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EP0448402A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Refrigerator oil composition

Assignee: Adeka Corp
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Filing: 1991-03-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-03-21
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Abstract

Abstract A refrigerator lubricant composition comprises an ester compound obtained from a fatty acid having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and a neopentyl polyol and 0.01 to 25 percent by weight of an epoxy compound.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tamiji Kamakura
  • 👤 Yukio Tatsumi
  • 👤 Kimiyoshi Namiwa
  • 👤 Noriyoshi Tanaka
  • 👤 Masato Namiki

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 11:16
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10M; C10M169/00; C10M169/04; C10M169/044; C09; C09K; C09K5/00; C09K5/02; C09K5/04; C09K5/041; C09K5/044; C09K5/045; C10M105/00; C10M105/08; C10M105/32; C10M105/38; C10M105/42; C10M129/00; C10M129/02; C10M129/16; C10M129/18; C10M145/00; C10M145/18; C10M145/24; C10M145/26; C10M145/36; C10M171/00; C10M171/008; C09K2205/00; C09K2205/24; C10M2203/00; C10M2203/06; C10M2207/00; C10M2207/04; C10M2207/042; C10M2207/28; C10M2207/281; C10M2207/282; C10M2207/283; C10M2207/2835; C10M2207/286; C10M2207/30; C10M2207/301; C10M2209/00; C10M2209/10; C10M2209/103; C10M2209/104; C10M2209/105; C10M2209/106; C10M2209/108; C10M2211/00; C10M2211/02; C10M2211/022; C10M2211/06; C10M2215/00; C10M2215/02; C10M2215/06; C10M2215/064; C10M2215/065; C10M2219/00; C10M2219/10; C10M2219/104; C10M2219/108; C10M2223/00; C10M2223/02; C10M2223/04; C10M2223/041; C10M2223/042; C10N; C10N2040/00; C10N2040/30; C10N2040/32; C10N2040/34; C10N2040/36; C10N2040/38; C10N2040/40; C10N2040/42; C10N2040/44; C10N2040/50

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 60 words
A refrigerator lubricant composition characterised in that it comprises an ester compound and an epoxy compound the ester compound thus obtained from a fatty acid having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and a neopentyl polyol and the epoxy compound being present in an amount of from 0.01 to 25 percent by weight based on the weight of the ester compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 38 words
A composition as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that said fatty acid is selected from the group consisting of straight chain saturated fatty acids, branched saturated fatty acids, straight chain dicarboxylic acids and branched chain dicarboxylic acids.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 53 words
A composition as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that said fatty acid is selected from the group consisting of acetic acid, propanoic acid, butanoic acid, pentanoic acid, hexanoic acid, 2-methypropanoic acid, 2-methylbutanoic acid, 3-methylpentanoic acid, trimethylacetic acid, 2-methylpentanoic acid, 3-methylpentanoic acid, 4-methylpentanoic acid, 2-ethylbutanoic acid, 2,2-dimethylbutanoic acid, 3,3-dimethylbutanoic acid and 1,4-butanedicarboxylic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 29 words
A composition as claimed in any of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the neopentyl polyol has at least three hydroxyl groups and 50 or less carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 42 words
A composition as claimed in any of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that said epoxy compound has at least one glycidyl ether group and is an aliphatic glycidyl ether compound, an aromatic glycidyl ether compound or a polyalkyleneglycol diglycidyl ether compound.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
A refrigerator oil composition which comprises a chlorine-free fluorocarbon and an effective amount of a refrigerator lubricant composition claimed in any of claims 1 to 5.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 16 words
A refrigerator oil composition as claimed in claim 6, in which the chlorine-free fluorocarbon is 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 34 words
A refrigerator oil composition characterised by comprising (A) 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and (B) a composition as claimed in any of Claims 1 to 5 in a volume ratio of (A) to (B) of 1:99 to 99:1.

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