Abstract:
A glove structure of the present invention is provided with first and second glove components, wherein the first glove component is correspondingly provided with a first internal surface and a first external surface, and the second glove component is correspondingly provided with a second internal surface and a second external surface. The second internal surface uses joining regions to bond to the first external surface. The glove structure of the present invention not only provides a simple structure that is easily produced, but also substantially increases production efficiency and glove quality. Moreover, a simple bonding method is used to cut the cost of stitching done by hand, shorten the staff learning curve, and reduce operational variables.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    (a) Field of the Invention 
         [0002]    The present invention relates to a glove structure, and more particularly to a glove structure that is simple, easily produced, and can substantially increase production efficiency and glove quality. Moreover, a simple bonding method is used to cut the cost of stitching done by hand, shorten the staff learning curve, and reduce operational variables. 
         [0003]    (b) Description of the Prior Art 
         [0004]    The different manufacturing methods of existing gloves can generally be divided into injection molded gloves and sewn gloves. And of the two types of gloves, the present invention primarily focuses on providing additional improvement to sewn gloves. 
         [0005]    A plurality of glove cut pieces must be first produced when producing general sewn gloves, and then hand or mechanical methods are used to sew together each of the glove cut pieces one by one to complete a glove structure. However, using hand or mechanical methods to carry out the sewing involves a relatively long working time with relatively poor production efficiency. Moreover, because of careless mistakes made by workers or operational variables, the quality of the gloves is often affected during the sewing process, which decreases the up-to-standard rate of the gloves. Hence, in order to reduce careless mistakes made by workers or operational variables, it is necessary to reinforce staff training and improve the staff learning curve, which further adds to the cost of hand sewing. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0006]    In light of the shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides a glove structure, and more particularly a glove structure that is simple, easily produced, and can substantially increase production efficiency and glove quality. Moreover, a simple bonding method is used to cut the cost of stitching done by hand, shorten the staff learning curve, and reduce operational variables. 
         [0007]    In order to achieve the aforementioned object, a glove structure of the present invention is provided with first and second glove components, wherein the first glove component is correspondingly provided with a first internal surface and a first external surface, and the second glove component is correspondingly provided with a second internal surface and a second external surface. The second internal surface uses joining regions to bond to the first external surface, or the first internal surface and the second internal surface form a holding space, with the second internal surface using joining regions to bond to the first external surface. The glove structure of the present invention not only provides a simple structure that is easily produced, but also substantially increases production efficiency and glove quality. Moreover, a simple bonding method is used to cut the cost of stitching done by hand, shorten the staff learning curve, and reduce operational variables. 
         [0008]    Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, a connecting portion between the first glove component and the second glove component is used to connect and form an integral body. 
         [0009]    The present invention further provides a glove structure comprising at least one of the first glove components, the second glove component, and a third glove component, wherein the first glove component is correspondingly provided with the first internal surface and the first external surface, and the second glove component is correspondingly provided with the second internal surface and the second external surface. The third glove component uses joining regions to bond to the first glove component, or the second glove component; or the first internal surface and the second internal surface form a holding space, with the third glove component uses joining regions to bond to the first or the second glove components. 
         [0010]    Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the first glove component is a glove palm, and the second glove component is a glove back, or the first glove component is a glove back, and the second glove component is a glove palm. 
         [0011]    Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the first glove component is provided with at least one cut piece, or the second glove component is provided with at least one cut piece. 
         [0012]    Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the glove back is provided with a back portion and a second fingers portion located on one side of the back portion, the glove palm is provided with a glove palm portion and a first fingers portion located on one side of the glove palm portion, and the joining regions are positioned on the second glove component. 
         [0013]    Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the joining regions are configured as bonding layers. 
         [0014]    Based on the aforementioned technological characteristics, the joining regions use high frequency or compression methods to join the first glove component to the second glove component. 
         [0015]    To enable a further understanding of said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, a brief description of the drawings is provided below followed by a detailed description of the preferred embodiments. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0016]      FIGS. 1A-1C  are structural schematic views of a first embodiment of a glove of the present invention. 
           [0017]      FIG. 2  is a structural schematic view of a second embodiment of the glove of the present invention. 
           [0018]      FIG. 3  is a structural schematic view of a third embodiment of the glove of the present invention. 
           [0019]      FIG. 4  is a structural schematic view of a fourth embodiment of the glove of the present invention. 
           [0020]      FIG. 5  is a structural schematic view of a fifth embodiment of the glove of the present invention. 
           [0021]      FIGS. 6A-6B  are structural schematic views of a sixth embodiment of the glove of the present invention. 
           [0022]      FIGS. 7A-7C  are schematic views of a manufacturing process of the glove of the present invention. 
