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Treated glass fibers and aqueous dispersion and nonwoven mat of the glass fibers
Assignee: PPG Industries Inc
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Filing: 1984-10-05
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Granted: 1986-06-03
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Expires: 2004-10-05
Abstract
Abstract Treated glass fibers having adequate protection for gathering into strands and when chopped being more dispersible in aqueous media. The treated glass fibers having a coating of an aqueous treating composition, wherein the solids have a cationic surfactant having one or more primary, secondary and/or tertiary amine moieties and one or more water dispersible, poly(oxyethylene-oxyalkylene) copolymer having an oxide ratio of about 78 to about 22 to about 99 to about 1 and an average molecular weight of at least 15,000, and one or more polar functional coupling agents. Optionally, the solids may also have one or more starches that are insoluble or only incompletely soluble in cold water. Glass fibers treated with the aqueous treating compositions and produced into wet or dry chopped glass fiber strands having lengths of about 1/16 of an inch (1.58 mm) to about 3 inches (76.2 mm), have good dispersibility in aqueous media with or without addition of dispersing agents. Nonwoven, sheet-like mat is produced from aqueous dispersions having the chopped treated glass fibers, where some of the water is removed and polymeric binders, commonly referred to as wet strength binders, are applied and the mat is cured. The resulting nonwoven, sheet-like mat product has very good strength properties for use as a reinforcing element for roofing products, construction products and flooring products.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter C. Gaa
- 👤 Jerry C. Hedden
- 👤 Narasimhan Raghupathi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 04:13
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C25/00; C03C25/10; C03C25/24; C03C25/26; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2904; Y10T428/2907; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2962; Y10T428/2964
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
Glass fibers coated with an aqueous chemical treating composition, comprising: (a) one or more cationic surfactants having one or more primary, secondary, or tertiary amine moieties in an amount of about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent of said aqueous chemical treating composition, (b) one or more water soluble, poly(oxyalkylene-oxyethylene) copolymers having a ratio of the total amount of ethylene oxide to the total amount of hydrophobic alkylene oxide in the range of around 99/1 to around 78/22 and a molecular weight of around at least 15,000 in an effective amount to provide sufficient protection to the glass fibers, (c) one or more polar functional coupling agents in an amount of about 0.01 to about 2 weight percent of said aqueous chemical treating composition, and (d) water in an amount to give, a solids content that is effective for applying said composition to glass fibers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
Glass fibers coated with an aqueous chemical treating composition, comprising: (a) one or more cationic surfactants having one or more primary, secondary, or tertiary amine moieties in an amount of about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent of said aqueous chemical treating composition, (b) one or more water soluble, poly(oxyalkylene-oxyethylene) copolymers having a ratio of the total amount of ethylene oxide to the total amount of hydrophobic alkylene oxide in the range of around 99/1 to around 78/22 and a molecular weight of around at least 15,000 in an effective amount to provide sufficient protection to the glass fibers, (c) one or more polar functional coupling agents in an amount of about 0.01 to about 2 weight percent of said aqueous chemical treating composition, and (d) water in an amount to give, a solids content that is effective for applying said composition to glass fibers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein said cationic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic mono-, di- and polyamines, 2-alkyl-imidazolines, 1-(2-aminoethyl)-2-alkyl-2-imidazoline, amine oxides, polyoxyalkylene alkylamines, 1-(2-hydroxyalkyl)-2-alkyl-2-imdaozline, 2-hydroxy-alkyl-2-imidazoline, N,N,N',N', tetrakis-substituted ethylene diamine derivatives, rosin derived amines, polyoxyethylene alicyclic amines; polyoxyethylenedihydroabietyl amines and reaction products of carboxylic or fatty acids with di or polyamines and dialkylene or polyalkylamines and polyalkoxylated derivatives thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein said cationic surfactant is an alkyl imidazoline derivative of the class n-alkyl-N-amidoalkyl imidazolines formed by causing fatty acids or carboxylic acids to react with polyalkylene polyamines under conditions that produce ring closure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein the amount of said cationic lubricating surfactant in said composition is not greater than 15 weight percent of the solids based on the amount of said copolymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein said copolymer has an average molecular weight in the range of about 24,000 to about 30,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein said copolymer has a hydrophobic alkylene oxide selected from the group consisting of propylene oxide, butylene oxide, styrene oxide and cyclohexane oxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein said copolymer has an oxide ratio of about 80/20 to about 90/10.