Solid Polymer Derived From Carboxylic Acid-containing Monomer Patents (Class 524/522)
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Patent number: 5869166Abstract: Using a combination of relatively coarse filler and latex binder, a very high solids coating (about 85% or higher) can be produced with a relatively low working viscosity. These very high solids coatings can be applied in thick single layers and oven cured without cracking. They maintain more than 80% of their original wet thickness. The resulting coating provides an extremely hard and durable surface, even on relatively soft mineral fiber board ceiling tiles or wall panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth G. Caldwell
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Patent number: 5853865Abstract: Vapor-grown carbon fibers from methane produced in globular clumps of individual fibers of about 0.5 to 50 micrometers in length are rendered infiltratable and wettable with molten plastic for composite molding article manufacture by careful ball milling to reduce the clump size to a dimension of no greater than about 0.3 millimeters without reducing the average fiber length to less than about 20 percent of the original fiber length.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1997Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: John Joseph McHugh, Gary George Tibbetts
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Patent number: 5851684Abstract: A novel aqueous sheet-impregnating composition including a composition of a styrene-ethyl acrylate-butyl acrylate copolymer and a binder. The binder is selected from polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, gelatin and starch, and the composition includes 5-90 parts by weight of a polyvinyl alcohol solution and 10-95 parts by weight of a styrene-ethyl acrylate-butyl acrylate copolymer dispersion. A decorative sheet for laminates may thereby be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1996Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Arjo Wiggins Deutschland GmbHInventors: Horst Matscheko, Stefan Zachert
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Patent number: 5849815Abstract: An ink including a dye; a liquid medium for dissolving the dye; and a polymer, wherein the surface tension and the viscosity of the ink respectively are 26.times.10.sup.-5 N/cm to 40.times.10.sup.-5 N/cm and 0.7.times.10.sup.-3 Pa.multidot.s to 12.times.10.sup.-3 Pa.multidot.s, and the forward contact angle with respect to a recording medium, on which an image will be printed, ranges from 60.degree. to 180.degree. at 25.degree. C. An ink jet recording method and recording apparatus employing the ink are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1996Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Aoki, Yoshihisa Takizawa, Yutaka Kurabayashi
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Patent number: 5849834Abstract: A W/O type emulsified composition comprising an oil phase containing ethyl cellulose and a solvent capable of swelling ethyl cellulose and a water phase containing a water soluble polymer(s) emulsified as a water-in-oil type (W/O type) emulsion. A W/O type emulsified composition comprising an oil phase containing ethyl cellulose and a solvent capable of swelling ethyl cellulose and a water phase containing a polyion complex comprising cationized cellulose and sodium hyaluronate emulsified as a water-in-oil type (W/O type) emulsion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1997Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumiaki Matsuzaki, Toshio Yanaki, Michihiro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 5840799Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixer system for the production of water-thinnable coating compositions having a precisely defined color shade, from various base colors, which mixer system is characterized in that it comprisesA) various base colors A which contain less than 5% by weight of water, at least one color and/or effect pigment, organic solvent, at least one water-dilutable or water-dispersible acrylic polyurethane resin (A1) and/or polyacrylate resin (A2) and optionally auxiliaries and additives, andB) at least one pigment-free component B which contains water.The present invention also relates to a process for the production of coating compositions using this mixer system and to the use of the mixer system for the production of aqueous basecoats for the coating of automobile bodies and/or plastic parts, in particular for automotive refinishing.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1995Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben, AGInventors: Bernd Mayer, Uwe Meisenburg, Heinz Peter Rink
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Patent number: 5821297Abstract: The invention refers to an aqueous dispersion for the production of an at least two-component polyurethane-modified dispersion adhesive especially suited for the lamination of fabrics, foil and such materials onto carrier materials. The dispersion contains at least one hydroxyl-group containing polymer compound to react with a dispersible hardener to be added to the dispersion, the hardener itself containing a di- or polyfunctional isocyanate compound. The dispersion contains either a (co) polymer compound derived of ethylene vinylacetate (EVA) in addition to a (co)polymer compound derived of (meth) acrylic acid (derivative) or one of these two (co)polymer compounds besides one plasticizer.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1995Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.Inventors: Christian W. Arnold, Werner H. Pimpl
