Solid Polymer Or Sicp Derived From At Least One Carboxylic Acid Or Derivative Reactant Patents (Class 524/539)
  • Patent number: 6194511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photochromic curable composition suited for the production of a photochromic cured product having excellent optical properties such as a high refractive index and a large Abbe's number, having favorable photochromic properties such as a large color density, and having good fatigue resistance, and to a photochromic lens obtained by curing the photochromic curable composition. The photochromic curable composition is characterized by comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable monomer containing at least 10% by weight of a sulfur-containing (meth)acrylate polymerizable monomer represented by the following general formula (1), wherein R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different and are hydrogen atoms or methyl groups, and n is an integer of 1 to 10, and 0.001 to 10 parts by weight of a photochromic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Momoda, Tadashi Hara
  • Patent number: 6191213
    Abstract: Low VOC penetrating compositions for staining and protecting porous substrates such as wood, concrete, cement, brick and the like, comprising aqueous dispersions of polyurethane-ureas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Revathi R. Tomko, Barbara J. Varone, Robert A. Martuch
  • Patent number: 6187856
    Abstract: An antistatic composition containing a crosslinked thermosetting resin formed by reacting, in the presence of a water-soluble solvent, (a) a polyaminoamide having unreacted primary and secondary amine groups and (b) a polychlorohydrin derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Incorvia, Stephen A. Fischer
  • Patent number: 6184286
    Abstract: Physical properties of polymer resins, particularly amorphous resins such as ABS or SAN copolymers, are markedly improved by dispersing therein a filler-reinforced engineering thermoplastic polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Edwards, Paul J. Moses, Roger Clement
  • Patent number: 6177509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polymer dispersions containing anionic salt groups neutralized with 0.05 to 5 wt. % of N,N-diisopropyl-N-ethylamine and 0 to 1.5 wt. % of other tertiary amines, wherein the preceding percentages are based on the weight of the aqueous polymer dispersions. The present invention also relates to one- and two-component coating compositions containing these aqueous polymer dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventor: Christoph Irle
  • Patent number: 6174943
    Abstract: A flame retarded thermoplastic resin composition comprising (R) a thermoplastic resin comprising (A) a polycarbonate resin and (B) an aromatic polyester resin in an (A)/(B) ratio of 99/1 to 50/50 by weight, and per 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin (R), (C) 0.5 to 100 parts by weight of a silicate compound and (D) 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of an organic phosphorus based flame retarder. The composition can exhibit excellent flame resistance and anti-drip property without containing a halogen atom and, moreover, has excellent properties such as heat resistance, mechanical strength, solvent resistance, surface property of moldings, and dimensional stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Matsumoto, Tadashi Koyama, Yoshitaka Ono, Katsutoyo Fujita, Yoichi Ohara, Kazushi Hirobe
  • Patent number: 6172159
    Abstract: A water-reducible polyester resin for use in producing urethane coatings comprises the reaction product of: a) hexahydrophthalic anhydride, trimellitic anhydride or phthalic anhydride; b) 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol or trimethylol propane or mixtures thereof; and c) a polyethylene glycol selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycols, methoxy polyethylene glycols and trifunctional polyethylene glycols having a molecular weight no greater than approximately 1050; the reaction product having a functionality between approximately 2 and 2.6. Another water-reducible polyester resin comprises the same components and a specified nonionic surfactant. Urethane coatings containing such polyester resins and a diisocyanate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Accures Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Gaal, Jr., Roger W. Heitland
  • Patent number: 6166111
