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Method for preparing a rubber-based composite material

Assignee: KOGOMA MASAHIRO NO 843-15 SHIMONIIKURA WAKOU-SHI SAITAMA-KEN JAPAN
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Filing: 1991-02-21
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Granted: 1994-03-01
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Expires: 2011-02-21
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Abstract

Abstract A method for preparing a rubber-based composite material by joining a base material and a rubber composition together by heat pressure bonding can achieve strong bonding without using any adhesives, wherein a monomer is polymerized by atmospheric-pressure glow discharge plasma technique to form a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds on the surface of the base material and then the rubber composition is bonded to said polymerized film by heat pressure bonding to join the base material and the rubber together.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yukihiro Kusano
  • 👤 Masato Yoshikawa
  • 👤 Kazuo Naito
  • 👤 Satiko Okazaki
  • 👤 Masahiro Kogoma

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J7/00; C08J7/12; C08J7/123; B; B05; B05D; B05D1/00; B05D1/62; B32; B32B; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; C08J5/00; C08J5/12; C08J5/124; B05D5/00; B05D5/10; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S156/00; Y10S156/91

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim 117 words
A method for preparing a rubber-based composite material, comprising: polymerizing a hydrocarbon monomer composition by an atmospheric-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique so as to form a polymerized film containing unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material; and bonding a rubber composition to said polymerized film by heat pressure bonding so as to join said base material and said rubber together and thereby form said rubber-based composite material; wherein said monomer composition is diluted with a gas selected from the group consisting of He, Ar, Ne, N 2 , H 2 and O 2 and said plasma is generated by a high-frequency plasma discharge device having external electrodes that are coated with an insulator.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 117 words
A method for preparing a rubber-based composite material, comprising: polymerizing a hydrocarbon monomer composition by an atmospheric-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique so as to form a polymerized film containing unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material; and bonding a rubber composition to said polymerized film by heat pressure bonding so as to join said base material and said rubber together and thereby form said rubber-based composite material; wherein said monomer composition is diluted with a gas selected from the group consisting of He, Ar, Ne, N 2 , H 2 and O 2 and said plasma is generated by a high-frequency plasma discharge device having external electrodes that are coated with an insulator.
Claim 3
Independent Claim 120 words
A method of making a rubber-based composite material, which comprises: forming a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, and halogen-substituted derivatives thereof, by an atmospheric-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique; and bonding a rubber composition directly to said polymerized film without the use of an adhesive by heat pressure bonding such that said rubber composition is internally cross-linked and cross-linking exists between said rubber composition and said unsaturated bonds contained in said polymerized film to thereby form said rubber-based composite material; wherein said base material is selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics.
Claim 4
Independent Claim 120 words
A method of making a rubber-based composite material, which comprises: forming a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, and halogen-substituted derivatives thereof, by an atmospheric-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique; and bonding a rubber composition directly to said polymerized film without the use of an adhesive by heat pressure bonding such that said rubber composition is internally cross-linked and cross-linking exists between said rubber composition and said unsaturated bonds contained in said polymerized film to thereby form said rubber-based composite material; wherein said base material is selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 13 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said monomer is a cyclic hydrocarbon.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 13 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said monomer is an aromatic hydrocarbon.
Claim 7
Independent Claim 106 words
A method of making a rubber-based composite material, which comprises: forming a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material by polymerizing at least one monomer by an atmospheric-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique; and bonding a rubber composition directly to said polymerized film without the use of an adhesive by heat pressure bonding such that said rubber composition is internally cross-linked and cross-linking exists between said rubber composition and said unsaturated bonds contained in said polymerized film to thereby form said rubber-based composite material; wherein said base material is selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics.
Claim 8
Independent Claim 106 words
A method of making a rubber-based composite material, which comprises: forming a polymerized film having unsaturated bonds therein on the surface of a base material by polymerizing at least one monomer by an atmospheric-pressure glow discharge plasma polymerization technique; and bonding a rubber composition directly to said polymerized film without the use of an adhesive by heat pressure bonding such that said rubber composition is internally cross-linked and cross-linking exists between said rubber composition and said unsaturated bonds contained in said polymerized film to thereby form said rubber-based composite material; wherein said base material is selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 34 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein the method of generating said plasma is selected from the group consisting of direct current discharge, low-frequency discharge, high-frequency discharge, microwave discharge, and electron cyclotron resonance discharge.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 23 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said direct current discharge and low-frequency discharge methods are effected by the use of internal electrodes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 19 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said microwave discharge is effected by the use of a wave guide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said plasma is generated by a high-frequency plasma discharge method using external electrodes that are coated with an insulator.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 22 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said high-frequency discharge is effected by the use of internal electrodes, external electrodes, or coils.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 15 words
The method according to claim 6, wherein said external electrodes are coated with an insulator.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 24 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein said monomer is diluted with He, Ar, Ne, N 2 , H 2 or O 2 .
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 16 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said base material is a plate, sheet, fiber or block.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 19 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein said plasma polymerized film has a thickness of 0.001 to 1000 μm.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 17 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein said film has a thickness of 0.01 to 100 μm.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 12 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein said monomer is a hydrocarbon.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 27 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein said monomer is selected from the group consisting of saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, and halogen substituted derivatives thereof.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 47 words
The method according to claim 17, wherein said monomer is selected from the group consisting of C 2 H 4 , C 3 H 6 , C 4 H 8 , C 6 H 6 , C 4 H 5 Cl, and C 7 H 8 .
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 33 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein said heat pressure bonding is carried out at a temperature of 50° to 300° C. and at a pressure of 0 to 5000 kg/cm 2 .
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 33 words
The method according to claim 19, wherein said heat pressure bonding is carried out at a temperature of 100° to 250° C. and at a pressure of 0 to 300 kg/cm 2 .

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