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Patent number: 5817419Abstract: An aqueous dispersion contains melt-fabricable fluoropolymer particles and acrylic copolymer particles, said acrylic copolymers having a decomposition temperature of less than 340.degree. C., wherein the dispersion contains about 75 to about 95 wt % of fluoropolymer and about 5 to about 25 wt % of acrylic copolymer, based on combined weights of the two polymers. Coated articles comprise a substrate coated with a primer layer, optional intermediate coats, and a topcoat with at least the topcoat being formed from the aqueous dispersion.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Michael Fryd, Peter Louis Huesmann, Allan Harold Olson
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Patent number: 5817713Abstract: A method for forming a water swellable coating and a water swellable coating for forming a coated substrate are provided. The water swellable coatings are semi-gel dispersions of particulate superabsorbent polymer in a polyvinyl chloride plastisol. A dispersion is formed from the polymer and plastisol, then contacted with a substrate and heat cured to a semi-gel state. The coatings are capable of swelling in the presence of water to protect the substrates from water penetration, block water from penetrating the coatings to reach other substrates or to retain water to prevent leakage.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Fiber-Line, Inc.Inventors: Vincent J. Pappas, Louis A. Vitola, Vernon Z. Detwiler
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Patent number: 5817370Abstract: Water dilutable binders, prepared by subjecting to free radical polymerization(A) from 20 to 90% by weight of a mixture of(a1) from 3 to 50% by weight of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or a mixture of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and(a2) from 50 to 97% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers,in the presence of(B) from 9.9 to 79.9% by weight of a halogen-free polyolefin free from maleic anhydride groups, or a mixture of halogen-free polyolefins free from maleic anhydride groups, and(C) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a free radical initiator or a mixture of free radical initiatorsand, after neutralization of at least 20% of the carboxyl groups contained in the resulting polymerization product, dispersing the polymerization product in water, the sum of the percentages by weight of components (A), (B) and (C) and (a1) and (a2) in each case always being 100% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben, AGInventors: Horst Hinzte-Bruning, Harald Borgholte, Hans-Josef Oslowski, Albin Berger, Michael-Wolfgang Muller
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Patent number: 5804639Abstract: Pigment preparations having a solids content of greater than 40% comprise, as dispersing agents, polymers having recurring succinyl units, in particular polyaspartic acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Bayer AGInventors: Gert Schopwinkel, Kai Butje, Gunter Wieghaus, Richard Bathke, Torsten Groth, Winfried Joentgen
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Patent number: 5801738Abstract: A process for alleviating bleed and improving color in printed elements comprises applying an anionic printing liquid and a cationic printing liquid to a substrate adjacent to one another, wherein at least one of the printing liquids contains a polymer and reacting the anionic and cationic printing liquids with one another; wherein the color integrity of the anionic and cationic printing liquids is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1996Date of Patent: September 1, 1998Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: John Lawrence Stoffel, Arthur Charles Shor, Harry Joseph Spinelli, Sheau-Hwa Ma, Howard Matrick, Mark Leland Choy, Loren Eugene Johnson
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Patent number: 5798407Abstract: A hydrophilic resin composition comprising a water-absorptive resin (component A), a thermoplastic modified ethylene polymer (component B), and, if desired, a thermoplastic polymer (component C) which is different from the component B, the water-absorptive resin (component A) being present in an amount of 0.1 to 70% by weight of the total amount of the components A to C, the component A being uniformly dispersed in the thermoplastic polymers (components B+C), in the form of particles having an average particle diameter of 5 .mu.m or less.A process for producing a hydrophilic resin composition, comprising kneading a water-absorptive resin containing water (component A) whose water content is 25 to 80% by weight to obtain a rubber-like resin, incorporating a modified ethylene polymer (component B), and, if desired, a thermoplastic polymer (component C) and an additive (component D) into the rubber-like resin, and melt kneading the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1996Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kazunori Yano, Hiroyoshi Kaito, Akeharu Wakayama, Shuhei Yada