    Abstract: An aqueous binder composition having a reduced tendency to yellow containingA) 20 to 95 wt-% of a water-dilutable organic polyol component that is present in the form of an aqueous solution or dispersion, contains one or more polymer-modified polyester resins which contain carboxylate groups and hydroxyl groups and has been prepared by the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers in the presence of an unsaturated polyester resin that is copolymerized with the monomers andB) 5 to 80 wt-% of at least one heat-activatable cross-linking resin,wherein the percentages are based on the solids contents of components A) and B) and add up to 100%; and their use in heat-curable coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Schneider, Harald Blum, Lothar Kahl, Hans-Gunter Schmitz, Nusret Yuva
  • Patent number: 6160038
    Abstract: A method for dispersing solid forms of additives in polymers involves adding dispersions or solutions of additive(s) to a solution of polymer in a tubular mixer (preferably in the presence of a stationary mixer). The mixer leads to a steam precipitation step wherein all fluid ingredients in the mixture are volatilized leaving the solid additive and resin in the desired ratio. This results in a uniform dispersion of the additives in the polymer matrix. As a result of the high dispersion, physical properties of a thermoplastic resin, to which the polymer matrix has been added are preserved. In one illustration, PTFE as a drip inhibitor additive, is added to polycarbonate to obtain a highly dispersed PTFE concentrate of improved drip-inhibition without loss of mechanical properties when added to a thermoplastic molding resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qamar S. Bhatia, Paul Buckley, Gary Davis, Robert L. Howe, Wie-Hin Pan, Elliott Shanklin
  • Patent number: 6147155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing aqueous polyurethane dispersions in a multi-step process by forming an NCO prepolymer bya) reacting a cyclic diisocyanate with a compound containing one or two isocyanate-reactive groups and at least one carboxylic acid or carboxylate group at a molar ratio of cyclic diisocyanate to compound containing one isocyanate-reactive group of at least 1:1 or a molar ratio of cyclic diisocyanate to compound containing two isocyanate-reactive groups of at least 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Yonek, Yuliya Berezkin
  • Patent number: 6143841
    Abstract: A coating formulation comprises (A) a base polyester consisting of the copolymerization product of at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and/or aromatic polybasic acid and/or anhydride thereof or at least one hydroxycarboxylic acid or derivative thereof and at least one diol, and (B) an additive polyester resin prepared by condensing at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and optionally at least one saturated dicarboxylic acid monomer with at least one diol and/or triol, wherein the proportion of unsaturated additive polyester to base polyester ranges from 0.1-15 parts to 99.9-85 parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Huels Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Spittka, Hans-Dieter Zagefka, Dirk Hoppe
  • Patent number: 6133357
    Abstract: Polymer mixtures comprising at least one thermoset and at least one oxidized polyarylene sulfide have particularly good tribological behavior. Oxidized polyarylene sulfides used in these mixtures are polyarylene sulfones or oxidized polyarylene sulfides in which at least 10% of the sulfur bridges have been converted to sulfone bridges. Polyphenylene sulfone is employed with preference. The polymer mixtures are used to produce gearwheels, gear racks, bearings, chains, wheels or gasket materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Ticona GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Scheckenbach
  • Patent number: 6130308
    Abstract: The invention relates to coating compositions for the production of coatings which are resistant to condensed water and comprise binders based on a polyurethane resin PUR which comprises alpha, omega-polymethacrylatediols (A) as structural units. The alpha, omega-polymethacrylatediols (A) preferably consist of the monomer units methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, propyl methacrylate, n-butyl methacrylate, isobutyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, n-pentyl methacrylate, amyl methacrylate, n-hexyl methacrylate, n-octyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, n-decyl methacrylate, cyclopentyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, 4-tert-butylcyclohexyl methacrylate, cyclooctyl methacrylate, phenyl methacrylate or isobornyl methacrylate or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Coating AG
    Inventors: Heinz-Peter Rink, Bernd Mayer, Egbert Nienhaus
  • Patent number: 6124004
