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Process for forming a coated film of an olefinic resin
Assignee: Kansai Paint Co Ltd
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Filing: 1981-04-20
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Granted: 1982-08-17
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Expires: 2001-04-20
Abstract
Abstract A process for forming an olefinic resin film on a metal substrate, which comprises [A] forming a multilayer coated film consisting of an olefinic resin film as a surface layer portion and a cured epoxy resin film as an under layer portion on a metallic substrate by a single coating operation using a multilayer film-forming coating composition comprising as main resinous components (a) a solid powder containing an olefinic resin having a melt index of 0.3 to 80 g/10 minutes, (b) a solid powder containing a polar group-containing modified olefinic resin having a melt index of 0.3 to 80 g/10 minutes, and (c) a film-forming resinous material comprising an epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of about 350 to about 4,000 and an epoxy equivalent of 150 to 3,800 and a curing agent therefor, and [B] then heat-bonding an olefinic resin lining material to the olefinic resin surface layer of the multilayer coated film.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyoshi Miyata
- 👤 Heihachi Murase
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 17:59
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J5/00; C08J5/12; C08J5/124; B; B05; B05D; B05D7/00; B05D7/14; B05D7/148; C08J2323/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31515; Y10T428/31522; Y10T428/31529; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 46
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A process for forming an olefinic resin film on a metal substrate, which comprises [A] forming a multilayer coated film consisting of an olefinic resin film as a surface layer portion and a cured epoxy resin film as an under layer portion on a metallic substrate by a single coating operation using a multilayer film-forming coating composition comprising as main resinous components (a) a solid powder containing an olefinic resin having a melt index of 0.3 to 80 g/10 minutes, (b) a solid powder containing a polar group-containing modified olefinic resin having a melt index of 0.3 to 80 g/10 minutes, and (c) a film-forming resinous material comprising an epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of about 350 to about 4,000 and an epoxy equivalent of 150 to 3,800 and a curing agent therefor, and [B] then heat-bonding an olefinic resin lining material to the olefinic resin surface layer of the multilayer coated film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A process for forming an olefinic resin film on a metal substrate, which comprises [A] forming a multilayer coated film consisting of an olefinic resin film as a surface layer portion and a cured epoxy resin film as an under layer portion on a metallic substrate by a single coating operation using a multilayer film-forming coating composition comprising as main resinous components (a) a solid powder containing an olefinic resin having a melt index of 0.3 to 80 g/10 minutes, (b) a solid powder containing a polar group-containing modified olefinic resin having a melt index of 0.3 to 80 g/10 minutes, and (c) a film-forming resinous material comprising an epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of about 350 to about 4,000 and an epoxy equivalent of 150 to 3,800 and a curing agent therefor, and [B] then heat-bonding an olefinic resin lining material to the olefinic resin surface layer of the multilayer coated film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin in the solid powder (a) has a melt index of 1.5 to 60 g/10 minutes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin in the solid powder (a) is polyethylene, polypropylene, or an ethylene/propylene copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin in the solid powder (a) is polyethylene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the solid powder (a) contains up to 150% by weight, based on the weight of the olefinic resin, of a coloring agent and/or a filler.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the solid powder (a) has an average particle diameter of not more than 74 microns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the polar group in the polar group-containing modified olefinic resin is an atom or atomic grouping consisting of at least one hetero atom selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and halogen atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 7 wherein the atomic grouping is a hydroxyl, oxo, carbonyl, carboxyl, carboxylate ester, carboxylic anhydride, sulfonyl, sulfo, nitrile or amide group.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the amount of the polar group contained in the polar group-containing modified olefinic resin is 0.2 to 15% by weight based on the weight of the resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the polar group-containing olefinic resin is a copolymer of at least one olefin and at least one copolymerizable polar group-containing vinyl monomer, a graft copolymer of an olefinic resin having grafted thereto a polar group-containing vinyl monomer, or a halogenated, chlorosulfonated, sulfonated or ozone-oxidized product of an olefinic resin.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the polar group-containing modified olefinic resin is ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer, fluorinated polyethylene, chlorinated polyethylene, chlorosulfonated polyethylene, sulfonated polyethylene, ozone-oxidized polyethylene, maleic anhydride-grafted polyethylene, acrylic acid-grafted polyethylene, acrylonitrile-grafted polyethylene, or acrylamide-grafted polyethylene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the polar group-containing modified olefinic resin has a melt index of 1.5 to 60 g/10 minutes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the solid powder (b) contains up to 150% by weight, based on the weight of the polar group-containing modified olefinic resin, of a coloring agent and/or a filler.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the solid powder (b) has an average particle diameter of not more than 74 microns.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the epoxy resin has an average molecular weight of about 900 to about 3,000.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the epoxy resin has an epoxy equivalent in the range of 450 to 2,100.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the epoxy resin is selected from the group consisting of polyphenol/epihalohydrin condensate-type epoxy resins, phenol/formaldehyde condensate-type epoxy resins, and polymerized fatty acid-type epoxy resins.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 17 wherein the epoxy resin is a polyphenol/epihalohydrin condensate-type epoxy resin.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the film-forming resin material contains at least 0.7 equivalent, per epoxy group in the epoxy resin, of a curing agent.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the multilayer film-forming coating composition is in the form of a powder, a complete slurry, or a partial slurry.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the sum of the true volumes of the solid powder (a) and the solid powder (b) is 5 to 300% based on the true volume of the resinous material (c).
