Process of making protective gloves

Claim 1

A process of manufacturing an article of clothing of non-circular cross section such as a protective glove having a supple internal lining of light weight, porous woven or knitted textile material and an external protective covering, which comprises providing a form having the shape of the desired article, fitting a supple lining of lightweight porous woven or knitted textile material on said form, placing said form with said lining thereon vertically beneath a fluid distributing means supplied with fluid coating material for forming said covering and provided with means for controlling the flow of said coating material from said distributing means, permitting said coating material to flow downwardly by gravity from said distributing means onto said lining on said form while controlling the flow of said coating material and rotating said form with said lining thereon about a generally horizontal axis while effecting relative movement between said distributing means and said form in a direction axial of said rotating form to distribute said coating material progressively over said lining on said form as said coating material flows by gravity from said distributing means as a compact stream having greater width than thickness, and thereby forms an impervious covering over said lining, said form being initially tilted during said rotation so that the fingers of the form and lining are inclined upwardly while said coating material is flowed onto a zone embracing the junction of the fingers with a body portion, and said form then being tilted during said rotation with the fingers inclined downwardly while said coating material is flowed successively onto other zones of said lining on said form until the entire lining is coated, and thereafter subjecting said covering to a thermal treatment to cure said coating material covering said lining.