Glove dispensing apparatus and glove cartridge for use therewith and glove dispensing method

摘要

An apparatus for dispensing a disposable glove and applying it to the hand of a user. A stream of air drawn into an enclosed glove applying chamber through a constricted opening aligned with the heel of the glove inflates the topmost glove in a stack of gloves in the chamber so that a user can readily insert his hand into the glove. After the user has donned the glove on the hand, a wall of the chamber is opened to permit the user to readily withdraw his hand from the glove applying chamber while the air flow which originally inflated the topmost glove is disrupted. Upon closure of the chamber wall, the re-established air flow automatically inflates the next lower glove in the glove stack to prepare the next glove for receipt of another hand.

主权项

1. A glove dispensing apparatus comprising:
an enclosed glove inflation chamber having:
a hand insertion opening at a first end of the chamber, anda gas outlet opening at a second end of the chamber; a plurality of gloves arranged in a stack in said chamber, each glove having an open end adjacent to said hand insertion opening and a closed end adjacent to the gas outlet opening, and each glove being secured to the stack of gloves along a portion of one side of the open end; a gas flow generating source which communicates with said outlet opening for drawing a gas flow through the hand insertion opening, the dispensing chamber and through said gas outlet opening; wherein said enclosed glove inflation chamber is arranged such that the gas flow generated by the gas flow generating source creates a reduced pressure in the enclosed glove inflation chamber near an outer surface of a topmost glove in said stack so as to cause the topmost glove to inflate to permit a user to insert a hand into the inflated glove.