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US4397984A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Use of acrylate-based emulsion copolymer as the sole binder for a paper coating composition

Assignee: BASF SE
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Filing: 1982-01-11
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Granted: 1983-08-09
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Expires: 2002-01-11
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Abstract

Abstract An aqueous paper-coating composition which essentially comprises a finely divided pigment and an emulsion copolymer of (a) from 30 to 80% by weight of C 4 -C 8 -alkyl acrylates or mixtures of C 4 -C 8 -alkyl acrylates and di-(C 4 -C 8 -alkyl) maleates, (b) from 8 to 30% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid, (c) from 0 to 50% by weight of vinyl propionate, vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and/or vinyl α-branched C 10 -monocarboxylate, (d) from 0 to 5% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide, vinylsulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and/or acrylonitrile and (e) from 0 to 3% by weight of crosslinking monomers in the form of an aqueous dispersion, as the sole binder and thickener.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kurt Wendel
  • 👤 Guenther Addicks

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 19:50
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21H; D21H19/00; D21H19/36; D21H19/44; D21H19/56; D21H19/58; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31725; Y10T428/31768; Y10T428/31772; Y10T428/31775; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/3188; Y10T428/31895; Y10T428/31906

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 148 words
A process for preparing a coated paper product, comprising: coating a paper substrate with a composition of a finely divided pigment and a synthetic binder, the sole binder and thickener components of the composition being an emulsion copolymer of (a) from 30 to 80% by weight of at least one C 4 -C 8 alkyl acrylate or a mixture of at least one C 4 -C 8 alkyl acrylate and at least one di-(C 4 -C 8 -alkyl)maleate; (b) from 8 to 30% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid; (c) from 0 to 50% by weight of vinyl propionate, vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate; ethyl acrylate and/or vinyl α-branched C 10 -monocarboxylate; (d) from 0 to 5% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide, vinylsulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and/or acrylonitrile and (e) from 0 to 3% by weight of a crosslinking monomer in the form of an aqueous dispersion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 148 words
A process for preparing a coated paper product, comprising: coating a paper substrate with a composition of a finely divided pigment and a synthetic binder, the sole binder and thickener components of the composition being an emulsion copolymer of (a) from 30 to 80% by weight of at least one C 4 -C 8 alkyl acrylate or a mixture of at least one C 4 -C 8 alkyl acrylate and at least one di-(C 4 -C 8 -alkyl)maleate; (b) from 8 to 30% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid; (c) from 0 to 50% by weight of vinyl propionate, vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate; ethyl acrylate and/or vinyl α-branched C 10 -monocarboxylate; (d) from 0 to 5% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide, vinylsulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and/or acrylonitrile and (e) from 0 to 3% by weight of a crosslinking monomer in the form of an aqueous dispersion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 43 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said emulsion copolymer comprises (a) from 30 to 80% by weight of n-butyl acrylate, (b) from 8 to 30% by weight of acrylic acid and (c) up to 50% by weight of vinyl propionate and/or vinyl acetate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 45 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said paper coating composition contains from four to six parts by weight of said emulsion copolymer per hundred parts by weight of a finely divided pigment with the coated paper product obtained being intended for use in gravure printing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 43 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said coating composition contains from 10 to 20 parts by weight of said emulsion copolymer in 100 parts by weight of a finely divided pigment, the coated paper product obtained being intended for use in offset printing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 58 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said crosslinking monomer is a methylene-bis-acrylamide, a methylene-bis-methacrylamide, a diacrylate, a polyacrylate, a dimethacrylate or a polymethacrylate of a dihydric or polyhydric C 2 -C 6 -alcohol, divinyldioxane, diallylphthalate, a diallyl ether or triallyl ether of a dihydric or polyhydric alcohol or a diacrylate or dimethacrylate of polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said C 4 -C 8 alkyl acrylate is n-butyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, pentyl acrylate, n-hexyl acrylate or 2-ethylhexyl acrylate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 20 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said di-(C 4 -C 8 alkyl)maleate is di-n-butyl maleate, di-isobutyl maleate or di-2-ethylhexyl maleate.

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