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Abrasion resistant coatings
Assignee: Lilly Industries Inc
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Filing: 2000-12-08
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Granted: 2002-08-20
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Expires: 2020-12-08
Abstract
Abstract A coating composition for forming abrasion-resistant, high clarity coatings is described. It has been found that a macrocrystalline or single crystal mineral abrasive can be added at high levels, about 5 to about 80 percent by weight, to art-recognized film-forming resin compositions for producing coatings exhibiting exceptional abrasion resistance and clarity. Such a coating composition is useful for application to surfaces including wood, vinyl, tile, rubber modified cement, marble, metal, plastic, and laminated surfaces.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugen Safta
- 👤 Frank Bor-Her Chen
- 👤 Harvey Richard Forrest
- 👤 Gregory David Muselman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 18:38
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21H; D21H27/00; D21H27/18; D21H27/22; D21H27/26; D21H27/28; C; C09; C09D; C09D7/00; C09D7/40; C09D7/60; C09D7/61; C09D7/66; C09D7/69; C08; C08K; C08K3/00; C08K3/18; C08K3/20; C08K3/22; C08K3/34; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/918; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24364; Y10T428/24372; Y10T428/24405; Y10T428/24413; Y10T428/24421; Y10T428/24438; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24926; Y10T428/24934; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/254; Y10T428/256; Y10T428/257; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31859; Y10T428/31862; Y10T428/31866; Y10T428/31942; Y10T428/31946; Y10T428/31949; Y10T428/31957; Y10T428/31964; Y10T428/31971; Y10T428/31989; Y10T428/31993
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
78 words
A coating composition for forming abrasion-resistant coatings of about 70% clarity or higher as measured by the ASTM® E430 Standard on a substrate, said coating composition comprising a film-forming resin composition and about 5 to about 80 percent by weight of a mineral abrasive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide or aluminum oxide, wherein the abrasive is in macrocrystalline or single crystalline form and has an average crystal size of about 1 to about 500 microns.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
78 words
A coating composition for forming abrasion-resistant coatings of about 70% clarity or higher as measured by the ASTM® E430 Standard on a substrate, said coating composition comprising a film-forming resin composition and about 5 to about 80 percent by weight of a mineral abrasive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide or aluminum oxide, wherein the abrasive is in macrocrystalline or single crystalline form and has an average crystal size of about 1 to about 500 microns.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the mineral abrasive is an aluminum oxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition of claim 2 wherein the aluminum oxide is an electrofused aluminum oxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The coating composition of claim 1 wherein the mineral abrasive is a silicon dioxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the mineral abrasive is in the form of a single crystal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the film-forming resin composition comprises a thermosetting resin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The coating composition of claim 6 wherein the thermosetting resin comprises epoxy resins, acrylic resins, polyester resins, polycarbonate resins, melamine-formaldehyde resins, or polyurethane resins.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The coating composition of claim 7 wherein the thermosetting resins comprise a polymer crosslinked through the use of an aminoplast.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the film-forming resin composition comprises a UV-curable resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The composition of claim 9 wherein the UV-curable resin comprises olefin functional monomers or olefin functional oligomers or polymers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The composition of claim 10 wherein the olefin functional oligomers or polymers comprise polyurethanes, cellulosic acrylic butyrates, nitrocellulosic polymers, polyesters, acrylic polymers, or blended or grafted combinations thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the film-forming resin composition comprises a thermalplastic resin.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
The composition of claim 12 wherein the thermalplastic resin comprises a nitrocellulose resin, an alkyd resin, a polyester resin, an acrylic resin, a vinyl acrylic resin, a styrene acrylic resin, a urethane, or a natural resin.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
71 words
In a method of surface finishing comprising the steps of applying to a surface at least one sealer coating composition to form a sealer coat and one top coating composition to form a surface top coat, the improvement comprising using a sealer coating composition comprising the composition according to claim 1 , wherein the surface finish has a clarity of about 70% or higher, as measured by the ASTM® E430 standard.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The improved method of claim 14 wherein at least two sealer coats are applied to the surface before the top coat is applied.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improved method of claim 14 wherein the coating composition for the top coat comprises a film-forming resin composition and macrocrystalline or single crystalline mineral abrasive.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improved method of claim 15 wherein the coating composition for the top coat comprises a film-forming resin composition and macrocrystalline or single crystalline mineral abrasive.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
The improved method of claim 14 wherein the sealer coat or top coat is formed using a coating composition comprising a thermosetting resin.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
29 words
The improved method of claim 18 wherein the thermosetting resin comprises epoxy resin, a polyurethane resin, a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, a melamine-formaldehyde resin, or an acrylic resin.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
23 words
The improved method of claim 14 wherein the sealer coat or top coat is formed using a coating composition comprising a UV-curable resin.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improved method of claim 20 wherein the UV-curable resin comprises olefin functional monomers or olefin functional oligomers or polymers.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
The improved method of claim 21 wherein the olefin functional oligomers or polymers comprise polyurethanes.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
15 words
The improved method of claim 14 wherein the mineral abrasive is an electrofused aluminum oxide.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
23 words
The improved method of claim 23 wherein the aluminum oxide forms about 5 to about 20 percent by weight of the top coat.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
40 words
The improved method of claim 14 wherein the surface is selected from the group consisting of a wood surface, a vinyl surface, a tile surface, a rubber modified cement surface, a marble surface, a metal surface, and a plastic surface.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
31 words
An abrasion-resistant laminate comprising a base layer and at least one additional layer wherein the surface of said additional layer is finished with a coating composition according to claim 1 .
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method of finishing the surface of a laminate comprising the step of applying to at least one layer of the laminate a coating composition according to claim 1 .
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
42 words
A paper composition for forming an abrasion resistant surface of about 70% clarity or higher as measured by the ASTM® E430 Standard on a laminated composite said composition comprising paper impregnated or coated with a coating composition according to claim 1 .
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
79 words
A coating composition for forming abrasion-resistant coatings of high clarity on a substrate, said coating composition comprising a film-forming resin composition and a mineral abrasive in macrocrystalline or single crystalline form, said abrasive has an average crystal size of about 1 to about 500 microns wherein said mineral abrasive forms about 5 to about 80 weight percent of the coating and wherein the coating composition exhibits about 70 percent clarity or higher measured according to the ASTM® E430 Standard.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
79 words
A coating composition for forming abrasion-resistant coatings of high clarity on a substrate, said coating composition comprising a film-forming resin composition and a mineral abrasive in macrocrystalline or single crystalline form, said abrasive has an average crystal size of about 1 to about 500 microns wherein said mineral abrasive forms about 5 to about 80 weight percent of the coating and wherein the coating composition exhibits about 70 percent clarity or higher measured according to the ASTM® E430 Standard.
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