Mixed With Carboxylic Acid Or Derivative Reactant Or Polymer Derived Therefrom; Or With Heterocyclic Reactant Containing More Than One Heterocyclic Ring; Or Polymer Therefrom Patents (Class 525/454)
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Patent number: 5321077Abstract: A polymer polyol composition comprising a continuous phase, a disperse phase within the continuous phase, and a dispersant to enhance the stability of the polymer polyol is disclosed. The dispersant is a grafted polyol-polyacrylate dispersant comprised of a isocyanate vinyl monomer/ethylenically unsaturated monomer random copolymer and a polyoxyalkylene polyether, wherein the random copolymer and the polyoxyalkylene polyether are connected through at least one urethane graft site.Methods of preparing the polymer polyol composition and the grafted polyol-polyacrylate dispersant are provided. The polymer polyol compositions have low viscosities as well as high stability and may be prepared with high levels of dispersed vinyl polymer and high styrene:acrylonitrile ratios in the dispersed vinyl polymer. The polymer polyol compositions are useful for the preparation of polyurethanes, particularly polyurethane foams.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1992Date of Patent: June 14, 1994Assignee: Arco Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: John E. Hayes, Robert G. Gastinger
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Patent number: 5319039Abstract: The tensile strength of a thermoplastic, transparent, aromatic polyester is markedly improved by incorporating into the polyester a thermoplastic, rigid polyurethane. The resultant transparent blend is particularly useful in making eyeglasses, toothbrushes, and screw-driver handles.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1992Date of Patent: June 7, 1994Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Paul J. Moses, Augustin T. Chen
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Patent number: 5317067Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition which is obtained by melt-mixing 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin with 3 to 33 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin alone or in combination with other components and additives than a hardener in the first mixing step and then with a hardener alone or in combination with other components and additives in the second mixing step, said epoxy resin having a number-average molecular weight of at least 200 and lower than 5000 and said thermoplastic resin having a number-average molecular weight of at least 5000; an adhesive epoxy resin molded article which is obtained by molding said epoxy resin composition; a process for producing an adhesive epoxy resin molded article which comprises molding said epoxy resin composition into a 0.01 to 10 mm thick film or sheet in a substantially uncured state and subsequently punching the film or sheet at temperatures higher than 15.degree. C. and lower than 70.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1992Date of Patent: May 31, 1994Assignee: Tokyo Tire & Rubber Company LimitedInventors: Koji Yagi, Seiichi Fukunaga
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Patent number: 5306788Abstract: An elastomer is molded by a reaction injection molding of polyurethane resins, polyurea resins, polyurethane/urea resins and polyurea/amide resins in the presence of an internal release agent which is a polyester condensate of a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having a hydroxy group produced by transesterification or a molecular endaminated or iminated polyester condensate. The elastomer has a good releasing property and a good coating property.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1992Date of Patent: April 26, 1994Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yuji Uchida, Yoshio Yoshida, Toshikazu Kaneda, Toshiaki Moriya, Tsutomu Kumazawa
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Patent number: 5304607Abstract: A coating composition which is capable of curing at ambient temperature to form a coating comprises (A) an anhydride-functional polymer containing at least two cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride groups per molecule and (B) an amine-functional polymer and is characterized in that the amine-functional polymer (B) contains at least two secondary amine groups per molecule, the polymer (B) being substantially free from hydroxy and ether oxygen atoms and amine nitrogen atoms in the alpha and beta positions with respect to the amine nitrogen atoms, and the carbon atoms directly bonded to the amine nitrogen atoms not being tertiary carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1991Date of Patent: April 19, 1994Assignee: Courtaulds Coatings (Holdings) LimitedInventor: Alastair R. Marrion
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Patent number: 5300576Abstract: The thermal properties, such as heat distortion temperature of biodegradable polymers, such as polylactic acid, polyglycolides, polybutyric acid and copolymers of butyric and valeric acid, may be increased by blending them with a polymer having Tg from 75.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. and a Hildebrand parameter (.sigma.) of not more than 3 MPA.sup.1/2 different from the biopolymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1991Date of Patent: April 5, 1994Assignee: Camelot Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Speros P. Nemphos, Gregory B. Kharas
