Glove dispenser
OwnerAdrian Corbettinventor
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Abstract
An Improved Glove Dispenser is disclosed. Also disclosed is a device that permits a user to don gloves without first touching their exterior. The disclosed device includes a plurality of gloves attached by their cuffs to a filament, with the filament and cuffs being dispensed from an exchangeable glove cartridge. It is a further feature that the dispenser may be responsive to a user's voice. Furthermore, the invention provides a new method for donning gloves that will prevent user contamination of the gloves by touching the exterior of the gloves during the donning process.
Claims17
An improved dispenser for gloves, comprising:
- glove stock, comprising a pair of filaments between which a plurality of disposable gloves are attached in spaced arrangement;
- first guide means for guiding one said filament through a first feed path;
- second guide means for guiding the other said filament through a second feed path;
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- shears for separating said gloves from said filaments.
A glove dispensing process, comprising the steps of:
- advancing first and second filaments of glove stock through first and second feed paths, said glove stock further comprising a plurality of gloves defined by cuffs attached by said cuffs in spaced arrangement along said filaments;
- cutting a glove free from said filaments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.