as a thumb.

The insert glove 1 has an extension in the form of a shaft 4, which consists of the same material as the glove body 2.

A locking system is provided on the shaft 4. The locking system consists on the one hand of a mechanical locking system. This comprises, on the one hand, a tab 5 with a mechanical fastening means 6 in the form of a Velcro fastener and, on the other hand, a corresponding mechanical fastening means 7, which is also designed in the form of a Velcro fastener.

As from the Figures 1 and 2 it can be seen that the flap 5 forms an elongated flat body which is fastened, preferably sewn, to the deployment glove 1 with one end on its longitudinal side. The tab 5 is attached to a first lateral edge of the insert glove 1 in the region of the shaft 4.

The Velcro fastener is attached to the inside of the flap 5 in the region of the free end of the flap 5, this being preferably sewn onto the flap 5.

The corresponding mechanical fastening means 7 in the form of a second Velcro fastener is attached to the opposite side edge of the shaft 4. The Velcro fastener is preferably sewn onto the deployment glove 1.

The tab 5 forms a flexible, bendable body. With this system, a mechanical lock is formed in that a person picks up the tab 5 and guides the mechanical locking means 6 provided there against the corresponding mechanical locking means 7 directly on the deployment glove 1. As soon as the Velcro fasteners forming the mechanical fastener means 6, 7 are pressed against one another, the mechanical fastener is educated. This causes a narrowing of the shaft 4. In the closed state, the flap 5 runs transversely, that is to say perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the deployment glove 1.

According to the invention, the closure system additionally has a zip fastener 8 which, in a known manner, has a slider 9 with which the zip fastener 8 can be opened. In a known manner, the zip fastener 8 has two strips which are brought together at a closed end 10a. The opposite open end 10b of the zip fastener 8 can be closed with the slide 9.

So that the forearm of a person wearing the insert glove 1 is not exposed when the zipper 8 is open, an insert part 11 is located under the zipper 8 and covers the open area.

According to the invention, the slide 9 is coupled to the tab 5 via a coupling means. In the present case, the coupling means consists of a band 12, which is fastened with another longitudinal end to a slide handle 13 on the slide 9 of the zip fastener 8. The band 12 is a flexible, bendable flat body, but the band 12 is not elastic in the longitudinal direction. The band 12 preferably consists of a textile material.

The slider 9 is coupled in terms of movement to the tab 5 by the band 12. According to the invention, the coupling is designed in such a way that when the flap 5 closes (i.e. when the mechanical locking means 6 is guided to the corresponding mechanical locking means 7), the zip fastener 8 is automatically closed, and that when the flap is opened (i.e. when the mechanical closure means 6 by the corresponding mechanical closure means 7) the zipper 8 is opened automatically.

This is achieved by suitable dimensioning of the length of the zip fastener 8 and by a suitable orientation of the zip fastener 8 on the back of the shaft 4. This is in the Figures 1 and 2 illustrated.

First of all, it is essential that the zip fastener 8 lies between the location of the fastening of the flap 5 and the location of the fastening of the corresponding mechanical fastener 7.

It is also essential that the longitudinal axis of the zip fastener 8 runs obliquely to the longitudinal direction. The angle of inclination α of the longitudinal axis of the zipper 8 to the longitudinal direction of the insert glove 1 is in the range 0 <α <90 °, i.e. the longitudinal axis of the zipper 8 runs not only obliquely to the longitudinal direction of the insert glove 1, but also inclined to the transverse direction , in which the flap 5 runs when the mechanical lock is established.

The angle of inclination is advantageously in the range 20 ° <α <60 °. In the present case, the angle of inclination α is particularly advantageously between 35 ° and 40 °.

It is also essential that the open end 10b of the zip fastener 8 is oriented further towards the edge of the shaft 4 than its closed end 10a. In the present case, the open end 10b of the zip fastener 8 opens out at the edge of the shaft 4, while the closed end 10a of the zip fastener 8 lies in the region of the shaft 4 facing the glove body 2. The closed end 10a of the zip fastener 8 is closer to the fastening of the flap 5 on the deployment glove 1 than the open end 10b.

