Nitrile rubber article having natural rubber characteristics
CA 2606485 C · Owner: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · Inventors: Lipinski, Timothy M.
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An improved process and material for making elastomeric nitrile rubber articles is disclosed. In particular, the process and material formulation can produce nitrile rubber based articles, which exhibit force-strain characteristics that are comparable to those of natural rubber latex articles while maintaining the tensile strength properties of nitrile rubber. The process includes an accelerator composition at the pre-cure stage having a dithiocarbamate, a thiazole, and a guanidine compound. The invention also includes an elastomeric nitrile rubber product made by the process such as , examination, surgical, or work gloves.
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- Filed April 27, 2006 and granted August 18, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 27, 2026.
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