GB2360974A - Latex rubber products - Google Patents

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GB2360974A
GB2360974A GB0108658A GB0108658A GB2360974A GB 2360974 A GB2360974 A GB 2360974A GB 0108658 A GB0108658 A GB 0108658A GB 0108658 A GB0108658 A GB 0108658A GB 2360974 A GB2360974 A GB 2360974A
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Stanley Alan Spouse
Graham Alan Spouse
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Abstract

A cuff- (or collar) seal 4 for a dry diving suit of polyurethane-coated fabric, is manufactured by dipping a former 1 into a bath 2 of rubber latex containing polyurethane and a di-iso-octyl phthalate plasticiser. Following drying and stripping from the former 1, the cuff 4 is attached to a sleeve 5 of the suit in an overlapping joint, firstly by stitching 8 throughout the overlapping region 7 and then by bonding them together with polyurethane tape 9 wound over the join 6. Hot air to melt thermoplastic adhesive on the tape 9, is directed between the tape 9 and the join 6 as the tape 9 is wound over the join 6 and compressed onto it within the nip between rollers.

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2360974 1 Latex Rubber Products This invention relates to methods of
manufacture of latex rubber products.
A common method for the manufacture of latex rubber products is by dip moulding. Conventionally this involves use of a former which has been prepared either by heating or by coating with a chemical coagulant, and which is dipped into a bath of an appropriately-prepared liquid compound of natural or synthetic rubber latex so as to build up a rubber coating on the former. Once the rubber coating has built up to the required thickness, the former is removed from the bath and the coating is dried before it is stripped from the former to provide the rubber article of desired form.
In many cases the product of the dipping process is required to be bonded to another article. However, the high molecular weight of rubber latex materials and residues of stabilisers in those materials, can cause some difficulty in achieving the adhesion required. This problem arises, for example, in the manufacture of dry (waterproof) diving suits of polyurethane-coated textile material, where watertight seals for the wrists, ankles and neck are provided by dipped-rubber cuff and collar components. These components are each bonded to the suit, often using a tape to cover the join between them so as to seal the joint and complete the attachment.
Bonding of the latex rubber component to the suit and of the tape to the latex rubber component, however, is not readily achieved according to known methods other than by the use of a solvent-based rubber adhesive. More specifically, it is usually necessary to roughen the surface of the component adjacent the join, prior to 2 applying the solvent-based rubber-solution, but even then the resulting bond strength is variable.
Apart from the labour involved, the use of the solventbased method has significant disadvantages and dangers, and it is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing latex rubber products by which the necessity for use of a solvent-based adhesive for bonding in circumstances such as those referred to above, can be avoided.
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of manufacturing a rubber product for thermal-adhesive bonding with a polyurethane surface, wherein the product is formed from a latex-rubber composition including polyurethane.
According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a method for establishing a bond between a rubber product and a polyurethane surface, wherein said product is formed from a latex-rubber composition including polyurethane, and the bond is established with hot-melt adhesive.
The product according to either aspect may be formed by dip-moulding into said composition. In this regard especially, it has been found that the inclusion of the polyurethane in the dipping composition results in significantly improved adhesion-properties for the resultant latex rubber product. The proportion by dry weight of polyurethane latex in the composition is desirably substantially within the range of 5 to 25 parts per 100 parts of the base rubber, which may be natural or synthetic rubber latex; use of a proportion by dry weight 35 of substantially 10 parts of polyurethane to 100 parts of base rubber has been found to be of especial advantage.
3 Methods of manufacture and bonding according to the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 is illustrative of a rubber dip-moulding method of manufacture according to the invention; and Figure 2 is a sectional view of a bonded joint according to the invention, involving a rubber product manufactured as illustrated in Figure 1.
The methods to be described are for the production of latex rubber articles and for the establishment of bonds with such articles. More specifically, the method to be described is for use in the manufacture of dry (waterproof) diving suits. such suits are principally of a polyurethane material for establishing a barrier to water, with nylon fabric on its inner surface for strength, heat insulation and comfort for the wearer. Component parts of the suit, in particular cuffs, ankles and a collar for making it watertight at the wrists, ankles and neck, are joined to the sleeves, legs and trunk of the suit firstly by stitching. A firm seal is then established at the joint by a tape overlying the join.
The cuffs and collar are manufactured as latex rubber products. The method of manufacture as applied to cuff- production (collar production is essentially the same) will now be described with reference to Figure 1. The method to be described employs the coagulant dippingmethod but other dipping methods may be used.
Referring to Figure 1, a former 1 of porcelain, metal, or clay, having a shape conforming to the configuration of (in this case) the cuff, is first coated with a chemical 4 coagulant such as a solution in water of calcium nitrate, and then dried. The former 1 is then dipped into a bath 2 of a liquid composition of natural (or synthetic) rubber-latex containing polyurethane latex. Dipping in the bath 2 results in the build up of a coating 3 of the composition on the former 1, and once this has reached a desired thickness, the former 1 is withdrawn and the coating then dried. The dried coating 3 is stripped from the former 1 and halogenated in the conventional way to provide a comfortable, tack-free surface. Immersion in 0.3% chlorine water for 2 minutes, followed by rinsing in clean water, has been found suitable to achieve this.
