US3989609A
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Radiation curable resistant coatings and their preparation
Assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1973-09-24
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Granted: 1976-11-02
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Expires: 1993-09-24
Abstract
Abstract A prepolymer containing unsaturated hydrocarbon groups is prepared and mixed on a roller mill with one or more acrylic ester monomers and various additives to make a coating formulation of a desired viscosity. In general, low viscosity formulations are used for overprint varnishes, on paper or foil, or, with pigments, for certain types of printing inks. Higher viscosity formulations are used to apply thick films on panels, tiles or other bodies. Thin films are cured to hardness by brief exposure to ultraviolet light. Thicker films require more energetic radiation such as plasma arc and electron beam radiation. The prepolymers particularly useful for making such radiation curable coatings are the reaction products of polyether polyols and bis- or polyisocyanates and hydroxy alkenes or acrylic (or methacrylic) hydroxy esters, and, likewise, reactive polyamides modified with dicarboxy alkenes, their anhydrides or esters. A small amount of wax incorporated in the coating formulations results in coatings with release characteristics similar to those of PTFE coatings.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl Brack
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 17:53
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/48; C08G18/4829; C08F; C08F299/00; C08F299/02; C08F299/06; C08G18/67; C08G18/671; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/914; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/1462; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31573; Y10T428/31587; Y10T428/31591; Y10T428/31605; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31681
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A film-forming, spreadable, polymerizable composition suitable for forming thin layers of flexible, abrasion and solvent resistant inks and coatings on a solid surface by rapid radiation curing in about one second or less, said composition comprising a liquid prepolymer which is the stepwise reaction product of (a) substantially three mols of a polyisocyanate with (b) substantially one mol of a polyether triol and (c) an unsaturated alcohol selected from allyl alcohol, 5-norbornene-2-methanol and hydroxy lower esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid; and sufficient acrylate ester monomer copolymerizable by radiation with said prepolymer to provide coating viscosity, said monomer including at least one monomer having three or more unsaturated acrylate or methacrylate groups to promote cross-linking of said layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A film-forming, spreadable, polymerizable composition suitable for forming thin layers of flexible, abrasion and solvent resistant inks and coatings on a solid surface by rapid radiation curing in about one second or less, said composition comprising a liquid prepolymer which is the stepwise reaction product of (a) substantially three mols of a polyisocyanate with (b) substantially one mol of a polyether triol and (c) an unsaturated alcohol selected from allyl alcohol, 5-norbornene-2-methanol and hydroxy lower esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid; and sufficient acrylate ester monomer copolymerizable by radiation with said prepolymer to provide coating viscosity, said monomer including at least one monomer having three or more unsaturated acrylate or methacrylate groups to promote cross-linking of said layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein said prepolymer is the stepwise reaction product of said polyisocyanate with said triol, which has secondary hydroxyl groups, and said unsaturated alcohol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein said polyisocyanate is toluene diisocyanate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition according to claim 3 wherein said prepolymer is the reaction product of substantially three mols of said hydroxyl lower esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
A composition according to claim 4 wherein said polyester is a poly (propylene oxide) triol, said unsaturated alcohol is a hydroxyl lower alkyl ester of acrylic acid, and said monomer is a mixture of at least one low viscosity liquid mono or diacrylate and at least one higher viscosity monomer having three or more acrylate groups.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A compposition according to claim 5 further including about 1-20% by weight of a photosensitizer for promoting rapid cure under exposure of ultraviolet light.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composition according to claim 6 wherein said higher viscosity monomer having three or more acrylate groups is trimethylolpropane triacylate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein said monomer is present in a ratio to said prepolymer within the range of about 1:1 and 4:1.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A radiation curable prepolymer material as defined in claim 1 containing 1-20% by weight of a photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of acyloins and acyloin derivatives.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
A radiation curable prepolymer material as defined in claim 1 containing 1-20% by weight of a photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of benzoin lower alkyl ethers, acetophenone, benzophenon, benzil, Michlers ketone and mixtures of two or more of them.
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