US4480001A
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Antistatic laminates containing metal salts
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1983-09-30
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Granted: 1984-10-30
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Expires: 2003-09-30
Abstract
Abstract A static-dissipating laminate is made, containing at least a bottom core layer and a top decorative layer, both layers containing fibrous material which is impregnated with a resin, where at least the decorative layer has a metal salt distributed through it in an amount effective to provide an antistatic effect to the laminate, so that static charges accumulating on the top of the decorative layer are dissipated.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel L. Cannady, Jr.
- 👤 Halbert Mungin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 07:05
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B29/00; B32B29/002; B32B29/005; B32B27/00; B32B27/18; B32B2260/00; B32B2260/02; B32B2260/028; B32B2260/04; B32B2260/046; B32B2317/00; B32B2317/12; B32B2317/122; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/922; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/3188; Y10T428/31895; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/20; Y10T442/2418; Y10T442/2459
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A static-dissipating laminate comprising: (A) a bottom core layer, and (B) a top decorative layer disposed on the core layer, where the core and decorative layers comprise fibrous material which is impregnated with a resin, and where at least the decorative layer has metal salt distributed therethrough, in an amount effective to provide a conductive path and to dissipate static charges accumulating on the top of the decorative layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
A static-dissipating laminate comprising: (A) a bottom core layer, and (B) a top decorative layer disposed on the core layer, where the core and decorative layers comprise fibrous material which is impregnated with a resin, and where at least the decorative layer has metal salt distributed therethrough, in an amount effective to provide a conductive path and to dissipate static charges accumulating on the top of the decorative layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
The static-dissipating laminate of claim 1, where the core contains a plurality of fibrous sheets, the resin impregnating the fibrous material is a thermosetting resin, the metal salt is selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, aluminum chloride and mixtures thereof, and no additional conductive layer is attached to the bottom of the core layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
108 words
A static-dissipating, electrically conductive decorative laminate comprising: (A) a bottom core layer, (B) a decorative layer disposed on the core layer, and (C) a top protective overlay layer disposed on the decorative layer, where the core, decorative and overlay layers comprise fibrous sheet material which is impregnated with a resin, and where all three layers have metal salt therein, selected from the group consisting of metal nitrates, metal chlorides, and mixtures thereof, in an amount effective to provide a static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate, so that static charges accumulating on the top of the overlay layer are dissipated from the top surface to the bottom surface of the laminate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
108 words
A static-dissipating, electrically conductive decorative laminate comprising: (A) a bottom core layer, (B) a decorative layer disposed on the core layer, and (C) a top protective overlay layer disposed on the decorative layer, where the core, decorative and overlay layers comprise fibrous sheet material which is impregnated with a resin, and where all three layers have metal salt therein, selected from the group consisting of metal nitrates, metal chlorides, and mixtures thereof, in an amount effective to provide a static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate, so that static charges accumulating on the top of the overlay layer are dissipated from the top surface to the bottom surface of the laminate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
The static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate of claim 3, where the core contains a plurality of fibrous sheets, the resin impregnating the fibrous sheet material is a thermosetting resin, and the metal salt is selected from the group consisting of aluminum chloride, sodium chloride, dehydrated magnesium nitrate, lithium nitrate, lithium chloride, potassium chloride, zinc chloride and mixtures thereof, said metal salt providing a conductive path for static charges.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate of claim 3, where the metal salt is selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, aluminum chloride and mixtures thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate of claim 3, where no additional conductive layer is attached to the bottom of the core layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate of claim 3, wherein the resin impregnating the fibrous sheet material contains from about 0.15 weight percent to 10 weight percent of metal salt salt based on resin solids.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate of claim 3, where the resin impregnating the fibrous sheet material contains from about 0.20 weight percent to about 5 weight percent of metal salt based on resin solids.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
The static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate of claim 3, where the impregnating resin for the decorative and overlay layers is a melamine aldehyde resin, the impregnating resin for the core is a phenol-aldehyde resin, and the metal component of the metal salt forms a conductive path from the top to the bottom of the laminate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
71 words
The static-dissipating, electrically conducting laminate of claim 5, where the metal salt is aluminum chloride, the resin impregnating the fibrous sheet material is a thermosetting resin containing from about 0.20 weight percent to about 5 weight percent of aluminum chloride based on resin solids, the surface resistivity of the laminate is at or below 1×10 6 megohms, and the volume resistivity of the laminate is at or below 1×10 5 megohms.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
49 words
The static-dissipating laminate of claim 1, where the metal salt is selected from the group consisting of metal nitrates, metal chlorides, and mixtures thereof, and the resin impregnating the top decorative layer contains from about 0.15 weight percent to 10 weight percent of metal salt based on resin solids.
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