US4514037A
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Ultraviolet curable outer coatings for optical fiber
Assignee: Covestro Resins BV
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Filing: 1983-10-21
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Granted: 1985-04-30
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Expires: 2003-10-21
Abstract
Abstract Buffer-coated and overcoated optical glass fiber is disclosed in which the topcoat has the high strength and high tensile modulus combined with good elongation and water resistance associated with extruded jacket coatings, but which is applied by ordinary coating procedures and cured by exposure to ultraviolet radiation. The coating compositions which enable this to be achieved comprise 30% to about 80% of linear diacrylate-functional polyurethanes which are the linear polyurethane reaction product of polycarbonate diol with organic diisocyanate in molar proportions providing an average of at least about 2 urethane linkages per molecule, these linear polyurethanes being end-capped with acrylate groups, and these polyurethanes being used in combination with at least 15% of liquid monoethylenically unsaturated monomer having a glass transition temperature above about 55 DEG C.
Inventors
- 👤 Timothy E. Bishop
- 👤 Joseph J. Stanton
- 👤 George Pasternack
- 👤 Orvid R. Cutler, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-26 07:37
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/42; C08G18/44; C03; C03C; C03C25/00; C03C25/10; C03C25/104; C03C25/1065; C08F; C08F299/00; C08F299/02; C08F299/06; C08F299/065; C08G18/67; C08G18/671; C08G18/672; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S525/00; Y10S525/92; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2938; Y10T428/2964
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
A resin buffer-coated and topcoated optical glass fiber in which the topcoat is an ultraviolet cured coating of an ultraviolet curable coating composition which, when formed into a 3 mil cured test film, has a tensile strength of at least 2500 psi., a tensile modulus measured at room temperature of at least 50,000 psi., and an elongation in excess of about 40%, said composition comprising from 30% up to about 80% of total reactive components of diacrylate-functional polyurethane which is the linear polyurethane reaction product of polycarbonate diol with organic diisocyanate end capped with acrylate groups and having the formula: ##STR2## in which R is alkylene having from 1-20 carbon atoms; R' is the residue of an alkylene diol containing from 2-12 carbon atoms; Q is the residue of an organic diisocyanate; X is the residue of acrylic acid; y is at least 1; and R' and y are selected to provide a molecular weight for the polycarbonate diol reactant of from 300 to 3000, and at least 15% of total reactive components of liquid monoethylenically unsaturated monomer having a glass transition temperature above about 55° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
A resin buffer-coated and topcoated optical glass fiber in which the topcoat is an ultraviolet cured coating of an ultraviolet curable coating composition which, when formed into a 3 mil cured test film, has a tensile strength of at least 2500 psi., a tensile modulus measured at room temperature of at least 50,000 psi., and an elongation in excess of about 40%, said composition comprising from 30% up to about 80% of total reactive components of diacrylate-functional polyurethane which is the linear polyurethane reaction product of polycarbonate diol with organic diisocyanate end capped with acrylate groups and having the formula: ##STR2## in which R is alkylene having from 1-20 carbon atoms; R' is the residue of an alkylene diol containing from 2-12 carbon atoms; Q is the residue of an organic diisocyanate; X is the residue of acrylic acid; y is at least 1; and R' and y are selected to provide a molecular weight for the polycarbonate diol reactant of from 300 to 3000, and at least 15% of total reactive components of liquid monoethylenically unsaturated monomer having a glass transition temperature above about 55° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A coated optical fiber as recited in claim 1 in which said buffer coating on said optical glass fiber has a room temperature tensile modulus below 10,000 psi.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A coated optical fiber as recited in claim 2 in which said buffer coating on said optical glass fiber has a room temperature tensile modulus below 2,000 psi.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
200 words
