Method of producing molds for molding gloves

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A MOLD FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ONE PIECE SIMULATED LEATHER GLOVES, SAID METHOD COMPRISING FILLING THE INTERIOR OF A FLEXIBLE LEATHER GLOVE WITH A FIRST THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL IN LIQUID FORM AND ALLOWING SAME TO BECOME SET TO RENDER THE GLOVE RELATIVELY RIGID, COATING THE EXTERIOR OF SAID RIGIDIFIED GLOVE WITH A RELATIVELY RIGIDLY CURING SILICONE RUBBER WHICH IS SEPARABLE FROM SAID GLOVE UPON CURING, CURING SAID RUBBER COATING, THE CURING TEMPERATURE OF SAID RUBBER BEING LOWER THAN THE HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURE OF SAID FIRST THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, REMOVING SAID FIRST THERMOPLASTIC STUFFING MATERIAL BY LIQUIFYING SAID FIRST THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL THEREBY RENDERING SAID GLOVE AGAIN FLEXIBLE TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL THEREOF FROM WITHIN THE CURED RUBBER, REMOVING SAID FLEXIBLE GLOVE FROM WITHIN SAID CURED RUBBER SO AS TO PRODUCE A RUBBER FEMALE PATTERN THEREFROM, COATING THE INTERIOR OF SAID RUBBER FEMALE PATTERN WITH A GENERALLY UNIFORM LINING OF A SECOND THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL WHICH IS STRONGER THAN SAID FIRST THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AND WHICH IS SEPARABLE FROM SAID CURED SILICONE RUBBER UPON CURING, SAID SECOND THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A LOWER CURING TEMPERATURE THAN THE HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURE OF SAID RUBBER, CURING SAID LINING FORM A HOLLOW MALE PATTERN, REMOVING SAID LINING FROM SAID RUBBER FEMALE PATTERN SO AS TO LEAVE SAID FEMALE PATTERN INTACT, THEREAFTER INTRODUCING INTO THE HOLLOW MALE PATTERN A HARDENABLE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AND PERMITTING THE SAME TO HARDEN TO RENDER THE MALE PATTERN RELATIVELY RIGID, COATING THE EXTERIOR OF SAID MALE PATTERN WITH METAL, AND SEPARATING SAID METAL COATING FORM SAID MALE PATTERN SO AS TO FORM A METALLIC FEMALE MOLD, THE INTERIOR OF WHICH SIMULATES THE REVERSE OF THE SURFACE CHARACATERISTICS OF SAID GLOVE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A MOLD FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ONE PIECE SIMULATED LEATHER GLOVES, SAID METHOD COMPRISING FILLING THE INTERIOR OF A FLEXIBLE LEATHER GLOVE WITH A FIRST THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL IN LIQUID FORM AND ALLOWING SAME TO BECOME SET TO RENDER THE GLOVE RELATIVELY RIGID, COATING THE EXTERIOR OF SAID RIGIDIFIED GLOVE WITH A RELATIVELY RIGIDLY CURING SILICONE RUBBER WHICH IS SEPARABLE FROM SAID GLOVE UPON CURING, CURING SAID RUBBER COATING, THE CURING TEMPERATURE OF SAID RUBBER BEING LOWER THAN THE HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURE OF SAID FIRST THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, REMOVING SAID FIRST THERMOPLASTIC STUFFING MATERIAL BY LIQUIFYING SAID FIRST THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL THEREBY RENDERING SAID GLOVE AGAIN FLEXIBLE TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL THEREOF FROM WITHIN THE CURED RUBBER, REMOVING SAID FLEXIBLE GLOVE FROM WITHIN SAID CURED RUBBER SO AS TO PRODUCE A RUBBER FEMALE PATTERN THEREFROM, COATING THE INTERIOR OF SAID RUBBER FEMALE PATTERN WITH A GENERALLY UNIFORM LINING OF A SECOND THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL WHICH IS STRONGER THAN SAID FIRST THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AND WHICH IS SEPARABLE FROM SAID CURED SILICONE RUBBER UPON CURING, SAID SECOND THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A LOWER CURING TEMPERATURE THAN THE HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURE OF SAID RUBBER, CURING SAID LINING FORM A HOLLOW MALE PATTERN, REMOVING SAID LINING FROM SAID RUBBER FEMALE PATTERN SO AS TO LEAVE SAID FEMALE PATTERN INTACT, THEREAFTER INTRODUCING INTO THE HOLLOW MALE PATTERN A HARDENABLE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AND PERMITTING THE SAME TO HARDEN TO RENDER THE MALE PATTERN RELATIVELY RIGID, COATING THE EXTERIOR OF SAID MALE PATTERN WITH METAL, AND SEPARATING SAID METAL COATING FORM SAID MALE PATTERN SO AS TO FORM A METALLIC FEMALE MOLD, THE INTERIOR OF WHICH SIMULATES THE REVERSE OF THE SURFACE CHARACATERISTICS OF SAID GLOVE.