Patent Publication Number: US-2017368444-A1

Title: Method of processing non-sewing softball/baseball glove and glove therewith

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201610482049.4 filed on Jun. 27, 2016, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The Invention relates to the field of ball sport commodities, particularly to a non-sewing softball/baseball glove. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     The invention (patent No. 200920053805.7) published on Jun. 2, 2010 disclosed a baseball glove, comprising a lining, a shell and a web, wherein, the lining is set in the shell, and the web and shell are connected by means of sewing; the lining is composed of an inner palm integrally formed and several inner finger slices sewed together with the inner palm; the inner palm has an inner palm area and five inner finger areas where inner palm extends outwardly; the shell has an outer full palm and an outer full opisthenar, wherein the outer full palm has an outer palm area and five outer finger areas extending outwardly from the outer palm area. The outer full opisthenar has an outer opisthenar area and five finger back areas extending outwardly from the outer opisthenar area. The outer full palm and outer full opisthenar are sewed together. In the invention, the inner full palm and the outer full opisthenar are respectively formed integrally, thus saving manpower and costs. Meanwhile, the integrally formed material can reduce the weight of the glove and manufacture a satisfied baseball glove. 
     However, the three parts of the baseball glove (lining, shell and web) need to be formed by mechanically sewing multiple of small pieces and manually running rope, so there are some defects: 1. very complex process, just reducing about 20% of workload during sewing; 2. very rough process, failing to realize anti-slip and sweating prevention, resulting in uneasy wear and uncomfort. Therefore, it is not a practical invention. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the Invention is to provide a softball/baseball glove made with non-sewing process and is characterized by simple process, reduced workload and anti-slip and sweating prevention functions. 
     The technical solution applied is: 
     A method of processing non-sewing r softball/baseball glove, comprising the following steps of: 
     S1. setting a shell mold and a web mold, wherein the shell mold is a structure of an inner mold plus an outer mold, the outer mold is a metal mold provided with micropores for automatic exhaust while the inner mold is a plastic mold provided with supporting function and leaving space for each finger and the palm in the glove; 
     S2. Injecting the shell mold and web mold respectively for one-time molding with an injector; after molding, the polyurethane glove is obtained; 
     Preferably, in order to improve the hand feel, bursting and tear resistance of the glove, firstly, the surface of the inner mold is sleeved with a cloth glove with dimensions consistent the inner mold; the shell mold and the web mold are injected with polyurethane material respectively for one-time molding; the polyurethane material is combined with the cloth glove and the cloth glove is integrated with the inner wall of the glove when the glove is injected for molding. 
     Wherein, as the cloth glove is combined with the inner wall of the non-sewing softball/baseball glove, it is integrally molded by a knitting device or by mechanical high-temperature pressing of cloth sheets. 
     The non-sewing softball/baseball glove with base cloth combined with the inner wall of the polyurethane glove has the advantages including better bursting and tear resistance, good flexibility, good hand feel and comfort, comparable with leather glove. 
     S3. Manually running a rope for connecting the shell and web made in Step 2 to complete the fabrication of the non-sewing softball/baseball glove. 
     The manually-running rope has a flexible selection for different softness or hardness and elasticity requirements of different grades of shell and web. For example, with the elastic rope of elastic function, the tightness between the web and fingers may be adjusted for better stretching effect and easy catching and griping ball according to the palm size of different users, similar to the function of fastening shoe lace. 
     Preferably, one more rope in different color may be provided for the user to obtain free different matching effect, increase personalized use fun and adapt to market demand. Therefore, an increased service fun can be achieved based on overall rope running and flexible matching of the web and the shell, richer color and more beautiful appearance. 
     Preferably, in S1, the outer mold is provided with a palm texture for catching ball with anti-slip effect. 
     Preferably, in S1, the outer mold is provided with a palm thickness layer for increasing cushioning and damping strength. 
     Preferably, in S1, the inner mold is provided with a concave pattern at the finger joints. 
     Preferably, in S2, the material for injection is polyurethane. 
     The beneficial effects of the Invention lie in that: 
     1. By virtue of one-time molding with an injector, the mold is provided with micropores for automatic exhaust, making the softball/baseball glove have air ventilation, anti-slip and sweating prevention functions. Concave patterns are provided on the thickness layer of the palm and the finger joints in the inner mold to realize wear resistance, anti-strike, buffer relieving and easy grip. Additionally, during fabrication, the sewing procedure, about 110 steps of manufacturing the conventional glove, is exempted, reducing 100% sewing workload by virtue of its simpleness. 
