The present invention relates to textile articles and clothing such as outdoor garments, indoor garments, and commercial protective wear exposed to contact mixtures of water and oil, swimwear and winter wear exposed to mixtures of water and air. At least part of these textile articles possess a surface provided with at least one of 1) a high surface area, 2) hierarchical pattern, 3) contact angles such that hydrophilic portion of a contact mixture possesses a high contact angle and the hydrophobic portion of a contact mixture possesses a low contact angle, and 4) hysteresis angle greater than 5 degrees. Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic contact mixtures of the present invention can be surfaces where water and or ice are present in combination with oil and or air. The textile articles of the present invention resist slippage on surfaces possessing hydrophobic/hydrophilic contact mixtures.

An object of the prevent invention is to provide a rubber latex compound that enables manufacturing a glove which is superior in terms of touch panel responsiveness, and has superior flexibility. The rubber latex compound according to one aspect of the present invention is a rubber latex compound for a glove containing a rubber latex as a principal component, wherein carbon black, an anionic surfactant, a nonionic dispersant, and a water-soluble polymer are contained in the rubber latex compound; a DBP oil absorption of the carbon black is no less than 250 ml/100 g and no greater than 600 ml/100 g, and a volatile content of the carbon black is no less than 0.3% by mass and less than 1.0% by mass; an amount of addition of the water-soluble polymer with respect to 100 parts by mass of the carbon black is no less than 8 parts by mass and no greater than 50 parts by mass; and a total amount of addition of the nonionic dispersant and the water-soluble polymer with respect to 100 parts by mass of the carbon black is no less than 38 parts by mass and no greater than 200 parts by mass.

The present invention relates to textile articles and clothing such as outdoor garments, indoor garments, and commercial protective wear exposed to contact mixtures of water and oil, swimwear and winter wear exposed to mixtures of water and air. At least part of these textile articles possess a surface provided with at least one of 1) a high surface area, 2) hierarchical pattern, 3) contact angles such that hydrophilic portion of a contact mixture possesses a high contact angle and the hydrophobic portion of a contact mixture possesses a low contact angle, and 4) hysteresis angle greater than 5 degrees. Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic contact mixtures of the present invention can be surfaces where water and or ice are present in combination with oil and or air. The textile articles of the present invention resist slippage on surfaces possessing hydrophobic/hydrophilic contact mixtures.

A latex composition having a nitrile rubber containing an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit and a conjugated diene monomer unit, wherein the nitrile rubber has a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 100,000, and the weight of methanol extractables in all solids present in the latex composition is 2 to 20 wt % based on the weight of all the solids.

Provided among other things is a method of forming a composite glove with a grip texture, comprising: (a) providing a coagulant-coated support layer that is a fabric layer or a polymeric layer; (b) dip applying to the support layer a foamed polymer dispersion comprising about 0.5% to about 2.0% by weight hygroscopic agent; (c) allowing a portion of the applied foamed polymer dispersion to coagulate based the coagulant diffusing from the support layer to form a partially coagulated foam layer; (d) washing the partially coagulated foam layer to remove uncoagulated polymer to form a coagulated foam layer; and (e) vulcanizing the coagulated foam layer to form a vulcanized open foam layer laminated to the support.

A glove according to the present invention includes a glove body configured to cover a hand of a wearer. The glove body has an outermost layer including a matrix resin and cellulose particles and constituting an outer surface of the glove. The outermost layer includes the cellulose particles in the range of more than 1 part to 9 parts or less by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the matrix resin. At least some of the cellulose particles are at least partially exposed from the outer surface.

A thin, abrasion resistant supported glove, including a knitted liner and a polymeric layer disposed on and within individual strands of yarns of the knitted liner, are disclosed. Methods for manufacturing the thin, abrasion resistant supported glove are also disclosed.

The disclosure relates to seamless manufacturing processes for 3-dimensional waterproof and breathable porous polymer membranes by spraying, dip-coating or painting a substrate with a dispersion having polymer, coated or non-coated particles and diluent and removing the particles by dissolution thus creating porosity after the 3D coating/shaping. The disclosure further relates to dispersions to obtain such membranes, to polymer membranes obtained, to shaped articles containing such membranes; to the use of such membranes, shaped articles and intermediates.

A method for producing a supporting glove includes the steps of applying a specific amount of a first polymer mixed liquid to a knitted glove; drying the first polymer mixed liquid applied to the knitted glove; applying a coagulant solution to the knitted glove after drying; applying a specific amount of a second polymer mixed liquid to the knitted glove after applying the coagulant solution; and drying the second polymer mixed liquid applied to the knitted glove. A first polymer film is formed to cover a yarn knitted into the knitted glove over the entire thickness direction of at least the part of the knitted glove. A second polymer film is formed to continuously cover the first polymer film to form at least a part of an outer surface and not reaching an inner surface of the knitted glove.

A laminated body formed by laminating a fiber substrate composed of a plurality of fibers and a polymer layer formed from a polymer latex. The polymer layer covers the fiber substrate in a state in which a portion of the polymer layer has permeated among the fibers. A ratio (t.sub.1/d) of a thickness t.sub.1 of the portion of the polymer layer that has permeated among the fibers (from a top surface of the fiber substrate) to a substrate layer average thickness d is 0.1 to 0.95. A thickness t.sub.2 of the portion of the polymer layer covering the top surface of the fiber substrate (from the top surface of the fiber substrate) is 80 μm or more.