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Aqueous emulsion of thermally reactive polyurethane composition
Assignee: DKS Co Ltd
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Filing: 1981-04-16
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Granted: 1982-11-02
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Expires: 2001-04-16
Abstract
Abstract An aqueous emulsion of a thermally reactive polyurethane composition comprising a blocked polyisocyanate component having at least two masked isocyanate groups in the molecule uniformly dispersed in an aqueous medium, and a reactive anionic surface active agent of the formula: [R--X--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.l CONH].sub.m A--NHCOSO.sub.3 Na).sub.n wherein R is a C 7 -C 26 alkyl, alkaryl or alkenyl group; X is --O--, --COO--, --S-- or --NR'-- wherein R' is a polyoxyalkylene group or a C 1 -C 22 alkyl group; l is 0 or an integer from 1 to 200; m and n each represents an integer from 1 to 4, the sum of m+n being not greater than 5; and A is the residue of a polyisocyanate compound with the removal of isocyanate groups.
Inventors
- 👤 Tamotu Hamamura
- 👤 Nobuji Inoue
- 👤 Kazuo Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 15:55
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/70; C08G18/72; C08G18/80; C08G18/8061; C08G18/08; C08G18/10; C08G18/28; C08G18/2805; C08G18/2815; C08G18/283; C08G18/284; C08G18/288
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
In an aqueous emulsion of a thermally reactive polyurethane-forming composition, comprising (a) a uniformly dispersed hydrophobic, blocked polyisocyanate having a plurality of masked isocyanate groups, said groups being only non-electrolytic masked isocyanate groups capable of regenerating free isocyanate groups at an elevated temperature, and (b) a dispersing effective amount of a surfactant, the improvement wherein said surfactant is a thermally reactive anionic surfactant of the formula [R--X--CH 2 CH 2 O) l CONH] m A--NHCOSO 3 Na) n wherein R is a C 7-26 alkyl, alkaryl or alkenyl group; X is --O--, --COO--, --S-- or --NR'-- wherein R' is a polyoxyethylene group or a C 1-22 alkyl group; l is 0 or an integer from 1 to 200; m and n are each an integer from 1 to 4, the sum of m+n being not greater than 5; and A is an organic bridging group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
In an aqueous emulsion of a thermally reactive polyurethane-forming composition, comprising (a) a uniformly dispersed hydrophobic, blocked polyisocyanate having a plurality of masked isocyanate groups, said groups being only non-electrolytic masked isocyanate groups capable of regenerating free isocyanate groups at an elevated temperature, and (b) a dispersing effective amount of a surfactant, the improvement wherein said surfactant is a thermally reactive anionic surfactant of the formula [R--X--CH 2 CH 2 O) l CONH] m A--NHCOSO 3 Na) n wherein R is a C 7-26 alkyl, alkaryl or alkenyl group; X is --O--, --COO--, --S-- or --NR'-- wherein R' is a polyoxyethylene group or a C 1-22 alkyl group; l is 0 or an integer from 1 to 200; m and n are each an integer from 1 to 4, the sum of m+n being not greater than 5; and A is an organic bridging group.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 1, wherein said blocked polyisocyanate is a blocked polyisocyanate compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 1, wherein said blocked polyisocyanate is a blocked urethane prepolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
118 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 1, wherein said reactive anionic surface active agent is prepared by reacting a compound of the formula: R--X--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.l H (I) wherein R is a C 7-26 alkyl, alkaryl or alkenyl group; X is --O--, --COO--, --S--, or --NR'-- wherein R' is a polyoxyethylene group or a C 1-22 alkyl group; and l is 0 or an integer from 1 to 200, with a polyisocyanate of the formula: A--NCO).sub.m+n (II) wherein A is an organic bridging group; and m and n each represent an integer from 1 to 4, the sum of m+n being not greater than 5, and then reacting the resultant product with an aqueous solution of sodium bisulfite.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 4, wherein said compound of the formula (I) is a polyethylene glycol mono-higher alkyl ether, a polyethylene glycol mono-alkylaryl ether, a polyethylene glycol mono-higher fatty acid ester, a polyethylene glycol mono-higher alkyl thioether, an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher fatty amine, a higher fatty alcohol, a higher fatty amine or an alkylphenol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 4, wherein said compound of the formula (II) is hexamethylenediisocyanate, xylylenediisocyanate, tris-(isocyanatohexyl)-biuret or isophoronediisocyanate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the amount of said reactive anionic surface active agent present in the emulsion ranges from about 3% to about 50% based on the weight of said blocked polyisocyanate component.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said blocked polyisocyanate is prepared by reacting said polyisocyanate compound or urethane prepolymer with a blocking agent, said blocking agent being a secondary or tertiary alcohol, an active methylene compound, an oxime, a lactam, a phenol or a heterocyclic hydroxyl compound.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 1 further comprising an inert organic solvent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 9, wherein said inert organic solvent is acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N,N-dimethylformamide, ethyl acetate or toluene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The aqueous emulsion according to claim 1 further comprising a chain extender.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
81 words
In a method of forming a cured polyurethane film, comprising casting a film using an aqueous emulsion of a polyurethane-forming composition and a chain extender, and heating the cast film at an elevated temerature to dry and cure the film, the improvement comprising using as said emulsion the aqueous emulsion of claim 11; whereby said heating regenerates isocyanate groups in both the blocked polyisocyanate and the thermally reactive surfactant, which crosslink to form a cured polyurethane film with excellent water resistance.
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