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a metallic foil and a layer made of a liquid crystal polyester resin composition comprising a liquid crystal polyester(A) as a continuous phase and rubber(B) having a functional group reactive with the liquid crystal polyester as a dispersed phase. The laminate has excellent flexibility and electric properties, and additionally is cheap, therefore, suitable as a print wiring board. The laminate comprising a metallic foil, a layer made of a liquid crystal polyester resin composition and a layer made of a fiber material of the present invention has an excellent heat resistance, a low relative dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss tangent, an excellent appearance, and additionally, the laminate can be produced in an industrially inexpensive and simple manner. The laminate can be widely used in the industrial field for electric and electronic parts, precision parts and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Motonobu Furuta, Takanari Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6124373
    Abstract: A method for controlling the gel point of a bone cement containing poly(polypropylene fumarate), a cross-linking monomer, an initiator, an inorganic filler, and a radical initiator. The gel point is controlled by varying the molecular weight of the poly(polypropylene fumarate) while maintaining the weight average molecular weight (M.sub.w) of the poly(polypropylene fumarate) above 2000 and the polydispersity index of the poly(polypropylene fumarate) below 2. In a preferred embodiment, the molecular weight of the poly(polypropylene fumarate) greater than 4000, and more preferably greater than 5000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: WM. Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Susan J. Peter, Michael J. Yaszemski, Antonios G. Mikos
  • Patent number: 6121382
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surface treatment agent for aqueous ink receiving media such as ink jet recording paper, printing sheets, coating materials and so on. The surface treatment agent according to the invention comprises a water-based resin and a carboxylic acid-containing hydrophilic sulfopolyester which provides superior adhesion and water resistance. With the superior adhesion properties, the surface treatment agent can be directly coated on substrates without the inconvenience of primer coating. The surface treatment agent of the invention is suitable for aqueous ink jet printing, coating, or recording media, particularly those of ink jet printers and ink jet plotters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shinn-Jen Chang, Yih-Her Chang, Rong-Shuh Chang, Wan-Jung Teng, Yuan-Tung Hung
  • Patent number: 6114434
    Abstract: Resins AB which are dilutable in water following neutralization and have an acid number of from 25 to 160 mg/g, obtainable by reacting mass fractions, based in each case on the sum of the masses of the solids in the reaction mixture, of A from 30 to 90% of at least one acid-functional polymer selected from polyesters, dimerized and oligomerized unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acids and polymers of olefinically unsaturated monomers, each having an acid number of from 30 to 240 mg/g, and B from 10 to 70% of at least one water-insoluble aldehyde resin or ketone resin obtainable by condensing ketones, ketones together with aldehydes, ketones with urea or aldehydes with urea, having a hydroxyl number from 20 to 300 mg/g, a softening point of from 60 to 140.degree. C. and a number-average molar mass of from 500 to 3000 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Vianova Resins AG
    Inventors: Peter Tuemmler, Gerald Hobisch, Hellmuth Kasch
  • Patent number: 6107394
    Abstract: Latexes are thicknened by a blend of a urethane compound effective as an associative thickener and a non-urethane compound of the formula: R.sup.1 --(O--A).sub.a --B.sup.1 --R.sup.2 --(B.sup.2 --R.sup.3).sub.d --(B.sup.3 --(A'--O).sub.b-f --(A'--B.sup.4).sub.f --R.sup.4 --(B.sup.5 --R.sup.5).sub.e).sub.n --B.sup.6 --(A"O).sub.c --R.sup.6, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 are monovalent hydrophobic groups independently selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aromatic group, and a substituted aromatic group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or substituted aromatic radicals, each radical being divalent or trivalent; R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl and lower aralkyl; B.sup.1, B.sup.2, B.sup.3, B.sup.4, B.sup.5 and B.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald W. Broadbent, Kenneth Breindel
  • Patent number: 6103778
    Abstract: An adhesive composition for surgical use including an .alpha.-cyanoacrylate adhesive composition with a polymer characteristic for biodegrading and bioabsorbing the adhesive into the body of a living organism. It is preferred that the polymer is a co-polymer of DL-lactic acid and .epsilon.-caprolactone or a co-polymer of DL-lactic acid, ethylene glycol and .epsilon.-caprolactone, or a co-polymer of ethylene glycol and .epsilon.-caprolactone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: BMG Inc.
