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Glove turning apparatus
Assignee: Marmon Holdings Inc
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Filing: 1970-03-31
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Granted: 1972-04-18
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Expires: 1990-03-31
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus is disclosed for turning a glove after the glove has been sewn, stitched or otherwise fastened wrong-side-out, and is to be turned back on itself. The wrong-side-out glove to be reversed or turned is mounted on finger tubes and the finger tubes are then brought into alignment with rods projecting in opposition to the tubes. The finger tubes and the oppositely positioned rods are grouped and aligned to permit insertion of either set into the fingers and thumb of the glove to be turned, depending on whether the glove is wrong-side-out or right-sideout. After the glove is mounted on the finger tubes, the opposing rods are brought towards the tube tips such that the ends of the rods are in contact with or adjacent to the tips of the fingers and thumb of the mounted glove. The wrist portion of the glove is reversed for a short distance to permit gripping thereof by means movable in either direction parallel to the orientation of the tubes and rods. The latter means is then retracted to pull the glove backward over the rods so that the rods enter the fingers and thumb of the glove.
Inventors
- 👤 Clayton E Conklin
- 👤 Antonio Ledesma Jr
- 👤 Moises R Bautista
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 02:53
CPC Classifications
A; A41; A41D; A41D19/00; A41D19/04; A41D19/043
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
225 words
Glove turning apparatus comprising: a frame, parallel tubes for mounting a glove to be turned, with the fingers and thumb thereof extended with the free end of the wrist portion reversed, said tubes being mounted on said frame, parallel rods mounted on and movable relative to said frame in a direction parallel to said parallel tubes for opposing the tips of the fingers and thumb of the mounted glove, gripping means for positively gripping the reversed wrist portion of the mounted glove, said gripping means being mounted on the frame for movement longitudinally of said tubes to pull the glove away from its mounted position and over said rods, so that the rods enter the respective fingers and thumb thereof, said gripping means comprising a plurality of pairs of cooperating jaws movable on said frame lengthwise of said reversed wrist portion and being mounted for movement of both jaws of each pair in a direction lengthwise of said tubes, with one jaw of each pair inside the reversed wrist portion and the other jaw of each pair outside the reversed portion, and means for actuating said gripping means to close said pairs of jaws upon the interposed reversed wrist portion and means to move the gripping means towards the rods and away from the parallel tubes to produce complete reversal of the glove operated upon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
225 words
Glove turning apparatus comprising: a frame, parallel tubes for mounting a glove to be turned, with the fingers and thumb thereof extended with the free end of the wrist portion reversed, said tubes being mounted on said frame, parallel rods mounted on and movable relative to said frame in a direction parallel to said parallel tubes for opposing the tips of the fingers and thumb of the mounted glove, gripping means for positively gripping the reversed wrist portion of the mounted glove, said gripping means being mounted on the frame for movement longitudinally of said tubes to pull the glove away from its mounted position and over said rods, so that the rods enter the respective fingers and thumb thereof, said gripping means comprising a plurality of pairs of cooperating jaws movable on said frame lengthwise of said reversed wrist portion and being mounted for movement of both jaws of each pair in a direction lengthwise of said tubes, with one jaw of each pair inside the reversed wrist portion and the other jaw of each pair outside the reversed portion, and means for actuating said gripping means to close said pairs of jaws upon the interposed reversed wrist portion and means to move the gripping means towards the rods and away from the parallel tubes to produce complete reversal of the glove operated upon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The glove turning apparatus according to claim 1, further including: means mounted on said frame for retracting the rods associated with the thumb and little finger of said glove, in the recited order, as said glove is pulled back upon said rods.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The glove turning apparatus according to claim 1, further including: means hingedly connected to said frame for selectively orienting said tubes in a position of non-alignment with said rods, to permit the mounting of said glove on said tubes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
The glove turning apparatus according to claim 1 wherein: said gripping means further includes a carriage movable on said frame and a pair of axially projecting spaced-apart arms for movement with said carriage from a position remote from said tubes to a position adjacent said tubes and over the glove mounted on said tubes during extension of said carriage, and for entry into said reversed wrist portion of said glove, when in the last-named position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
72 words
The glove turning apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said gripping means further includes a pair of clamping members extensible and retractable in opposition to each other and transversely to the axis of said carriage, further including: means for moving said arms into said last-named position and thereafter extending said clamping members against the reversed wrist portion of said glove for gripping thereof between respective sets of said clamping members and arms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
108 words
The glove turning apparatus according to claim 1, further including: cylinder rods in said tubes, said cylinder rods having tips extensible and retractible in said tubes to a position at the tip of the respective tube and to a position withdrawn from the tip of the respective tube, respectively, and means for extending said first named rods from a position remote from sAid tubes to a position in which said rods bear against the tips of the fingers and thumb of said glove, and means for thereafter retracting said cylinder rods to permit entry of the tips of said fingers and thumb of said glove into said tubes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The glove turning apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the last-named means further comprises means for extending said cylinder rods when said glove has been turned, to discharge said glove from said apparatus.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The glove turning apparatus according to claim 6 wherein: the means for extending said first-named rods further comprises means for retracting the rods associated with the thumb and little finger of said glove, in that order, as said glove is pulled back upon said rods.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
105 words
