Slip resistant gloves and method for producing the same

Abstract

A slip resistant glove is disclosed which includes a fibrous glove and a rubber or a resin coating layer formed on the surface thereof, wherein recesses having a width of 0.1 to 425 μm, a depth of 0.1 to 200 μm and a number density of 1000 to 5000 per 1 square centimeter are provided at the surface of the coating layer. The glove of the present invention has well balanced slip resistance and abrasion resistance, and is excellent in slip resistance against oil, in particular, and has less amounts of anions and cations which cause rust.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a slip resistant glove and a method for producing the same, and more particularly, relates to a slip resistant glove made of a rubber or a resin which is provided with many and fine recesses on the surface thereof and is significantly excellent in abrasion resistance, and a method for producing the same.[0003]2. Description of the Prior Art[0004]Hitherto, there are known gloves made of a rubber or a resin which are provided with fine recesses on the surface thereof for improving the slip resistance of the glove.[0005]For example, there is disclosed a glove wherein after granular substances soluble in a solution in which a solidified resin composition is not dissolved are deposited to the surface of a liquid resin composition which is a surface of a product glove and is not yet solidified, the liquid resin composition is solidified and the granular substances are dissolved and removed, an...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]Further, in the gloves disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication Nos. 2002-20913 and 2007-524771, the slip resistant effect is improved, but there is a problem that with respect to the configurations of projections and recesses, in fact, since the surfaces of the gloves do not have a configuration in which the projection and the recess are arranged but have a porous configuration such as a sponge, the gloves are significantly inferior in abrasion resistance.

[0011]In view of the above circumstances, in a glove where the surface of a coating layer made of a rubber or a resin is provided with many and fine recesses, it is an object of the present invention to provide a glove which is excellent in slip resistance, is significantly excellent in abrasion resistance without impairing workability, and is significantly excellent in slip resistance particularly at the time of contacting oil, by forming recesses having a specific width, a specific depth and a specific number density at the surface of the coating layer.

[0032]In accordance with the present invention, by forming recesses having a width of 0.1 to 425 μm, a depth of 0.1 to 200 μm and a number density of 1000 to 5000 per 1 square centimeter at the surface of the coating layer made of a rubber or a resin on the surface of a fibrous glove, a slip resistant glove, which is excellent in slip resistance, particularly slip resistance at the time of contacting oil, and in which abrasion resistance is significantly improved, is provided.

[0033]Further, in accordance with the present invention, a glove, in which the content of sulfate ions, nitrate ions, chlorine ions, sodium ions and ammonium ions are small, can be provided, and rust formation of a metal part due to contact of the glove with the metal part while at work can be prevented.

[0034]Further, in accordance with the method for producing a glove of the present invention, since the strength of the coating layer is enhanced by precuring or curing the coating layer in which the soluble fine particles are embedded and then the soluble fine particles are dissolved and removed, the recesses formed are not affected by dissolving and removing of the soluble fine particle, and the configurations of the recesses and the number thereof do not vary and a glove with desired slip resistance can be produced.

[0035]Further, since the strength of the coating layer is enhanced as described above, the glove can be released from the hand form and the soluble fine particles can be intensively dissolved and removed using a drum washer to significantly reduce the above-mentioned detrimental residual ions, and the glove does not cause the rust of a metal part even if the glove is brought into contact with the metal part while at work.

Problems solved by technology

However, in the glove disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2639415, since the diameter of a recess provided on the surface thereof is large and the number of recesses per a unit area on the surface of the glove is small, it cannot be said that a slip resistant effect is sufficient.

Further, in the gloves disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication Nos. 2002-20913 and 2007-524771, the slip resistant effect is improved, but there is a problem that with respect to the configurations of projections and recesses, in fact, since the surfaces of the gloves do not have a configuration in which the projection and the recess are arranged but have a porous configuration such as a sponge, the gloves are significantly inferior in abrasion resistance.

Furthermore, in the glove disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2007-524771, since particles of salt are brought into contact with a latex to be gelled and then are washed with water and removed without curing the latex, the strength of the latex coating is weak and strong water washing is impossible.

Therefore, this glove has problems that the configuration of the recess or the number thereof vary during water washing and rust occurs on a metal part with which the glove is brought into contact while at work since residual ions such as sulfate ions causing rust cannot be eliminated.

The residual ions cannot be expected to decrease in concentration even if taking measures of extending water washing time or the like and furthermore fibrous gloves may be discolored.

Moreover, the glove disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-96322 is superior in slip resistance but inferior abrasion resistance and further has a problem that since the coating part has a perforated portion resulting from air bubbles, a chemical agent penetrates into the glove in works of contacting components to which the chemical agent adheres, and thus, work environment where the glove can be used is restricted.

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