Abstract: The invention concerns the production of a decorative high-pressure laminate with a surface layer (3) on the surface of which an adhesive primer layer (4) of polyvinyl butyral is applied. The adhesive primer layer (4) enables a lacquer coating to be applied subsequently, so that a lacquer layer optimally suited to the particular application for which the laminate is eventually used can be chosen. The adhesive primer layer (4) can be applied by impregnating a web of paper with melamine resin, dusting the impregnated web with polyvinyl butyral powder while the resin is still wet and then drying. Another way of producing the coat is to apply polyvinyl butyral in alcoholic solution to a web of paper which has been impregnated with melamine resin and dried, and subsequently drying.

Abstract: Repositionable adhesives which display surprising latent permanent adhesive properties are described herein. These adhesives are comprised of acrylic pressure sensitive resins. These pressure-sensitive adhesive resins can be either solvent based or water based. In the case of a solvent-based adhesive system, paraffin wax is used, while in the water-based systems, latex emulsions of polyethylene are preferred.

Abstract: A flame retardant electrical laminate prepared by impregnating a base material with a halogen-containing unsaturated polyester resin which is prepared by dissolving a halogen-containing unsaturated polyester into a polymerizable monomer; and then curing the halogen-containing unsaturated polyester resin; wherein the halogen-containing unsaturated polyester has a molecular weight per 1 mole of unsaturated group of 350 to 1,000, and the cured halogen-containing unsaturated polyester resin has a glass transition temperature of 30.degree. to 90.degree. C.Such electrical laminates not only have excellent flame redardancy but also excellent puching quality at wide temperature range including room temperature.

Abstract: A high pressure laminate comprising a plurality of heat molded sheets impregnated with duromeric synthetic resins characterized in that several of these sheets form on at least one surface of the laminate a heat-shapable surface layer (2,3) while the remaining sheets form a non-heat-shapable region which includes a core layer of the laminate.

Abstract: The decorative panel having an underlay or core layer and a decorative layer on one or both sides of the core. At least one of the two surfaces of at least the outermost layer of the panel comprises a synthetic resin of one or more radiation-polymerized components selected from unsaturated acrylates and methacrylates. This layer, when scratched, has a scratch resistance of at least 1.5 N and preferably 2 to 7 N (DIN 53 799, part 10). In the method for manufacturing the decorative panel, a liquid surface layer which includes the radiation-polymerizable components is applied onto an underlay and then polymerized by means of radiation. In a further step, the radiation-polymerized surface layer is pressed together with the underlay at an elevated temperature.

Abstract: A heat shapable resin laminate sheet, composed of several heat-bonded support webs impregnated with duroplastic binders, the deformation temperature to be utilized in shaping the laminate sheet being higher than the temperature utilized in molding it, which comprises a number of individual laminations, each of which is formed separately of one or more support webs impregnated with duroplastic binders and layers of thermoplastic binders arranged between the individual laminations, the melting point temperatures of the thermoplastic binders being equal to or lower than the deformation temperature, and a process of shaping the laminate sheet.

Abstract: A decorative panel and method therefor. The decorative panel includes a core layer and layers which are decorated on one or both sides of the core layer. At least the outermost layer of the panel on at least one of the two surfaces of the panel is predominantly composed of a synthetic resin which can be one or more components polymerized by radiation and includes unsaturated acrylates and methacrylates. This layer is scratch-resistant at a scratch loading of at least 1.5N, preferably 2-7N (DIN 53,799, part 10) and has a low gloss corresponding to a reflectometer value of not more than 50 at an angle of incidence of 85.degree. (DIN 67,350).

Abstract: An improved release medium is disclosed for use in the production of decorative laminates by both low or high pressure consolidation. The release medium comprises a self-sustaining release sheet having at least one of its surfaces coated with a composition comprised of mineral particles dispersed in a resinous matrix. The release medium may be used to apply an abrasion-resistant coating to the surface of a decorative laminate during production of the laminate by pressure consolidation.

Abstract: A treating solution for use in impregnating a paper sheet material useful in the preparation of electrically conductive high-pressure thermoset laminates, which treating solution comprises in combination: an aqueous resin solution which includes a heat-curable thermosetting formaldehyde-type resin; and, an electrically conductive amount of a quaternary ammonium compound sufficient to impart an electrical resistivity of about 10.sup.10 ohms per square inch or less to the impregnated thermoset paper sheet material.

Abstract: Polyester resins are disclosed as the impregnant in the core sheets of heat and pressure consolidated laminates, especially decorative laminates having a core of a color complementing that of the decor sheet, and more especially those decorative laminates of unusual thickness.