The resulting product is dried and then trimmed to provide the desired cuff ready for attachment to the polyurethane body of the diving suit.
Attachment of the latex rubber cuff to a sleeve of the diving suit is illustrated in Figure 2 and will now be described.
Referring to Figure 2, the latex rubber cuff 4 is introduced to the sleeve 5 by sliding it into the open end 6 of the sleeve 5 to create a region 7 of overlap between them. (As an alternative, the sleeve 5 may be slid over the open end 6 to create a corresponding, reversed overlap.) The cuff 4 and sleeve 5 are joined by stitching 8 that extends through both of them within the region 7 of their overlap.
The joint between cuff 4 and sleeve 5 is secured and sealed by means of polyurethane tape 9 wrapped fully round and bonded to both of them over the end 6. In this regard, the assembly of cuff 4 and sleeve 5 joined by the stitching 8 is entered into a conventional tapeapplication machine, such as the Queen Light model supplied by West Bridgford Machine Co. Ltd. of West Bridgford, Nottingham. Using such a machine, the region 7 and the adjoining area of the cuff 4 beyond the end 6, are offered up to the nip between two rollers, to be fed through the nip along with the tape 9.
The tape 9 has a thermoplastic adhesive on one side and is fed into the nip with the adhesive coating in contact with the cuff 4 and sleeve 5 to bridge the end 6 and overlie the stitching 8. A blast of very hot air to melt the adhesive is directed between the tape 9 and the junction of the sleeve 5 and cuff 4 immediately before they come together under compression of the nip, so that when the assembly has cooled the tape 9 seals the joint and strengthens attachment of the cuff 4 to the sleeve 5. The thermoplastic adhesive readily establishes a firm bond with the latex rubber cuff 4 as well as with the polyurethane sleeve 5. There is good adhesion between the thermoplastic adhesive and the latex rubber as a result of the inclusion of polyurethane in the composition of the cuff 4.
In the prior art, namely without the inclusion of polyurethane in the composition, thermoplastic adhesive cannot be used because its adhesion to the latex rubber surface is so poor, and an acceptable joint can only be obtained using a solvent-based rubber adhesive. This is a costly process and solvent-based adhesive solutions vary in efficiency. Such solutions are also hazardous substances, being either toxic or inflammable. The present invention overcomes these problems and enables the bonding to be achieved in a simple manner without attendant health and other problems.
The liquid composition used for the dipping process according to this invention may, for example, be composed of a dispersion of 57% by volume of prevulcanised natural rubber latex in water mixed with a dispersion of 40% by volume of polyurethane latex in water in the proportions 6 5:2. Vita Liquid Polymers Ltd of Wythenshawe, Manchester supply suitable prevulcanised natural rubber latex as Grade 5936M and polyurethane latex as LC 8673. The composition, which may include stabilisers, colourants and other conventional agents, preferably also includes a 50% water-based emulsion of a di-iso-octyl phthalate plasticiser in equal amount to the polyurethane latex emulsion. The plasticiser is included to reduce the effect of stiffening of the finished product that results from inclusion of the polyurethane latex.
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Claims:
1. A method of manufacturing a rubber product for thermal-adhesive bonding with a polyurethane surface, wherein the product is formed from a latex-rubber composition including polyurethane.
2. A method according to Claim 1 wherein the rubber product is a cuffankle- or collar-seal for a polyurethane-coated diving-suit.
3. A method for establishing a bond between a rubber product and a polyurethane surface, wherein said product is formed from a latex-rubber composition including polyurethane, and the bond is established with hotmelt adhesive.
4. A method according to Claim 3 wherein the rubber product is a cuffseal, an ankle-seal or a collar-seal for a polyurethane-coated divingsuit.
5. A method according to Claim 4 wherein the seal and suit are brought together and held overlapping one another, and a join between them is established where they overlap by polyurethane tape that overlies the region of overlap and is bonded to them with the hot-mel adhesive.
6. A method according to Claim 5 wherein the seal and the suit are stitched together within the region of overlap prior to application of the tape.
7. A method according to any one of Claims 1 to 6 wherein the product is formed by dip-moulding into said composition.
8 8. A method according to Claim 7 wherein the proportion by dry weight of polyurethane latex in said composition is substantially within the range of 5 to 25 parts per 100 parts of the base rubber.
9. A method according to Claim 8 wherein the proportion by dry weight of polyurethane is substantially 10 parts to 100 parts of the base rubber.
10. A method according to any one of Claims 1 to 9 wherein said composition is a dispersion of natural rubber latex including polyurethane as aforesaid.
11. A method according to any one of Claims 1 to 10 wherein said composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of rubber latex and an aqueous dispersion of polyurethane latex mixed together.
12. A method according to any one of Claims 1 to 11 wherein said composition includes a plasticiser.
13. A method according to claim 12 wherein the plasticiser is a di-isooctyl phthalate plasticiser.
14. A method of manufacturing a rubber cuff- ankle- or collar-seal for a polyurethane-coated diving-suit, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing.
15. A method for manufacturing a rubber cuff- ankle- or collar-seal and attaching it to a polyurethane-coated diving-suit, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
16. The product of a method according to any one of Claims 1 to 15.
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