           [0023]      FIG. 8  is a structural schematic view of a seventh embodiment of the glove of the present invention. 
           [0024]      FIG. 9  is a structural schematic view of an eighth embodiment of the glove of the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0025]    Referring to  FIGS. 1A and 1B , which show structural schematic views of a first embodiment of a glove of the present invention, wherein a glove of the present invention is provided with first and second glove components. In the embodiment depicted in the drawings, a glove palm  10  is an example of the first glove component, and a glove back  20  is an example of the second glove component. The glove palm  10  is provided with a glove palm portion  11  and a first fingers portion located on one side of the glove palm portion  11 , wherein the first fingers portion comprises a thumb  12 , an index finger  13 , a middle finger  14 , a ring finger  15 , and a little finger  16 , which integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion  11 . Moreover, the first glove component is made up from a single cut piece, and the glove back  20  is provided with a back portion  21  and a second fingers portion located on one side of the back portion  21 , wherein the second fingers portion comprises a rear thumb  22 , a rear index finger  23 , a rear middle finger  24 , a rear ring finger  25 , and a rear little finger  26 , which integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the back portion  21 . Moreover, the second glove component is made up from a single cut piece. In the aforementioned embodiment, the first and second fingers portions are formed as complete finger shapes, and it is understood that they may also take the form of half finger shapes. 
         [0026]    Referring together with  FIG. 1C , wherein the glove back  20  overlaps one side of the glove palm  10 , and the glove palm  10  of the first glove component is correspondingly provided with a first internal surface  101  and a first external surface  102 , and the glove back  20  of the second glove component is correspondingly provided with a second internal surface  201  and a second external surface  202 . Moreover, the first internal surface  101  and the second internal surface  201  form a holding space S. Joining regions  27  are used to bond at least one portion of the second internal surface  201  to the first external surface  102 , wherein the joining regions  27  are located on peripheral areas of the glove back  20  of the second glove component. 
         [0027]    As an example, the length of the peripheral areas from the ends of the glove back  20  of the second glove component is greater than 0 cm and less than or equal to 5 cm. The joining regions  27  enable bonding the glove palm  10  of the first glove component to the glove back  20  of the second glove component to form a three-dimensional configuration that conforms to ergonomics design. The aforementioned joining regions  27  may be configured as bonding layers (not shown in the drawings), and the bonding layers can be adhesive interface materials such as polyurethane (abbreviated to PU) or acrylate, which may be attached using methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue. Accordingly, the bonding layers enable forming a fixed bonding of the glove back  20  to the glove palm  10 . It is understood that high frequency, thermal compression bonding, or cold compression bonding methods can also be used to form the fixed bonding. 
         [0028]    The aforementioned first glove component comprises at least one cut piece, or the second glove component comprises at least one cut piece. Referring to a second embodiment as depicted in  FIG. 2 , wherein the glove palm  10  is provided with the glove palm portion  11  and a first fingers portion located on one side of the glove palm portion  11 . The first fingers portion comprises the thumb  12 , the index finger  13 , the middle finger  14 , the ring finger  15 , and the little finger  16 , which integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion  11 . The first glove component is made up from a single cut piece  10   a,  and the second glove component comprises two cut pieces  20   b.    
         [0029]    Referring to a third embodiment as depicted in  FIG. 3 , the first glove component is made up from two of the cut pieces  10   a,  and the second glove component is made up from the two cut pieces  20   b.    
         [0030]    Referring to a fourth embodiment as depicted in  FIG. 4 , wherein the glove comprises first and second glove components, and in the embodiment depicted in the drawing, the first glove component is a glove palm and the second glove component is a glove back. A connecting portion  28  between the first glove component and the second glove component is used to connect the glove palm and the glove back to form an integral body. The first glove component is made up from the single cut piece  10   a , and the second glove component is made up from the single cut piece  20   b.  The connecting portion  28  is used to form a fixed bonding between the glove back and the glove palm to form the glove structure as depicted in  FIG. 1   b.    
         [0031]    Referring to a fifth embodiment as depicted in  FIG. 5 , wherein a glove of the present invention is provided with first and second glove components. An example of the first glove component is the glove palm  10 , and an example of the second glove component is the glove back  20 . The first glove component is correspondingly provided with the first internal surface  101  and the first external surface  102 , and first cross sections  103  are located between the first internal surface  101  and the first external surface  102 . The second glove component is correspondingly provided with the second internal surface  201  and the second external surface  202 , and second cross sections  203  are located between the second internal surface  201  and the second external surface  202 . The joining regions  27  are used to bond the first cross sections  103  to the second cross sections  203 . The aforementioned joining regions  27  may be configured as bonding layers (not shown in the drawings). The bonding layers can be adhesive interface materials such as polyurethane (abbreviated to PU) or acrylate, which may be attached using methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue. Accordingly, the bonding layers enable forming a fixed bonding of the first and second glove components. It is understood that high frequency, thermal compression bonding, or cold compression bonding methods can also be used to form the fixed bonding. 