Abstract: A one-faced or double-faced release sheet presenting an adequate barrier against coating solutions of release agent, good adhesion to release agents, high heat resistance and minimum heat shrinkage comprising a support sheet having a release layer formed on at least one side thereof with an undercoated layer being disposed between said support sheet and the release layer, said undercoated layer being formed from a mixture of a soap-free type acrylic resin emulsion and oxidized starch.

Abstract: A fibrous sheet material suitable for use in a high-pressure laminate of improved electrical conductivity, which fibrous sheet material comprises a dried paper sheet material saturated with a heat-curable thermoset resin, and an electrically conductive amount of a quaternary ammonium compound.

Abstract: A backing sheet for the weathering-resistant coating of thin, plane backings in continuous presses without recooling comprising(A) a paper impregnated with curable melamine resin in an amount of 40 to 60 weight percent of aminoplast resin, based on the weight of the paper, in the dried state, and(B) a coating of curable acrylic resin on the impregnated paper in an amount of 60 to 150 g/m.sup.

Abstract: A resin impregnated and coated, fibrous, chemical resistant decorative laminate is made, having a bottom portion impregnated with phenolic resin, a top portion impregnated and coated with vinyl ester terminated bisphenol A epoxy resin, and a middle portion impregnated with aminotriazine-aldehyde resin which acts as a barrier to phenolic resin contact with the vinyl ester terminated bisphenol A epoxy resin.

Abstract: Polymethylol ketones are disclosed as ingredients in various resins which find use as the resin component of heat and pressure consolidated laminates, especially decorative laminates having a core of a color complementing that of the decor sheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to cellulosic supports rendered wholly or partly transparent by a process of impregnation. One of the characteristics of the impregnation compositions proposed is its aptitude to migrate very rapidly to the heart of the cellulosic supports. The invention is applicable to drawing, reproduction, windows for envelopes, lampshades, creation of watermarks by a photogravure process.

Abstract: A method for producing a melamine-formaldehyde resin by reacting crystalline melamine and solid formaldehyde in a single pass reactor, the resin produced by said process and a reinforcing substrate coated with said melamine-formaldehyde resin, are disclosed.

Abstract: A decorative laminate comprising a core of at least one sheet of saturating kraft paper impregnated with a blend of a phenol/formaldehyde resin and a cross-linked, acrylic copolymer and optionally, a melamine/formaldehyde resin, and a decor sheet impregnated with (1) a first blend of a melamine/formaldehyde resin and a cross-linked, acrylic copolymer and (2) a second blend of a melamine/formaldehyde resin and an abrasive material, and a method for the production thereof, are disclosed.

Abstract: A static-dissipating, synthetic surface-covering sheet laminate material which comprises a plurality of cured, resin-saturated paper sheet materials laminated together under heat and pressure, and which includes a resin-saturated and cured top sheet material having an electrically conductive amount of a polyalkylene glycol, to provide a surface resistivity of the sheet laminate material of about 100 ohms per square inch or less, when tested in accordance with ASTM-0257.

Abstract: A static-dissipating conductive synthetic surface-covering highpressure sheet laminate material which comprises a plurality of cured, resin-saturated paper sheet materials laminated together under heat and pressure, and which includes a resin-saturated cured top sheet material having an electrically conductive amount of a quaternary ammonium compound to provide a surface resistivity of the sheet laminate material of about 10.sup.9 ohms per square inch or less, when tested in accordance with ASTM-D257.

Abstract: Hydroxyalkylmelamines are disclosed as ingredients in various resins which find use as the resin component of heat and pressure consolidated laminates, especially decorative laminates having either post-formability or a core having a color matching that of the decor sheet.

Abstract: A composite polymeric film and a method for its use in forming and installing a very thin (<10 .mu.m) polymeric film are disclosed. The composite film consists of a thin film layer and a backing layer. The backing layer is soluble in a solvent in which the thin film layer is not soluble. In accordance with the method, the composite film is installed in a device in the same position in which it is sought to finally emplace the thin film. The backing layer is then selectively dissolved in the solvent to leave the insoluble thin film layer as an unbacked film. The method permits a very thin film to be successfully installed in devices where the fragility of the film would preclude handling and installation by conventional methods.

Abstract: A modified melamine resin, useful for impregnating surface sheets for postformable laminates, comprises: (A) melamine and aldehyde, where the mole ratio of melamine to aldehyde is from about 1 to 1.5 to about 1 to 3, (B) about 1 to 45 weight percent, based on weight of melamine, of water soluble polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of from about 200 to about 1,000, and (C) water; where the polyethylene glycol, melamine and aldehyde are reacted together in the presence of heat and water.

