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Encapsulated impregnated rovings

Assignee: Desoto Aerospace Coatings Inc
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Filing: 1975-03-12
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Granted: 1980-09-02
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Expires: 1995-03-12
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Abstract

Abstract Rovings impregnated with solid or preferably semi solid thermosetting resin and which can be handled in textile processing equipment are provided by overcoating the impregnated roving with a thermoplastic resin dispersed in a volatile liquid medium which does not dissolve the thermosetting resin to form an encapsulating membrane of thermoplastic resin around the impregnated roving to thereby provide the strength, flexibility, and surface properties needed for textile handling without degrading the properties desired in the final cured molded product.

Inventors

  • 👤 Richard L. Brook

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 12:24
CPC Classifications
D; D02; D02G; D02G3/00; D02G3/22; D02G3/40; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/58; D04H1/587; D04H1/64; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2918; Y10T428/2927; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2938; Y10T428/2964; Y10T428/2973

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 43 words
A solid impregnated roving comprising a fibrous roving impregnated with a thermosetting resin in uncured semi solid form, said impregnated roving being encapsulated within a thin membrane coating of thermoplastic encapsulating resin which is compatible in a hot melt with said thermosetting resin.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 43 words
A solid impregnated roving comprising a fibrous roving impregnated with a thermosetting resin in uncured semi solid form, said impregnated roving being encapsulated within a thin membrane coating of thermoplastic encapsulating resin which is compatible in a hot melt with said thermosetting resin.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
An impregnated roving as recited in claim 1 in which said thermosetting resin carries a functional group selected from N-methylol and epoxy groups.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
An impregnated roving as recited in claim 1 in which said thermosetting resin is an epoxy resin in admixture with dicyandiamide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
An impregnated roving as recited in claim 3 in which said epoxy resin impregnated roving is overcoated with a solvent-soluble polyamide resin dissolved in methanol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 33 words
An impregnated roving as recited in claim 2 in which said encapsulating membrane is provided by a thermoplastic resin containing a functional group providing active hydrogen selected from carboxyl, hydroxyl, and amido groups.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 18 words
An impregnated roving as recited in claim 1 in which said roving is of generally rectangular cross section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 22 words
An impregnated roving as recited in claim 1 in which the encapsulated roving is dusted with a powder to reduce surface tackiness.

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