    Inventors: Suong-Hyu Hyon, Naoki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6096835
    Abstract: The current invention provides a film forming binder comprising 45 to 99 wt. % of a polyester polyol comprising cycloaliphatic moieties, and 55 to 1 wt. % of a polyurethane polyol comprising cyclic moieties, where the Tg of the polyurethane polyol is higher than the Tg of the polyester polyol. Also disclosed are coating compositions comprising such film forming binders and a crosslinker, a process for the curing of such coating compositions, and the use of such coating compositions on substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Vandevoorde, Antonius Hendrikus Gerardus Van Engelen
  • Patent number: 6096809
    Abstract: A biologically degradable polymer mixture contains at least one starch biopolymer made from renewable raw materials, a plasticizer, and a polymer selected from the following materials: an aromatic polyester; a polyester-copolymer with both aliphatic and aromatic blocks; a polyesteramide; a polyglycol; a polyester urethane; and/or mixtures of these components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Bio-Tec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Lorcks, Winfried Pommeranz, Harald Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6096822
    Abstract: The invention provides low molecular weight polyesters and polyamides useful for flushing wet pigments and manufacturing color concentrates. More specifically, the compositions of the invention are effective for flushing wet pigments, producing pigment dispersions and then producing colored polymers with the pigment dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Manfred K. Seven, Lawrence E. Coombs, Vincent Clarke, Joseph Wrozina, Levente L. Koller, Charles F. Lences
  • Patent number: 6090494
    Abstract: A shaped article is disclosed which is formed from a polymer mixture of polyamide polymer, pigment dispersed in a polymeric carrier and about one-half to nine percent free polyester based on the weight of the polymer mixture. A process for making the shaped article is also disclosed, wherein the polymer mixture is melted, mixed and formed into the shaped article. The invention is especially suited for use in forming multifilament yarn, where the use of the invention facilitates the spinning of yarns containing difficult-to-spin pigments. The invention may be advantageously employed using conventional polyamide melt-spinning techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Sundar Mohan Rao
  • Patent number: 6087437
    Abstract: The invention is directed to aqueous coating compositions which are freeze-thaw stable in the absence of conventional volatile coalescing solvents and volatile freeze-thaw (F/T) additives and which utilize a latex binder which contains an EVA thermoplastic interpolymer which is prepared by emulsion polymerization of ethylene, vinyl acetate and a monomer represented by structure (I) ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or a methyl group, X is O or NH, and n is an integer from 1 to 11 and to the latex binder which contains the EVA interpolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Rajeev Farwaha, Jeffrey Pillsworth, William D. Currie
  • Patent number: 6084010
    Abstract: The present invention is a hot melt adhesive composition comprising at least one ingredient present in an encapsulated form. The encapsulated ingredient may be any known hot melt adhesive formulation ingredient as well as any hot melt adhesive additive such as antioxidants and fragrances for which there is a desirable change in adhesive properties by isolating such ingredient for a duration of time. The encapsulated ingredient is released from the shell by means of pressure, temperature, diffusion, pH, light, radiation, ultrasound, and combinations thereof. Hot melt adhesive compositions comprising at least one encapsulated ingredient are useful for a variety of novel products including self-supported friction glue sticks, non-tacky pelletized pressure sensitive adhesives, cohesive adhesive systems, hot melt adhesive compositions exhibiting improved thermal stability and odor, as well as for a variety of other adhesive applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Baetzold, Thomas F. Kauffman, Steven L. Scholl, Eugene R. Simmons
  • Patent number: 6075088
    Abstract: High-solids air-drying or semi-drying alkyd paints essentially comprise, as binder, a conventional air-drying or semi-drying long-oil or medium-oil alkyd resin, and as reactive diluent an oligomer of polyol, polyisocyanate and unsaturated fatty acids. Use of the oligomer as reactive diluent is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Fina Research S.A.