Abstract: Water reducible compositions useful as coating compositions for flexible substrates are prepard by reacting a glycidyl polyether of a dihydric phenol with a polyethylene glycol and ortho phosphoric acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to high pressure decorative laminates containing an air-laid web as a substrate and to a method of preparing such a decorative laminate from an assembly comprising said substrate and a thermosetting resin impregnated decor sheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to bowling lanes in which at least part of the lane approach surface and at least part of the lane surface proper is of a suitable decorative laminate panel, the foul line configuration being molded or incorporated in said laminate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular packaging material to produce a sausage casing comprising a carrier tubing comprised of hydrate and containing in its wall from about 5 to 12% by weight of water and from about 18 to 28% by weight of a plasticizer; an anchoring layer on the outside of the carrier tubing of a water-insoluble heat-cured synthetic condensation product; a film coating on the outside of the carrier tubing which is substantially impermeable to water and water vapor and which comprises a copolymer of vinylidene chloride; and a water-permeable adhesion-promoting layer on the inside surface of the carrier tubing, comprising a water-insoluble, heat-cured condensation product. The carrier tubing is characterized by a swelling value in the range from about 80 to 120%, and the tubular packaging, after soaking in water at a temperature between about 40.degree. to 50.degree. C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular packaging material for sausage casings, comprising a carrier tubing comprised of cellulose hydrate and containing in its wall from about 5 to 12% by weight of water and from about 18 to 28% by weight of a plasticizer; and a coating on the inside and on the outside of the carrier tubing of a water-insoluble heat-cured synthetic condensation product wherein the carrier tubing is characterized by a swelling value in the range from about 80 to 120%, and the tubular packaging material, after soaking in water at a temperature between about 40.degree. to 50.degree. C. for a period of about 30 minutes and subsequent cooling to about room temperature, is characterized by dimensions in the wet state which are 2 to 6% greater than those before the soaking in water. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the packaging material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for making striking surfaces wherein red phosphorus, abrasive agents, and binders which are in the form of aqueous urea/formaldehyde or melamine/formaldehyde-condensates, are made into an aqueous suspension which is applied on to a striking surface substrate. More particularly, the suspension, based on the solid matter content of the condensates used as binder, is admixed with 5 to 20 weight %, calculated as solid matter, of an agent cross-linking the amine resin, the cross-linking agent being a polyester or copolymer produced by subjecting an acryl and/or methacryl ester to copolymerization with vinyl acetate in a ratio by weight of 1:9 to 9:1. A pH-value within the range 6.5 to 8.0 is established in the mixture, in the event of the cross-linking agent being a copolymer, or a pH-value within the range 7 to 11 is established, in the event of the cross-linking agent being a polyester.

Abstract: Oligomer solution, process of increasing the water-miscibility of the oligomer solution, one- and two-part coating solutions containing the oligomer solution, and substrates coated with the coating solution, said oligomer solution being miscible with at least 12 wt % of water, based on non-volatile ingredients, and consisting essentially of:(a) about 50 to about 94 wt % of an oligomer having a degree of polymerization (DP) of about 10 to about 50, for example, an oligomer of vinyl acetate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, and a C.sub.1-8 alkyl acrylate;(b) 0 to about 30 wt % of a polyalkylene ether glycol having a molecular weight of about 400 to about 1300; and(c) 0 to about 20 wt % of a water-miscible solvent,with the sum of the weight percentages being 100%.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coated sheet material comprising a release medium having thereon a gluable coating for use in making a decorative heat-and-pressure consolidated laminate. The gluable coating is transferred during the consolidation step from the release medium to the back side of the laminate, and the laminate can then be glued to a reinforcing substrate with conventional glues and without sanding the back of the laminate. The transferable gluable coating comprises a linear copolymer of (A) maleic anhydride or maleic acid or maleic acid salt and (B) ethylene or a vinyl monomer having a side chain of an aliphatic group with up to four carbon atoms or an alkoxy group with up to four carbon atoms.

Abstract: Planographic printing plates are made by depositing on a support sheet an aqueous mixture comprising a hydroxyl group-containing polymer free from acid groups, an insolubilizing agent, a synthetic polymer containing acid groups and preferably a filler, and then drying the deposited layer.The process can be operated at near ambient temperature to give rapidly and reliably a durable water-insoluble hydrophilic layer.