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Patent number: 5292807Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions which are storage stable at room temperature and containA) at least one compound having at least two cyclic isourea groups per molecule andB) at least one compound having at least two carboxyl groups per molecule,in an amount sufficient to provide a molar ratio of isourea groups to carboxyl groups of 0.5:1 to 1.5:1.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1993Date of Patent: March 8, 1994Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Walter Schafer, Hanns P. Muller, Hans-Joachim Kreuder, Manfred Bock, Knud Reuter
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Patent number: 5288813Abstract: There is disclosed a viscoelastic resin composition for vibration damping material containing as essential components a polyester resin having a molecular weight of 5,000 to 50,000 and an acid value of 50 to 500 equivalents/10.sup.6 g, at least 80 mol % of the polycarboxylic acid component of which is an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and, at least 30 mol % of the polyol component of which is a compound of the formula (I):H--(OR.sub.2).sub.n --O--A--R.sub.1 --A--O--(R.sub.2 O).sub.n --H(I)wherein R.sub.1 is oxygen or a straight or branched chain C.sub.1-6 alkylene group; R.sub.2 is a straight or branched C.sub.1-6 alkylene group; A is a group of the formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group); and n is an integer of 1 to 6, an acid anhydride compound having at least two acid anhydride groups in a molecule, and an epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups in a molecule.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1991Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignees: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hirakouchi, Masanori Nakamura, Takeshi Yatsuka, Nobuo Kadowaki, Hiroshi Endoh, Yoshimasa Zama
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Patent number: 5288770Abstract: A resin composition for a cationically electrodepositable paint comprising(A) a resin having hydroxyl groups and cationic groups,(B) an epoxy resin having at least 2 epoxy functional groups each of which comprises an epoxy group directly bound to an alicyclic ring and/or bridged alicyclic ring on average per molecule, and(C) a finely divided gelled polymer as principal components, wherein said finely divided gelled polymer is obtained by emulsion polymerizing(C-1) a polymerizable monomer containing at least two radically polymerizable unsaturated groups in the molecule, and(C-2) a radically polymerizable unsaturated monomer other than the one mentioned in (C-1), abovein the presence of a reactive emulsifier containing an allyl group in the molecule.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1991Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teiji Katayama, Eisaku Nakatani, Haruo Nagaoka, Kenji Yamamoto, Reiziro Nishida
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Patent number: 5284883Abstract: A radiation crosslinked molding of a urethane resin composition comprising a thermoplastic urethane resing having incorporated therein a polyfunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate and triacrylformal., is disclosed. The molding according to the present invention has excellent resistance to hot water and heat.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1992Date of Patent: February 8, 1994Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Inc.Inventors: Keiji Ueno, Ikujiro Uda
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Patent number: 5283297Abstract: An artificial hair made of a fibers comprising a poly-.alpha.-amino acid derivative insoluble to water and alcohols and represented by one of the following general formulae (1)-(4): ##STR1## providing that R in each of the above formula (1)-(4) is R.sup.a, R.sup.b and R.sup.c represented, respectively, by the following general formula (5), (6) or (7): ##STR2## or made or polyamino acid urethane fiber comprising a copolymer of an amino acid N-carboxy anhydride and a polyurethane, in which the copolymer is subjected to an amidation reaction with an organic diamine and an organic amine having amino groups and mercapto groups or disulfide groups and to shaping into a fibrous form.The artificial hair has a dyeability, shape retainability, natural and soft and flexible feeling, excellent tough and brushing property, as well as has natural color and gloss and toughness like that natural protein fiber.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1992Date of Patent: February 1, 1994Assignee: Aderans Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyoshi Miyachi, Nobuo Ito, Masako Koyama
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Patent number: 5281677Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane chain extended with an alkylenediol is blended with a thermoplastic polyurethane chain extended with an oxyalkylene qlycol oligomer. The blend is extruded into a catheter tubing having sufficient initial stiffness for satisfactory insertion in a patient and a high degree of softening for safe positioning and long term catheterization procedures without the risk of vessel wall perforation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1992Date of Patent: January 25, 1994Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Theo O. Onwunaka, Fidelis C. Onwumere, James M. Lambert
