Elastomeric gloves and methods for their production
AssigneeSkinprotect Corporation Sdn Bhd
InventorsKhon Pu Foo, Kumaresan Prabhakaran
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Abstract
The present application provides low thickness synthetic elastomeric gloves, comprising (a) a thickness at the palm of less than 0.050 mm; (a) a modulus at 500% above 6.5 MPa; and/or (c) an elongation at break below 700%. Also provided is a method for the manufacture of such gloves involving dipping a glove-shaped former into an elastomeric film-forming composition; and curing the elastomeric film-forming composition on the former so as to produce the synthetic elastomeric glove. Corresponding low thickness finger cots are also described, as are formers suitable for the preparation of such gloves.
Claims32
A synthetic elastomeric glove comprising a cuff, a palm, and fingers, the glove having:
- (a) a thickness at the palm of less than 0.050 mm, and at least one of:
- (b) a modulus at 500% above 6.5 MPa;
- and
- (c) an elongation at break below 700%.
A synthetic elastomeric glove with:
- (a) a thickness at the palm of less than 0.05 mm;
- (b) a modulus at 500% above 6.5 MPa;
- and/or
- (c) an elongation at break below 700%,
- comprising synthetic polymer and a cross-linking agent, wherein the cross-linking agent comprises solubilised trivalent metal compound having a pH of at least 9.
A synthetic elastomeric finger cot with:
- (a) a thickness of less than 0.05 mm;
- (b) a modulus at 500% above 6.5 MPa;
- and/or
- (c) an elongation at break below 700%.
A glove-shaped former comprising (i) a palm zone, (ii) a cuff zone, (iii) between finger zones and (iv) finger zones, wherein:
- the surface roughness (Sz) of the palm zone of the former is between 28 and 42 μm;
- and/or
- the cuff zone of the former includes a textured cuff band region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.