    Inventor: Josef Braeken
  • Patent number: 6063859
    Abstract: A coating composition for a golf ball which comprises a non-yellowing polyisocyanate and a hydroxyl group-containing polyester obtained by reacting a polyhydric alcohol, at least a part of which has an alicyclic structure in the molecule, with a polybasic acid component, and a golf ball whose body is coated with the above coating composition. When said coating composition is used, a high durability is achieved even when a white enamel coating is omitted from the lower layer part of the coating and the coating step can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignees: Cashew Co., Ltd., Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamamoto, Etsuji Akimaru, Shigeru Noguchi, Takashi Ohira, Hiroto Sasaki, Susumu Muta
  • Patent number: 6063861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to storage stable, aqueous polyurethane-polyacrylate hybrid dispersions, which are self crosslinkable at room temperature and contain A) 10 to 95 wt. %, of a polyurethane dispersion,B) 5 to 90 wt. %, of a polymer prepared in the presence of component A) from a mixture of vinyl monomers containing 0.5 to 20 wt. %, based on the total resin solids content of the hybrid dispersion, of a vinyl monomer containing acetoacetoxy groups andC) an at least difunctional primary or secondary amine, which is present in an equivalent ratio of amino groups to acetoacetoxy groups of 0.5:1 to 1.1:1,in which the wt. % of components A) and B) add up to 100, based on the total weight of components A) and B).The present invention also relates to one-component coating compositions containing these hybrid dispersions as binders and to substrates coated with these coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Irle, Harald Blum, Wolfgang Kremer, Rolf Roschu
  • Patent number: 6063841
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of special vanadium compounds as siccatives for oxidatively drying lacquers. These drying agents (siccatives) are ionogenic in nature and contain polyvalent cations of vanadium or vanadium oxide and anionic organic acid groups or other organic anions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Borchers GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Link, Dirk Edelmann, Eberhard Stumpp
  • Patent number: 6063850
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame-retardant thermoplastic molding composition obtained by treating a mixture containing from 60 to 90% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester and from 10 to 40% by weight of aluminum hydroxide at from 230 to 330.degree. C. under subatmospheric pressure, where from 0.9 to 1.2 mol of water is removed per mole of aluminum hydroxide used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Ticona GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Jerg Kleiner
  • Patent number: 6060562
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition with improved properties for making fuel containers, e.g. for fuel oil, petrol, diesel oil or alcohol, and specifically for making fuel lines for feeding fuel to a fuel tank or engine. The thermoplastic composition includes a thermoplastic polymer matrix and at least one compound that enhances the resilience of thermoplastic compositions. Said matrix consists of a mixture of: at least one first thermoplastic copolymer produced by copolymerising .epsilon.-caprolactam with at least one monomer selected from the group which includes an amino acid having at least nine carbon atoms, or the corresponding lactam, and a mixture of hexamethylediamine and a diacid having at least nine carbon atoms, the weight ratio of the .epsilon.-caprolactam to the total amount of hexamethylenediamine and diacid being 4-9; and at least one second thermoplastic polymer or copolymer produced by polymerising monomers having at least nine carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Nyltech Italia
    Inventors: Cesare Guaita, Franco Speroni
  • Patent number: 6054504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biostatic compositions, as well as coatings and methods for preparing biostatic articles using the same. The compositions contain a hydrophilic polymer possessing a functional group which covalently bonds to an amine, thiol, carboxyl, or hydroxyl active group of an antimicrobial agent. The functional group is capable of reacting with and covalently bonding to an antimicrobial agent without effectively reducing antimicrobial property of the antimicrobial agent below its capability of acting as a biostatic agent and without releasing the antimicrobial agent into a solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Hydromer, Inc.
    Inventor: Joan M. Dalla Riva Toma
  • Patent number: 6054562
    Abstract: Lignin and polyether glycol produces a product which has a distinct melt point and melt viscosity. Polyether glycol has a plasticizing effect wherein the lignin can be thought of as the hard resin. When 20 parts of polyether glycol are processed with 80 parts of lignin a new material which has a melt point and a viscosity is created whereas lignin itself has no melt and flow characteristics. The new modified lignin can be cured with hexamine like a phenolic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Kurple
  • Patent number: 6051633
    Abstract: This invention relates to high solids, low VOC, low viscosity, filterable, non-gritty non-aqueous dispersions, and coating compositions containing said non-aqueous dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Richard F. Tomko, Madhukar Rao, Mohamad D. Shalati, John D. Kraan
  • Patent number: 6048924