The method of turning a glove inside out, which comprises the steps of: mounting said glove with the fingers and thumb thereof extended in substantially parallel array and with the end of the wrist portion reversed, positioning a set of rods in substantial alignment with respective ones of said fingers and thumb of said glove, and with the ends of said rods opposing the tips of said respective fingers and thumb of said glove, gripping the reversed wrist portion of said glove, and pulling the gripped wrist portion backward over said rods so that said rods enter the respective fingers and thumb of said glove.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
105 words
The method of turning a glove inside out, which comprises the steps of: mounting said glove with the fingers and thumb thereof extended in substantially parallel array and with the end of the wrist portion reversed, positioning a set of rods in substantial alignment with respective ones of said fingers and thumb of said glove, and with the ends of said rods opposing the tips of said respective fingers and thumb of said glove, gripping the reversed wrist portion of said glove, and pulling the gripped wrist portion backward over said rods so that said rods enter the respective fingers and thumb of said glove.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method according to claim 9, further including: retracting the rods associated with the thumb and little finger of said glove, as said gripped wrist portion is pulled back over said rods and before the ends of the remaining rods are fully inserted into the respective remaining fingers of said glove.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
194 words
Glove reversing means comprising a glove supporting form providing substantially parallel tubular members for initially receiving and supporting the fingers and thumb portions, respectively, of a glove to be reversed, said form being adapted to receive upon it the glove to be reversed with the free end of the wrist portion of the glove reversed relative to the main unreversed body of the glove, parallel finger and thumb rods axially aligned with said parallel tubular members, said rods being mounted for reciprocation together axially in alignment with said tubular finger supporting members and serving to thrust the tips of the fingers and thumb portions of the unreversed glove into the corresponding tubular members, and glove pulling means mounted for reciprocation on an axis in parallel with the axes of said finger and thumb rods, said pulling means having pairs of opposed jaw means, one jaw means of a pair extending longitudinally inside of the initially reversed free end of the wrist portion and the other jaw means of said pair extending lengthwise outside of the initially reversed wrist portion for pulling the glove from the glove supporting form onto the finger and thumb rods.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
194 words
Glove reversing means comprising a glove supporting form providing substantially parallel tubular members for initially receiving and supporting the fingers and thumb portions, respectively, of a glove to be reversed, said form being adapted to receive upon it the glove to be reversed with the free end of the wrist portion of the glove reversed relative to the main unreversed body of the glove, parallel finger and thumb rods axially aligned with said parallel tubular members, said rods being mounted for reciprocation together axially in alignment with said tubular finger supporting members and serving to thrust the tips of the fingers and thumb portions of the unreversed glove into the corresponding tubular members, and glove pulling means mounted for reciprocation on an axis in parallel with the axes of said finger and thumb rods, said pulling means having pairs of opposed jaw means, one jaw means of a pair extending longitudinally inside of the initially reversed free end of the wrist portion and the other jaw means of said pair extending lengthwise outside of the initially reversed wrist portion for pulling the glove from the glove supporting form onto the finger and thumb rods.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
47 words
The combination of claim 11 and means for moving said gripper means and the engaged reversed wrist portion toward said rods and means extending into a plurality of said tubular supporting members for expelling the ends of the finger tips of the glove from said tubular members.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
192 words
In combination, a main frame, a glove support on said main frame comprising parallel tubular glove finger supporting means movably mounted on the frame, a corresponding group of rods aligned with said tubular finger supporting means and being supported slidably on said main frame to move endwise towards and from said movable supporting means and in alignment therewith, a gripper pulling frame mounted on said main frame and having gripper jaws movable to be disposed on opposite sides of the reversed end of the wrist portion of a glove mounted on said glove support, said gripper jaws being disposed on opposite sides of the glove finger supporting means at the wrist portion of a glove mounted on said glove support, jaws carried on said pulling frame in register with said gripper jaws and movable to cooPerate with said gripper jaws to grip the reversed free edge of the wrist portion of a glove carried on said glove support, and means to move said gripper pulling frame to pull the glove progressively under tension from the glove support as it is progressively reversed, onto the rods to insure complete turning of the glove.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
192 words
In combination, a main frame, a glove support on said main frame comprising parallel tubular glove finger supporting means movably mounted on the frame, a corresponding group of rods aligned with said tubular finger supporting means and being supported slidably on said main frame to move endwise towards and from said movable supporting means and in alignment therewith, a gripper pulling frame mounted on said main frame and having gripper jaws movable to be disposed on opposite sides of the reversed end of the wrist portion of a glove mounted on said glove support, said gripper jaws being disposed on opposite sides of the glove finger supporting means at the wrist portion of a glove mounted on said glove support, jaws carried on said pulling frame in register with said gripper jaws and movable to cooPerate with said gripper jaws to grip the reversed free edge of the wrist portion of a glove carried on said glove support, and means to move said gripper pulling frame to pull the glove progressively under tension from the glove support as it is progressively reversed, onto the rods to insure complete turning of the glove.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
48 words
The glove turning mechanism of claim 13 wherein the glove support is hinged to be swung out of alignment with said rods, to facilitate the placing of the unturned glove upon the glove support with the free end of the wrist portion of the glove in reversed position.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1975-04-18 | 1975-10-18 | 1976-04-18 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1979-04-18 | 1979-10-18 | 1980-04-18 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1983-04-18 | 1983-10-18 | 1984-04-18 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |