Method of making a personal protective article

A method of making personal protective equipment, such as a push-in earplug, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of covering a substrate with an outer layer that includes an unactivated foaming agent, positioning at least a portion of the outer layer in a mold, and activating the foaming age...

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Hauptverfasser:	Seville, Alan R, Hamer, Jeffrey L, Teeters, Kenneth F, Endle, James P
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROSTHESES SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of making personal protective equipment, such as a push-in earplug, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of covering a substrate with an outer layer that includes an unactivated foaming agent, positioning at least a portion of the outer layer in a mold, and activating the foaming agent such that a portion of the outer layer expands.