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is to provide a water-borne resin composition having excellent hydrophilicity, that is, water reducibility or water dispersibility, can decrease the amount of organic solvent contained in a coating, has excellent curability, water resistance, flexibility, heat resistance, hardeness which are equivalent to those of solvent-borne amino resin, and which can decrease discharges in a dryer, and a water-borne coating comprised thereof. The above problem can be solved by a water-borne resin composition comprising:amino resin (A) obtained from amino compound (a) comprising at least one carboxyl group in a phenyl group of benzoguanamine, the amino compound (a) represented by chemical formula 1 andwater-borne resin (B) having a functional group reactive with the amino resin (A), and water-borne coating comprising the water-borne resin composition as an essential component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Obayashi, Takeshi Yamashita, Shuichi Koshizawa, Masanori Iwahashi, Taiji Sato, Kiyoshi Onishi, Masaharu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6046264
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding material based on polyethylene terephthalate contains preferably from 37 to 96% by weight of PET, from 1 to 20% by weight of a polymer material containing preferably polyurethane, and from about 4 to 30% by weight of a pigment-like reinforcing agent comprising metal and/or metal oxide. The molding materials are suitable for processing by injection molding, and the shaped articles produced therefrom have advantageous properties, in particular with regard to a higher density compared with a similar polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) having glass fibers as a filler.The thermoplastic molding material can advantageously be used for small parts and for housing parts for electronic equipment and data devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: EMTEC Magnetics GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Muller, Jochen Eicher, Karl-Heinz Sartor
  • Patent number: 6046263
    Abstract: Products are described which are obtainable by reacting compounds of formula I with compounds of formula IIa or/and IIb and IIIa or/and IIIb and additionally, where appropriate, IV ##STR1## wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, the compound of formula I being, for example, methyl 3-(3',5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl)propionate, the compound of formula IIa being, for example, diethanolamine, the compound of formula IIIa being, for example, methyl oleate, and the compound of formula IV being, for example, sulfur. The cited products can be used as liquid antioxidants in organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Rasberger, Samuel Evans, Paul Dubs, Stephan Allenbach
  • Patent number: 6042910
    Abstract: A polyarylene sulfide resin composition comprising (A) a polyarylene sulfide resin, (B) an aliphatic or saturated cyclic polycarbodiimide resin or a precursor thereof, and preferably (C) reactive silicone compound grains, and (D) a polyethylene naphthalate resin or (E) a filler, which improves excellent properties exhibited by polyarylene sulfide resins, and which is also endowed with an excellent adhesion characteristics to adhesives such as epoxy resins. In addition, a molded article obtained by molding a polyarylene sulfide resin composition endowed with such excellent properties is useful as a container for accommodating an electric component material. Such a molded article may also be used as an electronic component having conductive portions which are totally or partially accommodated in the container, wherein the conductive portions are seled by a sealant encapsulated in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kinouchi, Tomoyoshi Murakami, Shigemasa Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6043313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite made by the process of melt mixing (a) a polymer having at least one isocyanate reactive group, wherein the polymer is from 30 to 90% by weight of the composite; (b) a thermoplastic polyurethane at from 0.1 to less than 10% by weight of the composite; and (c) a reinforcing fiber at from 9.9 to 60% by weight of the composite, wherein the sum of the weight percentages of components (a)-(c) is equal to 100%, wherein the polymer (a) is not a polyamide. The invention further relates to a composite prepared by the process of melt mixing (a) a polymer having at least one isocyanate reactive group, wherein the polymer is from 25 to 90% by weight of the composite; (b) a thermoplastic polyurethane at from 0.1 to 10% by weight of the composite; (c) a reinforcing fiber at from 9.8 to 60% by weight of the composite, and (d) an epoxy compound at from 0.1 to 5% by weight of the composite, wherein the sum of the weight percentages of components (a)-(d) is equal to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Andrew E. Brink, Jeffrey T. Owens
  • Patent number: 6040009
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a low solvent content type-coating composition by which the resultant coatings with good scuff resistance or water resistance as well as good chipping resistance are produced, while the content of an organic solvent to be used can be much reduced. The low solvent content type-coating composition comprises a polyester oligomer having a hydroxyl group in an amount of 2.0 to 10.0 moles/Kg-resin, a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 300 to 1500, a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 300 to 3000, and a ratio of a weight average molecular weight/a number average molecular weight (Mw/Mn) of 1 to 2.0, an amount of a modifying lactone being 31 to 85%, and an aliphatic hydrocarbon group of C4-22 which is not derived from lactones. The present invention is also to provide a process for coating a low solvent content type-coating composition on, for example, a base coating composition by a wet-on-wet coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Marutani, Takashi Tomita, Tadamitsu Nakahama, Hiroyuki Uemura, Kazuhi Koga, Mika Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 6040360
