US4123575A
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Fire-retarding epoxy resin material, method for the manufacture thereof and use thereof as coating composition
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-02-02
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Granted: 1978-10-31
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Expires: 1997-02-02
Abstract
Abstract A fire-retarding foam-forming epoxy resin composition is provided and a method for applying the same as a coating on a substrate, said composition comprising essentially an amine-hardened epoxy resin containing 30% to 70% by weight of said amine-hardened epoxy resin of at least two substances selected from the group consisting of more than 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus having a decomposition temperature ranging from about 100° C to 400° C. The composition may optionally contain fillers which react endothermically at elevated temperatures.
Inventors
- 👤 Ludwig Wesch
- 👤 Luis C. Roma
- 👤 Carlos F. Pellicer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 06:48
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K21/00; C09K21/14; C08; C08K; C08K3/00; C08K3/34; C08K5/00; C08K5/0008; C08K5/0066; C08K5/16; C08K5/17; C08K5/21; C08K5/29; C08K5/31; C08K5/36; C08K5/37; C08K5/49; C08K5/51; C08K5/52; C09D; C09D5/00; C09D5/18; C09D5/185; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31515
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A fire-retarding foam-forming epoxy resin composition suitable for protecting substrates as an applied layer thereon, said composition comprising essentially of an epoxy resin containing at least one amine curing agent and the following ingredients: about 30% to 70% by weight referred to the epoxy resin-curing agent content of at least two members containing 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus selected from the group consisting of cyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic-aromatic polyamines having a molecular weight of about 100 to 400 and melamine phosphate, quanidine phosphate, guanylurea phosphate, melamineborate, guanidine carbonate and benzosulfohydrazide, said epoxy composition optionally containing fillers, said members having a decomposition temperature of about 100° C to 400° C and being characterized in that the decomposition of each member differs from each other by at least about 50° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
A fire-retarding foam-forming epoxy resin composition suitable for protecting substrates as an applied layer thereon, said composition comprising essentially of an epoxy resin containing at least one amine curing agent and the following ingredients: about 30% to 70% by weight referred to the epoxy resin-curing agent content of at least two members containing 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus selected from the group consisting of cyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic-aromatic polyamines having a molecular weight of about 100 to 400 and melamine phosphate, quanidine phosphate, guanylurea phosphate, melamineborate, guanidine carbonate and benzosulfohydrazide, said epoxy composition optionally containing fillers, said members having a decomposition temperature of about 100° C to 400° C and being characterized in that the decomposition of each member differs from each other by at least about 50° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The fire-retarding epoxy resin composition of claim 1, wherein the alicyclic-aromatic polyamine is N-phenyl-N-cyclohexyl-p-phenylenediamine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The fire-retarding epoxy resin composition of claim 1, wherein said composition also contains at least one halogen compound which yields chlorine or bromine at temperature in the range of about 100° C to 600° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The fire-retarding epoxy resin composition of claim 3, wherein said at least one halogen compound is selected from the group consisting of pentachlorthiophenol or a metal salt thereof, tris(dichloroethyl)-phosphate and tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The fire-retarding epoxy resin composition of claim 1, wherein said composition contains a filler of inorganic material having a strong water-binding property and which yields water at a temperature of about 600° C to 1000° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The fire-retarding epoxy resin composition of claim 5, wherein said inorganic filler is selected from the group consisting of a zeolite of alumino-silicate, calcium sulfate low in water of crystallization including anhydrite and aluminum hydroxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The fire-retarding epoxy resin composition of claim 1, wherein said composition contains at least one inorganic filler material selected from the group consisting of particles of glass fibers, asbestos or mica.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
154 words
A fire-retarding foam-forming epoxy resin composition in the form of a coating comprising a plurality of cured layers on a substrate, said composition comprising essentially of an epoxy resin containing at least one amine curing agent and the following ingredients: about 30% to 70% by weight referred to the epoxy resin-curing agent content of at least two members containing 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus selected from the group consisting of cyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic-aromatic polyamines having a molecular weight of about 100 to 400 and melamine phosphate, guanidine phosphate, guanylurea phosphate, melamine borate, guanidine carbonate and benzosulfohydrazide, said epoxy composition optionally containing fillers, said members having a decomposition temperature of about 100° C to 400° C and being characterized in that the decomposition of each member differs from each other by at least about 50° C, and characterized by at least one protective layer of polyurethane over said cured coating of epoxy resin composition.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
154 words
A fire-retarding foam-forming epoxy resin composition in the form of a coating comprising a plurality of cured layers on a substrate, said composition comprising essentially of an epoxy resin containing at least one amine curing agent and the following ingredients: about 30% to 70% by weight referred to the epoxy resin-curing agent content of at least two members containing 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus selected from the group consisting of cyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic-aromatic polyamines having a molecular weight of about 100 to 400 and melamine phosphate, guanidine phosphate, guanylurea phosphate, melamine borate, guanidine carbonate and benzosulfohydrazide, said epoxy composition optionally containing fillers, said members having a decomposition temperature of about 100° C to 400° C and being characterized in that the decomposition of each member differs from each other by at least about 50° C, and characterized by at least one protective layer of polyurethane over said cured coating of epoxy resin composition.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