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Patent number: 5280098Abstract: There is disclosed a method for forming a solid, epoxy-functional silicone resin by hydrolyzing and condensing a mixture of at least one organoalkoxysilane and a beta-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)-functional trialkoxysilane in the presence of an organotitanate catalyst. The silicone resins prepared according to the instant method find utility in the formulation of powder coatings, either alone or in combination with organic resins.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1992Date of Patent: January 18, 1994Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventors: Gerald L. Witucki, Harold L. Vincent
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Patent number: 5278257Abstract: Compositions containing A) a copolymer based on at least one 1,3-diene and at least one polar, ethylenically unsaturated comonomer and B) a phenol-terminated polyurethane, polyurea or polyurea-urethane of the formula I ##STR1## in which m is 1 or 2, n is 2 to 6, R.sup.1 is the n-valent radical of an elastomeric prepolymer which is soluble or dispersible in epoxide resins, X and Y independently of one another are --O-- or --NR.sup.3 --, it being necessary for one of these groups to be --NR.sup.3 --, R.sup.2 is an m+1-valent radical of a polyphenol or aminophenol after the removal of the phenolic hydroxy group(s) or the amino group or both the amino group and the phenolic hydroxyl group, respectively, and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or phenyl, are described.Compounds containing the components A) and B) as well as an epoxide resin C) are also described.The cured products are distinguished by a high peel strength and high resistance to crack propagation.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1992Date of Patent: January 11, 1994Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Rolf Mulhaupt, Jeremy H. Powell, Christopher S. Adderley, Werner Rufenacht
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Patent number: 5276071Abstract: Cationic advanced resins are obtained by (I) reacting a composition comprising (A) an advanced epoxy resin composition comprising the product resulting from reacting a composition comprising (1) an aromatic hydroxyl-containing product resulting from reacting a composition comprising (a) at least one diglycidyl ether of (i) an oxyalkylated aromatic diol, or ii) at least one compound having two hydroxyl groups per molecule in which the hydroxyl groups are attached to an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic carbon atom and which compound is free of aromatic rings; or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (iv) optionally a diglycidyl ether compound different from (i) and (ii); and (b) at least one compound containing two aromatic hydroxyl groups per molecule; (2) at least one diglycidyl ether of a compound containing two aromatic groups per molecule; (3) optionally, one or more compounds containing two aromatic hydroxyl groups per molecule; and (4) optionally, a monofunctional capping agent; with (B) a nucleophilic comType: GrantFiled: February 9, 1993Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Kenneth W. Anderson, Deborah L. Haynes, Ross C. Whiteside, Jr.
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Patent number: 5274028Abstract: In an improved method for producing a surface graft of a hydrophilic polymer upon a preformed solid or semi-solid polymer substrate having hydroperoxide groups along its surface, n-vinyl pyrrolidone is utilized as the surface-grafting monomer, the substrate is selected to be insoluble in n-vinyl pyrrolidone, and the polymerization is carried out in aqueous alkaline conditions utilizing a combination of metal salts to provide a variable valence metal ion in a reduced state capable of oxidizing to suppress homopolymerization of the monomer in the solution.When the substrate is at least partially soluble in the n-vinyl pyrrolidone, an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a higher reactivity with the substrate than n-vinyl pyrrolidone is added to the alkaline polymerization solution as a "seeding" monomer. Addition of the "seeding" monomer results in a surface-grafted copolymer effectively externalized from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1990Date of Patent: December 28, 1993Assignee: Baxter International Inc.Inventors: William J. Bertrand, Stephen L. Coulter, Cary Reich, Paul DeAntonio
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Patent number: 5272223Abstract: A composite metal powder composition according to the present invention is a composition containing composite metal powder obtained in such a manner that an isocyanate compound is chemically bonded to the surface of surface-treated metal particles and a phosphorus compound is further chemically bonded to the isocyanate compound through an urethane bond and can be used as an excellent pigment for an aqueous paint.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1992Date of Patent: December 21, 1993Assignee: Asahi Kasei Metals LimitedInventors: Kiyoshi Iri, Mikio Suzuki
