US4595632A
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Fluorocarbon grafting of polymeric substrates
Assignee: American Hospital Supply Corp
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Filing: 1984-02-06
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Granted: 1986-06-17
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Expires: 2004-02-06
Abstract
Abstract A process for modifying the surface of a preformed polymeric substrate to impart lubricity and other desired properties thereto, without at the same time significantly altering the bulk properties of the substrate, by epoxidizing the substrate's surface and reacting the epoxide groups so formed with a fluorocarbon capable of cleaving the epoxide rings and covalently bonding thereto. The article so formed is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenneth G. Mayhan
- 👤 Robert A. Janssen
- 👤 Roger F. Drake
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:27
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J7/00; C08J7/12; C08C; C08C19/00; C08C19/30; C08C19/34; C08C19/40; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/3154; Y10T428/31544; Y10T428/31826; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31931
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
An article comprising a preformed solid or semi-solid polymeric substrate containing carbon-carbon groups joined by double bonds, said substrate having a surface covered by a lubricious hydroxy-fluorocarbon graft bonded to said carbon-carbon groups at said surface and comprising hydroxy and fluoroester linkages pendant from the respective carbons of each of said surface groups, said linkages substantially eliminating the carbon-carbon double bonds at said surface and being hydrolytically stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
An article comprising a preformed solid or semi-solid polymeric substrate containing carbon-carbon groups joined by double bonds, said substrate having a surface covered by a lubricious hydroxy-fluorocarbon graft bonded to said carbon-carbon groups at said surface and comprising hydroxy and fluoroester linkages pendant from the respective carbons of each of said surface groups, said linkages substantially eliminating the carbon-carbon double bonds at said surface and being hydrolytically stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The article of claim 1 in which said ester linkage comprises the ester of trifluoroacetic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The article of claim 1 in which said substrate is an elastomer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The article of claim 3 in which said elastomer is a polymer formed from monomeric units selected from the group consisting of isoprene and butadiene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
The article of claim 4 in which said elastomer is latex.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
An article comprising a preformed solid or semi-solid polymeric substrate containing aliphatic carbon-carbon unsaturation and having pendant from adjacent carbon-carbon groups at a surface of said substrate the respective pendant groups ##STR5## and wherein said pendant groups occupy substantially all sites of unsaturation at said surface and are hydrolytically stabilized by hydrogen bonding therebetween.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
An article comprising a preformed solid or semi-solid polymeric substrate containing aliphatic carbon-carbon unsaturation and having pendant from adjacent carbon-carbon groups at a surface of said substrate the respective pendant groups ##STR5## and wherein said pendant groups occupy substantially all sites of unsaturation at said surface and are hydrolytically stabilized by hydrogen bonding therebetween.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
The article of claim 6 in which said polymeric substrate is elastomeric.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The article of claim 7 in which said elastomeric substrate is a polymer formed essentially of monomeric units selected from the group consisting of isoprene and butadiene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The article of claim 8 in which said elastomeric substrate is formed of latex.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
71 words
A process for forming a lubricious and ozone-resistant outer layer on a preformed substrate having carbon-carbon double bonds at the surface thereof, comprising the steps of epoxidizing said surface of said substrate at the sites of said double bonds without dissolving or otherwise significantly altering the sub-surface structure of said substrate, and reacting the epoxide groups so formed with a fluorocarbon capable of cleaving the epoxide rings and covalently bonding thereto.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
71 words
A process for forming a lubricious and ozone-resistant outer layer on a preformed substrate having carbon-carbon double bonds at the surface thereof, comprising the steps of epoxidizing said surface of said substrate at the sites of said double bonds without dissolving or otherwise significantly altering the sub-surface structure of said substrate, and reacting the epoxide groups so formed with a fluorocarbon capable of cleaving the epoxide rings and covalently bonding thereto.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 10 in which said epoxidation and reacting steps are performed below 100° C. by exposing the surface of said substrate to a solution containing peroxytrifluoroacetic acid.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 11 in which said epoxidizing and reacting steps are performed at temperatures within the range of 10° to 40° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 12 in which said steps are performed at approximately room temperature.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claims 10, 11, 12 or 13 in which said substrate is an elastomer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process in claim 14 in which said substrate is an elastomer formed from monomeric units selected from the group consisting of isoprene and butadiene.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 15 in which said elastomer is a natural latex rubber.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process of claims 11, 12, or 13 in which there is the further step of immersing the reacted substrate in an aqueous bath maintained at a pH within the range of about 8 to 11 to hydrolytically stabilize said outer layer by converting diester groups to hydroxy ester groups.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 17 in which said pH is maintained between 9 to 10.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 18 in which said aqueous bath is maintained at a temperature within the range of about 10° to 40° C.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 18 in which said bath is maintained at approximately room temperature.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 17 in which said substrate is an elastomer.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 21 in which said substrate is an elastomer formed primarily from monomeric unitss selected from the group consisting of isoprene and butadiene.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 22 in which said substrate is latex.
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