Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A binder which is rendered water-dilutable by protonation with an acid, and which is obtainable by reacting the (A) Reaction product of a (a) carboxyl-containing component, consisting of a (a1) carboxy-containing butadiene/acrylonitrile conpolymer having a molecular weight of from 500 to 8,000, as a mixture with (a2) a dicarboxylic acid which differs from a1and has a molecular weight from 90 to 1,000 and, (a3) a monocarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of from 140 to 500 and (b) a diprimary and/or primary/secondary amine, with the proviso that from 0.7 to 5 moles of the said amine are used per mole of carboxyl groups of component (a), (B) with one or more epoxy resins having a mean molecular weight from 300 to 6,000 and containing on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxide groups per molecule and, (C) an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic secondary amine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A binder which is rendered water-dilutable by protonation with an acid, and which is obtainable by reacting the (A) Reaction product of a (a) carboxyl-containing component, consisting of a (a1) carboxy-containing butadiene/acrylonitrile conpolymer having a molecular weight of from 500 to 8,000, as a mixture with (a2) a dicarboxylic acid which differs from a1and has a molecular weight from 90 to 1,000 and, (a3) a monocarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of from 140 to 500 and (b) a diprimary and/or primary/secondary amine, with the proviso that from 0.7 to 5 moles of the said amine are used per mole of carboxyl groups of component (a), (B) with one or more epoxy resins having a mean molecular weight from 300 to 6,000 and containing on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxide groups per molecule and, (C) an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic secondary amine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A binder as claimed in claim 1, wherein component (A.a1) is a carboxyl-containing butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer which contains from 5 to 45% by weight of acrylonitrile units as copolymerized units and possess on average from 1.5 to 2.5 carboxyl groups in the copolymer molecule.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A binder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carboxyl-containing butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer (A.a1) carries terminal carboxyl groups.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A binder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dicarboxylic acid used as component (A.a2) is a dimerized C 12 -Chd 24-fatty acid (dimer fatty acid).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A binder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the secondary amine (C) is a dialkylamine which contains 2 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A binder as claimed in claim 5, wherein the alkyl chains of the secondary amine (C) carry primary amino groups.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
169 words
A process for the preparation of a binder as claimed in claim 1, wherein (A) by means of a condensation reaction, a (a) carboxyl-containing component, consisting of a (a1) carboxy-containing butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer having a molecular weight of from 500 to 8,000 as a mixture with (a2) a dicarboxylic acid which differs from a1) and has a molecular weight of from 90 to 1,000 and, (a3) a monocarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of from 140 to 500, is reacted, at up to 200°C., with removal of the water of reaction by distillation, with a (b) diprimary and/or primary/secondary amine, with the proviso that from 0.7 to 5 moles of the diprimary and/or primary/secondary amine are used per mole of carboxyl groups of component (a), and this condensate is reacted with (B) one or more epoxy resins having a mean molecular weight of from 300 to 6,000 and possessing on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxide groups per molecule, and, (C) an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic secondary amine, at 40°-180° C.