Copper mold for gloves

#The present invention relates generally to the field of disposable gloves, and more particularly, to methods and processes for creating a superior mold from which higher-quality disposable gloves can be more efficiently produced.

#Since the early days of forming metals thousands of years ago, humans have utilized investment casting/lost-wax casting to create objects. In more recent times, the development of plastics, vinyls, rubbers, urethanes, and other materials has caused an explosion in the use of investment casting to inexpensively manufacture products formed from such materials.

#However, the art of creating high-quality forms which are used to manufacture those products has lagged behind, especially in the field of the production of disposable gloves. Current form production processes lead to forms with imperfections that can cause pinholes in gloves that are produced from such forms. Further, the current forms are thick-walled and so use excess material and cool slowly, and are thus inefficient and slow in producing gloves therefrom. This requires a high number of forms (i.e, more expense) to produce a given number of gloves in a given time period. What is needed is a method and process for creating a superior mold from which better, less-costly disposable gloves can be more efficiently produced.

#FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of operations for a novel method for creating a superior mold for gloves; and

#FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a nickel-plated copper mold for gloves produced using the disclosed novel method.

#In the following discussion, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments may be practiced without such specific details. Furthermore, lists and/or examples are often provided and should be interpreted as exemplary only and in no way limiting embodiments to only those examples.

#Exemplary embodiments are described below in the accompanying Figures. The following detailed description provides a comprehensive review of the drawing Figures in order to provide a thorough understanding of, and an enabling description for, these embodiments. One having ordinary skill in the art will understand that in some cases well-known structures, functions, methods and/or processes have not been shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the description of the embodiments.

#It is to be understood by any skilled in the art that the methods and processes described below can be implemented in various ways and with varying options without departing from the scope of the invention.