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US 12,721,461 B1Granted
Glove removal device
OwnerMaya Murali Krishnaninventor
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Abstract
A glove removal system provides a glove removal device comprising a motorized and sensor actuated clamping system. The clamping system is configured to pinch a loosened tip end of a glove so that a user may pull his/her hand out of the glove without skin contact with the glove's exterior.
Claims8
A glove removal device, comprising:
- a first clamping member having a first clamping surface;
- a second clamping member having a second clamping surface opposite the first clamping surface;
- an actuator system configured to switch the first clamping member and the second clamping member between an open position and a clamping position via relative displacement of at least one of the first clamping member and the second clamping member;
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- a sensor actuated trigger system configured to trigger the actuator system in switching the first clamping member and the second clamping member from the open position to the clamping position upon detection of an object within a space between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface,
- wherein in the clamping position, the first clamping member and the second clamping member are moved towards one another and are configured to clamp an object present within a pinch zone between the first and second clamping surfaces, wherein the first clamping member comprises a pinch member having a terminal surface defining said first clamping surface and configured to press flatly against the second clamping surface of the second clamping member.
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A glove removal device, comprising:
- a first clamping member having a first clamping surface;
- a second clamping member having a second clamping surface opposite the first clamping surface;
- an actuator system configured to switch the first clamping member and the second clamping member between an open position and a clamping position via relative displacement of at least one of the first clamping member and the second clamping member;
- a sensor actuated trigger system configured to trigger the actuator system in switching the first clamping member and the second clamping member from the open position to the clamping position upon detection of an object within a space between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface;
- a main support block;
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- a stationary plate support assembly which is supported on the main support block and which supports the second clamping member in a vertically stationary position,
- wherein in the clamping position, the first clamping member and the second clamping member are moved towards one another and are configured to clamp an object present within a pinch zone between the first and second clamping surfaces, and
- wherein the actuator system comprises a motorized linear actuator which is supported on the main support block and is configured to support the first clamping member in a vertically movable position.
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A glove removal method, comprising:
- inserting a gloved hand into a glove removal device, wherein the gloved hand includes loosened glove material which is pulled away from a finger tip of the gloved hand;
- wherein the glove removal device comprises a first clamping member having a first clamping surface;
- a second clamping member having a second clamping surface opposite the first clamping surface;
- an actuator system configured to switch the first clamping member and the second clamping member between an open position and a clamping position via relative displacement of at least one of the first clamping member and the second clamping member;
- a sensor-actuated trigger system configured to trigger the actuator system in switching the first clamping member and the second clamping member from the open position to the clamping position upon detection of an object within a space between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface;
- a main support block;
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- a stationary plate support assembly which is supported on the main support block and which supports the second clamping member in a vertically stationary position,
- wherein in the clamping position, the first clamping member and the second clamping member are moved towards one another and are configured to clamp an object present within a pinch zone between the first and second clamping surfaces, and
- wherein the actuator system comprises a motorized linear actuator which is supported on the main support block and is configured to support the first clamping member in a vertically movable position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.