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Patent number: 5271964Abstract: A process for manufacturing an abrasive tape comprising the steps of preparing a coating solution by mixing, as main constituents, abrasive grains, a binder, and a solvent, applying this coating solution on a substrate and drying the coating, and curing the binder, wherein the binder used in preparation of the tape as its essential components either:I. (a) a polymer having repeating units of the formula ##STR1## and having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000 (b) a polyester resin containing in its molecule a condensate of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and an aliphatic diol and having a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000 terminal OH groups and a glass transition point (Tg) of -20.degree. C. to 40.degree. C., and(c) a polyfunctional isocyanateII.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1992Date of Patent: December 21, 1993Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Michihiro Ohishi
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Patent number: 5268397Abstract: This invention relates to water-compatible crosslinkable associative polymers prepared from (1) hydrophilic hydroxyl compounds having a number average molecular weight greater than about 3000 and less than about 20,000, (2) hydrophobic polyisocyanates and (3) hydroxyl-functional vinyl compounds. The polymers can be polymerized by radiation, or by free radical, redox, or thermal initiation, in water or as a film dried from water (or other solvents) on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1992Date of Patent: December 7, 1993Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventor: Donald B. Larson
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Patent number: 5252642Abstract: An environmentally degradable composition comprises blends of a physical mixture of a poly(lactic acid), comprising about 1 to 99 weight percent of the composition, and an elastomeric blend compatible polymer, such as a segmented polyester, that provides improved impact resistance to the poly(lactic acid) and is discrete and intimately bound; plasticizer is added to the blend that is selected from the group consisting of lactide monomer, lactic acid oligomer, lactic acid, and mixtures thereof. Other plasticizer that may be added includes one or more derivatives of an oligomer of lactic acid, its esters and copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1990Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Assignee: BioPak Technology, Ltd.Inventors: Richard G. Sinclair, Joseph Preston
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Patent number: 5252648Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which is suitable for the preparation of coatings, sealants and/or fillers and contains one or more binder components and as reactive thinner an octadienyl ether which may contain ester groups and which has a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of at most 5,000 mPas and a content of 1 to 80% by weight of octadienyl groups, --C.sub.8 H.sub.13, 0 to 35% by weight of hydroxyl groups and 0 to 30% by weight of carboxyl groups.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1992Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Hohlein, Jurgen Meixner, Josef Pedain
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Patent number: 5244654Abstract: Internal polymeric surfaces of medical devices are provided that have enhanced biocompatibility properties. The internal polymeric surface presents an anti-thrombogenic, fibrinolytic or thrombolytic interface with body fluids such as blood flowing through medical device tubing during implantation for medical procedures. The biocompatibility enhancing agent is secured to the polymeric substrate by a spacer molecule which is covalently bound to the internal polymeric surface which had been subjected to radiofrequency plasma treatment with a low pressure plasma medium of water vapor, oxygen or combination of water vapor and oxygen gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1991Date of Patent: September 14, 1993Assignee: Cordis CorporationInventor: Pallassana V. Narayanan
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Patent number: 5242995Abstract: Novel modified polymeric materials are provided. The polymeric materials according to the invention are prepared by grafting a fluorine-containing compound onto a polyurethane polymeric substrate. The polymeric materials show superior blood compatibility in the in vitro and ex vivo tests, attributing to hydrophobic property, inertness and water-repelling property intrinsic to the grafted fluorine containing compounds.The polymeric materials according to the invention are useful as the materials for the artificial, circulatory, internal organ systems to be contacted with blood, such as artificial hearts, artificial blood vessels, artificial heart valves, artificial blood oxygenators, and artificial kidneys, or for the medical devices/instruments to be inserted into the blood vessels, such as vein catheters, artery catheters and intra-aortic balloon pumps.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1991Date of Patent: September 7, 1993Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Young H. Kim, Dong K. Han
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Patent number: 5241001Abstract: Isocyanate-free coating compositions, capable of forming a durable coating under ambient conditions, are claimed comprising(A) at least one polymer, oligomer or combinations thereof selected from the group consisting of acrylic, urethane and urea polymers and oligomers having a number average molecular weight of at least about 100 and bearing at least two aziridinyl groups defined by the following structural formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents O, S, NH, NR, wherein R represents an alkyl having from one to 12 carbon atoms, or higher, or phenyl,R.sub.1 represents (CH.sub.2)m.sub.1, m.sub.1 being an integer ranging from 1 to 3 andR.sub.2 represents H, CH.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1992Date of Patent: August 31, 1993Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Charles M. Kania, Padmanabhan Sundararaman, Joseph M. Carney, Stephen J. Thomas
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Patent number: 5237018Abstract: Improved acoustic damping materials comprise interpenetrating polymer netks having a soft polymer component and a hard polymer component. The soft polymer component, constituting from 75 to 95, preferably 90, percent by weight of the material, is made by polymerizing an aromatic diisocyanate with a polyalkylene ether glycol, and the hard polymer component is a vinyl ester polymer made by polymerization of the acrylate or methacrylate ester of the diglycidyl ether of a polyphenol. The curing of the mixture is carried out at room temperature in presence of a peroxide and an aromatic amine. The mixture of ingredients, while liquid, may be injected into mechanical devices, such as shafts of rotating equipment whose noise is to be dampened, and allowed to cure therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1991Date of Patent: August 17, 1993Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Usman A. Sorathia, William L. Yeager, Timothy L. Dapp
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Patent number: 5236995Abstract: The present invention is directed to an aqueous anionic polyurethane dispersion, obtainable bya) dispersing a polyurethane resin, having carboxylic acid groups, in water in the presence of a tertiary amine andb) reacting the carboxylic acid groups on the polyurethane resin with an organic compound having at least two oxirane groups,a basecoat containing said dispersions,a method of coating a substrate with said basecoat and a coated substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1991Date of Patent: August 17, 1993Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Timothy D. Salatin, Anna M. Budde
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Patent number: 5234996Abstract: A two-part polyurethane adhesive which comprises a main component comprising a hydroxyl-terminated saturated polyester resin or a polyester urethane rubber prepared by reacting said hydroxyl-terminated saturated polyester resin with a diisocyanate compound, and a curing agent comprising a urethane prepolymer having an active isocyanate group which is prepared by reacting a hydrogenated hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene with an excess amount of a polyisocyanate. Said polyurethane adhesive is useful for adhering a polyolefin base material and a covering material for the production of automobile interior parts.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1991Date of Patent: August 10, 1993Assignee: Sunstar Giken Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahito Mori, Kousuke Torii, Hirokazu Okamoto
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Patent number: 5231147Abstract: The present invention relates to thermosetting polyurethane structural adhesive composites and compositions and processes for producing the same comprising dispersing an amine-terminated solid polyamide resin into a polyurethane base resin to form a nonactivated adhesive composite, and activating the same by heating to form an adhesive composition. Another aspect of the invention relates to dispersing an amine-terminated solid polyamide resin and a water generating compound into the polyurethane base resin and heat-activating the same to form an adhesive composition. The invention also relates to polyurethane base resins suitable for use in the processes of the invention, which may also be moisture cured to form a reactive adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1992Date of Patent: July 27, 1993Assignee: Rheox, Inc.Inventors: Terrence L. Hartman, Charles A. Cody
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Patent number: 5229433Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid, radiation-curable coating composition for the coating of glass surfaces which comprisesA) 56 to 89% by weight of at least one diethylenically unsaturated polyurethane optionally containing urea groups,B) 3 to 30% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer,C) 0.5 to 8% by weight of at least one photoinitiator andD) 0.05 to 6% by weight of an alkoxysilane,the sum total of the components A to D being 100% by weight in each case.The coating composition uses1.) one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing carboxyl groups, optionally together with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers as the component B and2.) an alkoxysilane containing epoxide groups as the component D.These coating compositions are employed for the coating of glass surfaces, in particular of optical glass fibers, and are distinguished by good adhesion even under humid conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1991Date of Patent: July 20, 1993Assignee: BASF Lacke+Farben AktiengesellschaftInventors: Stephan Schunck, Horst Hintze-Bruning