As a result of this design and arrangement of the zip fastener 8 relative to the flap 5, the zip fastener 8 is automatically actuated and opened and closed by opening and closing the flap 5.

With the arrangement according to Figure 1 the mechanical locking means 6 is separated from the corresponding mechanical locking means 7 by pulling away the tab 5, whereby the zip fastener 8 is opened.

With the arrangement according to Figure 2 the tab 5 with the mechanical closure means 6 is guided straight in the direction of the corresponding mechanical closure means 7, so that the zipper 8 is moved in the direction of the closed position.

As soon as the flap 5 is in its closed position and the Velcro fasteners abut the mechanical fastener, the zipper 8 is completely closed, whereby the shaft 4 is narrowed over the entire length of the zipper 8. The mechanical fastener supports the constriction and lies protectively over the zipper 8.

In this state, the shaft 4 of the deployment glove 1 can simply be inserted into a sleeve of a deployment jacket. A person who wears the operational jacket and the operational gloves 1 is thus well protected against environmental influences, since no liquids or hazardous substances can penetrate between the operational gloves 1 and the operational jacket.

List of reference symbols

(1)

Duty glove

(2)

Glove body

(3a - 3e)

Glove fingers

(4)

shaft

(5)

Tab

(6)

mechanical locking means

(7)

mechanical locking means

(8th)

zipper

(9)

Slider

(10a)

closed end

(10b)

open end

(11)

Insert part

(12)

tape

(13)

Slide handle

Claims (14)

1. Tactical glove (1) with a glove body (2), glove fingers (3a to 3e) and a shaft (4) connected with the glove body (2), wherein the shaft (4) can be narrowed by means of a closure system, wherein the closure system comprises a strap (5) which is attached by one end to the tactical glove (1) and has a mechanical closure means (6), which for narrowing of the shaft (4) is guided by a closing movement of the strap (5) to a co-operating mechanical closure means (7), whereby a mechanical closure is formed, and a zip fastener (8) is provided at the shaft (4), characterised in that the slider (9) of the zip fastened (8) is so coupled to the strap (5) by way of coupling means that the fastener (8) is closed by the closing movement of the strap (5).
2. Tactical glove (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that the mechanical closure means (6, 7) are constructed in the form of hook-and-burr fasteners.
3. Tactical glove (1) according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterised in that provided as coupling means is a band (12), one longitudinal-side end of which is connected with the strap (5) and the second longitudinal-side end of which is connected with a slider grip (13) at the slider (9) of the zip fastener (8).
4. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that when the zip fastener (8) is closed the shaft (4) is narrowed over the entire length of the zip fastener (8).
5. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the zip fastener (8) is arranged on the back of the shaft (4).
6. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the attachment of the strap (5) to the shaft (4) and the co-operating mechanical closure means (7) lie on either side of the zip fastener (8).
7. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the co-operating mechanical closure means (7) is directly fixed to the shaft (4).
8. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the longitudinal axis of the zip fastener (8) extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the tactical glove (1), wherein the closed end (10a) of the zip fastner (8) is arranged inwardly at the shaft (4) and lies closer to the attachment of the strap (5) than the open end (10b) of the fastener (8), which lies in the region of the outer edge of the shaft (4).
9. Tactical glove (1) according to claim 8, characterised in that the longitudinal axis of the zip fastener (8) extends at an angle α of inclination in which 0° < α < 90°.
10. Tactical glove (1) according to claim 9, characterised in that the angle α of inclination lies in the range 20° < α < 60°.
11. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterised in that the strap (5) in its closed setting extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the tactical glove (1).
12. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that this is constructed as a fire brigade glove, police glove or rescue glove.
13. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterised in that the shaft (4) and the glove body (2) consist of the same material.
14. Tactical glove (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterised in that the shaft (4) is introducible into a sleeve of a tactical jacket when the strap (5) is closed and the zip fastener (8) is thereby closed.

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