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Plastics shaped articles

Assignee: BXL Plastics Ltd
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Filing: 1976-11-22
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Granted: 1979-04-24
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Expires: 1996-11-22
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Abstract

Abstract A plastics composition comprising an olefin polymer, a styrene or methyl-substituted styrene polymer, a butyl rubber and optionally an ethylene/vinyl polymer, which composition can be stretched to form a paper-like sheet.

Inventors

  • 👤 Charles L. Geall
  • 👤 Leonard Leese
  • 👤 Donald C. Nicholas
  • 👤 Gordon C. R. Smith
  • 👤 Geoffrey F. Stokes

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 02:12
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08K; C08K3/00; C08K3/18; C08K3/20; C08K3/22; C08K3/24; C08K3/26; C08L23/04; C08L23/06; C08L23/08; C08L23/0846; C08L23/0853; C08L23/18; C08L23/20; C08L23/22; C08L25/00; C08L25/02; C08L25/04; C08L2203/00; C08L2203/16; C08L2205/00; C08L2205/03; C08L2205/035; C08L2207/00; C08L2207/06; C08L2207/062; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/47

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 158 words
A plastics composition comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of an olefin polymer selected from high density ethylene polymers, propylene polymers and mixtures thereof; (b) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a non-rubbery styrene polymer selected from styrene homopolymers, styrene copolymers containing at least 50% by weight of styrene, methyl substituted styrene homopolymers, methyl substituted styrene copolymers containing at least 50% by weight of methyl styrene, copolymers of styrene and a methyl substituted styrene and mixtures thereof per hundred parts by weight of polymer (a); (c) 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a copolymer of isobutylene with 1 to 3% by weight of isoprene per hundred parts by weight of polymer (a); (d) 2 to 12 parts by weight of an ethylene/vinyl copolymer per hundred parts by weight of polymer (a); and, (e) a compound selected from the group consisting of a filler, a pigment and mixtures thereof per hundred parts by weight of polymer (a).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 158 words
A plastics composition comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of an olefin polymer selected from high density ethylene polymers, propylene polymers and mixtures thereof; (b) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a non-rubbery styrene polymer selected from styrene homopolymers, styrene copolymers containing at least 50% by weight of styrene, methyl substituted styrene homopolymers, methyl substituted styrene copolymers containing at least 50% by weight of methyl styrene, copolymers of styrene and a methyl substituted styrene and mixtures thereof per hundred parts by weight of polymer (a); (c) 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a copolymer of isobutylene with 1 to 3% by weight of isoprene per hundred parts by weight of polymer (a); (d) 2 to 12 parts by weight of an ethylene/vinyl copolymer per hundred parts by weight of polymer (a); and, (e) a compound selected from the group consisting of a filler, a pigment and mixtures thereof per hundred parts by weight of polymer (a).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein component (b) is a styrene homopolymer having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.6.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
The composition of claim 2, wherein component (b) is a styrene homopolymer having an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.6 to 1.1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 29 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein component (b) is present in an amount of from 30 to 50 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of component (a).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 29 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein component (c) is present in an amount of from 5 to 15 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of component (a).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
The compositions of claim 1, wherein component (d) is selected from the group consisting of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers, ethylene/ethylacrylate copolymers and ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 30 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein said filler and pigment is present in an amount of up to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of component (a).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 31 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein said filler and pigment is present in an amount of from 5 to 50 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of component (a).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 12 words
A stretched article made from a composition as claimed in claim 1.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 13 words
A paper substitute made by stretching a composition as claimed in claim 1.

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