Abstract: A decorative article of manufacture having at least one face which can be glued to other surfaces by using common adhesives and may be painted with a variety of paints and stains is disclosed.

Abstract: In a bowling lane having a decorative laminate surface, an internal lubricant in the resin for the laminate surface obviates the need for oil treatment or conditioning of the surface.

Abstract: A release sheet useful in the production of heat and pressure consolidated laminates comprising a paper sheet having coated thereon a first coating comprising(A) an oil-modified alkyd resin crosslinked with a polyalkylether of a polymethylol melamine and a second coating, atop said (A), comprising(B) a copolymer of an unsaturated acid, ester or anhydride and a vinyl ether or an unsaturated alkyl compound.

Abstract: A release sheet useful in the production of heat and pressure consolidated laminates comprising a paper sheet having coated thereon a mixture ofA. an oil-modified alkyd resin crosslinked with a polyalkylether of a polymethylol melamine andB. a copolymer of an unsaturated acid, ester or anhydride and a vinyl ether or an unsaturated alkyl compound.

Abstract: A heat and pressure consolidated structure comprising, in superimposed relationship,(A) a self-supporting substrate and(B) a decorative, .alpha.-cellulose paper sheet impregnated with a resin composition comprisingA mixture of a melamine/formaldehyde resin and an elastomer comprising either an ethylene/vinyl chloride copolymer containing amide groups or a polyurethane resin containing carboxyl groups, is disclosed.

Abstract: A heat and pressure consolidated structure comprising, in superimposed relationship,A a self-supporting substrate, andB a decorative .alpha.-cellulose paper sheet impregnated with a resin composition comprisingA mixture of a melamine/formaldehyde resin, an elastomer comprising an ethylene/vinyl chloride copolymer containing amide groups, a butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer containing carboxyl groups or a polyurethane resin containing carboxyl groups and an alkylene polyamine, is disclosed.

Abstract: A composition of matter comprising a mixture of a melamine/formaldehyde resin and an elastomer comprising either an ethylene/vinyl chloride copolymer containing amide groups or a polyether-based, polyurethane resin containing carboxyl groups, is disclosed.

Abstract: A composition of matter comprising a mixture of a melamine/formaldehyde resin, an elastomer comprising an ethylene/vinyl chloride copolymer containing amide groups, a butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer containing carboxyl groups or a polyurethane resin containing carboxyl groups and an alkylene polyamine, is disclosed.

Abstract: A composition of matter comprising (1) a blend of an aqueous melamine/formaldehyde resin solution and from about 2 to about 20.0% of an ethylene glycol or (2) an aqueous solution of the resinous reaction product of melamine, formaldehyde and from about 2.0 to about 20.0% of an ethylene glycol, is disclosed.

Abstract: A flexible, fully cured, resin-impregnated sheet material useful as a surface-covering laminate product, particularly on particle boards, and the process of preparing such sheet material and the laminate product, which sheet material is prepared by providing a thin, fibrous sheet material impregnated with a curable, thermosetting resin; applying onto one surface of the resin-impregnated sheet material a layer of a compatible resin adhesive material; and subjecting the resin-impregnated coated sheet material to high pressures of over about 20 kilos per centimeter square at a resin-curing temperature for a period of time to provide a thin sheet material characterized by a nonporous, cured, resin-rich, face surface free of adhesive, and an adhesive-rich back surface, the sheet material being flexible and capable of being handled without fracture thereof. The flexible sheet material is secured by adhesively bonding the material to a substrate, such as a particle board, for use as a surface covering.

Abstract: A vulcanizable rubber composition is provided which comprises rubber, a filler material, an N-(substituted oxymethyl)melamine and 1,3-dimethylolurea.

Abstract: A unitary, heat and pressure consolidated laminate comprising at least one paper sheet, a decorative sheet and a coating on said decorative sheet, said paper sheet and said decorative sheet being impregnated with an acrylic resin-melamine/formaldehyde resin composition and said coating comprising an acrylic resin-alkoxymethylated melamine composition.

Abstract: A unitary, heat and pressure consolidated laminate comprising at least one paper sheet, a decorative sheet and a coating on said decorative sheet, said paper sheet and said decorative sheet being impregnated with an acrylic resin-melamine/formaldehyde resin composition and said coating comprising an acrylic resin-alkoxymethylated melamine composition containing pyrophyllite, andalusite or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Polyester resins are disclosed as the impregnant in the core sheets of heat and pressure consolidated laminates, especially decorative laminates having a core of a color complementing that of the decor sheet, and more especially those decorative laminates of unusual thickness.