155 words
A method of protecting a substrate with a fire-retarding epoxy resin composition coating which comprises, formulating said composition by mixing said epoxy resin with at least one amine curing agent and then adding thereto the following ingredients, about 30% to 70% by weight referred to the epoxy resin-curing agent content of at least two members containing 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus selected from the group consisting of cyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic-aromatic polyamines having a molecular weight of about 100 to 400 and melamine phosphate, guanidine phosphate, guanylurea phosphate, melamine borate, guanidine carbonate and benzosulfohydrazide, said epoxy composition optionally containing fillers, said members having a decomposition temperature of about 100° C to 400° C and being characterized in that the decomposition of each member differs from each other by at least about 50° C, and applying a plurality of layers of said composition as a coating to the substrate to be protected and curing said composition.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
155 words
A method of protecting a substrate with a fire-retarding epoxy resin composition coating which comprises, formulating said composition by mixing said epoxy resin with at least one amine curing agent and then adding thereto the following ingredients, about 30% to 70% by weight referred to the epoxy resin-curing agent content of at least two members containing 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus selected from the group consisting of cyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic-aromatic polyamines having a molecular weight of about 100 to 400 and melamine phosphate, guanidine phosphate, guanylurea phosphate, melamine borate, guanidine carbonate and benzosulfohydrazide, said epoxy composition optionally containing fillers, said members having a decomposition temperature of about 100° C to 400° C and being characterized in that the decomposition of each member differs from each other by at least about 50° C, and applying a plurality of layers of said composition as a coating to the substrate to be protected and curing said composition.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 9, wherein prior to applying said composition to the substrate to be protected, the substrate is primed with a coating of a mixture of an epoxy resin - amine curing composition which composition is cured in place.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 9, wherein the alicyclic-aromatic polyamine in said composition coating applied to the substrate is N-phenyl-N-cyclohexyl-p-phenylenediamine.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 9, wherein the composition applied as a coating to the substrate also contains at least one halogen compound which yields chlorine or bromine at temperatures in the range of about 100° C to 600° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 12, wherein the composition applied as a coating to the substrate contains at least one halogen compound selected from the group consisting of pentachlorthiophenol or a metal salt thereof, tris(dichloroethyl)-phosphate and tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 9, wherein the composition applied as a coating to the substrate contains a filler of inorganic material having a strong water-binding property and which yields water at a temperature of about 600° C to 1000° C.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 14, wherein the composition applied as a coating to the substrate contains said inorganic filler selected from the group consisting of a zeolite of alumino-silicate, calcium sulfate low in water of crystalization including anhydrite and aluminum hydroxide.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 9, wherein the composition applied as a coating to the substrate also contains at least one inorganic filler material selected from the group consisting of particles of glass fibers, asbestos or mica.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
168 words
A method of protecting a substrate with a fire-retarding epoxy resin composition coating which comprises, formulating said composition by mixing said epoxy resin with at least one amine curing agent and then adding thereto the following ingredients, about 30% to 70% by weight referred to the epoxy resin-curing agent content of at least two members containing 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus selected from the group consisting of cyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic-aromatic polyamines having a molecular weight of about 100 to 400 and melamine phosphate, guanidine phosphate, guanylurea phosphate, melamine borate, guanidine carbonate and benzosulfohydrazide, said epoxy composition optionally containing fillers, said members having a decomposition temperature of about 100° C to 400° C and being characterized in that the decomposition of each member differs from each other by at least about 50° C, applying a plurality of layers of said composition as a coating to the substrate to be protected and curing said composition, and then applying to said cured coating at least one protective layer of polyurethane.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
168 words
A method of protecting a substrate with a fire-retarding epoxy resin composition coating which comprises, formulating said composition by mixing said epoxy resin with at least one amine curing agent and then adding thereto the following ingredients, about 30% to 70% by weight referred to the epoxy resin-curing agent content of at least two members containing 20 mol% nitrogen and/or phosphorus selected from the group consisting of cyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic-aromatic polyamines having a molecular weight of about 100 to 400 and melamine phosphate, guanidine phosphate, guanylurea phosphate, melamine borate, guanidine carbonate and benzosulfohydrazide, said epoxy composition optionally containing fillers, said members having a decomposition temperature of about 100° C to 400° C and being characterized in that the decomposition of each member differs from each other by at least about 50° C, applying a plurality of layers of said composition as a coating to the substrate to be protected and curing said composition, and then applying to said cured coating at least one protective layer of polyurethane.
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