A resin buffer-coated and topcoated optical glass fiber in which the buffer coating has a room temperature tensile modulus of less than 10,000 psi., and the topcoat is an ultraviolet cured coating, which, in a 3 mil test film, has a tensile strength of at least 2500 psi., a tensile modulus measured at room temperature of at least 50,000 psi., and an elongation in excess of about 100%, said topcoat comprising from 40% up to about 70% of total reactive components of diacrylate-functional polyurethane which is the linear polyurethane reaction product of polycarbonate diol with organic diisocyanate end capped with acrylate groups and having the formula: ##STR3## in which R is alkylene having from 2-4 carbon atoms; R' is the residue of an alkylene diol containing from 3-8 carbon atoms; Q is the residue of an organic diisocyanate; X is the residue of acrylic acid; y is at least 1; and R' and y are selected to provide a molecular weight for the polycarbonate diol reactant of from 600 to 1500, and at least 15% of total reactive components of monoethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of dimethyl acrylamide, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, isobornyl acrylate, acrylic acid and dicyclopentenyl acrylate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
200 words
A resin buffer-coated and topcoated optical glass fiber in which the buffer coating has a room temperature tensile modulus of less than 10,000 psi., and the topcoat is an ultraviolet cured coating, which, in a 3 mil test film, has a tensile strength of at least 2500 psi., a tensile modulus measured at room temperature of at least 50,000 psi., and an elongation in excess of about 100%, said topcoat comprising from 40% up to about 70% of total reactive components of diacrylate-functional polyurethane which is the linear polyurethane reaction product of polycarbonate diol with organic diisocyanate end capped with acrylate groups and having the formula: ##STR3## in which R is alkylene having from 2-4 carbon atoms; R' is the residue of an alkylene diol containing from 3-8 carbon atoms; Q is the residue of an organic diisocyanate; X is the residue of acrylic acid; y is at least 1; and R' and y are selected to provide a molecular weight for the polycarbonate diol reactant of from 600 to 1500, and at least 15% of total reactive components of monoethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of dimethyl acrylamide, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, isobornyl acrylate, acrylic acid and dicyclopentenyl acrylate.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
194 words
A method of overcoating resin buffer-coated optical glass fiber in which the topcoat has the high strength and modulus combined with good elongation and water resistance associated with extruded jacket coatings, but which is applied by ordinary coating procedures and cured by exposure to ultraviolet radiation comprising, applying to resin buffer-coated optical glass fiber an ultraviolet-curable coating composition comprising from 30% up to about 80% of total reactive components of diacrylate-functional polyurethane which is the linear polyurethane reaction product of polycarbonate diol with organic diisocyanate end capped with acrylate groups and having the formula: ##STR4## in which R is alkylene having from 1-20 carbon atoms; R' is the residue of an alkylene diol containing from 2-12 carbon atoms; Q is the residue of an organic diisocyanate; X is the residue of acrylic acid; y is at least 1; and R' and y are selected to provide a molecular weight for the polycarbonate diol reactant of from 300 to 3000, and at least 15% of total reactive components of liquid monoethylenically unsaturated monomer having a glass transition temperature above about 55° C., and then exposing the wet-coated fiber to ultraviolet light to cure the coating.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
194 words
A method of overcoating resin buffer-coated optical glass fiber in which the topcoat has the high strength and modulus combined with good elongation and water resistance associated with extruded jacket coatings, but which is applied by ordinary coating procedures and cured by exposure to ultraviolet radiation comprising, applying to resin buffer-coated optical glass fiber an ultraviolet-curable coating composition comprising from 30% up to about 80% of total reactive components of diacrylate-functional polyurethane which is the linear polyurethane reaction product of polycarbonate diol with organic diisocyanate end capped with acrylate groups and having the formula: ##STR4## in which R is alkylene having from 1-20 carbon atoms; R' is the residue of an alkylene diol containing from 2-12 carbon atoms; Q is the residue of an organic diisocyanate; X is the residue of acrylic acid; y is at least 1; and R' and y are selected to provide a molecular weight for the polycarbonate diol reactant of from 300 to 3000, and at least 15% of total reactive components of liquid monoethylenically unsaturated monomer having a glass transition temperature above about 55° C., and then exposing the wet-coated fiber to ultraviolet light to cure the coating.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as recited in claim 5 in which said buffer coating on said optical glass fiber has a room temperature tensile modulus below 10,000 psi.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as recited in claim 5 in which said coating composition contains up to 45% of said monoethylenically unsaturated monomer having a glass transition temperature above about 55° C.
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