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Patent number: 5786415Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of dispersing or treating a mineral filler into a thermoplastic resin; the dispersing agent or agent for treatment of a mineral filler is a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, having an weight average molecular weight preferably between 1000 to 3000; the thermoplastic resin is selected from (a) a hydrocarbon homopolymer without an aryl group, (b) a copolymer without an aryl group, and with a molecule comprised of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in which the content of oxygen atoms does not exceed 22% by weight or (c) a mixture of the above described homopolymer and copolymer; the mineral fillers are basic or have surfaces that have free hydroxyl groups. The present invention relates also to thermoplastic compounds which are highly filled, stable, fluid and homogeneous and which contain mineral agents; further these compositions are useful in the fabrication of plastic products.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1996Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: Coatex S.A.Inventors: Pierre Blanchard, Patrick Trouve
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Patent number: 5770648Abstract: A waterbased dispersion useful for forming aqueous coating composition containing dispersed pigment, an aqueous carrier and a branched polymer dispersant (binder);the branched polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 5,000-100,000 and contains 20-80% by weight of a hydrophilic backbone and correspondingly 80-20% by weight of macromonomer side chains; whereinthe backbone is of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers and 2-30% by weight, based on the weight of the backbone of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers having an acid-functional group; and wherein at least 10% of the acid-functional groups are neutralized with an amine or an inorganic base and is hydrophilic in comparison to the side chains;the side chains are of macromonomers of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers that are polymerized into the backbone via an ethylenically unsaturated group and the macromonomers have a weight average molecular weight of about 1,000-30,000 and wherein the weight ratio of pigmenType: GrantFiled: October 29, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Joseph Albert Antonelli, Henry L. Jakubauskas, Christopher Scopazzi
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Patent number: 5770679Abstract: Polyamide resin compositions which are useful for molding parts with excellent malleability, thoughness, rigidity, and high heat deformation temperatures are prepared from 10 to 89% by weight of a polyamide resin, 1 to 30% by weight of at least one type of elastomer selected from among elastomers composed of ethylene/propylene/dienes, elastomers composed of ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid unsaturated carboxylic acid esters, and elastomers obtained by graft-modifying these elastomers, and from 10 to 60% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and cyclic olefin that is noncrystalline and has a glass transition temperature of from 100.degree. to 190.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Ryuichi Hayashi, Reiko Koshida
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Patent number: 5750613Abstract: This invention relates to aqueous, crosslinkable binder dispersions which have a low solvent content and contain hydroxy-functional polyethers, hydroxy-functional acrylate copolymers and hydroxy- and carboxy-functional acrylate copolymers, to a process for the production of these binders, to one and two-component binder compositions containing these binders and to the use of the binder compositions in coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1996Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harald Blum, Armin Sickert, Wieland Hovestadt
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Patent number: 5741828Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coating composition which includes a component A and component B. Component A is either an emulsion or dispersion having a hydrophobic elastomer stabilized with at lease one emulsifier. Component B is a dispersion or solution of a hydrophilic polymer which is insoluble in water, swellable in water and soluble in one or more water-miscible solvents. The hydrophobic elastomers may be polymers or copolymers of butadiene, isoprene, chloroprene, styrene, acrylonitrile, ethylene, propylene, isobutylene, alkylacrylates and alkylmethacrylates; polyrethanes, polyureas, polysiloxanes, elastomeric polyamides and polyesters. The hydrophilic polymers may be segmented polyurethanes, segmented polyures, segmented polyesters, partially hydrolyzed poly(vinyl acetate), partially hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile, partially aminolyzed polyacrylonitrile, and ethylene glycol monomethacrylate.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1996Date of Patent: April 21, 1998Assignee: S.K.Y. Polymers, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir A. Stoy, Gerald A. Gontarz, Jr.
