- Profile, photo, application, history, classification, tips and notes of gloves are presented on this page.
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Being originally designed for eating food in ancient Greece, Glove is an import tool for hand warming, protection or decoration.
Glove is called 'Des gants' in French, 'Handschuhe' in Germany or '手套' in China.
Most glove covers hand with a separate sheath for each finger as well as the thumb.
The glove material covers nitrile, PVC, Natural latex, PU, cotton, sheepskin, KEVLAR fiber, Dyueema fiber, -
- Two kinds of common gloves are presented in the photo.
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Glove includes the following applications:
- Medcial : Disposable latex gloves.
- Keep warm : cotton glove and leather glove are often used for this application.
- Avoid mechanical harm : Wire gloves, Kevlar gloves, Nitrile gloves, Natural latex gloves, PVC gloves, leather gloves.
- High temperature resistance : Novoloid gloves, Kevlar gloves, leather gloves, cotton gloves.
- Electric insulation : cotton gloves, Natural latex gloves.
- Chemical protection : Natural latex gloves, Chlorosulfonated polyethylene Glove.
- Anti-vibration : Cotton + Silica gel + leather.
- Anti-static : Anti-static polyester gloves.
- Cut-proof : Wire gloves, Kevlar gloves.
- Anti-puncture : Kevlar gloves.
- sports: Motorcycle gloves, Ski gloves, Golf gloves, equestrian gloves, Baseball gloves, ice hockey gloves, cross-country motorcycle gloves, track motorcycle racing gloves, taekwondo gloves, shooting gloves.
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- Glove is first mentioned in Homer's Epic in the sixth century BC. The ancient Greeks wear special gloves before using their hands to grab food. Therefore, gloves were designed as a pilaf tool in history.
- European women began to wear gloves for decoration since the 13th century. These gloves are generally linen or silk and some of them reach elbow.
- Later, white glove were used in Religious, political and military field.
- Now, glove is a must to keep hands warm in cold area.
- As the spreading of COVID since 2019, disposable medical gloves become a hot commodity.
- Producing Method
- sewing, knitting, dipping.
- material
- Cotton yarn, plush, leather, microfiber, cloth, rubber, PVC, etc.
- Finger shape
- The shape covers: Split finger gloves, mittens, straight gloves, half-finger gloves and fingerless gloves.
- Split finger gloves: a separate sheath for each finger.
- Mittens: a separate sheath for the thumbs, the remaining 4 fingers are connected together.
- Three-finger gloves : one sheath for the thumb, one sheath for the index finger, and the other 3 fingers share one sheath.
- Straight gloves : 5 fingers share one sheath.
- Half-finger gloves: each sheath is not closed at the end, the sheath only cover half fingers, mostly till the end of the first knuckle.
- Fingerless gloves: no sheath for finger part, open at the heel of the finger.
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- If possible, do not share gloves with others.
- Do not throw away contaminated gloves arbitrarily.
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- Choose appropriate size glove to make your hands comfort.
- Select gloves with adequate protection.
- Check protecting function of gloves while you use it.
- Wash your hands before putting on gloves.
- Take off your gloves when shaking hands with others.