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Patent number: 5227243Abstract: Coating compositions which comprise: (i) a hydroxy-functional compound containing in the molecule an average of at least two hydroxyl groups; (ii) an anhydride-functional compound containing in the molecule an average of at least two cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride groups; and (iii) an epoxy-functional compound containing in the molecule an average of at least two cycloaliphatic epoxy groups, provide low temperature cure response and excellent durability.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1991Date of Patent: July 13, 1993Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams CompanyInventors: Mohamad D. Shalati, James A. Marquart, John R. Babjak, Rodney M. Harris
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Patent number: 5225498Abstract: Improved acoustic damping materials comprise interpenetrating polymer netks having a soft polymer component and a hard polymer component. The soft polymer component, constituting from 50 to 90, preferably 70, percent by weight of the material, is made by polymerizing an aromatic diisocyanate with a polyalkylene ether glycol, and the hard polymer component is a vinyl ester polymer made by polymerization of a vinyl ester resin such as the acrylate or methacrylate ester of the diglycidyl ether of a polyphenol. Optionally, the vinyl ester resin may be brominated, whereby increased fire retardance is conferred upon the interpenetrating polymer network. The mixture is cured at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1991Date of Patent: July 6, 1993Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Usman A. Sorathia, William L. Yeager, Timothy L. Dapp
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Patent number: 5219896Abstract: Photocurable liquid coating compositions adapted to provide primary coatings for optical glass fibers are disclosed. These compositions comprise polycarbonate-based acrylate-terminated polyurethane, an acrylate of an unsubstituted or C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl substituted phenol that is alkoxylated with a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkylene oxide and at least one alkylacrylate having a T.sub.g below about -45.degree. C. Films produced from these ultraviolet light curable compositions are flexible and possess good water resistance and good wet adhesion.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1992Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Assignee: Stamicarbon, B.V.Inventors: Clive J. Coady, Erwin S. Poklacki, John M. Zimmerman, Timothy E. Bishop, John L. Derer
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Patent number: 5214101Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating composition which has good handling properties and which has a good bland of physical properties such as appearance, flexibility, hardness, solvent resistance, corrosion resistance and exterior durability is disclosed. The composition comprises a co-reactable particulate mixture of a carboxylic acid group-containing acrylic polymer, a second carboxylic acid group-containing polyurethane having sufficient crystallinity to assist in flow of the powder coating compositions, a beta-hydroxyalkylamide crosslinking agent and an amorphous acid group-containing polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1992Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Paul H. Pettit, Jr., Debra L. Singer, Marvin L. Kaufman
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Patent number: 5210121Abstract: A method of imparting hydrophobic or abhesive properties to a substrate. A composition including a compound selected from the group consisting of(a) a compound of the formulaR.sub.1 R.sub.2 C.dbd.CR.sub.3 R.sub.4and an oligomer of polymer thereof;(b) a compound of the formula--(CR.sub.1 R.sub.2 --CR.sub.3 R.sub.4).sub.n --(c) a compound of the formula ##STR1## and an oligomer or polymer thereof wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently CH.sub.3 or C.sub.2 H.sub.5 ; R.sub.4 is H, CH.sub.3 or C.sub.2 H.sub.5 ; A and B are independently H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5 or --(CR.sub.1 R.sub.2 --CR.sub.3 R.sub.4).sub.n --; and n is an integer between 1 and 20,000,000 is applied to the surface of the substrate. When the composition cures, the substrate possesses superior water-proof and release properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1991Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: The Permethyl CorporationInventor: Rudolf Hinterwaldner
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Patent number: 5206113Abstract: Disclosed is a graft polymer comprising a polyurethane graft backbone and grafted-on chains comprising vinyl alcohol units and units with lateral styrylpyridinium or styrylquinolinium groups, and also a photocurable mixture comprising the graft polymer and a photosensitive compound, such as a photosensitizer of a negative-working diazo compound. The mixture is suited for the production of printing plates, in particular planographic printing plates, and photoresists. Printing plates prepared from the mixture are distinguished by high photospeed, good developability with aqueous solutions and long print runs.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1990Date of Patent: April 27, 1993Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Waltraud Mueller-Hess, Dieter Mohr, Matthias Kroggel
