LIGHTWEIGHT THIN FLEXIBLE POLYMER COATED GLOVE AND A METHOD THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A glove, comprising:
- a knitted liner having a plurality of stitches made from a yarn having a denier 221 or less; and
a polymeric latex coating adhered to the knitted liner;
the polymeric latex coating penetrating half way or more through a thickness of the knitted liner, and for at least a portion of the knitted liner, the polymeric latex coating does not penetrate the entire thickness of the knitted liner; and
the polymeric latex coating having a thickness in a range of 0.75 to 1.25 times the thickness of the knitted liner.
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Abstract
A lightweight thin flexible latex glove article having a polymeric latex coating that penetrates the front portion of a knitted liner half way or more through the liner thickness and for at least a portion of the knitted liner, not penetrating the entire thickness. For example, the liner can be knitted using an 18-gauge needle with 70 to 221 denier nylon 66 multi-filament yarn. The polymer latex coating can be 0.75 to 1.25 times the thickness of the knitted liner. Over 30% reduction of glove thickness is achieved resulting in three times greater flexibility. The polymer latex coating may be foamed with 5 to 50 vol % air content. Open celled foamed latex coating may be coated with a dispersion of fluorochemical dispersion to prevent liquid permeation into the glove. The process can include steps to gel the latex emulsion at interstices of the yarn to prevent further penetration of the emulsion into the liner.
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1. A glove, comprising:
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a knitted liner having a plurality of stitches made from a yarn having a denier 221 or less; and a polymeric latex coating adhered to the knitted liner; the polymeric latex coating penetrating half way or more through a thickness of the knitted liner, and for at least a portion of the knitted liner, the polymeric latex coating does not penetrate the entire thickness of the knitted liner; and the polymeric latex coating having a thickness in a range of 0.75 to 1.25 times the thickness of the knitted liner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A process for making a lightweight flexible glove, comprising:
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a) creating a glove shaped knitted liner knitted with the spacing between yarns being one to three times the diameter of the yarn, the yarn having a denier of approximately 221 or less; b) placing the knitted liner on a hand shaped ceramic or metallic former; c) dipping the former and the knitted liner in a coagulant solution; d) withdrawing the former and the coagulant coated knitted liner; e) dipping the former and the coagulant coated liner into a tank containing an aqueous polymeric latex emulsion so that the polymeric latex emulsion penetrates half way or more through a thickness of the knitted liner and for at least a portion of the knitter liner, the polymeric latex emulsion not penetrating the entire thickness of the knitted liner; f) gelling the polymeric latex emulsion on a surface of the coagulant coated knitted liner and at interstices between yarns of the knitted liner, creating blockage to prevent further penetration of polymeric latex emulsion; g) withdrawing the former and the knitted liner coated with gelled polymer latex coating; and h) heating the former and the knitted liner coated with gelled polymer latex coating to a temperature to vulcanize the latex coating to form a cured glove with knitted liner adhered to polymer latex cured coating. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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