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US4409290A
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Adhesion of rubber to glass fibers
Assignee: Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc
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Filing: 1982-07-22
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Granted: 1983-10-11
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Expires: 2002-07-22
Abstract
Abstract An aqueous alkaline dispersion of a rubbery graft or over polymerized copolymer of a diene and a vinyl pyridine on a polyacrylate seed (core or substrate), said acrylate polymer having a Tg of not above about -20° C., desirably also containing a polybutadiene, and a water soluble, heat reactable phenolic resin, in certain amounts is useful in forming an adhesive for bonding glass fiber reinforcing elements or cords to rubber compounds or stocks. After dipping the glass fiber cord in the one-step adhesive dip, the coated cord is heated to dry it and heat cure or heat set the adhesive on the cord. Thereafter, the adhesive containing glass fiber cord is combined or laminated (calendered) with a curable rubber compound and the resulting assembly is cured to form a composite in which the glass fiber cord is bonded to the rubber by means of said adhesive.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard M. Wise
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-11-05 04:22
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J5/00; C08J5/04; C08J5/06; C08J5/08; C08F; C08F265/00; C08F265/04; C09; C09J; C09J151/00; C09J151/003; C08J2321/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2938; Y10T428/2964; Y10T428/2967; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31627; Y10T428/31641; Y10T428/31645; Y10T428/31649; Y10T428/31826; Y10T428/31833; Y10T428/31837; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31859; Y10T428/31877; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31924; Y10T428/31928; Y10T428/31931
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
204 words
A bonded composite material comprising a glass fiber reinforcing element embedded in a vulcanized rubber, said element containing from about 10 to 40% by weight (dry) based on the weight of said element of a heat cured adhesive composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of a rubbery graft compolymer of a seed of (1) a polymer of an acrylate monomer, said polymer having a glass transition temperature of not above about -20° C., said polymer optionally additionally containing copolymerized with said acrylate monomer a very minor amount by weight of a crosslinking polyunsaturated monomer, and a shell of (2) a copolymer of a vinyl pyridine monomer having from 7 to 9 carbon atoms and a conjugated diene monomer having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein in said graft copolymer the total amount of said monomers forming said graft copolymer is from about 8 to 20% by weight of said acrylate monomer, from 3 to 20% by weight of said vinyl pyridine monomer and from 60 to 89% by weight of said conjugated diene monomer and (b) from about 3 to 15 parts by weight of a water soluble thermosetting phenolic-aldehyde resin, said composition forming a bond between said element and said rubber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
204 words
A bonded composite material comprising a glass fiber reinforcing element embedded in a vulcanized rubber, said element containing from about 10 to 40% by weight (dry) based on the weight of said element of a heat cured adhesive composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of a rubbery graft compolymer of a seed of (1) a polymer of an acrylate monomer, said polymer having a glass transition temperature of not above about -20° C., said polymer optionally additionally containing copolymerized with said acrylate monomer a very minor amount by weight of a crosslinking polyunsaturated monomer, and a shell of (2) a copolymer of a vinyl pyridine monomer having from 7 to 9 carbon atoms and a conjugated diene monomer having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein in said graft copolymer the total amount of said monomers forming said graft copolymer is from about 8 to 20% by weight of said acrylate monomer, from 3 to 20% by weight of said vinyl pyridine monomer and from 60 to 89% by weight of said conjugated diene monomer and (b) from about 3 to 15 parts by weight of a water soluble thermosetting phenolic-aldehyde resin, said composition forming a bond between said element and said rubber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
121 words
A bonded composite material according to claim 1 wherein said element contains from about 15 to 25% by weight (dry) of said adhesive composition, wherein in said graft copolymer the total amount of said monomers forming said graft copolymer is from about 10 to 15% by weight of said acrylate monomer, from 7 to 15% by weight of said vinyl pyridine monomer and from 70 to 83% by weight of said conjugated diene monomer, said optional crosslinking polyunsaturated monomer being used in an amount of from about 0.05 to 1.5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said acrylate monomer, and where said phenolic-aldehyde resin is used in an amount of from about 4 to 10 parts by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
A bonded composite material according to claim 2 in which said acrylate monomer is selected from the group consisting of n-butyl acrylate and 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate and mixture thereof, said vinyl pyridine monomer is 2-vinyl pyridine, said conjugated diene is butadiene-1,3 and said polyunsaturated monomer is divinyl benzene, and wherein said phenolic-aldehyde resin is a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
A bonded composite material according to claim 1 in which part of said graft copolymer has been replaced with a rubbery polybutadiene having a Tg of not above about -70° C., in the % by weight ratio of graft copolymer to the polybutadiene of from about 20:80 to 60:40.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