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Patent number: 5739196Abstract: The present invention relates to latex compositions having desirable wet adhesion and other rheological properties. The processes of the invention allow for preparation of a first polymer which, upon addition of a base or neutralizing agent, substantially dissolves the first polymer, thereby providing a medium for polymerization of a second polymer, stabilizing the second polymer and acting as a dispersant for other coating composition components such as pigments, coalescents, fillers and the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1995Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Richard Duane Jenkins, Victor Vincent Kaminski, III, William Charles Arney, Jr., David Robinson Bassett
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Patent number: 5731377Abstract: A polymer blend useful as a binder in an aqueous coating composition containing no coalescent is provided. The polymer blend comprises from about 20 to about 60 weight percent of a hard emulsion polymer, having a glass transition temperature greater than about room temperature, and from about 80 to about 40 weight percent of a soft emulsion polymer, having a glass transition temperature less than about 15 degrees Centigrade.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1993Date of Patent: March 24, 1998Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventor: John Michael Friel
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Patent number: 5728759Abstract: New water base pressure sensitive adhesives with capability of use in production of high temperature quality masking tape are aqueous dispersions of the following mixture of components in the percentages by weight as specified:______________________________________ Component Percentage ______________________________________ Adhesive entity 45 to 65 Tackifier resin 20 to 40 Plasticizer 1 to 20 Stabilizer 0.1 to 10 Curing entity 0.1 to 10 Optional additives 0 to 20 ______________________________________The various components constitute the disperse phase of the aqueous dispersion and have a combined weight of between about 30 to 70% of the total weight, the curing entity is a combination of a plurality of curing agents that exhibit different curing speeds and the adhesive entity is a combination of a plurality of adhesive elastomers having different molecular weights.High temperature quality masking tapes made from the new PS adhesives avoid "freeze down" and "ghosting".Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1995Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Inventor: Charles O. Pike
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Patent number: 5719221Abstract: A composition is provided for protecting exterior surfaces of automobiles and other products against abrasive dust, acid rain, etc. The composition is applied as a mixture of water solubilized acrylic acid copolymer, pH-neutral acrylic copolymer, alkyl alcohol, surfactant, and water. The composition dries on the exterior surface to form a tough flexible coating that can be removed by an alkaline aqueous detergent solution.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1996Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: Cal-West Equipment CompanyInventor: Ronald Swidler
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Patent number: 5719222Abstract: A water-based synthetic adhesive is composed of the thermosetting acrylic resin and the thermoplastic resin, which are bonded together by an interfacial agent in the presence of water. The adhesive is further composed of an acidic swelling agent capable of causing the adhesive to form a number of air-permeable pores when the adhesive is subjected to heat. The adhesive is still further composed of a consistency promoting agent to facilitate the application of the adhesive. A method for making the water-based synthetic adhesive includes a step in which a mixture containing water and the thermoplastic resin powder is formed. An interfacial agent and the thermosetting acrylic resin are added to the mixture before the mixture is stirred slowly at a predetermined temperature under at least one atmospheric pressure for a predetermined time so that the mixture becomes a paste, which is then subjected to a high-speed grinding at a low temperature for a predetermined period.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1996Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Inventor: Der-Shyan Chen
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Patent number: 5712340Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of a polymer composition comprising (A) a copolymer which comprises (a.sub.1) a unit derived from a vinyl monomer having a hydrolyzable silyl group and (a.sub.2) a unit derived from another vinyl monomer copolymerizable with (a.sub.1), and (B) a water-soluble polymer having an amineimide group. The aqueous dispersion of the present invention has good polymerization stability, mechanical stability and storage stability, and is useful in various applications such as coating materials, paints, adhesives, primers and binders.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1996Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Gyotoku, Satoshi Kuriyama, Kaoru Murata, Tatsuya Ohsumi
