Patents Represented by Attorney Thomas M. Schmitz
  • Patent number: 4540735
    Abstract: A process for preparing improved polymeric binder for use in protective surface coatings comprising heat reacting glycoluril or melamine with a time sufficient to partially coreact or otherwise associate the glycoluril or melamine with the reactive emulsion polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventor: David A. Borovicka, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4528053
    Abstract: The apparatus forms fiberboard hollow ducts from fiberboard and comprises means for collapsing or partially collapsing the fiberboard into a flat collapsed fiberboard or partially collapsed fiberboard for advancing the collapsed or partially collapsed fiberboard through a preheating and heating stage while heat sensitive tape is applied to the linear seam of the advancing fiberboard. After tape is applied, means for applying pressure and cooling operate to permanently set the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Inventor: Mark J. Auer
  • Patent number: 4526945
    Abstract: The process comprises polymerizing monomers, especially including methacrylic monomer, in the presence of azo catalyst and between 0.0001% and 0.01% of Cobalt (II) dimethylglyoxime pyridine or similar Cobalt (II) complexes to produce a low molecular weight polymer or copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: Gary M. Carlson, Kirk J. Abbey
  • Patent number: 4525535
    Abstract: A protective surface coating composition particularly useful for wood coating containing hydroxylated polyester, glycoluril, and emulsion polymer can be heat cured to produce cured films on substrates. The coating is particularly useful as wood coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: Gary P. Craun, Henry J. DeGraaf
  • Patent number: 4522962
    Abstract: Emulsion polymers produced by polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an aqueous medium can be substantially improved by incorporating into the monomer mixture a minor amount of blend of epoxy resin and glycidyl acrylate. The epoxy modified emulsion polymers are particularly useful as ambient or low temperature thermosetting latices for film-forming coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk J. Abbey, James R. Erickson
  • Patent number: 4522961
    Abstract: The invention pertains to coating compositions comprising self-curing water-dispersed polymers, epoxy-acrylic copolymers, and preferably including epoxy phosphate polymers. The self-curing water-dispersed polymers produced preferably by step-wise polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising alkylol acrylamide monomer, functional monomers, and other monomers, wherein the alkylol acrylamide monomers are copolymerized in the second stage monomer addition to preferentially locate alkylol acrylamide groups in the surface portion of the latex polymer particles. Melamine resins can be added to improve the cure properties of the coating composition. The coating compositions are advantageously sprayable compositions and are particularly useful for interior coatings for food and beverage containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip C. Martino, Peter P. Winner
  • Patent number: 4503173
    Abstract: A self-curing water dispersed copolymer particularly useful for coatings for interiors of beverage containers comprises a self-curing water dispersed copolymer of polymerized ethylenic monomers, including alkylol acrylamide monomer and functional monomer, produced by copolymerizing the monomers in the presence of an epoxy phosphate additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip C. Martino, Peter P. Winner
  • Patent number: 4499212
    Abstract: The invention pertains to sprayable latex polymers produced by step-wise polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising alkylol acrylamide monomer, functional monomers, and other monomers, wherein the alkylol acrylamide monomers are copolymerized in the second stage monomer addition to preferentially locate alkylol acrylamide groups in the surface portion of the latex polymer particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventor: Phillip C. Martino
  • Patent number: 4487859
    Abstract: A self-curing water dispersed emulsion or solution polymerized polymer comprises copolymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers including (i) alkylol acrylamide monomer, (ii) functional monomer such as carboxyl, hydroxyl, amine, or amide functional monomer, (iii) phosphated monomer, and (iv) other ethylenically unsaturated monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventor: Phillip C. Martino
  • Patent number: 4487889
    Abstract: A protective surface coating composition containing polyol, glycoluril, and emulsion polymer can be heat cured to produce cured films on substrates. The coating is particularly useful as wood coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventor: Gary P. Craun
  • Patent number: 4487861
    Abstract: A polymeric composition useful for interior coatings for beverage containers comprises a polymeric mixture of epoxy-acrylic copolymer and epoxy phosphate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventor: Peter P. Winner
  • Patent number: 4487860
    Abstract: The composition comprises an aqueous polyelectrolyte polymer intermixed with a phosphated polymer and a self-curing water dispersed polymer containing copolymerized functional monomer and alkylol acrylamide monomer. The polyelectrolyte polymer is produced by copolymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers, including hydroxyl or carboxyl monomers in the presence of an ionizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: Peter P. Winner, James T. K. Woo
