Method of manufacturing a glove and a glove

Abstract

The method of manufacturing a glove, which glove comprises top layer (10), which top layer is made by knitting or by sewing pieces of fabrics or leather together, an outer surface (12) and an inner surface, which method comprises a step of providing the inner surface with pathogens inactivating compounds by treating the inner surface with a substance containing natural, biodegradable pathogen inactivating compounds. Inner surface is the surface, which is configured to be in skin contact when the glove is worn in hand. The method may comprise a step of manufacturing a lining (18), said lining having an inner surface and attaching the lining inside the top layer, whereby the inner surface of the lining forms the inner surface of the glove.

1 . A method of manufacturing a glove, which glove comprises top layer, which top layer is made by knitting or by sewing pieces of fabrics or leather together, an outer surface, and an inner surface, which inner surface is configured to be in skin contact when the glove is worn in hand and which method comprises a step of providing the inner surface with pathogen inactivating compounds, wherein said inner surface is treated with a substance containing natural, biodegradable pathogen inactivating compounds. 
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , comprising a step of manufacturing a lining of knitted or woven fabric or textile, said lining having an inner surface and attaching the lining inside the top layer, whereby the inner surface of the lining forms the inner surface of the glove. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the inner surface is treated with a substance containing pathogen inactivating compounds, said substance comprising solvent and coniferous resin acids in a range of 0.01 to 30 weight-% of the substance. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein a liquid containing pathogen inactivating compounds is sprayed on the inner surface and the sprayed liquid is allowed to dry to a coating at least partly covering the inner surface. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the glove is soaked in a liquid containing pathogen inactivating compounds to impregnate the glove with pathogen inactivating compounds and the soaked glove is allowed to dry. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 2  wherein the lining is soaked in a liquid containing pathogen inactivating compounds to impregnate the lining with pathogen inactivating compounds and the soaked lining is allowed to dry. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the lining is soaked in a liquid containing pathogen inactivating compounds before the lining is attached inside the top layer. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 2  wherein the lining is manufactured of fabrics or of threads which fabrics or threads are treated with a substance containing pathogen inactivating compounds before the lining is manufactured. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the top layer is treated with a substance containing pathogen inactivating compounds before the lining is attached inside the top layer. 
     
     
         10 . A glove comprising top layer, which top layer is made of knitted or woven fabric or textile or leather, an outer surface, and an inner surface, which inner surface is configured to be in skin contact when the glove is worn in hand and which inner surface contains pathogen inactivating compounds, wherein said pathogen inactivating compounds are natural, biodegradable pathogen inactivating compounds. 
     
     
         11 . The glove according to  claim 10 , wherein the glove comprises a lining inside the top layer, wherein the lining is made of knitted or woven fabric or textile, said lining having an inner surface, whereby the inner surface of the lining forms the inner surface of the glove. 
     
     
         12 . The glove according to  claim 11 , wherein the top layer and the lining are separate parts connected together by a joint knitting at wrist surrounding area of the glove. 
     
     
         13 . The glove according to  claim 10 , wherein the inner surface has a coating comprising pathogen inactivating compounds. 
     
     
         14 . The glove according to  claim 11 , wherein the top layer and/or the lining is impregnated with pathogen inactivating compounds. 
     
     
         15 . The glove according to  claim 10 , wherein the outer surface has a coating comprising pathogen inactivating compounds. 
     
     
         16 . The glove according to  claim 10 , wherein said pathogen inactivating compounds comprise coniferous resin acids.