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Patent number: 5202394Abstract: Graft polymers in which carboxylic acid vinyl esters and if appropriate other ethylenically unsaturated monomers are grafted polymerically onto polyurethane graft bases by means of grafting polymerization initiated by free radicals, and hydrolysis products of the graft polymers can be obtained by grafting carboxylic acid vinyl esters with 3 to 20 carbon atoms and if appropriate other ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers, which are copolymerizable if appropriate, in amounts of 10 to 99% by weight, based on the graft polymer, onto a polyurethane graft base by grafting polymerization initiated by free radicals, and if appropriate subsequently partly or completely hydrolyzing the vinyl ester units and if appropriate other hydrolyzable monomer units in the grafted-on polymer radicals of the graft polymers by hydrolysis and/or alcoholysis. Preferred vinyl esters to be grafted on are vinyl acetate and/or vinyl propionate and if appropriate vinyl versatate.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1991Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Hoechst AGInventors: Matthias Kroggel, Karl J. Rauterkus, Detlev Seip
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Patent number: 5202391Abstract: A polyurethane adhesive composition containing an oxy acid of phosphorus or a derivative thereof, a carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, a silane coupling agent and an epoxy resin can serve as an adhesive for manufacturing food packaging materials, for instance, giving bonds having very good bond strength, heat resistance and hot water resistance between a metal foil and a plastic film.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1991Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kyuya Yamazaki, Hiroto Ryoshi, Teruo Hori
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Patent number: 5198508Abstract: There is disclosed a resin composition comprising a product produced by the reaction of (a) a prepolymer prepared by reacting a diisocyanate with a hydroxy fatty acid ester or a mixture of a hydroxy fatty acid ester and a polyether polyol, with (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamines, polyether polyamines and polyether polyimines or a mixture of such a member as above and a polyether polyol. The resin composition is useful as an internal release agent for resins for reaction injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1991Date of Patent: March 30, 1993Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Ueda, Yoshio Yoshida, Hiroshi Inoue, Toshikazu Kaneda, Toshiaki Moriya, Tsutomu Kumazawa
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Patent number: 5198507Abstract: Novel amino acid-derived polycarbonates and amino acid-derived diphenol compound starting materials from which the polycarbonates are polymerized. Polymer blends of the amino acid-derived polycarbonates with polyiminocarbonates prepared from identical amino acid-derived diphenol starting materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1991Date of Patent: March 30, 1993Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Joachim B. Kohn, Satish K. K. Pulapura
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Patent number: 5189119Abstract: An article coated with a cationically electrodepositable paint composition comprises (A) a resin having hydroxyl and cationic groups, (B) an epoxy resin having at least 2 epoxy groups, each directly bound to an alicyclic ring, and (C) lead hydroxide and/or lead maleate as curing catalyst(s).Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1991Date of Patent: February 23, 1993Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Reiziro Nishida, Akira Tominaga
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Patent number: 5175207Abstract: A diallyl aromatic dicarboxylate derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein Y is hydrogen atom or perfluoroalkenyl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, is a novel compound. The compound (1) is a starting material for a prepolymer containing a repeating unit derived from diallyl aromatic fluorine-containing dicarboxylate and represented by the formula ##STR2## wherein X is perfluoroalkenyl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1990Date of Patent: December 29, 1992Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd.Inventors: Sinji Tamaru, Motonobu Kubo
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Patent number: 5175201Abstract: Disclosed are novel nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds and novel vinyl terminated polyurethane/polyamide polymers together with the use of both of these compounds in a novel adhesive and coating composition. The nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds of the invention contain two vinyl-terminated substituents and at least one carbamylmethyl substituent and have a nucleus selected from melamine, oligomers of melamine, benzoguanamine, and oligomers of benzoguanamine, glycoluril and oligomers of glycoluril. The vinyl terminated polyurethane compounds of the invention have a molecular weight of from about 3000 to about 80000, and contain at least two vinyl end groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1988Date of Patent: December 29, 1992Assignee: American Cyanamid CompanyInventors: Peter S. Forgione, Yuhshi Luh, Balwant Singh, William A. Henderson, Jr.
