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US2838472A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Vulcanization of silicone rubber

Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1955-01-06
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Granted: 1958-06-10
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Expires: 1975-01-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Glennard R Lucas

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 08:29
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L83/00; C08L83/04; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/04; C08G77/22; C08G77/24; C08G77/70

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 153 words
A CURABLE COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING (1) AN ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE CONVERTIBLE TO THE CURED, SOLID, ELASTIC STATE, THE ORGANIC GROUPS OF THE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE BEING SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICALS AND CHLORINATED PHENYL RADICALS, THERE BEING PRESENT AN AVERAGE OF FROM ABOUT 1.98 TO 2.05 SILICON-BONDED ORGANIC RADICALS PER SILICON ATOM, AND (2) A CURING AGENT FOR (1) COMPRISING A FINELY DIVIDED PERIOXIDE SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF BENZOYL PERIOXIDE AND BIS(2,4-DICHLOROBENZOYL) PERIOXIDE, IN WHICH AT LEAST 95 PERCENT OF THE PERIOXIDE PARTICLES HAVE AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER BELOW 12 MICRONS AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THE PARTICLES OF THE PERIOXIDE HAVING AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER BELOW 20 MICRONS, THE SAID FINELY DIVIDED PERIOXIDE CONTAINING FROM 2 TO 5%, BY WEIGHT, THEREOF OF WATER AND BEING IN THE FORM OF A CREAMY DISPERSION IN A METHYLPOLYSILOXANE FLUID WHEREIN THE BENZOYL PEROXIDE COMPRISES FROM 25 TO 75%, BY WEIGHT, OF THE ENTIRE DISPERSION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 153 words
A CURABLE COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING (1) AN ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE CONVERTIBLE TO THE CURED, SOLID, ELASTIC STATE, THE ORGANIC GROUPS OF THE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE BEING SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICALS AND CHLORINATED PHENYL RADICALS, THERE BEING PRESENT AN AVERAGE OF FROM ABOUT 1.98 TO 2.05 SILICON-BONDED ORGANIC RADICALS PER SILICON ATOM, AND (2) A CURING AGENT FOR (1) COMPRISING A FINELY DIVIDED PERIOXIDE SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF BENZOYL PERIOXIDE AND BIS(2,4-DICHLOROBENZOYL) PERIOXIDE, IN WHICH AT LEAST 95 PERCENT OF THE PERIOXIDE PARTICLES HAVE AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER BELOW 12 MICRONS AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THE PARTICLES OF THE PERIOXIDE HAVING AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER BELOW 20 MICRONS, THE SAID FINELY DIVIDED PERIOXIDE CONTAINING FROM 2 TO 5%, BY WEIGHT, THEREOF OF WATER AND BEING IN THE FORM OF A CREAMY DISPERSION IN A METHYLPOLYSILOXANE FLUID WHEREIN THE BENZOYL PEROXIDE COMPRISES FROM 25 TO 75%, BY WEIGHT, OF THE ENTIRE DISPERSION.

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