US4253918A — Air-drying coating compositions

Claim 1

Independent Claim 121 words

An air-drying coating composition hardenable by UV-light comprising the product of reaction, at a temperature of 20° to 90° C. and in the presence of 0.001 to 0.1% by weight, based on the total compositions, of a polymerization inhibitor, of a polyepoxide with 0.01 to 0.5 NH-equivalents, based on the epoxide equivalent, of at least one nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, and aliphatic and cycloaliphatic primary and secondary amines, which intermediate product has subsequently been reacted with 0.99 to 0.5 carboxyl equivalents, based on one epoxide equivalent, of at least one member selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, at least 60% of the epoxide groups of said polyepoxide having been so reacted.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 121 words

An air-drying coating composition hardenable by UV-light comprising the product of reaction, at a temperature of 20° to 90° C. and in the presence of 0.001 to 0.1% by weight, based on the total compositions, of a polymerization inhibitor, of a polyepoxide with 0.01 to 0.5 NH-equivalents, based on the epoxide equivalent, of at least one nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, and aliphatic and cycloaliphatic primary and secondary amines, which intermediate product has subsequently been reacted with 0.99 to 0.5 carboxyl equivalents, based on one epoxide equivalent, of at least one member selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, at least 60% of the epoxide groups of said polyepoxide having been so reacted.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 23 words

An air-drying coating composition of claim 1 including 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on polymerizable components, of a photoinitiator for said composition.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 68 words

An air-drying coating composition of claim 1 wherein the polyepoxide is selected from the group consisting of polyglycidyl ethers of bisphenol A, phthalic acid diglycidyl ester, isophthalic acid diglycidyl ester, terephthalic acid glycidyl ester, hexahydrophthalic acid diglycidyl ester and the reaction product of 1 mol of 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane and 3 mols of at least one member selected from the group consisting of hexahydrophthalic acid anhydride and phthalic acid anhydride.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 50 words

An air-drying coating composition of claim 1 wherein said at least one nitrogen compound is of the formula ##STR4## wherein each of R 1 and R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and β-hydroxyalkyl having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 33 words

An air-drying coating composition of claim 1 wherein the at least one nitrogen compound is selected from the group consisting of ammonia, ethanolamine, diethanolamine, 1-amino-2-propanol, diisopropanolamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, dibutylamine, methylamine, ethylamine and butylamine.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 162 words

An air-drying coating composition including from 5 to 50% by weight, based on the weight of the product of reaction defined in claim 1, of at least one member selected from the group consisting of esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid with aliphatic alcohols having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloaliphatic alcohols having 5 to 6 carbon atoms and araliphatic alcohols having 7 to 8 carbon atoms; hydroxyalkyl esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in the hydroxyalkyl moiety; polyacrylates and polymethacrylates of glycols having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and of polyols having 3 to 4 hydroxy groups and 3 to 6 carbon atoms; styrene, methylstyrene, divinylbenzene, N-methylolacrylamide, N-methylolmethacrylamide, the corresponding N-methylolalkyl ethers having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl ether group and the corresponding N-methylolallyl ethers; vinylalkyl ethers having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety; trimethylolpropane diallyl ether monoacrylate; trimethylolpropane diallyl ether monomethacrylate; vinylpyridine; N-vinylcarbazole; triallylphosphate and triallylisocyanurate.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 25 words

An air-drying coating composition of claim 1 including from 5 to 50% by weight, based on the weight of the mixture, of an inert solvent.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 108 words

An ultraviolet curable acrylate resin composition consisting essentially of a reaction product of (i) a secondary monoamine selected from the group consisting of dimethylamine, diethylamine, methylethylamine, diisopropylamine, piperidine, methylcyclohexyl amine, methylethanolamine, phenylethanolamine and diisopropanolamine, (ii) acrylic acid and (iii) a polyepoxide in a ratio of 0.01 to 0.5 chemical equivalents of the monoamine per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide and 0.99 to 0.5 chemical equivalents of the acrylic acid per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide wherein said polyepoxide is a glycidyl ether of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) propane and wherein said reaction product is prepared by contacting components (i), (ii) and (iii) at reaction temperatures of 20° C. to 90° C.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 108 words

An ultraviolet curable acrylate resin composition consisting essentially of a reaction product of (i) a secondary monoamine selected from the group consisting of dimethylamine, diethylamine, methylethylamine, diisopropylamine, piperidine, methylcyclohexyl amine, methylethanolamine, phenylethanolamine and diisopropanolamine, (ii) acrylic acid and (iii) a polyepoxide in a ratio of 0.01 to 0.5 chemical equivalents of the monoamine per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide and 0.99 to 0.5 chemical equivalents of the acrylic acid per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide wherein said polyepoxide is a glycidyl ether of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) propane and wherein said reaction product is prepared by contacting components (i), (ii) and (iii) at reaction temperatures of 20° C. to 90° C.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 56 words

A composition according to claim 8 wherein the composition consists essentially of said secondary monoamine, (ii) said acrylic acid and (iii) said polyepoxide in a ratio of 0.05 to 0.3 chemical equivalents of the monoamine per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide and 0.7 to 0.95 equivalents of the acrylic acid per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 12 words

A composition according to claim 9 wherein said secondary monoamine is diisopropanolamine.

Claim 13

Independent Claim 120 words

The method of preparing an ultraviolet curable acrylate resin composition which comprises contacting in a reactor at a temperature of 20° C. to 90° C. and in the absence of additional catalysts (i) a secondary monoamine selected from the group consisting of dimethylamine, diethylamine, methylethylamine, diisopropylamine, piperidine, methylcyclohexyl amine, methylethanolamine, phenylethanolamine and diisopropanolamine, (ii) acrylic acid and (iii) a polyepoxide in a ratio of 0.01 to 0.5 chemical equivalents of the monoamine per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide and 0.99 to 0.5 chemical equivalents of the acrylic acid per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide wherein said polyepoxide is a glycidyl ether of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and wherein said polyepoxide is contacted first with said secondary monoamine and then with said acrylic acid.

Claim 14

Independent Claim 120 words

The method of preparing an ultraviolet curable acrylate resin composition which comprises contacting in a reactor at a temperature of 20° C. to 90° C. and in the absence of additional catalysts (i) a secondary monoamine selected from the group consisting of dimethylamine, diethylamine, methylethylamine, diisopropylamine, piperidine, methylcyclohexyl amine, methylethanolamine, phenylethanolamine and diisopropanolamine, (ii) acrylic acid and (iii) a polyepoxide in a ratio of 0.01 to 0.5 chemical equivalents of the monoamine per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide and 0.99 to 0.5 chemical equivalents of the acrylic acid per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide wherein said polyepoxide is a glycidyl ether of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and wherein said polyepoxide is contacted first with said secondary monoamine and then with said acrylic acid.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 55 words

The method according to claim 11 which comprises contacting (i) said secondary monoamine, (ii) said acrylic acid and (iii) said polyepoxide in a ratio of 0.05 to 0.3 chemical equivalents of the monoamine per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide and 0.7 to 0.95 chemical equivalents of the acrylic acid per chemical equivalent of the polyepoxide.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 12 words

The method according to claim 12 wherein said secondary monoamine is diisopropanolamine.

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3.5 Years (Year 4)	1984-03-02	1984-09-01	1985-03-03	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
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Air-drying coating compositions

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