Glove for Removing Detachable Material from an Object and a Method for Manufacturing the Glove

Abstract

A glove for removing detachable material from an object such as a vegetable, e.g., for removing the skin of a potato. The glove is either knitted or twilled of at least one thread of at least one elastic, plastic material. The glove is manufactured by providing the at least one plastic material, knitting or twilling the glove, and finally heat treating the glove to cure the texture of the glove to a predetermined surface hardness depending on the object from which detachable material is to be removed.

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       18 . A glove for removing detachable material from an object, which glove is made by single jersey knitting or twill weaving of at least one thread of at least one elastic, synthetic, water-repellent plastic material, wherein the glove also has openings and the material has a predetermined surface hardness obtained by curing the elastic, synthetic, water-repellent plastic material by heat treatment of the glove. 
   
   
       19 . The glove according to  claim 18 , wherein the glove is made by single jersey knitting of the at least one thread and has interior and exterior faces, wherein the interior face of the glove is the purl face and the exterior face of the glove is the right face, and the openings are elastic stitch openings. 
   
   
       20 . The glove according to  claim 18 , wherein when the glove is twill woven, and the openings can assume different shapes when the twill woven material is stretched. 
   
   
       21 . The glove according to  claim 18 , where in the at least one plastic material has an E-modulus of between 125,000 psi and 150,000 psi (0.861 and 1.034 GPa). 
   
   
       22 . The glove according to  claim 18 , wherein the at least one plastic material has a breaking elongation between 0.6 and 0.9. 
   
   
       23 . The glove according to  claim 18 , wherein the plastic material is selected from the group comprising polyamide or polyethylene. 
   
   
       24 . The glove according to  claim 18 , wherein the at least one thread of the at least one elastic, plastic material has a rugged or hairy exterior surface. 
   
   
       25 . The glove according to  claim 18 , wherein the at least one thread of the at least one elastic plastic material is made of a plurality of finer rugged or hairy threads of the same or different at least one elastic, plastic material. 
   
   
       26 . The glove according to  claim 18 , wherein the glove is knitted or twilled of at least two threads of different or identical elastic, plastic material. 
   
   
       27 . A method for the manufacture of the glove of  claim 18 , which comprises:
 providing at least one elastic, synthetic, water-repellent plastic material thread;   knitting or twill weaving the at least one thread into the glove into the glove;   heat treating the glove to cure the elastic, synthetic, water-repellent plastic material and thereby the texture of the glove to a predetermined surface hardness depending on the object from which detachable material is to be removed; and   providing the glove with openings.   
   
   
       28 . A method for the manufacture of the glove of  claim 19 , which comprises:
 providing at least one elastic, synthetic, water-repellent plastic material thread;   knitting the at least one thread into the glove in a single jersey knit pattern and to provide interior and exterior faces, wherein the interior face of the glove is the purl face and the exterior face of the glove is the right face;   heat treating the glove to cure the elastic, synthetic, water-repellent plastic material and thereby the texture of the glove to a predetermined surface hardness depending on the object from which detachable material is to be removed; and   providing the glove with elastic stitch openings.   
   
   
       29 . A method for the manufacture of the glove of  claim 20 , which comprises:
 providing at least one elastic, synthetic, water-repellent plastic material thread;   twill weaving the glove with the at least one thread; and   heat treating the glove to cure the elastic, synthetic, water-repellent plastic material and thereby the texture of the glove to a predetermined surface hardness depending on the object from which detachable material is to be removed;   wherein the glove has openings which can assume different shapes when the twilled material is stretched.   
   
   
       30 . The method according to  claim 27 , wherein the heat treating is made at a temperature between 130 and 200° C. 
   
   
       31 . The method according to  claim 27 , which further comprises dyeing the material at a temperature below 100° C. 
   
   
       32 . The method according to  claim 31 , wherein the dyeing is of the at least one thread before knitting or twilling the glove. 
   
   
       33 . The method according to  claim 31 , wherein the dyeing takes place after knitting or twilling of the glove but before the heat treatment. 
   
   
       34 . A method for removing detachable material from an object, which comprises applying the glove of  claim 18  to the detachable material or object with sufficient force to remove such material from the object. 
   
   
       35 . The method according to  claim 34 , wherein the object from which the detachable material is to be removed is selected from the group consisting of vegetables, fruits, kitchen utensils, dirty dishes, automobile panes, window panes, bathroom equipment, kitchen equipment, fish, and animal fur. 
   
   
       36 . The method according to  claim 34 , wherein the object is a root vegetable selected from the group consisting of a potato or carrot. 
   
   
       37 . The method according to  claim 34 , wherein the detachable material is selected from the group consisting of vegetable skin, dead insects, smudge, dirt, calcification, fish scale, fish skin, and fur.