A bonded composite material according to claim 2 in which part of said graft copolymer has been replaced with a rubbery polybutadiene having a Tg of not above about -70° C., in the % by weight ratio of said graft copolymer to the polybutadiene of from about 20:80 to 60:40.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A bonded composite material according to claim 3 in which part of said graft copolymer has been replaced with a rubbery polybutadiene having a Tg of not above about -70° C. to provide about 40% by weight of said graft copolymer and 60% of said polybutadiene.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
263 words
A method for adhering a glass fiber reinforcing element to a rubber compound which comprises treating said element with a composition comprising an aqueous alkaline dispersion of about 30 to 50% by weight of solids comprising, on a dry weight basis 100 parts by weight of a rubbery graft copolymer of a seed of (1) a polymer of an acrylate monomer, said polymer having a glass transition temperature of not above about -20° C., said polymer optionally additionally containing copolymerized with said acrylate monomer a very minor amount by weight of a crosslinking polyunsaturated monomer, and a shell of (2) a copolymer of a vinyl pyridine monomer having from 7 to 9 carbon atoms and a conjugated diene monomer having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein in said graft copolymer the total amount of said monomers forming said graft copolymer is from about 8 to 20% by weight of said acrylate monomer, from 3 to 20% by weight of said vinyl pyridine monomer and from 60 to 89% by weight of said conjugated diene monomer and about 3 to 15 parts by weight of a water soluble thermosetting phenolic-aldehyde resin, heating said treated element at a temperature and for a time sufficient to remove essentially all of the water from said composition and to provide said element with a heat cured adhesive in an amount of from about 10 to 40% by weight (dry) based on the weight of said reinforcing element, combining said dried and heat cured adhesive containing reinforcing element with an unvulcanized vulcanizable rubber compound, and vulcanizing the same.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
263 words
A method for adhering a glass fiber reinforcing element to a rubber compound which comprises treating said element with a composition comprising an aqueous alkaline dispersion of about 30 to 50% by weight of solids comprising, on a dry weight basis 100 parts by weight of a rubbery graft copolymer of a seed of (1) a polymer of an acrylate monomer, said polymer having a glass transition temperature of not above about -20° C., said polymer optionally additionally containing copolymerized with said acrylate monomer a very minor amount by weight of a crosslinking polyunsaturated monomer, and a shell of (2) a copolymer of a vinyl pyridine monomer having from 7 to 9 carbon atoms and a conjugated diene monomer having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein in said graft copolymer the total amount of said monomers forming said graft copolymer is from about 8 to 20% by weight of said acrylate monomer, from 3 to 20% by weight of said vinyl pyridine monomer and from 60 to 89% by weight of said conjugated diene monomer and about 3 to 15 parts by weight of a water soluble thermosetting phenolic-aldehyde resin, heating said treated element at a temperature and for a time sufficient to remove essentially all of the water from said composition and to provide said element with a heat cured adhesive in an amount of from about 10 to 40% by weight (dry) based on the weight of said reinforcing element, combining said dried and heat cured adhesive containing reinforcing element with an unvulcanized vulcanizable rubber compound, and vulcanizing the same.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
134 words
A method according to claim 7 wherein the solids content is from about 35 to 45% by weight, and wherein in said graft copolymer the total amount of said monomers forming said graft copolymer is from about 10 to 15% by weight of said acrylate monomer, from 7 to 15% by weight of said vinyl pyridine monomer and from 70 to 83% by weight of said conjugated diene monomer, said optional crosslinking polyunsaturated monomer being used in an amount of from about 0.05 to 1.5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said acrylate monomer, where said phenolic-aldehyde resin is used in an amount of from about 4 to 10 parts by weight and where the amount of said adhesive deposited on said cord is from about 15 to 25% by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method according to claim 8 in which said acrylate monomer is selected from the group consisting of n-butyl acrylate and 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate and mixture thereof, said vinyl pyridine monomer is 2-vinyl pyridine, said conjugated diene is butadiene-1,3 and said polyunsaturated monomer is divinyl benzene, and wherein said phenolic-aldehyde resin is a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method according to claim 7 in which in said composition part of said graft copolymer has been replaced with a rubbery polybutadiene having a Tg of not above about -70° C., in the % by weight ratio of graft copolymer to the polybutadiene of from about 20:80 to 60:40.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method according to claim 8 in which in said composition part of said graft copolymer has been replaced with a rubbery polybutadiene having a Tg of not above about -70° C. in the % by weight ratio of said graft copolymer to the polybutadiene of from about 20:80 to 60:40.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method according to claim 9 in which in said composition part of said graft copolymer has been replaced with a rubbery polybutadiene having a Tg of not above about -70° C., to provide about 40% by weight of said graft copolymer and 60% of said polybutadiene.
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