Glass fiber reinforced elastomers

Claim 2

A GLASS FIBER BUNDLE FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF GLASS FIBERS AND AN IMPREGNANT IN THE BUNDLE, SAID IMPREGNANT COMPRISING 2 TO 10 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A RESORCINOL-ALDEHYDE RESIN, 20 TO 60 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A VINYL PYRIDINE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE TERPOLYMER, 15 TO 40 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A RESIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A COPOLYMER OF VINYL CHLORIDE AND VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE AND A DICARBOXYLATED BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMER, 5 TO 30 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF AN INCOMPATIBLE MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX AND 1 TO 35 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A TERPOLYMER OF ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE, SID TERPOLYMER OF ACRYLONITRILE, BUTADIENE AND STRYENE CONTAINING 5 TO 25 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF BUTADIENE PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF TERPOLYMER AND A WEIGHT RATIO OF STYRENE TO ACRYLONITRILE OF 0.9 TO 2.0.

Claim 3

A glass fiber bundle as defined in claim 1 wherein the impregnant also includes a glass fiber anchoring agent.

Claim 4

A glass fiber bundle as defined in claim 1 wherein the individual glass fibers forming the bundle have a thin size coating on the surfaces thereof.

Claim 5

A glass fiber bundle as defined in claim 1 wherein the glass fibers forming the bundle are in the form of a plurality of strands plied together.

Claim 6

A glass fiber bundle as defined in claim 1 wherein the strands are twisted and plied together.

Claim 7

Glass fibers having a thin coating on the surfaces thereof, said coating comprising 2 to 10 parts by weight of a resorcinol-aldehyde resin, 20 to 60 parts by weight of a vinyl pyridine-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, 15 to 40 parts by weight of a resin selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride and a dicarboxylated butadiene-styrene copolymer, 5 to 30 parts by weight of an incompatible microcrystalline wax and 1 to 35 parts by weight of a terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene, said terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene containing 5 to 25 parts by weight of butadiene per 100 parts by weight of terpolymer and a weight ratio of styrene to acrylonitrile of 0.9 to 2.0.

Claim 8

Glass fibers having a thin coating on the surfaces thereof, said coating comprising 2 to 10 parts by weight of a resorcinol-aldehyde resin, 20 to 60 parts by weight of a vinyl pyridine-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, 15 to 40 parts by weight of a resin selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride and a dicarboxylated butadiene-styrene copolymer, 5 to 30 parts by weight of an incompatible microcrystalline wax and 1 to 35 parts by weight of a terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene, said terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene containing 5 to 25 parts by weight of butadiene per 100 parts by weight of terpolymer and a weight ratio of styrene to acrylonitrile of 0.9 to 2.0.

Claim 9

Glass fibers as defined in claim 6 wherein the coating includes a glass fiber anchoring agent.

Claim 10

In a glass fiber-reinforced elastomeric product in which an elastomeric material constitutes a continuous phase in which the glass fibers are distributed, the improvement in the bonding and performance characteristics of the glass fibers comprising a coating on the glass fibers containing 2 to 10 parts by weight of a resorcinol-aldehyde resin, 20 to 60 parts by weight of a vinyl pyridine-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, 15 to 40 parts by weight of a resin selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride and a dicarboxylated butadiene-styrene copolymer, 5 to 30 parts by weight of an incompatible microcrystalline wax and 1 to 35 parts by weight of a terpolymer of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, said terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene containing 5 to 25 parts by weight of butadiene per 100 parts by weight of terpolymer and a weight ratio of styreNe to acrylonitrile of 0.9 to 2.0.

Claim 11

In a glass fiber-reinforced elastomeric product in which an elastomeric material constitutes a continuous phase in which the glass fibers are distributed, the improvement in the bonding and performance characteristics of the glass fibers comprising a coating on the glass fibers containing 2 to 10 parts by weight of a resorcinol-aldehyde resin, 20 to 60 parts by weight of a vinyl pyridine-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, 15 to 40 parts by weight of a resin selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride and a dicarboxylated butadiene-styrene copolymer, 5 to 30 parts by weight of an incompatible microcrystalline wax and 1 to 35 parts by weight of a terpolymer of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, said terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene containing 5 to 25 parts by weight of butadiene per 100 parts by weight of terpolymer and a weight ratio of styreNe to acrylonitrile of 0.9 to 2.0.

Claim 12

An elastomeric product as defined in claim 8 wherein the glass fibers are distributed in the elastomeric material in the form of individual filaments and the coating is a coating on the individual fiber filaments.

Claim 13

An elastomeric product as defined in claim 8 wherein the glass fibers forming the bundle are in the form of strands of glass fibers twisted and/or plied together.

Claim 14

An elastomeric product as defined in claim 8 wherein the glass fibers are distributed in the elastomeric material in the form of bundles of glass fibers, and the coating constitutes an impregnant in the bundle.

Claim 15

An elastomeric product as defined in claim 8 wherein the individual glass fibers forming the bundles have a thin size coating on the surfaces thereof.