Thermally conductive glove

Abstract

A supported or unsupported glove that includes a polymeric layer, comprised of a polymeric composition having thermally conductive particles disposed within the polymeric layer.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glove, comprising:
 at least one polymeric layer in the shape of a hand and having stalls for a thumb, an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, and a little finger for receiving the hand of a wearer; and   thermally conductive particles, wherein the thermally conductive particles are highly crystalline and dispersed within the at least one polymeric layer.   
     
     
         2 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive particles are at least one of nano-sized or micro-sized particles. 
     
     
         3 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the highly crystalline fillers are at least one of h-Boron Nitride (h-BN), crystalline boron nitride (c-BN), synthetic single walled carbon graphite (SWCN) or natural crystalline graphite (NCWG). 
     
     
         4 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive particles are hexagonal and/or hexagonal rhombohedral in crystalline structure. 
     
     
         5 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive particles comprise 1 to 15 parts per hundred rubber dispersed within the polymeric layer. 
     
     
         6 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive particles range from 1 micron to 300 microns in size. 
     
     
         7 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the polymeric layer comprises at least one of carboxylated acrylonitrile butadiene, non-carboxylated acrylonitrile butadiene, polychloroprene, natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprene, polyurethane, or blends thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the polymeric layer further comprises at least one of a closed-cell foam or an open-celled foam. 
     
     
         9 . The glove of  claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive particles provide a mechanism to transport heat effectively through phonons vibration waves across crystallite structures of the thermally conductive particles through the polymeric coating. 
     
     
         10 . A glove, comprising:
 a polymeric layer in the shape of a hand comprised of a polymeric composition having highly crystalline particles disposed within the polymeric composition, wherein the highly crystalline particles range in size from 130-260 microns and 1-5 microns in size in amounts of 1-15 PHR.   
     
     
         11 . The glove of  claim 10 , wherein the highly crystalline particles are hexagonal in crystalline structure. 
     
     
         12 . The glove of  claim 10 , wherein the highly crystalline particles are at least one of synthetic h-Boron Nitride (h-BN), crystalline boron nitride (c-BN), synthetic single walled carbon graphite (SWCN) or natural crystalline graphite (NCWG). 
     
     
         13 . The glove of  claim 10 , wherein the polymeric layer is combined with flock to form a flock-lined glove. 
     
     
         14 . The glove of  claim 10 , wherein the polymeric layer is disposed on a fabric liner to form a supported glove. 
     
     
         15 . The glove of  claim 14 , wherein the fabric liner comprises at least one of nylon, p-aramid, m-aramid, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, polyester, or elastane yarns. 
     
     
         16 . The glove of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one of nylon, p-aramid, m-aramid, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, polyester, or elastane yarns further comprise thermally conductive particles. 
     
     
         17 . A method of forming a thermally conductive glove, comprising:
 dressing a fabric liner onto a former;   dipping the former having the fabric liner into a coagulant solution;   dipping the former in a polymeric composition comprising thermally conductive particles, wherein a thermally conductive coating is disposed onto the fabric liner; and   curing the thermally conductive coating with heat.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the fabric liner comprises at least one of nylon, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, polyester, or elastane yarns. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the at least one of nylon, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, polyester, or elastane yarns further comprises thermally conductive particles. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the at least one of nylon, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, p-aramid, m-aramid, polyester, or elastane yarns are wet, dry, or gel spun with thermally conductive particles to form thermally conductive yarns.