Glove dispensing apparatus and glove cartridge for use therewith and glove dispensing method

US10123644B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• David Purcell · Plainfield, US
• John Robert Morris · Chandler, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B42/50
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for dispensing a disposable glove and applying it to the hand of a user in which a stream of air drawn into an enclosed glove applying chamber through a constricted opening aligned with the heel of the glove inflates the topmost glove in a stack of gloves in the chamber so that a user can readily insert his hand into the glove. After the user has donned the glove on the hand, a wall of the chamber is opened to permit the user to readily withdraw his hand from the glove applying chamber while the air flow which originally inflated the top-most glove is disrupted. Upon closures of the chamber wall, the re-established air flow automatically inflates the next lower glove in the glove stack to prepare the next glove for receipt of another hand.