     2. The outer mold claimed in the Invention can be directly injected, printed, hot-stamped or stickered with various appearance designs like patterns and fonts and LOGO according to the preferences of the different purchasers for more beautiful appearance and special meaning. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is the structure diagram of the shell mold in the embodiment of the Invention; 
         FIG. 2  is the structure diagram of the shell of the glove in the embodiment of the Invention; 
         FIG. 3  is the structure diagram of the cloth glove in the embodiment of the Invention; 
         FIG. 4  is the structure diagram of the shell of the combined cloth glove in the embodiment of the Invention; 
         FIG. 5  is the structure diagram of the web in the embodiment of the Invention; 
         FIG. 6  is the structure diagram of the glove in the embodiment of the Invention; 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The Invention is described in detail by way of specific examples in the following, but the use and objects of these exemplary embodiments are merely illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention in any way whatsoever, nor to be construed that the scope of protection is limited to this. 
     A method of processing non-sewing softball/baseball glove, characterized by a non-sewing process comprising the steps of: 
     S1. Setting a shell mold  1  and a web mold, as shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , wherein the shell mold  1  is a structure of an inner mold  11  plus an outer mold  12 , the outer mold  12  is a metal mold (for example aluminum mold) provided with micropores for automatic exhaust while the inner mold  11  is a plastic mold provided with supporting function and leaving space for each finger and the palm in the glove and for smooth release from the mold; micropores may be set in such positions as palm and fingers, providing the finished glove  10  with micropores  20  for good ventilation, sweating prevention, anti-slip and easy grip; the outer mold  12  is provided with a palm texture for catching anti-slip effect and a palm thickness layer for anti-strick and buffer relieving, thus overcoming such defects of the conventional glove as much surface wrinkles, poor elasticity, impact relieving failure and buffer relieving failure; the inner mold  11  is provided with a concave pattern at the finger joints, making the glove joints easily folded. 
     S2. Injecting the shell mold  1  and web mold respectively for one-time molding with an injector; preferably, the injection material is polyurethane (PU). For this material, the softness or hardness is adjusted according to hand feel, and wear resistance is adjusted according to catching needs of users. The material has elasticity and flexibility and can make users feel comfortable and have good grasp and press feel. Certainly, other different materials like TPU (Thermoplastic polyurethanes), PVC (Polyvinylchloride), natural rubber, and silica gel may be used. 
     Preferably, as shown in  FIGS. 3 and 4 , in order to improve the hand feel, bursting and tear resistance of the glove, firstly, the surface of the inner mold  11  is sleeved with a cloth glove  3  with dimensions consistent with the inner mold  11 ; when the polyurethane of the glove is injected into the inner mold  11  and outer mold  12  for molding, the polyurethane will be combined with the cloth glove  3 , and the cloth glove is integrated with the inner wall of the glove  1  when the glove  10  is injected and molded. 
     Wherein, as the cloth glove  3  is combined with the inner wall of the non-sewing softball/baseball glove, it is integrally molded by a knitting device or by mechanical high-temperature pressing of cloth sheets. 
     The non-sewing softball/baseball glove with base cloth combined with the inner wall of the polyurethane glove  10  has the advantages including better bursting and tear resistance, good flexibility, good hand feel and comfort, comparable with leather glove. 
     S3. Manually running a rope for connecting the shell  2  and web  4  made in Step 2 to complete the fabrication of the non-sewing softball/baseball glove. 
     The manually-running rope has a flexible selection for different softness or hardness and elasticity requirements of different grades of shell  2  and web  4 . For example, with the elastic rope  5  of elastic function, the tightness between web  4  and the fingers may be adjusted for better stretching effect and easy catching and griping ball according to the palm size of different users, similar to the function of fastening shoe lace. 
     Preferably, one more rope in different color may be provided for the user to obtain free different matching effect and increase personalized use fun. Self-wear in line with market demand and increase the personality of the fun, the gloves of the rope, the ball and shell with a variety of more flexible, more colorful, look better look, so that users increase the use of fun. 
     Test the prepared non-sewing softball/baseball glove  10  with the method: provide the professional players of different ages to use the glove on site. 
     Test results: the durability, utility and functionality (sweating prevention, etc.) of the non-sewing softball/baseball glove  10  pass the test and trial use of the professional players. 
     The advantages of the non-sewing softball/baseball glove  10  include: 
     1. Having reduced labor cost by virtue of its mechanization function instead of artificial process, simple process and high production capacity. 
     2. Having optimized functions, durability, anti-strike, reduced buffer and easy grip. 
     3. Having increased use comfort, optimized air ventilation for perspiration, good elasticity, easy fold and grasp, and flexibility 
     4. The outer mold is directly injected, printed, hot-stamped or stickered with various appearance designs like patterns and fonts and LOGO according to the preferences of the different purchasers for more beautiful appearance and special meaning. 
     5. The material for the non-sewing softball/baseball glove is a polyurethane, an environment-friendly biodegradable material, and the material and ingredients may be selected and prepared according to the use demand, for example, as per the degradation life of 3 to 5 years. 
     It shall be noted that, the above embodiments are to explain but not to limit the Invention, the technical schemes of the Invention; additionally, for a person skilled in the art, various changes and amendments, replacements and deformations made under the premise of not departing from the spirit and essence of the Invention still fall within the protection scope of the Invention.