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Patent number: 5710208Abstract: A binder composition, a coating composition containing this binder, a process for its production and use to produce single or multi-layer lacquer coatings, particularly in the automotive sector, are described. The binder composition containsA) 25 to 75 wt. % of one of more resins containing carboxyl groups, which may contain .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated groups, with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 to 10000 g/mol and an acid value of 15 to 200 mg KOH/g,B) 25 to 75 wt. % of one or more polyethers, polyesters, polyether/polyesters and/or (meth)acrylic copolymers with at least one .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated group and at least one epoxy group per molecule, wherein the .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated groups and epoxy groups are present in a numerical ratio of 20:80 to 80:20, with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of up to 10000 g/mol,C) 0 to 60 wt. % of one or more polyols with at least two hydroxyl functional groups per molecule,D.sub.1) 0 to 20 wt. % of one or more melamine resins,D.sub.2) 0 to 40 wt.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1995Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Herberts GmbHInventors: Klaus Bederke, Carmen Flosbach, Eva Frigge, Walter Schubert
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Patent number: 5705554Abstract: A coating composition for use as an overcoat or heat resistant coating having improved heat resistance comprised of an aqueous latex polymer emulsion and a water soluble or water-dispersible resin which containing a sufficient number of either (a) carboxyl groups or (b) carboxyl and amide groups which will form at least one anhydride ring or imide, in the presence of sufficient heat, and release water molecules, with the latex polymer having a particle size of less than about 1600 Angstroms and containing an effective amount of a nitrogen containing volatile base to achieve a pH of greater than about 7.5 to keep the resin solubilized or dispersed.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1995Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: The B.F. Goodrich CompanyInventors: Ti Chou, James Stanley Dodge, George Kletecka
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Patent number: 5700852Abstract: A paper coating composition which comprises as a binder a latex of a copolymer (referred to hereinafter the particle A) consisting of (a) 20 to 80% by weight of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit, (b) 0.5 to 10% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit and (c) 20 to 79.5% by weight of a unit of another monomer copolymerizable with the above components (a) and (b) and having two glass transition points in the range of from -100.degree. C. to 50.degree. C. the difference between the two transition points being at least 5.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1995Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Japan Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin-ichiro Iwanaga, Shigeru Shingae, Takasi Morita, Osamu Ishikawa, Norichika Nojima
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Patent number: 5693706Abstract: The invention comprises a hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin suitable as tackifier for acrylic adhesive polymers, having greater than 20% aromatic protons after hydrogenation, a z-average molecular weight of less than about 1800, a narrow molecular weight distribution, typically of less than or equal to 2.1, and a softening point of from 40.degree. C. to about 120.degree. C. It additionally comprises a method for preparing a hydrogenated aromatic tackifier resin suitable as tackifier for acrylic adhesive polymers comprising the steps of: a) polymerizing under Friedel-Crafts polymerization conditions steam-cracked petroleum distillates, or fractions thereof, having boiling points between about 135.degree. C. and 220.degree. C. and containing at least 40% of by weight vinyl aromatic monomer contents, in the presence of a chain transfer agent; and b) catalytically hydrogenating the results of a) such that at least 75% of the aromaticity is retained.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Steven George Hentges, Frank Carl Jagisch, Edward Francis Smith
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Patent number: 5691418Abstract: Novel, soft, low modulus ethylene copolymer ionomer compositions containing an acrylate softening monomer, neutralized with magnesium or lithium ions possess a higher level of resilience at a given level of PGA Compressibility than known ionomers. The advantage is maintained in certain blend compositions with harder ionomers for blends having a neat-sphere PGA Compression below about 155. Both unblended and blended compositions will be useful as golf balls and components of golf balls, for one-piece balls, centers, cores and covers of golf balls.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1995Date of Patent: November 25, 1997Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: John Francis Hagman, Robert Joseph Statz
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Patent number: 5684078Abstract: The present invention relates to water-dilutable emulsion polymers prepared by multistep emulsion polymerization. To this end,(a1) 0.5 to 5.0% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing carboxyl groups, and(a2) from 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of olefinically unsaturated carboxamides,where a total of from 1.0 to 8.0% by weight of hydrophilic ionic and hydrophilic nonionic olefinically unsaturated monomers are employed, and(b) from 92.0 to 99.0% by weight of further ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing no further functional groups,are polymerized in the first step of the emulsion polymerization, where the total amount of monomers in the first step is 100% by weight, and exclusively olefinically unsaturated monomers containing no further functional groups are polymerized in the second step of the emulsion polymerization, and the weight ratio between the monomers polymerized in the first step and the monomers polymerized in the second step is from 30-80%:20-70% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1995Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: BASF Lacke +Farben, AGInventors: Arthur Pfaffenschlager, Antonio Manoel Marques Pereira, Wilson Marques Canabrava
