Manufacture of rubber gloves

Claim 1

A DIPPING FORM FOR MANUFACTURING RUBBER LATEX GLOVES THAT HAVE A THICKER WALL ADJACENT THE CUFF EDGE THAN THE WALL THICKNESS OF THE HAND AND FINGER PORTION OF THE GLOVE WHICH DIPPING FORM COMPRISES A HAD AND FINGER FORMING PORTION AND A CUFF FORMING PORTION, SAID CUFF FORMING PORTION HAVING A SERIES OF GENERALLY PARALLEL LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED FLUTES WHICH FLUTES BEGIN WITHIN SAID CUFF FORMING PORTION OF THE DIPPING FORM AND EXTEND AWAY FROM THE HAND AND FINGER FORMING PORTION AND TOWARD THE BASE OF THE DIPPING FORM TO BEYOND THE ZONE OF THE DIPPING FORM TO WHICH A RUBBER DEPOSIT IS APPLIED WHEN SAID DIPPING FORM IS DIPPED FINGERS FIRST INTO A RUBBER LATEX WHEN UTILIZING THE DIPPING FORM.

Claim 3

A METHOD FOR MAKING A RUBBER GLOVE FROM LATEX WHICH COMPRISES DEPOSITING A LAYER OF LATEX COAGULANT ONTO THE SURFACE OF A GLOVE FORM HAVING A HAND AND FINGER FORMING PORTION AND A CUFF FORMING PORTION AND HAVING A SERIES OF GENERALLY PARALLEL LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED FLUTES WHICH BEGIN WITHIN SAID CUFF FORMING PORTION OF THE GLOVE FORM AND EXTEND AWAY FROM THE HAND AND FINGER FORMING PORTION TOWARD THE BASE OF THE GLOVE FORM TO BEYOND THE ZONE OF THE GLOVE FORM TO WHICH A RUBBER DEPOSIT IS TO BE APPLIED WHEN SAID GLOVE FORM IS DIPPED FINGERS FIRST INTO A LATEX COMPOSITION IN MAKING A RUBBER GLOVE, SAID LAYER OF LATEX COAGULANT EXTENDING OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE GLOVE FORM TO WHICH A RUBBER DEPOSIT IS TO BE APPLIED, APPLYING A DEPOSIT OF RUBBER OF UNIFORM THICKNESS ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE HAND AND FINGER FORMING PORTION OF THE GLOVE FORM AND ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE CUFF FORMING PORTION OF THE GLOVE FORM BY IMMERSING THE COAGULANT-COATED GLOVE FORM FINGERS FIRST INTO A LATEX COMPOSITION ONLY TO SAID ZONE OF THE GLOVE FORM TO WHICH THE DEPOSIT OF RUBBER ON THE GLOVE FORM TO DRY AND VULCANIZE FORM SO IMMERSED IN SAID LATEX COMPOSITION FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO DEPOSIT A LAYER OF RUBBER OF THE DESIRED UNIFORM THICKNESS ON SAID GLOVE FORM, WITHDRAWING SAID GLOVE FORM FROM SAID LATEX COMPOSITION, AND HEATING THE DEPOSIT OF RUBBER ON THE GLOVE FORM TO DRY AND VULCANIZE THE DEPOSIT WHICH CAUSES THE PORTION OF THE RUBBER DEPOSIT DISPOSED IN THE SAID FLUTES TO CONTRACT AND PULL FREE OF SAID FLUTES AND BECOME SUSPENDED ON THE LANDS SEPARATING SAID FLUTES WHICH CONTRACTION CAUSES A THICKENNING OF THE WALL OF THAT PORTION OF THE RUBBER DEPOSIT DISPOSED OVER THE FLUTED ZONE OF THE GLOVE FORM.

Claim 4

A METHOD FOR MAKING A RUBBER GLOVE FROM LATEX WHICH COMPRISES DEPOSITING A LAYER OF LATEX COAGULANT ONTO THE SURFACE OF A GLOVE FORM HAVING A HAND AND FINGER FORMING PORTION AND A CUFF FORMING PORTION AND HAVING A SERIES OF GENERALLY PARALLEL LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED FLUTES WHICH BEGIN WITHIN SAID CUFF FORMING PORTION OF THE GLOVE FORM AND EXTEND AWAY FROM THE HAND AND FINGER FORMING PORTION TOWARD THE BASE OF THE GLOVE FORM TO BEYOND THE ZONE OF THE GLOVE FORM TO WHICH A RUBBER DEPOSIT IS TO BE APPLIED WHEN SAID GLOVE FORM IS DIPPED FINGERS FIRST INTO A LATEX COMPOSITION IN MAKING A RUBBER GLOVE, SAID LAYER OF LATEX COAGULANT EXTENDING OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE GLOVE FORM TO WHICH A RUBBER DEPOSIT IS TO BE APPLIED, APPLYING A DEPOSIT OF RUBBER OF UNIFORM THICKNESS ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE HAND AND FINGER FORMING PORTION OF THE GLOVE FORM AND ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE CUFF FORMING PORTION OF THE GLOVE FORM BY IMMERSING THE COAGULANT-COATED GLOVE FORM FINGERS FIRST INTO A LATEX COMPOSITION ONLY TO SAID ZONE OF THE GLOVE FORM TO WHICH THE DEPOSIT OF RUBBER ON THE GLOVE FORM TO DRY AND VULCANIZE FORM SO IMMERSED IN SAID LATEX COMPOSITION FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO DEPOSIT A LAYER OF RUBBER OF THE DESIRED UNIFORM THICKNESS ON SAID GLOVE FORM, WITHDRAWING SAID GLOVE FORM FROM SAID LATEX COMPOSITION, AND HEATING THE DEPOSIT OF RUBBER ON THE GLOVE FORM TO DRY AND VULCANIZE THE DEPOSIT WHICH CAUSES THE PORTION OF THE RUBBER DEPOSIT DISPOSED IN THE SAID FLUTES TO CONTRACT AND PULL FREE OF SAID FLUTES AND BECOME SUSPENDED ON THE LANDS SEPARATING SAID FLUTES WHICH CONTRACTION CAUSES A THICKENNING OF THE WALL OF THAT PORTION OF THE RUBBER DEPOSIT DISPOSED OVER THE FLUTED ZONE OF THE GLOVE FORM.