         [0032]    Referring to a sixth embodiment as depicted in  FIG. 6A , the glove is provided with a first glove component, a second glove component, and at least one third glove component, an example of which is an edging  40 . And in the embodiment depicted in the drawing, the first glove component is the glove palm  10 , the second glove component is the glove back  20 , and the embodiment is further provided with three of the edgings  40 , which are respectively located between the glove palm  10  and the glove back  20 . Referring together with  FIG. 6B , the first internal surface  101  of the first glove component and the second internal surface  201  of the second glove component form the holding space S. Two sides of the at least one edging  40  respectively use a joining region  41  to bond together the first and second glove components. As an example, a peripheral area on one side of the edging  40  uses a bonding method to connect at least one portion of the glove palm  10  (the first external surface  102  is used as an example in the drawings), and a peripheral area on another side of the edging  40  uses a bonding method to connect at least one portion of the glove back  20  (the second external surface  202  is used as an example in the drawings). The length of the peripheral areas from the ends of the edging  40  is greater than 0 cm and less than or equal to 5 cm. It is understood that a peripheral area on one side of the edging  40  can also use a bonding method to connect the first internal surface  101  of the glove palm  10 , and a peripheral area on the other side of the edging  40  can use a bonding method to connect the second internal surface  201  of the glove back  20 . 
         [0033]    The thumb  12 , the index finger  13 , the middle finger  14 , the ring finger  15 , and the little finger  16  of the first fingers portion integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion  11 . Moreover, the first glove component is made up from the single cut piece  10   a,  and the glove back  20  comprises the back portion  21  and a second fingers portion located on one side of the back portion  21 , wherein the second fingers portion comprises the rear thumb  22 , the rear index finger  23 , the rear middle finger  24 , the rear ring finger  25 , and the rear little finger  26 , which integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the back portion  21 . Furthermore, the second glove component is made up from the single cut piece  20   b.  It is understood that in the fifth embodiment the first glove component can be configured with at least one cut piece, or the second glove component can also be configured with at least one cut piece. 
         [0034]    In addition, in the aforementioned embodiment, the first glove component is a glove palm, and the second glove component is a glove back. However, this configuration also can be changed so that the first glove component is glove back, and the second glove component is a glove palm. Moreover, joining regions can also be located on the glove palm to similarly can achieve the objects and effectiveness of the present invention. 
         [0035]    The following provides various manufacturing methods that are able to manufacture the glove structure of the present invention. 
         [0036]    A first manufacturing method, which is used as an example to manufacture the glove structure of the sixth embodiment, comprises at least the following steps: 
         [0037]    (a) Provide at least one component mold  51 , as shown in  FIG. 7A , wherein the component mold  51  is provided with at least one first fixing member (not shown in the drawing), which enables rigid fixing of edgings. Adhesive interface materials (which may be attached using methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue) are provided on peripheral areas of the edgings. The component mold  51  is further provided with at least second fixing members  511 , wherein the first fixing member can be a magnetic member (such as a magnet), peg, slide plate, or a spring. 
         [0038]    (b) Provide the glove palm  10 , as shown in  FIG. 6A , wherein the thumb  12 , the index finger  13 , the middle finger  14 , the ring finger  15 , and the little finger  16  of the first fingers portion integrally extend from and are formed on one side of the glove palm portion  11 . 
         [0039]    (c) Provide at least one component base  52 , as shown in  FIG. 7B , wherein one side of the component base  52  is provided with a retaining portion  521  that is able to retain a glove back. The retaining portion  521  has a structure corresponding to the external form of the glove back. As an example, the component base  52  respectively bonds to each edging and the second fingers portion of the glove back. Accordingly, the retaining portion  521  can respectively be the external form of a rear index finger and a rear middle finger, the external form of a rear middle finger and a rear ring finger, and the external form of a rear ring finger and a rear little finger. Moreover, the retaining portion  521  can be indented into the structural body of the component base  52 , and can also protrude from the structural body of a mold base. Furthermore, the component base  52  is also configured with at least one third fixing member  522  to enable mutual correspondence with a second fixing member of a component mold. 