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Patent number: 5674933Abstract: There is a need for polymers which offer increased heat resistance, ultraviolet light resistance, and low fogging characteristics for utilization in automotive interiors. It is particularly critical for polymers which are utilized in making skin compounds for automotive instrument and door panels to display excellent heat resistance, ultraviolet light resistance, and low fogging characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1995Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Hung Dang Ngoc, Mariano Salazar
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Patent number: 5670557Abstract: A polymerized microemulsion pressure sensitive adhesive composition is described. The composition has peel adhesion of at least 3 Newtons/ 100 mm as measured according to a PSTC-1 Test. The composition preferably has a bicontinuous structure of a continuous phase of a hydrophobic pressure sensitive adhesive polymer and a continuous phase of a hydrophilic polymer. The bulk properties of both polymers are retained in the bicontinuous structure. The composition is prepared from a microemulsion comprising a free-radically ethylenically unsaturated polar amphiphilic or hydrophilic monomer or oligomer in the aqueous phase, a free-radically ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer, having a glass transition temperature suitable for forming a pressure sensitive adhesive, in the oil phase, water, and surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1995Date of Patent: September 23, 1997Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Timothy M. Dietz, Ying-Yuh Lu, Rosa Uy, Chung I. Young
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Patent number: 5658984Abstract: A permanent anti-static polycarbonate resin composition is comprises(a) 50-95 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin,(b) 2-40 parts by weight of a block copolyamide resin,(c) 0-50 parts by weight of an aromatic polyester resin, and(d) 1-30 parts by weight of a multi-layered polymer having a structure comprising a core composed of a rubber-like polymer prepared from an alkyl acrylate monomer in which the carbon number of the alkyl group is 2-8, and an outer shell layer formed on the surface of the core and composed of a glass-like polymer prepared from an aromatic vinyl monomer or an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Ishii, Goro Shimaoka, Michio Nakata
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Patent number: 5650458Abstract: A waterborne composition particularly adapted for coating paperboard is a mixture of a major portion of high-styrene content latex, and minor levels of butyl benzyl phthalate, styrene/butadiene rubber latex and high-acid content styrene/acrylic latex. The coating produced by the composition is hard, glossy, and water-resistant. The components are selected to be fully food-compatible.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1996Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: Morton International, Inc.Inventor: William G. Wagner
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Patent number: 5637656Abstract: An aqueous resin composition for outer surface coating of can, which comprises 30-70 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent (A) and 70-30 parts by weight of a film-forming resin (B). This resin composition has been developed so as to have excellent resistance to pasteurization, an excellent hardness and excellent processability and to give reduced fuming.In the resin composition, A is a co-condensation product between an alkyl-etherified amino resin and a hydroxycarboxylic acid and contains a mononuclear component in an amount of 40% or less; B is an acrylic resin or a polyester resin; and both A and B must be soluble or dispersible in an aqueous medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1995Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: Mitsui Cytec Ltd.Inventor: Manabu Mizutani
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Patent number: 5616644Abstract: Dyestuff-containing aqueous dispersions obtainable bya) preparation of at least two copolymers A) and B) in an organic solvent by solution polymerization,A) containing from 5 to 50 % by weight, based on A), of an ethylenically unsaturated acid andB) being essentially free of ethylenically unsaturated acids and the solution polymerization of the copolymers A) or B) being carried out in the presence of the other respective copolymer A) or B) already prepared,b) addition of a dyestuff before, during or after the solution polymerization,c) dispersion of the resulting solution in water andd) removal of the organic solvent if desired, are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1995Date of Patent: April 1, 1997Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bernhard Schlarb, Kurt Wendel, Helmut Bellaire, Karin H. Beck
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Patent number: 5614586Abstract: A hydrogel adhesive made of a polymer formed by polymerizing a water soluble long chain (meth)acrylate ester monomer (structure I); a hydrogel adhesive made of a copolymer formed by copolymerizing a first water soluble long chain (meth)acrylate ester monomer (structure I) with a second water soluble monomer (structure II); biomedical devices having such hydrogel adhesives; a method of preparing hydrogel adhesives; and a method of adhering biomedical devices to skin.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1995Date of Patent: March 25, 1997Assignee: Graphic Controls CorporationInventors: Jinsong Tang, Norbert J. Mruk
