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Weatherable plastic laminates

Assignee: Formica Corp
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Filing: 1966-01-07
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Granted: 1969-01-14
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Expires: 1986-01-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Musa Rasim Kamal

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 23:57
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31515; Y10T428/3154; Y10T428/31786; Y10T428/31797; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31935

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 182 words
A UNITARY, HEAT AND PRUSSURE CONSOLIDATED WEATHER RESISTANT LAMINATE WHICH CONSISTS OF: (1) A RIGIDITY IMPARTING RESINOUS PLASTIC SUBSTRATE IN SHEET FORM AND (II) AT LEAST ONE ADJACENT SHEET OF A SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT OVERLAY MEMBER OF ADHERABLE PLYVINYL FLUORIDE, AN ADHERABLE SIDE OF WHICH IS DIRECTLY BONDED TO SAID SUBSTRATE MEMBER BY MEANS OF A CURABLE ADHESIVE MIXTURE WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A REACTIVE, WATER-INSOLUBLE, ESSENTIALLY LINEAR THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER OF (1) FROM ABOUT 50% TO 98% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED HARDENING COMONOMER CONTAINING NO FUNCTIONAL GROUPS REACTIVE WITH COMPONENT (B), AS DEFINED HEREINBELOW, (2) FROM ABOUT 50% TO 2% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED COMONOMER CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE FUNCTIONAL GROUP REACTIVE WITH COMPONENT (B), AND (3) FROM ABOUT 0% TO 45% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED SOFTENING COMONOMER CONTAINING NO FUNCTIONAL GROUPS REACTIVE WITH COMPONENT (B), WHEREIN THE SUM OF THE AMOUNTS OF (1), (2) AND (3) IS 100%, AND HAVING AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ABSORBER INCORPORATED IN SAID OVERLAY MEMBER, (B) A CROSS-LINKING AMOUNT OF AN AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A 3,4-EPOXY-CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL, 3,4-EPOXY-CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLATE AND HEXAMETHOXYMETHYLAMINE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 182 words
A UNITARY, HEAT AND PRUSSURE CONSOLIDATED WEATHER RESISTANT LAMINATE WHICH CONSISTS OF: (1) A RIGIDITY IMPARTING RESINOUS PLASTIC SUBSTRATE IN SHEET FORM AND (II) AT LEAST ONE ADJACENT SHEET OF A SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT OVERLAY MEMBER OF ADHERABLE PLYVINYL FLUORIDE, AN ADHERABLE SIDE OF WHICH IS DIRECTLY BONDED TO SAID SUBSTRATE MEMBER BY MEANS OF A CURABLE ADHESIVE MIXTURE WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A REACTIVE, WATER-INSOLUBLE, ESSENTIALLY LINEAR THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER OF (1) FROM ABOUT 50% TO 98% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED HARDENING COMONOMER CONTAINING NO FUNCTIONAL GROUPS REACTIVE WITH COMPONENT (B), AS DEFINED HEREINBELOW, (2) FROM ABOUT 50% TO 2% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED COMONOMER CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE FUNCTIONAL GROUP REACTIVE WITH COMPONENT (B), AND (3) FROM ABOUT 0% TO 45% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED SOFTENING COMONOMER CONTAINING NO FUNCTIONAL GROUPS REACTIVE WITH COMPONENT (B), WHEREIN THE SUM OF THE AMOUNTS OF (1), (2) AND (3) IS 100%, AND HAVING AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ABSORBER INCORPORATED IN SAID OVERLAY MEMBER, (B) A CROSS-LINKING AMOUNT OF AN AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A 3,4-EPOXY-CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL, 3,4-EPOXY-CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLATE AND HEXAMETHOXYMETHYLAMINE.

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