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Low viscosity unsaturated polyester resins
Assignee: SNIA Viscosa SpA
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Filing: 1979-12-27
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Granted: 1981-09-29
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Expires: 1999-12-27
Abstract
Abstract A low viscosity unsaturated polyester resin for making buttons is described, which comprises an alkyd prepared by esterification of maleic anhydride and/or acid and/or fumaric acid, optionally together with phthalic anhydride and/or acid and/or adipic, sebacic, azelaic or dodecanedioic acid, with one or more glycols, essentially comprising dipropylene glycol, and further comprises 20-30% by weight of the total resins of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the alkyd, essentially chosen among styrene and vinyl toluene, the alkyd having a molecular weight/double bond factor between 300 and 390 and an amount of free functional groups between 80 and 100 mg of KOH per g of alkyd inclusive. The buttons obtainable from said resin are also described. The disc blanks made from said resin have better workability and cause less wear of the tools than those of the prior art and the finished buttons have greater impact strength, and better lustre, greater color stability when exposed to sun light.
Inventors
- 👤 Giovanni Corrado
- 👤 Elvio Bertotti
- 👤 Bruno Sopino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 07:28
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G63/00; C08G63/66; C08G63/668; C08G63/676; B; B29; B29D; B29D19/00; B29D19/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
Low viscosity unsaturated polyester resins for making buttons, in all their marketable forms which can be made from polyester resins, by conventional processing techniques such as centrifugation and casting, essentially comprising: (A) an alkyd prepared by esterification of (a) a compound selected from the group consisting of maleic anhydride, maleic acid, fumaric acid and mixtures thereof alone or in association with a compound selected from the group consisting of phthalic anhydride phthalic acid adipic acid, sebacic acid, dodecanediois acid, and mixture thereof with (b) one or more glycols, essentially comprising dipropylene glycol, and at least (B) one ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with (A), selected from the group consisting of styrene, vinyl toluene and a mixture thereof, in an amount of 20-30% by weight of the total (A)+(B), said unsaturated polyester resins being characterized in that said alkyd (A) has a molecular weight/double bond factor between 300 and 390 and an amount of free functional groups constituted by hydroxyl groups+carboxyl groups, from 80 to 100, inclusive expressed as mg of KOH per g of alkyd.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
Low viscosity unsaturated polyester resins for making buttons, in all their marketable forms which can be made from polyester resins, by conventional processing techniques such as centrifugation and casting, essentially comprising: (A) an alkyd prepared by esterification of (a) a compound selected from the group consisting of maleic anhydride, maleic acid, fumaric acid and mixtures thereof alone or in association with a compound selected from the group consisting of phthalic anhydride phthalic acid adipic acid, sebacic acid, dodecanediois acid, and mixture thereof with (b) one or more glycols, essentially comprising dipropylene glycol, and at least (B) one ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with (A), selected from the group consisting of styrene, vinyl toluene and a mixture thereof, in an amount of 20-30% by weight of the total (A)+(B), said unsaturated polyester resins being characterized in that said alkyd (A) has a molecular weight/double bond factor between 300 and 390 and an amount of free functional groups constituted by hydroxyl groups+carboxyl groups, from 80 to 100, inclusive expressed as mg of KOH per g of alkyd.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
70 words
Unsaturated polyester resins according to claim 1, wherein styrene is employed as said copolymerizable monomer, characterized by the fact that said resins have the following viscosity values expressed as cps at 25° C. as a function of the styrene content in the total alkyd+styrene ______________________________________
% by weight of styrene
on the total Viscosity ± 10% at 25° C.
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20 1800 cps
25 1000 cps
30 400 cps.
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Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
Unsaturated polyester resins according to either of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that fumaric acid mixed with adipic acid is employed as component (a), 1,2-dipropylene glycol is employed as component (b), and styrene is employed as component (b).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
Polyester resins according to either of claims 1 or 2, wherein said resins are processed into final products by certrifugation or casting into bars or plane sheets.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
The polyester resins of claim 4, wherein said products are buttons.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The polyester resins according to claim 3, wherein said fumaric acid adipic acid mixture has a molar amount of 95% fumaric acid and 5% adipic acid.
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