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Patent number: 5605952Abstract: A novel aqueous polymeric formulation is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the polymeric formulation, and of using the polymeric formulation to produce a crosslinked polymeric surface coating on a substrate. One embodiment of the novel polymeric formulation comprises an aqueous carrier; at least one polymeric ingredient; a non-polymeric polyfunctional amine; and base. The one polymeric ingredient has both acid-functional and acetoacetoxy-type functional pendant moieties. The non-polymeric polyfunctional amine has at least two amine-functional moieties. The amount of base contained within the formulation is effective for inhibiting gellation, which would otherwise occur as a result of crosslinking between the acetoacetoxy-type functional and amine-functional moieties. Another embodiment of the novel polymeric formulation comprises at least two polymeric ingredients, one of which has acetoacetoxy-type functional pendant moieties and the other of which has acid-functional pendant moieties.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: February 25, 1997Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventor: Richard J. Esser
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Patent number: 5605953Abstract: A novel aqueous polymeric formulation is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the polymeric formulation, and of using the polymeric formulation to produce a crosslinked polymeric surface coating on a substrate. One embodiment of the novel polymeric formulation comprises an aqueous carrier; at least one polymeric-ingredient; a non-polymeric polyfunctional amine; and base. The one polymeric ingredient has both acid-functional and acetoacetoxy-type functional pendant moieties. The non-polymeric polyfunctional amine has at least two amine-functional moieties. The amount of base contained within the formulation is effective for inhibiting gellation, which would otherwise occur as a result of crosslinking between the acetoacetoxy-type functional and amine-functional moieties. Another embodiment of the novel polymeric formulation comprises at least two polymeric ingredients, one of which has acetoacetoxy-type functional pendant moieties and the other of which has acid-functional pendant moieties.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: February 25, 1997Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventor: Richard J. Esser
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Patent number: 5601880Abstract: The invention relates to basecoats for the production of paint systems of the basecoat-clearcoat type, which comprise a water-thinnable polyacrylate resin obtainable by polymerizing in a first stage in an organic solvent ethylenically unsaturated monomers free from carboxyl groups and, after at least 80% by weight of these monomers have reacted, polymerizing in a second stage monomers containing carboxyl groups and neutralizing the polyacrylate resin obtained in this way.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1994Date of Patent: February 11, 1997Assignee: BASF Lacke & Farben, AGInventors: Stephan Schwarte, Arnold Dobbelstein, deceased, Walter Lassmann, Susanne Piontek, J urgen Niemann, Klaus Eikelmann, Ulrich Poth
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Patent number: 5599872Abstract: A pressure-sensitive coating composition of an organic solvent solution of i) an acrylic copolymer containing carboxyl or hydroxyl groups; and ii) 0.1 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of i), of styrene-maleic copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1996Date of Patent: February 4, 1997Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventor: John M. Sulewski
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Patent number: 5596027Abstract: The present invention provides jet ink compositions that produce on glass, metal, plastic, and rubber surfaces messages having high visual intensity, and condensation and water resistance. The inventive compositions comprise a polyamine, a colorant, and an acidic resin. The present invention further provides jet ink compositions further comprising water as the ink carrier. The colorant used in the ink composition of the present invention includes a dye, a pigment, or a polymeric hollow microsphere. The polyamine used in the ink composition of the present invention includes a dendrimer. The ink composition of the present invention may additionally include pH adjusting agents, humectants, biocides, defoamers. The present invention further provides an improved process of jet printing on glass, metal, plastic, and rubber surfaces messages having improved condensation and water resistance, and improved visual intensity, the improvement comprising using the ink composition of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1995Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Assignee: Videojet Systems International, Inc.Inventors: Sharon B. Mead, Susan J. Brennan, Arsenia Morelos, Josephine Aguilar
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Patent number: 5589228Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating vehicle bodies in which an aqueous coating containing as the binder a combination of a water-dilutable polyurethane resin, a water-dilutable polyester resin and an aminoplast resin is employed as the stone-chip intermediate primer and/or filler.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1994Date of Patent: December 31, 1996Assignee: BASF Lacke + Farben, AGInventors: Egon Wegner, Ulrich Poth, Lutz-Werner Gross, Klaus Weidemeier
