Title:
【発明の名称】薄壁エラストマー製品を製造するための方法および装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001505965
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A process for making thin-walled elastomeric articles. The process includes the steps of electrostatically spraying charged particles of an elastomeric composition into a chamber containing a rigid shaped former having an earthed conductive surface whereby the charged particles of the composition are attracted to the conductive surface of the former to form a coating of the composition thereon, consolidating the coating to produce the thin-walled article on the former, and stripping the article from the shaped former. The process according to the present invention can be used to produce condoms, surgical gloves, and other thin-walled articles having a thickness typically in the range of 20 to 200 microns, and more preferably 40 to 100 microns. Using the invention, it is possible to make thin-walled articles with a uniform thickness, even when the shape of the article is quite complex.
Inventors:
Stevenson, Peter John
Tickner, Timothy Martin
Tickner, Timothy Martin
Application Number:
JP52637498A
Publication Date:
May 08, 2001
Filing Date:
December 11, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LRC Products Limited
International Classes:
A61B19/04; A61F6/04; A41D19/04; B29C41/00; B29C41/02; (IPC1-7): A41D19/04; B29C41/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue (4 outside)