  • Patent number: 4482673
    Abstract: Non-gelled compositions containing hydroxy ester copolymer having carboxyl groups and substantially free of oxirane groups and the method of making them are disclosed which are the esterification reaction product of(A) acidic addition copolymer; and(B) epoxy resin including aromatic polyether containing oxirane groups in which the epoxy resin comprises at least 40% of the total resin solids and contains insufficient oxirane groups to react with all of the carboxyl groups in the copolymer; in which esterification is conducted in the presence of higher than the normal amount of amine catalyst, i.e., 1.5% or more. The resulting composition is neutralized with amine, is self-emulsifiable in water and is useful for coatings, e.g., for cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: George L. Brown, Miksa de Sorgo, Arthur T. Spencer
  • Patent number: 4482671
    Abstract: Provides new and improved water-reducible coating compositions and methods of making them. Three preferred processes are disclosed. These differ in the manner of incorporating and chemical nature of an extender polymer.Broadly, the process of the invention is one for forming an aqueous dispersion of a fluent resinous composition ofa. a mixture in an organic solvent of(i) an ionizable graft polymer of an epoxy resin and an addition polymerized resin, the addition polymerized resin being bonded to aliphatic backbone carbon atoms of the epoxy resin by carbon-to-carbon bonds, and(ii) an extender resin;b. an aqueous vehicle, andc. an ionizing agent;the ionization present from said combined components being sufficient to establish the components as a dispersion in the aqueous vehicle, and then addition polymerizing a quantity of addition polymerizable monomer, under addition polymerizing conditions, in said aqueous dispersion, the aqueous dispersion serving as a vehicle therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: James T. K. Woo, Vincent W. Ting, Richard M. Marcinko
  • Patent number: 4480058
    Abstract: Sanitary coatings based on self-emulsifiable epoxy ester copolymers are produced by esterifying a solvent-soluble carboxyl polymer with an epoxy resin in an organic resin and in the presence of at least about 2% amine catalyst to provide a carboxyl-functional epoxy polymer which can be reacted with a base and dispersed into water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent W. Ting, Richard M. Marcinko
  • Patent number: 4461664
    Abstract: The apparatus forms fiberboard hollow ducts from fiberboard and comprises means for collapsing the fiberboard into a flat collapsed fiberboard means for advancing the collapsed fiberboard through a preheating and heating stage while heat sensitive tape is applied to the linear seam of the collapsed fiberboard. After tape is applied, means for applying pressure and cooling operate to permanently set the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Inventor: Mark J. Auer
  • Patent number: 4444941
    Abstract: Thermosetting low temperature cure coating compositions produced by combining certain acrylamide emulsion polymers containing both carboxyl and hydroxyl groups with a glycoluril whereby both the carboxyl and hydroxyl groups cross-link with the glycoluril upon curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Borovicka, Sr., Kenneth G. Hahn, Jr., John T. Tupa
  • Patent number: 4443568
    Abstract: The product and process is directed to polymerizing second stage ethylenically unsaturated monomers within an aqueous dispersion of a preformed epoxy based resinous material comprising a mixture of graft epoxy polymer containing grafted addition polymer grafted to the epoxy backbone, ungrafted epoxy polymer, and ungrafted addition polymer uniformly dispersed in water wherein the second stage monomers are polymerized in the presence of at least 0.1% of benzoin derivative reducing agent based on monomer weight in combination with a peroxide polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventor: James T. K. Woo
  • Patent number: 4442257
    Abstract: Thermosetting low temperature cure coating compositions produced by combining certain emulsion polymers containing reactive hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, and acrylamide groups with a dimethylol dihydroxy ethylene urea whereby the hydroxyl groups cross-link with the dimethylol dihydroxy ethylene urea upon curing. Preferred emulsion polymers are acrylamide polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Borovicka, Sr., Kenneth G. Hahn, Jr., John T. Tupa
  • Patent number: 4442246
    Abstract: Non-gelled compositions containing hydroxy ester copolymer having carboxyl groups and substantially free of oxirane groups are disclosed which are the esterification reaction product of(A) acidic addition copolymer; and(B) mixtures containing epoxy resin including both aromatic polyether containing oxirane groups and aromatic polyether devoid of oxirane groups, in which the mixture comprises at least 40% of the total resin solids and contains insufficient oxirane groups to react with all of the carboxyl groups in the copolymer. The resulting composition is neutralized with amine, is self-emulsifiable in water and is useful for coatings, e.g., for cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: George L. Brown, Arthur T. Spencer