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US 2019/0101573 A1Published application
Voltage detecting glove
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsWei Wu, GREGORY SCOTT BLACKMAN, JEFFREY SCOTT METH, KIMBERLY K. HOCKMAN
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Abstract
A voltage detecting glove comprises a glove liner and an outer glove shell. A conductive antenna is disposed inside the outer glove shell but separated from the glove liner by a buffer. The antenna is connected to electronic circuitry configured to sense a voltage indicative of the proximity of the antenna to an AC electric field resulting from energized AC source, and to activate an alarm if the strength of the field exceeds a preselected threshold limit.
Claims20
A voltage detecting glove, comprising:
- (a) an outer glove shell;
- (b) a glove liner having a proximal portion and a distal portion having fingers extending from the proximal portion, the proximal portion and distal portion each having opposing front sides and back sides, the glove liner being constructed with a nonconductive material and disposed within the outer shell;
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- (c) a voltage detector comprising:
- (i) voltage detecting circuitry having an input and (ii) an antenna connected to the input,
- and wherein:
- (i) the antenna is disposed between the glove liner and the outer shell and comprises a conductor that begins at a connector end located on the back side of the proximal portion, then extends along, and wraps around the end of, a preselected one of the fingers, and then terminates at a free end;
- (ii) a buffer having a thickness of at least 2.5 mm is interposed between the glove liner and the antenna;
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- (iii) the voltage detector is configured to sense the presence of an AC electric field having a predetermined, expected frequency proximate the antenna and activate an alarm in response to detection of a signal at the input indicative of a field having a strength exceeding a preselected threshold limit.
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