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein the amounts of said copolymer is in the range of about 0.1 to about 15 weight percent of said aqueous chemical treating composition.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein said copolymer is a tetrafunctional block copolymer derived from the addition of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide to ethylenediamine and has the NMR spectra of FIG. 1.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein said polar functional coupling agent is selected from the group consisting of epoxy silane coupling agents, amino silane coupling agents, acrylic-containing silane coupling agents, thio-containing silane coupling agents, ureido-modified silane coupling agents, and organo chlorine silane coupling agents.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
Glass fibers of claim 1 wherein the amount of said water has been reduced by drying.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein the amount of said treating composition on the glass fibers is in the range of about 0.01 to about 5 weight percent of the treated glass fibers.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
Glass fibers of claim 1, wherein said composition further comprises up to 35 weight percent of the solids of the aqueous treating composition of one or more starches that are incompletely soluble or insoluble in cold water.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
220 words
Glass fibers coated with an aqueous chemical treating composition, comprising: (a) one or more cationic lubricating surfactants having one or more primary, secondary, or tertiary amine moieties in an amount of about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent of the aqueous chemical treating composition, (b) one or more water soluble, poly(oxyethylene-oxypropylene) tetrol copolymers having a ratio of total amount of ethylene oxide to the total amount of propylene oxide in the range of around 99/1 to around 78/22 in an effective amount to provide sufficient protection to the glass fiber, present in an amount of about 0.1 to about 15 weight percent of the aqueous composition, and where the amount of one or more cationic lubricants is less than about 15 weight percent on a solids basis of the copolymer, (c) one or more polar functional coupling agents in an amount of about 0.01 to about 2 weight percent of the aqueous chemical composition, (d) one or more starches that are water dispersible and less than 100 percent soluble in cold water in an amount in the range of up to about 35 weight percent of the solids of the aqueous chemical treating composition, and (e) water in an amount to give a solids content that is effective for application of said aqueous chemical treating composition to the glass fibers.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
220 words
Glass fibers coated with an aqueous chemical treating composition, comprising: (a) one or more cationic lubricating surfactants having one or more primary, secondary, or tertiary amine moieties in an amount of about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent of the aqueous chemical treating composition, (b) one or more water soluble, poly(oxyethylene-oxypropylene) tetrol copolymers having a ratio of total amount of ethylene oxide to the total amount of propylene oxide in the range of around 99/1 to around 78/22 in an effective amount to provide sufficient protection to the glass fiber, present in an amount of about 0.1 to about 15 weight percent of the aqueous composition, and where the amount of one or more cationic lubricants is less than about 15 weight percent on a solids basis of the copolymer, (c) one or more polar functional coupling agents in an amount of about 0.01 to about 2 weight percent of the aqueous chemical composition, (d) one or more starches that are water dispersible and less than 100 percent soluble in cold water in an amount in the range of up to about 35 weight percent of the solids of the aqueous chemical treating composition, and (e) water in an amount to give a solids content that is effective for application of said aqueous chemical treating composition to the glass fibers.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
Glass fibers of claim 14, wherein said copolymer has an average molecular weight in the range of about 24,000 to about 30,000.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
31 words
Glass fibers of claim 14, wherein the amount of said one or more starches is in the range of from about 15 to about 25 weight percent of said treating composition.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
Glass fibers of claim 16, wherein said one or more starches is a blend of a high and low amylose-containing starches.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
Glass fibers of claim 17, wherein said blend is an 85:15 blend of a high amylose starch to a low amylose starch.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
Glass fibers of claim 14, wherein the total of said solids is in the range of about 0.1 to about 7.5.
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