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising stabilized inorganic pigments is provided. The coating comprises a pigment treated with a pigment treatment composition of a polyester havng an acid number between 15 and 50 or a phosphate ester or pyrophosphate ester, having an acid number between 10 and 50, solvent, and an amino functional resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory G. Menovcik, Thomas C. Balch, Hilary P. Davis, Paul Dudek
  • Patent number: 6034160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-borne thermoplastic polyhydroxyether resins having narrow polydispersity (M.sub.w /M.sub.n <4.0 and 7,000>M.sub.n >12,000), and the use of such resins in water-borne coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: InChem Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Francis Eaton, Robert Norman Johnson
  • Patent number: 6031028
    Abstract: This invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising(A) a resin prepared by reacting an epoxy- or carboxyl-containing acrylic polymer, a bisphenol compound and a bisphenol diglycidyl ether-type epoxy resin to produce an epoxy-containing resin and introducing thereinto cationic groups and(B) a hydroxyl- and amino-containing acrylic resin, the resins (A) and (B) being crosslinked and cured by urethanation reaction with (C) an isocyanate crosslinking agent component. The cationic electrodeposition coating composition of the invention is excellent in curability and in corrosion resistance of the cured coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yutaka Iino, Katsuhisa Sugisaki, Koji Kamikado
  • Patent number: 6031041
    Abstract: A polyurethane hybrid dispersion comprising a carboxylated polyurethane dispersion and a functionalized polymer. The functionalized polymer is the emulsion polymerization product of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and from 0.1 to 5 pphm of a ureido functional comonomer, wherein the functionalized polymer is prepared in the presence of the carboxylated polyurethane dispersion. he polyurethane hybrid dispersions of the invention exhibit improved wet adhesion to alkyd substrates. Moreover, the polyurethane hybrid dispersions provide the treated substrates with improved solvent resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Jocelyn K. Chung, Sharon P. Lee, Rajeev Farwaha
  • Patent number: 6027677
    Abstract: Compatible polymer compositions and optically clear, degradable films containing from 55 to 90 wt % of a poly(hydroxy acid) polymer composition and from 10 to 45 wt % of one or more compatible thermoplastic polymers are disclosed. The films are prepared by melt processing the materials to obtain uniform composition, and forming the composition into a film of thickness from 0.01 to 2 mm. The films can be used in packaging and conventional applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Chronopol, Inc.
    Inventors: George Joseph Ostapchenko, Richard G. Sinclair
  • Patent number: 6008291
    Abstract: Viscosity-stabilized aqueous polyester dispersions comprising an acid-functional polyester resin a, neutralizing agent b for the polyester resin a, the amount of neutralizing agent being sufficient to convert from 10 to 200% of the amount of substance of acid groups in the polyester resin a into salt groups by means of the amount of neutralizing agents added, the neutralizing agents being selected from ammonia and organic amines and also alkali metal hydroxides and alkaline earth metal hydroxides; if desired, an organic auxiliary solvent, silica in an amount such that the mass of SiO.sub.2 is from 0.1 to 50% of the mass of the polyester resin, and water. The dispersions are useful in coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Vianova Resins AG
    Inventors: Manfred Weinberger, Johann Billiani
  • Patent number: 6001935
    Abstract: Polyoxypropylamines, polypropylene oxide polymers endcapped on one or both ends with carbamate groups, di- or tri-carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid halides, or esters or mixtures comprising one of the above with a hydrophilic polyester copolymer having repeating segments of ethylene terephthalate units containing 10-50% by weight of polyoxyethylene terephthalate units useful for imparting a durable hydrophilic coating to polyester, polypropylene, polyethylene, cotton, polyamide or polyaramid fabric or fiber are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Stephan Company
    Inventor: Charles Francis Palmer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6001464
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extruded single-layer copolyetherester film with improved permeability to water vapor coupled with favorable mechanical properties, high elasticity and good surface slip so that it does not block on machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Schultze, Nicole Hargarter, Hans-Werner Funk
  • Patent number: 6001382
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one high molecular weight organic plasticizer coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 5998527
    Abstract: This is a description of a filler primer containing no organic solvents, for repair car-refinishing, characterised in that the binder is composed of a polyurethane water-soluble resin. This primer features improved vertical application characteristics and a faster drying speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: MaxMeyer Car s.r.l.
    Inventor: Andrea Giunta