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Patent number: 5587247Abstract: A resin composition for extrusion molding which has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min., having (A) 1 to 80 parts by weight of an ethylenic polymer which gives an endothermic peak in a temperature range of from 80.degree. to 120.degree. C. in a temperature rise thermogram as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.5 to 50 g/10 min., and is prepared by high-pressure radical polymerization, (B) 5 to 80 parts by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.-olefine containing 3 to 12 carbon atoms which gives at least one endothermic peak in a temperature range of from 110.degree. to 130.degree. C. in the temperature rise thermogram as described above, has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min. and a density of from 0.900 to 0.935 g/cm.sup.3 and (C) 5 to 70 parts by weight of the copolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.-olefin containing 3 to 12 carbon atoms which has a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min. and a density of from 0.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1994Date of Patent: December 24, 1996Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Kohji Kubo, Shoichi Nezu, Fumio Ishibashi, Hiroyuki Harada, Yuji Shigematsu
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Patent number: 5567772Abstract: Ionomer resins made by neutralizing acid copolymers with a high melt index, corresponding to a relatively low molecular weight, but which have been relatively highly neutralized, can be used, either alone or in blends with other ionomers, as materials for golf ball covers, without loss of key properties for that application. The materials have better flow and better processability than conventional ionomeric materials used for golf balls.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1994Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: John F. Hagman, Robert J. Statz
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Patent number: 5567756Abstract: A composition is provided for protecting exterior surfaces of automobiles and other products against abrasive dust, acid rain, etc. The composition is applied as a mixture of water solubilized acrylic acid copolymer, pH-neutral acrylic copolymer, alkyl alcohol, surfactant, and water. The composition dries on the exterior surface to form a tough flexible coating that can be removed by an alkaline aqueous detergent solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1994Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: Cal-West Equipment Company, Inc.Inventor: Ronald Swidler
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Patent number: 5563201Abstract: Rheologically/water retentivity improved aqueous papercoating compositions comprise immixture, in water, of (i) a water-insoluble, non-alkali-swellable latex A of a film-forming polymer having a mean particle size .phi..sub.A ranging from 60 to 300 nm, (ii) a water-insoluble, alkali-swellable latex B of a polymer having a mean particle size .phi..sub.B ranging from 20 to 150 nm measured at a pH of from 2 to 4 and swelling at least 1.5 times in diameter in an alkaline medium, and (iii) an inorganic pigment C which comprises at least 40% by weight of CaCO.sub.3.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1994Date of Patent: October 8, 1996Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc ChimieInventors: Mathieu Joanicot, Jean-Pierre Lavallee, Roland Reeb
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Patent number: 5561190Abstract: A two-phase acidic aqueous composition for use as a neutralization layer is generally comprised of a water soluble aqueous phase and a water insoluble particle phase. The particle phase generally comprises a copolymer having recurring units of an organic acid monomer and an organic ester monomer. The aqueous phase comprises a water soluble polymer having recurring units of at least an organic acid monomer. The organic acid monomers selected for the aqueous phase polymer are capable of interacting with the particle phase polymers such that the particle phase polymers are brought into stabilizing, intimate association with the aqueous phase.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1995Date of Patent: October 1, 1996Assignee: Polaroid CorporationInventors: David W. Avison, Agota F. Fehervari, David A. Johnson, Diana R. Koretsky
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Patent number: 5554683Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin elastomer composition comprising, as main components, 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin, from 10 to 200 parts by weight of an acrylic rubber containing a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble cross-linking component, from 1 to 50 parts by weight of an acrylic resin and from 30 to 300 parts by weight of a plasticizer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1995Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical MKV CompanyInventor: Masabumi Oshima
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Patent number: RE35398Abstract: Heat shrinkable thermoplastic compositions are prepared by blending an ethylene copolymer resin with an EPDM rubber and dynamically vulcanizing the rubber. The ethylene copolymer resin is a copolymer of ethylene with an alkyl ester of an alpha, beta monoethylenically unsaturanated monocarboxylic acid as well as copolymers of ethylene with the acid per se. The preferred copolymer is ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer. Uncured rubber can be included in the composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P.Inventors: Donald R. Hazelton, Robert C. Puydak