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Skin polyurethane foam

Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1972-12-15
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Granted: 1975-03-25
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Expires: 1992-12-15
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Abstract

Abstract A polyurethane composite article is provided which comprises a ''''skin'''' or cover layer of a substantially linear polyurethane, an intermediate layer of a two component-type polyurethane, and a urethane foam filled therein.

Inventors

  • 👤 Koji Kumata
  • 👤 Kozaburo Nagata

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 11:47
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C44/00; B29C44/02; B29C44/12; B29C44/14; B29C44/145; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/18; B32B27/00; B32B27/18; B32B5/22; B32B5/32; B29C37/00; B29C37/0025; B29C37/0028; B29K; B29K2075/00; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/04; B29K2105/043; B32B2266/00; B32B2266/02; B32B2266/0214; B32B2266/0278; B32B2305/00; B32B2305/72; B32B2601/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249987; Y10T428/249988; Y10T428/249991; Y10T428/249992; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31554

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 248 words
A SKIN URETHANE FOAM, WHICH COMPRISES: A COVER LAYER OF AN ORGANIC SOLVENT SOLUBLE, SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR POLYURETHANE OF AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 0.01-1.0 MM FORMED BY APPLYING A SOLUTION OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR POLYURETHANE WHICH IS FORMED BY REACTING A POLYOL HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 1,000-3,000 WITH AN ORGANIC POLYISOCYANATE AND WITH A CHAIN EXTENDER IN AMOUNTS SUCH THAT THE RATIO OF ISOCYANATE GROUPS TO ACTIVE HYDROGEN CONTAINING GROUPS IS 0.95-1.1, SAID POLYOL BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYESTER POLYOL, POLYETHER POLYOL AND POLYESTER-POLYETHER POLYOL, SAID POLYISOCYANATE BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 4,4''-DIPHEN METHANE DIISOCYNATE, TOLYLENE DIISOCYANATE, XYLENE DISSOCYANATE, HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE, ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE, DICYYCLOHEXYLMETHANE DIISOCYANATE, SAID CHIN EXTENDER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL, TRIMETHYLENE GLYCOL, 1,4-BUTYLENE GLYCOL, DIETHYLENE GLYCOL AND NEOPENTYL GLYCOL, TO THE CAVITY OF A MOLD AND DRYING THE APPLIED SOLUTION: AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER APPLIED ONTO THE COVER LAYER AND FORMED FROM A TWO COMPONENT-TYPE POLYURETHANE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A POLYURETHANE PREPOLYMER HAVING FREE ISOCYANATE GROUPS AND A HARDENER WHICH COMPRISES A MIXTURE OF A POLYOL HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 8003,000 PER HYDROXYL GROUP WITH A CROSS-LINKING AGENT HAV: ING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT LESS THAN 500; AND A URETHANE FOAM LAYER FORMED BY INTRODUCING A URETHANE FOAM-FORMING MIXTURE INTO THE CAVITY OF SAID MOLD ONTO SAID INTERMEDIATE LAYER BEFORE SAID INTERMEDIATE LAYER CURES COMPLETELY AND ALLOWING THE URETHAN FOAMFORMING MIXTURE TO FOAM, WHEREIN SAID COVER LAYER AND SAID FOAM ARE INTEGRALLY BOUND BY SAID INTERMEDIATE LAYER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 248 words
A SKIN URETHANE FOAM, WHICH COMPRISES: A COVER LAYER OF AN ORGANIC SOLVENT SOLUBLE, SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR POLYURETHANE OF AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 0.01-1.0 MM FORMED BY APPLYING A SOLUTION OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR POLYURETHANE WHICH IS FORMED BY REACTING A POLYOL HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 1,000-3,000 WITH AN ORGANIC POLYISOCYANATE AND WITH A CHAIN EXTENDER IN AMOUNTS SUCH THAT THE RATIO OF ISOCYANATE GROUPS TO ACTIVE HYDROGEN CONTAINING GROUPS IS 0.95-1.1, SAID POLYOL BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYESTER POLYOL, POLYETHER POLYOL AND POLYESTER-POLYETHER POLYOL, SAID POLYISOCYANATE BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 4,4''-DIPHEN METHANE DIISOCYNATE, TOLYLENE DIISOCYANATE, XYLENE DISSOCYANATE, HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE, ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE, DICYYCLOHEXYLMETHANE DIISOCYANATE, SAID CHIN EXTENDER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL, TRIMETHYLENE GLYCOL, 1,4-BUTYLENE GLYCOL, DIETHYLENE GLYCOL AND NEOPENTYL GLYCOL, TO THE CAVITY OF A MOLD AND DRYING THE APPLIED SOLUTION: AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER APPLIED ONTO THE COVER LAYER AND FORMED FROM A TWO COMPONENT-TYPE POLYURETHANE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A POLYURETHANE PREPOLYMER HAVING FREE ISOCYANATE GROUPS AND A HARDENER WHICH COMPRISES A MIXTURE OF A POLYOL HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 8003,000 PER HYDROXYL GROUP WITH A CROSS-LINKING AGENT HAV: ING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT LESS THAN 500; AND A URETHANE FOAM LAYER FORMED BY INTRODUCING A URETHANE FOAM-FORMING MIXTURE INTO THE CAVITY OF SAID MOLD ONTO SAID INTERMEDIATE LAYER BEFORE SAID INTERMEDIATE LAYER CURES COMPLETELY AND ALLOWING THE URETHAN FOAMFORMING MIXTURE TO FOAM, WHEREIN SAID COVER LAYER AND SAID FOAM ARE INTEGRALLY BOUND BY SAID INTERMEDIATE LAYER.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
The skin urethane foam of claim 1, wherein said intermediate layer has an average thickness of 0.1 - 1.0 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 62 words
The skin urethane foam of claim 1 wherein said polyurethane prepolymer is prepared by reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a polyol wherein the mol ratio of the NCO groups of said polyisocyanate to the OH groups of said polyol is at least 1.2, said polyol being selected from the group consisting of polyether polyol, polyester polyol, polyether polyester polyol and polyamide polyol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
The skin urethane foam of claim 1, wherein said urethane form is a flexible urethane foam.

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