         [0040]    (d) Join the glove palm to each edging, place the glove back on the component base  52 , align the positions of the edgings to be bonded to correspond with the retaining portion  521  area, and then place a component mold of the fixed edgings to be bonded on the component base  52 . Finally, join the glove back to the edgings using a compression bonding method. Accordingly, step (d) respectively forms fixed bonding of three edgings to the glove back. 
         [0041]    (e) Join the glove palm to the glove back, and provide a hand shaped mold  53  and a hand shaped mold base  54 , as shown in  FIG. 7C , wherein the hand shaped mold  53  has an external form corresponding to the glove back, and is provided with Y portions  531  located on the second fingers portion. Moreover, the hand shaped mold base  54  has an external form corresponding to the glove palm. The aforementioned completed glove back is placed beneath the hand shaped mold  53 , and the Y portions  531  enable the peripheral areas of edgings to form an upright form. The glove palm is then placed on the hand shaped mold base  54 , after which the glove back configured with the edgings is superposed on the hand shaped mold base  54 , enabling the peripheral areas of the edgings to form an upright form using the Y portions  531 . Accordingly, the upright sections of the edgings are fixedly bonded to the glove palm. Finally, the completed glove structure of the present invention is released from the mold. 
         [0042]    The steps comprising a second manufacturing method are basically the same as the first manufacturing method, the difference lies in the first step of the second manufacturing method, which provides an automatic conveying device that automatically conveys the preformed glove palms and the glove backs or edgings. A first work station is installed on the automatic conveying device to carry out attachment of the adhesive interface materials, such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue, or a glue sprayer can be installed to carry out glue spraying, to form adhesive layers with a thickness of 0.5˜0.9 mm and a width of 2˜8 mm. A second work station is installed after the first work station, and the second work station carries out a heating process, whereby the plurality of glove components attached with adhesive interface materials are heated. A baking method can be used to carry out the heating, wherein the heating temperature is 50˜70 degrees centigrade, with a preferred temperature of 60 degrees centigrade. 
         [0043]    Furthermore, a third work station is installed after the second work station, and the third work station carries out the aforementioned step (d) to bond together the glove palm and each edging. The bonding time only requires simple compression to complete the fixed bonding, for example, compress together for approximately 5-15 seconds to complete the bonding. Next, the manufacturing process sequentially carries out the aforementioned step (e) to complete the glove back, and step (f) to join together the glove palm and the glove back. Finally, the completed glove structure of the present invention is released from the mold. 
         [0044]    A third manufacturing method, which is used as an example to manufacture the glove structure of the first embodiment, comprises at least: providing a hand shaped mold and a hand shaped mold base, which have external forms corresponding to the glove palm and the glove back. The glove palm is placed on the hand shaped mold base, and the glove back is placed beneath the hand shaped mold to enable joining regions on peripheral areas of the glove back to form upright shapes using the side surfaces of the hand shaped mold, and then adhesive interface materials are attached on the regions to be bonded (using attachment methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue). Finally, compression bonding is carried out to fixedly bond together the glove palm and the glove back. 
         [0045]    In addition, in the aforementioned embodiment, a first internal surface of a first glove component and a second internal surface of a second glove component are used to form a holding space as an example to form a holding space to enable the user to insert their hand therein. It is understood that semi-finished components can also be used to produce the glove structure of the present invention. Referring to  FIG. 8 , wherein the first external surface  102  of a first glove component similarly uses the joining region  27  to bond to the second internal surface  201  of a second glove component. However, the limitation is that the first internal surface  101  and the second internal surface  201  have not yet formed a holding space. Referring to  FIG. 9 , wherein the edging  40  of a third glove component uses the joining regions  27  to bond to the first glove component and the second glove component. 
         [0046]    Furthermore, in the aforementioned embodiments, in addition to using the mutual bonding of at least one first and second glove components to form the glove structure of the present invention, another joining region can be further used to bond to a glove liner. It is understood that the glove structure can use a roll back form from one side of the glove liner to cover another side of the glove liner to form a three-dimensional configuration that conforms to ergonomics design. And the aforementioned other joining region may be configured as a bonding layer (not shown in the drawings), which can be an adhesive interface material such as polyurethane (abbreviated to PU) or acrylate, which can be attached using methods such as sticking with an adhesive coating or pasting with glue. And the bonding layer is used to fixedly bond the glove structure to the glove liner. It is understood that high frequency, thermal compression bonding, or cold compression bonding methods can also be used to form the fixed bonding. In addition, in the aforementioned embodiments, the surface of the glove structure is provided with at least one decorative portion, for example, decorative lines can serve as a decorative portion on at least one peripheral area of the surface of the glove structure, wherein the decorative lines give the user the feeling that the glove has been stitched. 
         [0047]    It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.