Method for treating an elastomeric article
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsWilliam E. Conley, David W. Johnson
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Abstract
A method of treating a surface of an elastomeric article is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a treatment, providing an elastomeric article with an exposed surface, placing the article and the substrate into a tumbling apparatus, and tumbling the article with the substrate so that the treatment is transferred from the substrate to the exposed surface.
Claims20
A method which is substantially water-free for treating a surface of an elastomeric article comprising:
- (a) providing a substrate including a treatment;
- (b) providing an elastomeric article having an exposed surface;
- (c) placing the article and the substrate into a tumbling apparatus;
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- (d) tumbling the article with the substrate such that the treatment is transferred from the substrate to the exposed surface.
A method which is substantially water-free for selectively applying a treatment to an elastomeric article comprising;
- (a) tumbling a first substrate impregnated with a first treatment with at least one elastomeric article having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the exterior surface is exposed, such that the first treatment is transferred from the first substrate to the exterior surface:
- (b) inverting the article to expose the interior surface;
- (c) tumbling the article with a second substrate impregnated with a second treatment such that the second treatment is transferred from the substrate to the interior surface.
An elastomeric glove having reduced tack formed by the substantially water-free method comprising:
- (a) providing a substrate having a treatment including a cationic surfactant;
- (b) providing a glove having an exposed exterior surface and an interior surface, wherein the exterior surface is anionic;
- (c) tumbling the glove with the substrate in a tumbling apparatus such that the treatment is transferred from the substrate to the exterior surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.