# US 2019/0167372 A1 · Glove Dispensing Cartridge, Dispensing Apparatus And Method For Use Thereof

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- Number: US 2019/0167372 A1
- Document ID: US20190167372A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/306,250
- Filed: 2017-06-01
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-06-01
- Applicants: Glovematic Pty Limited
- Inventors: Stephan Backhaus; Michelle Rosevear; Ryan Mischkulnig; Mark Bayly
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190167372A1

## CPC

- A61B 42/40: Packages or dispensers
- A47G 25/904: {for gloves (glove hooks A47G25/92)}
- A61B 42/50: Devices for putting-on or removing
- A61B 50/20: Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02)
- B65D 83/08: for dispensing thin flat articles in succession (for surgical scalpel blades A61B17/3215)
- B65H 3/08: using pneumatic force {(B65H3/40, B65H3/42 take precedence)}
- B65H 3/0816: {separating from the top of pile}
- B65D 83/0835: {the articles being pulled out of the container}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

## Abstract

A cartridge for receiving a plurality of adjacent, aligned, disposable gloves is described, the cartridge comprising a base; and a first element being arranged in use for alignment of the finger portions of the plurality of gloves. Furthermore, a machine arranged for dispensing a disposable glove is described, the machine comprising: an articulated arm arranged in use for contacting and retaining a first part of the glove and for moving said glove from a first position in which the glove is located in a cartridge containing one or more gloves, to a second position in which a second part of the said glove is able to be contacted with and retained by an anchoring means to open the cuff to allow a user to don the glove.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A glove cartridge comprising:
a base;
a first element being arranged in use for alignment of the finger portions of a plurality of disposable gloves; and
a plurality of adjacent disposable gloves, each respective glove aligned in a stacked manner with an adjacent glove,
wherein the first element comprises an elongate strip being located in use between two adjacent fingers of each respective glove, so as to be upwardly oriented, and to lie transverse of the base.

### Claim 2

(canceled)

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first element comprises two elongate strips, each strip being located in use between two different adjacent fingers of respective gloves.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the or each elongate strip forms a part of the base, having frangible connections along two sides of the strip, wherein in use the or each strip is able to be hingedly deployed to extend from a remainder of the base once said frangible connections are broken, the strip(s) hingedly joined to the remainder of the base at one end of said strip(s).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more elongate strips are of a pre-determined height at least equivalent to the maximum depth of the adjacent, aligned glove(s) when stacked on the base of the cartridge in use.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second element arranged in use for alignment of a first portion of each of the said plurality of gloves.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first portion of the said glove(s) is an open end of the glove(s), distal from the finger portions of the glove(s).

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second element comprises two raised portions, spaced apart from one another, and between which the respective open end of the or each glove is placed in use.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 8, wherein the two raised portions are spaced apart by a length being generally the width of the open end of the glove(s).

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 8, wherein the two raised portions extend from the base and are of a pre-determined height at least equivalent to the maximum depth of the adjacent, aligned glove(s) when stacked on the base of the cartridge in use.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first portion of the said glove(s) is one or both of the left and right side edges of the glove(s) when laid flat.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second element comprises two raised portions, spaced apart from one another by a length being generally the width between the left and right side edges of the glove(s) when laid flat.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The cartridge as claimed in claim 12, wherein the two raised portions extend from the base and are of a pre-determined height at least equivalent to the maximum depth of the adjacent, aligned glove(s) when stacked on the base of the cartridge in use.

### Claim at position 14

14-19. (canceled)

### Claim 20

A method of positioning a plurality of adjacent, aligned, disposable gloves in a cartridge and above a base thereof, the cartridge having a first element being arranged in use for alignment of the finger portions of a plurality of disposable gloves, the method comprising the step of positioning each glove such that a finger portion is aligned in a proximal relationship with the first element of the cartridge, the first element being upwardly oriented in use, so as to lie transverse of the base and located between two adjacent fingers of each respective glove, such that each respective glove is aligned in a stacked manner with an adjacent glove in the cartridge.

### Claim 21

(canceled)

### Claim 22 (depends on 20)

The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the first element comprises one or more elongate strips, the or each elongate strip formed from a part of the base by the steps of breaking frangible connections arranged along two sides of said strip(s), and then hingedly deploying the strip(s) to extend from a remainder of the base by moving said strip(s) about an end thereof which is joined to the remainder of the base.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the method comprises the step of locating one strip between two adjacent fingers of the or each respective glove, while simultaneously locating a second strip between a different two adjacent fingers of the or each respective glove.

### Claim 24 (depends on 22)

The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the method comprises the step of locating one strip between two adjacent fingers of the or each respective glove, while simultaneously locating a second strip between one of the said two adjacent fingers and a third finger of the or each respective glove.

### Claim 25 (depends on 20)

The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the method further comprises the step of positioning each glove such that a first portion of the glove is aligned with a second element of the cartridge; and wherein each respective glove is aligned in a stacked manner with an adjacent glove in the cartridge by its proximal relationship to the first and second elements.

### Claim 26 (depends on 25)

The method as claimed in claim 25, wherein the first portion of the said glove(s) is an open end of the glove(s), distal from the finger portion of the glove(s).

### Claim 27 (depends on 26)

The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the second element comprises two raised portions which extend from the base, and are spaced apart from one another by a length being generally the width of the open end of the glove(s), and the method comprises the step of placing the respective first portion of the glove(s) between the two raised portions.

### Claim 28 (depends on 27)

The method as claimed in claim 27, wherein the first portion of the said glove(s) is one or both of the left and right side edges of the glove(s) when laid flat.

### Claim 29 (depends on 28)

The method as claimed in claim 28, wherein the second element comprises two raised portions which extend from the base, and are spaced apart from one another by a length being generally the width of between the left and right side edges of the glove(s) when laid flat, and the method comprises placing the respective glove(s) between the two raised portions.

### Claim at position 25

30-103. (canceled)