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Abstract

A mold, system, and method of fabricating rubber gloves is disclosed. The mold includes a base, a forearm region, a wrist region, a palm region; and digit regions including a thumb region, an index finger region, a middle finger region, a ring finger region and a little finger region. The thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger regions are configured in a splayed arrangement such that the mold has an appearance of a human hand with the thumb and fingers thereof flexed apart from one another. A plurality of molds are secured to a chain drive by individual mounting assemblies. During fabrication the chain drive moves the molds through liquid nitrile. Bubbles forming in the nitrile as the molds emerge from the liquid tend to pop close to the palm region of the mold because of the splayed configuration of the digit regions.

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First Claim