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Patent number: 5173538Abstract: A quick-setting, moisture-curing hot-melt polyurethane composition having a first polyether-based polyurethane prepolymer having a Tg above room temperature and a second polyurethane prepolymer with a Tg below room temperature, the first prepolymer being prepared from a low molecular weight polyether; preferably the second prepolymer is also polyether based and prepared from a high molecular weight polyether.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1989Date of Patent: December 22, 1992Assignee: Bostik, Inc.Inventors: Heinz G. Gilch, Walter Rath
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Patent number: 5173548Abstract: Epoxy-modified hydrocarbon resins of this invention are prepared by copolymerizing hydrocarbon olefins mainly consisting of aromatic olefins such as indene, styrene, and coumarone with phenols and epoxidizing the copolymers with epichlorohydrin and are useful as modifiers and base polymers for coatings, adhesives, rubbers, and IC encapsulants and also as raw materials for the compatibilizers for incompatible polymer systems because of their capability of undergoing crosslinking or grafting reactions with polymers having functional groups or chemical compositions reactive with the epoxy groups.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1989Date of Patent: December 22, 1992Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 5162457Abstract: This invention relates to crystalline, isocyanate group-containign hot melt adhesives based onfrom 70-95% by weight of a prepolymer A based on polyester diols having a molecular weight of from 1500 to 10,000 and melting points of from 50.degree. to 90.degree. C. and diisocyanates in a ratio of isocyanate groups of the diisocyanate to the hydroxyl groups of the polyester diol of from 3:1 to 1.2:1 andfrom 5-30% by weight of a component B having a molecular weight of from 1000 to 10,000 based on polyesters having melting points of from 60.degree. to 150.degree. C., in which component B contains at most 0.5 Zerewitinow active groups per molecule.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1991Date of Patent: November 10, 1992Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Eduard Hansel, Walter Meckel, Klaus Konig, Otto Ganster, Horst Stepanski
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Patent number: 5149747Abstract: The invention describes a graft polymer based on a graft base which contains a polymer comprising diol components and diisocyanate components which has at least two urethane groups in the molecule, onto which graft base have been grafted polymer chains comprising units of vinyl esters of carboxylic acids, having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and/or hydrolysis products thereof, and optionally units of other ethylenically unsaturated monomers or hydrolysis products thereof and which are additionally esterified in the melt in homogeneous phase with an acylating reagent, in particular with carboxylic anhydrides. The product is insoluble in water, but soluble in aqueous alcohol solution and can be used as a binder in light-curable mixtures for the preparation of relief printing plates. Also described is a process for the preparation of the graft polymers mentioned above, in which on catalyst is used and consequently a colorless product results. The product is obtained from the homogeneous phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1989Date of Patent: September 22, 1992Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joachim Gersdorf, Matthias Kroggel
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Patent number: 5135964Abstract: Radiation cured peelable film useful as a surgical drape or wound dressing includes a copolymer of a vinyl monomer and an acrylate capped polyurethane prepolymer. The cured film may be prepared by casting a mixture of the vinyl monomer, prepolymer and a photoinitiator onto a surface as a liquid film and exposing the liquid film to ultraviolet light.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1991Date of Patent: August 4, 1992Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Min-Shiu Lee, John Gleason, Robert A. Taller
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Patent number: 5134192Abstract: A dicarbonyl halide preferably a straight-chain-alkyl dicarbonyl dihalide, may be used to activate a substrate surface of preferably polyurethane or polyamide. Optionally, an amine-end blocked polymer may be reacted with the resulting activated surface by reaction between amine and dicarbonyl halide groups. Then, a material to be covalently bonded to said surface, such as heparin, may be reacted with free amine groups bonded to the surface by a carbodiimide process or the like.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1991Date of Patent: July 28, 1992Assignee: Cordis CorporationInventors: Jan Feijen, Gerardus H. M. Engbers
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Patent number: 5134195Abstract: The invention relates to ternary thermoplastic mixtures of polycarbonates, polyurethanes and graft polymers and, optionally, standard additives and to processes for the production of these mixtures.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1990Date of Patent: July 28, 1992Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Tacke, Werner Nouvertne, Franz-Josef Gielen, Dieter Freitag, Ulrich Grigo, Uwe Westeppe
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Patent number: 5132108Abstract: Polymeric surfaces of medical devices or components of medical devices are provided that have enhanced biocompatibility properties. The polymeric surface presents an anti-thrombogenic, fibrinolytic or thrombolytic interface with body fluids such as blood during implantation or medical procedures. The biocompatibility enhancing agent is secured to the polymeric substrate by a spacer molecule which is covalently bound to the polymeric substrate which had been subjected to radiofrequency plasma treatment with a water vapor medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1990Date of Patent: July 21, 1992Assignee: Cordis CorporationInventors: Pallassana V. Narayanan, Kimberly D. Stanley