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process of claim 21 wherein the sum of the true volumes of the solid powder (a) and the solid powder (b) is 20 to 200% based on the true volume of the resinous material (c).
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the true volume of the solid powder (b) is 1 to 30% based on the true volume of the solid powder (a).
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 23 wherein the true volume of the solid powder (b) is 3 to 20% based on the true volume of the solid powder (a).
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
42 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the multilayer film-forming coating composition contains 50 to 300 parts by weight of a dispersing medium per 100 parts by weight of the solid powder (a), the solid powder (b) and the resinous material (c) combined.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the multilayer coated film has a thickness of 30 to 250 microns.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the multilayer film-forming coating composition is coated on the surface of the metallic substrate and baked at a temperature of about 150° to about 250° C.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the surface of the metallic substrate is coated in advance with a solution containing at least one onium compound.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
66 words
The process of claim 28 wherein the onium compound is selected from compounds of formulae (I) and (II) below, ##STR5## wherein Y represents a nitrogen, phosphorus or arsenic atom, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are identical or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group having not more than 8 carbon atoms, and X.sup.⊖ represents an anion.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
39 words
The process of claim 29 wherein said organic group is a hydrocarbon group having not more than 8 carbon atoms and containing a hetero atom selected from the group consisting of hydroxylic and etheric oxygen atoms and halogen atoms.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
77 words
The process of claim 30 wherein said organic group is selected from the class consisting of alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl groups having 5 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl-alkyl groups having 5 to 8 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a tolyl group, a xylyl group, a benzyl group, hydroxyalkyl groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl groups having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and haloalkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
55 words
The process of claim 31 wherein said organic group is selected from the class consisting of alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl groups having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, haloalkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group and a benzyl group.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
56 words
The process of claim 29 wherein said anion X.sup.⊖ is selected from the group consisting of PO 4 3 ⊖, HPO 4 2 ⊖, H 2 PO 4 .sup.⊖, SO 4 2 ⊖, NO 3 .sup.⊖, OH.sup.⊖, CH 3 COO.sup.⊖, C 2 H 5 COO.sup.⊖, CH 3 CH(OH)COO.sup.⊖ and C 6 H 5 SO 3 .sup.⊖.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 33 wherein said anion is a halogen ion.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
98 words
The process of claim 29 wherein said onium compound is an ammonium or phosphonium compound of the following formula ##STR6## wherein Z represents a nitrogen or phosphorus atom, R 11 , R 21 , R 31 and R 41 are identical or different and each represents a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a benzyl group, and X 1 .sup.⊖ represents a halogen ion.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 28 wherein said solution contains said onium compound in a concentration of 0.01 to 30% by weight.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 28 wherein said treatment is effected by coating the surface of said substrate with said solution.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 37 wherein the onium compound is coated at a rate of about 0.001 to about 1.5 g/m 2 .
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 28 wherein the solution contains a mono-, di- or tri-(hydroxy lower alkyl)amine or phosphoric acid.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin lining material is polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene/propylene copolymer, ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, or metallic ion-crosslinked ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin lining material is polyethylene.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin lining material has a melt index of not more than 1 g/10 minutes.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin lining material is melt-adhered under heat by an extrusion coating method or by a powder melt-adhering method.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin lining material has a coating thickness of 0.5 to 5 mm.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
16 words
A metallic article having formed thereon an olefinic resin film by the process of claim 1.
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