US4248348A
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Package for compounding rubber and compounded rubber
Assignee: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
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Filing: 1979-07-23
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Granted: 1981-02-03
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Expires: 1999-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A package comprised of (A) an article selected from unvulcanized rubber or compounding ingredients therefor and (B) a protective film of a thermoplastic ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer containing anti-block agent and having a vinyl acetate content in the range of 11 to 22 percent. The invention further relates to a compounded rubber comprised of a mixture of unsaturated rubber and a package of compounding ingredients contained in the ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer film.
Inventors
- 👤 Kim D. Butler
- 👤 Ray A. Young
- 👤 Alfred L. Brown
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 10:48
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J3/00; C08J3/20; C08J3/22; C08J3/223; B; B65; B65D; B65D65/00; B65D65/38; C08J2321/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A package which comprises (A) an article selected from at least one of unvulcanized rubber or compounding ingredients for unvulcanized rubber packaged in (B) a protective film having a thickness in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 mils of a thermoplastic ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer containing an anti-block agent and having a vinyl acetate content in the range of about 11 to about 22 percent and further characterized, when having a thickness of about 2 to 4 mils, by a melting point in the range of about 85° C. to about 95° C., a minimum ultimate tensile strength at 25° C. of about 1850 psi, an oil solubility melt index of about 63° C. to about 75° C. and a minimum 300 percent modulus at 25° C. of about 700 psi.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A package which comprises (A) an article selected from at least one of unvulcanized rubber or compounding ingredients for unvulcanized rubber packaged in (B) a protective film having a thickness in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 mils of a thermoplastic ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer containing an anti-block agent and having a vinyl acetate content in the range of about 11 to about 22 percent and further characterized, when having a thickness of about 2 to 4 mils, by a melting point in the range of about 85° C. to about 95° C., a minimum ultimate tensile strength at 25° C. of about 1850 psi, an oil solubility melt index of about 63° C. to about 75° C. and a minimum 300 percent modulus at 25° C. of about 700 psi.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
The package of claim 1 where said packaged article is at least one compounding ingredient for unvulcanized rubber and where its said protective packaging film has a thickness in the range of about 1 to about 5 mils where said copolymer has a vinyl acetate derived content in the range of about 14 to about 19 percent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The package of claim 1 where said article is an unvulcanized high unsaturation rubber.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
106 words
The package of claim 2 where said compounding ingredients are free flowing and are selected from at least one of clay, silicates, calcium carbonate, cadmium diethyldithiocarbamate, tetramethylthiuram disulfide, benzothiazyl disulfide, substituted thio esters and amine type antioxidants, aniline antiozonant derivatives, diamines and/or thiourea curatives selected from sulfur, sulfur providing compounds and peroxides, ultraviolet agents selected from substituted benzotriazoles and substituted benzophenones; color pigments, selected from iron oxide, titanium dioxides and organic dyes; reinforcing pigments selected from carbon black, zinc oxide and hydrated silicon compounds; silicon dioxide, and also a minor amount of rubber processing oil when mixed with at least one other of such compounding ingredients.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A compounded rubber comprised of a mixture of unsaturated rubber and the package of claim 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A compounded high unsaturation rubber with the package of claim 2, where said compounding ingredients are relatively free flowing and contain about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent rubber processing oil.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
107 words
The compounded rubber of claim 6 where said compounding ingredients are free flowing and are selected from at least one of clay, silicates, calcium carbonate, cadmium diethyldithiocarbamate, tetramethylthiuram disulfide, benzothiazyl disulfide, substituted thio esters and amine type antioxidants, aniline antiozonant derivatives, diamines and/or thiourea, curatives selected from sulfur, sulfur providing compounds and peroxides, ultraviolet agents selected from substituted benzotriazoles and substituted benzophenones; color pigments, selected from iron oxide, titanium dioxides and organic dyes; reinforcing pigments selected from carbon black, zinc oxide and hydrated silicon compounds; silicon dioxide, and also a minor amount of rubber processing oil when mixed with at least one other of such compounding ingredients.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The compounded rubber of claim 2 or 3 where said high unsaturation rubber is selected from at least one of natural rubber, synthetic cis-1,4-polyisoprene, polybutadiene rubbery copolymers of 1,3-butadiene/styrene and/or rubber copolymers of butadiene and acrylonitrile.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
125 words
A packaged, high unsaturation unvulcanized rubber which comprises such unvulcanized rubber substantially encompassed with a wrap of a protective film having a thickness in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 mils of a thermoplastic ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer containing an anti-block agent and having a vinyl acetate content in the range of about 11 to about 22 percent and further characterized, when having a thickness of about 2 to 4 mils, by a melting point in the range of about 85° C. to about 95° C., a minimum ultimate tensile strength at 25° C. of about 1850 psi, an oil solubility melt index of about 63° C. to about 75° C. and a minimum 300 percent modulus at 25° C. of about 700 psi.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
125 words
A packaged, high unsaturation unvulcanized rubber which comprises such unvulcanized rubber substantially encompassed with a wrap of a protective film having a thickness in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 mils of a thermoplastic ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer containing an anti-block agent and having a vinyl acetate content in the range of about 11 to about 22 percent and further characterized, when having a thickness of about 2 to 4 mils, by a melting point in the range of about 85° C. to about 95° C., a minimum ultimate tensile strength at 25° C. of about 1850 psi, an oil solubility melt index of about 63° C. to about 75° C. and a minimum 300 percent modulus at 25° C. of about 700 psi.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method of compounding rubber which comprises mixing unvulcanized rubber with the package of claim 1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 10 where said rubber is a high unsaturation rubber where said copolymer of said film has a vinyl acetate derived content in the range of about 14 to about 19 percent.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
8 words
The sulfur cured compounded rubber of claim 5.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
8 words
The sulfur cured compounded rubber of claim 6.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
8 words
The sulfur cured compounded rubber of claim 7.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-02-03 | 1988-08-04 | 1989-02-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-02-03 | 1992-08-04 | 1993-02-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |