Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A THERMOSETTING RESINOUS COMPOSITION COMPRISING A LOW VISCOSITY PULVERULENT MIXTURE OF A SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPONENT A CONTAINING FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS AND A SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPONENT B CONTAINING FREE CARBOXYL GROUPS WHEREIN ONE OF SAID RESIN COMPONENTS IS A COPOLYMER I SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF IA. A COPOLYMER CONTAINING FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS AND BASED ONE AT LEAST ONE HYDROXYALKYLESTER OF AN UNSATURATED AT MOST DICARBOXYLIC ACID OF 3 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER COPOLYMERISABLE MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STYRENE, ETHYLENE AND ESTERS, NITRILES, AND AMIDES OF ACRYLIC ACID AND METHACRYLIC ACID, IB. A COPOLYMER CONTAINING FREE CARBOXYL GROUPS BASED ON AT LEAST ONE OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED AT MOST DICARBOXYLIC ACID OF 3 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER COPOLYMERISABLE MONOMER BEING FREE FROM HYDROXYL GROUPS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STYRENE, ETHYLENE AND ESTERS, NITRILES AND AMIDES OF ACRYLIC ACID AND METHACRYLIC ACID, AND THE OTHER RESIN COMPONENT II IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 11A. THAT OF SAID COPOLYMERS NOT YET PRESENT, 11B. A POLYESTER CONTAINING FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS AND BASED ON AT LEAST ONE DICARBOXYLIC ACID OF 4 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS AND AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ALCOHOL OF 3 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS BEING AT LEAST TRIHYDRIC AND A COMBINATION OF SAID AT LEAST TRIHYDRIC ALCOHOL WITH AT LEAST ONE DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL OF 2 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, IIC. A COMBINATION OF COMPONENT IA WITH COMPONENT IIB, 11D. A POLYESTER CONTAINING FREE CARBOXYL GROUPS AND BASED ON AT LEAST ONE POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID OF 4 TO 24 CARBON ATOMS AND AT LEAST ONE DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL OF 2 TO 24 CARBON ATOMS, IIE. A COMBINATION OF COMPONENT IB WITH COMPONENT IID THE COMPONENT IA, IIB AND IIC HAVING A HYDROXYL NUMBER BETWEEN 100 AND 450.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
305 words
A THERMOSETTING RESINOUS COMPOSITION COMPRISING A LOW VISCOSITY PULVERULENT MIXTURE OF A SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPONENT A CONTAINING FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS AND A SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPONENT B CONTAINING FREE CARBOXYL GROUPS WHEREIN ONE OF SAID RESIN COMPONENTS IS A COPOLYMER I SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF IA. A COPOLYMER CONTAINING FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS AND BASED ONE AT LEAST ONE HYDROXYALKYLESTER OF AN UNSATURATED AT MOST DICARBOXYLIC ACID OF 3 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER COPOLYMERISABLE MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STYRENE, ETHYLENE AND ESTERS, NITRILES, AND AMIDES OF ACRYLIC ACID AND METHACRYLIC ACID, IB. A COPOLYMER CONTAINING FREE CARBOXYL GROUPS BASED ON AT LEAST ONE OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED AT MOST DICARBOXYLIC ACID OF 3 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER COPOLYMERISABLE MONOMER BEING FREE FROM HYDROXYL GROUPS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STYRENE, ETHYLENE AND ESTERS, NITRILES AND AMIDES OF ACRYLIC ACID AND METHACRYLIC ACID, AND THE OTHER RESIN COMPONENT II IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 11A. THAT OF SAID COPOLYMERS NOT YET PRESENT, 11B. A POLYESTER CONTAINING FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS AND BASED ON AT LEAST ONE DICARBOXYLIC ACID OF 4 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS AND AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ALCOHOL OF 3 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS BEING AT LEAST TRIHYDRIC AND A COMBINATION OF SAID AT LEAST TRIHYDRIC ALCOHOL WITH AT LEAST ONE DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL OF 2 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, IIC. A COMBINATION OF COMPONENT IA WITH COMPONENT IIB, 11D. A POLYESTER CONTAINING FREE CARBOXYL GROUPS AND BASED ON AT LEAST ONE POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID OF 4 TO 24 CARBON ATOMS AND AT LEAST ONE DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL OF 2 TO 24 CARBON ATOMS, IIE. A COMBINATION OF COMPONENT IB WITH COMPONENT IID THE COMPONENT IA, IIB AND IIC HAVING A HYDROXYL NUMBER BETWEEN 100 AND 450.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the melting points of the components A and B are at least 65 and not higher than 150*C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydroxyl number of component A is higher than the acid number of component B.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the components A and B are present in such an amount that the ratio of the free carboxyl groups to the free hydroxyl groups is in the range from 0.75:1 to 1:0.8.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the viscosity of component A is 200 to 1400 cP and that of component B is 150 to 1300 cP (measured at 20*C in a 50 % ethylene glycol monobutylether solution).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein component IA is a copolymer based on a hydroxyalkylester of an acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid and maleic acid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein component IB is a copolymer based on an acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid and maleic acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein component IA is a copolymer based on 70 % by weight of methyl methacrylate and 30 % by weight of Beta -hydroxypropyl methacrylate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein component IB is a copolymer based on 70 % by weight of methyl methacrylate and 30 % by weight of methacrylic acid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein component IIB is a transesterification product of a high-molecular weight terephthalic acid polyester or a monomeric terephthalic acid ester of a monohydric alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms with at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of at least trihydric alcohols having 3 to 12 carbon atoms and dihydric alcohols having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.