GLOVES FOR ASTRONAUTS Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B64G6/00 A41D19/15 D04B1/28 

FIELD: transport, space engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to astronaut space clothing and can be used for protection of astronaut hands against cold at temperature decrease in the spacecraft or orbital station cabin. The proposed gloves are fabricated from knitted fabric produced from loop-knitted natural-silk twisted threads and physically-modified belting yarn polyamide complex twisted threads. The aforesaid threads consist of elementary profiled threads with the filling degree of 0.7±10%, the degree of deformation of 3.0±10%, the degree of branching of 30±10%, the degree of cutting-up of 1.35±10%. The propose gloves can be used at temperatures of down to 15°C.

EFFECT: gloves feature high hygienic qualities and strength, are light and wear-resistant, do not give off dust as fine fiber particles.

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