The glove is an article of clothing that the hand covers totally or partly, mainly to the protection, on the one hand the hand of the carrier before harmful environmental influences, anderereseits one the environment before harmful influences by the Hand.Zu differentiates is thereby the thermal, mechanical, chemical and infection protection. Besides the glove was at different times an article of fashion or had symbolic meaning, e.g. as Pontifikalhandschuh or feud glove.

A further distinction orients itself at the form: Mittens, which enclose the four fingers together and which however free thumbs leave specially, finger gloves with one Futteral each per fingers, as well as connecting piece, which enclose only the lower arm, thumb and the hand, to those fingers.

Thermal protection

From wool knitted or fed gloves keep the hands of the carrier warm in cold regions and/or seasons. Originally warming gloves from leather were manufactured and fed with wool. Today both for the surface material and for those fodder frequently artificial fibers are used. Mittens protect generally better against cold weather than finger gloves. By their smaller surface they offer a smaller attack region to cold weather, in addition the isolating air space is larger in the glove and the fingers can mutually warm itself.

Exactly the same gloves are used to protection from heat, for example gloves for These consist frequently of materials such as Nomex and kevlar.

Mechanical protection

Gloves for mechanical protection are to avoid injuries such as blisters, Schwielen, scratches and cuts. These gloves are usually finger gloves, in order to ensure the independent mobility of the particular fingers with the work. In the professional range usually leather, frequently also Aramide, kevlar or mixtures with steel fibers is used as base material.

There are most diverse developments:

• Garden gloves from material, possibly with rubber knots for better grasp
• Schutzhandschuhe from leather or a leather cotton combination
• Butcher gloves from metallic track links

Chemical protection

Gloves of this group are to form a freedom of movement greatest possible for chemicals impermeable barrier, but to the fingers offer. They consist of nitrile rubber, neoprene, Chloropren, polyvinyl chloride or Polyvinylakohol.

Turned around gloves protect articles against finger marks or the corrosive eliminations of the skin.

Infection protection

These gloves are to offer greatest possible protection from germs to the carrier and/or its environment and to impair the mobility and the Tastsinn as little as possible. There are these a mark gloves packaged sterile in pairs and unsteril in large packings. They consist usually of as thin rubber, Latex or a nitrile as possible.

see also: Glove compartment

Further applications

Sport

In some kinds of sport like e.g. Football (Torwart), gulf or tennis are to provide gloves for an anti-slip grasp. With other kinds of sport (e.g. Rides, wheel driving) is the center of attention rather mechanical protection from injuries; with again different (e.g. Skisport, alpine climbing) the thermal protection.

Mode

Today gloves for purely fashionable reasons are carried only rarely, except with causes like a or balls like the Viennese opera ball. Originally the gentlemen carried gloves to this cause, in order not to damage with their hand sweat the sensitive silk dresses of their dance partner inside. Ladies carry partly fashionably long gloves, which can reach up to the upper arms.

Data glove

Data input and - output device for virtual reality for navigation in 3D-Simulationen.

History

Gloves to the insulation for cold might have been all right early invented. In the odyssey, with Herodot and Plinius the younger one they are mentioned. As artifacts they become seizable only with the Middle Ages, from which we know the feud glove and metallic arms gloves among other things. Since that 8. Century was the glove a rule and a right symbol. The low conditions were allowed to wear only mittens. Around 1000 the first gloves were responsible for ladies. In the late Middle Ages the article of clothing became the article of fashion of the higher conditions.

The early gloves sewn from goat, calf or dog leathers, every now and then also from silk. The passport form was still rather bad. The first French guild for hand shoemakers developed 1190; the Huguenots brought the glove manufacturing then to Germany. In 13. Century arose knitted models. From that 17. Worked very finely are received century and with embroidery and Pailletten of verzierte finger gloves. The most precious pieces originate from the Irish city Limerick. They were sewn from the skin of unborn sheep (that should not have been a joke). Leather gloves were strongly to probably cover in order the Gerbgeruch.

To beginning 18. Century emerge gloves quite frequently in illustrations of men and women, afterwards until around 1800 only rarely. Only with the fashion of the Directoire and Empire for a long time, up to the upper arm handing lady gloves win again meaning and remain up to the center 20. Century obligating for ball clothes quasi. In 19. Century were the gloves also for men fashionable must. They became also part of occupation uniforms (Kutscher, Chauffeur, servant etc.).

Health

In its industrial safety magazine the stone and earth industry Edition 1/05 report of the quarry BG to chrome VI in leather industrial safety-glove-reports the quarry professional association on the release of chrome VI from leather Schutzhandschuhen during moisture penetration and the allergies released thereby and Ekzemen.

Linguistic

• "touch with - affect carefully or respond
• "the gloves take off" - express openly

Literature

• Ingrid Loschek: Reclams mode and costume encyclopedia. 5. , and erw. edition updated. Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-15-010577-3

Related links

• Transmission with the mouse: Rubber glove
• Picture collection of remained lying gloves

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