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Shaped plastic articles having replicated microstructure surfaces
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1979-12-18
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Granted: 1986-04-15
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Expires: 1999-12-18
Abstract
Abstract An article comprising a shaped, plastic layer or body comprising crosslinked polymer with hard and soft segments or moieties and having a microstructure-bearing surface is prepared by a process comprising filling a mold master, bearing or encoded with the microstructure to be replicated, with a fluid, castable, one-part, preferably solvent-free, radiation addition-polymerizable, crosslinkable, synthetic, organic oligomeric composition (or precursors thereof) having "hard" segments and "soft" polysiloxane segments, exposing the resulting case composition to radiation, preferably actinic radiation such as ultraviolet radiation, and thereby forming said article, e.g., a retroreflective cube-corner sheeting, Fresnel lens or video disc.
Inventors
- 👤 Elaine C. Barber
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:35
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29D; B29D11/00; B29D11/00605; C; C08; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/67; C08G18/671; C08G18/672; G; G02; G02B; G02B1/00; G02B1/04; G02B5/00; G02B5/12; G02B5/122; G02B5/124; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31652; Y10T428/31663
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
225 words
An oligomeric composition comprising oligomers of the formula: ##STR47## where each α is independently 1 or 2, β is zero or a number up to 20 and has an average value up to about 5, γ is 2 or 3, "E" is represented by the one or more of the following formulas: ##STR48## where R 2 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, B is ##STR49## each f is an integer of 2 to 5, each d is independently zero or 1, and e is an integer of 1 to 5, "H" is represented by one or more of the formulas ##STR50## where each A is independently --NH-- or --O--, d is as defined above, g is zero or a number up to 5, each R 3 is independently a di-valent carbocyclic-containing radical derived from benzene, naphthalene, cyclohexane, dicyclohexylmethane, diphenylmethane, or norbornene, and their lower alkyl-substituted derivatives, by removal of two of their hydrogen atoms, and each R 4 is independently an alkylene moiety with 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkylene moiety with 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and ##STR51## where d is as defined above, h' is zero or an integer of 1 to 10, and R 5 is independently phenyl or methyl, and "S" is the polysiloxane residue remaining after removal of the active hydrogen atoms of the corresponding polyols or polyamines.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
225 words
An oligomeric composition comprising oligomers of the formula: ##STR47## where each α is independently 1 or 2, β is zero or a number up to 20 and has an average value up to about 5, γ is 2 or 3, "E" is represented by the one or more of the following formulas: ##STR48## where R 2 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, B is ##STR49## each f is an integer of 2 to 5, each d is independently zero or 1, and e is an integer of 1 to 5, "H" is represented by one or more of the formulas ##STR50## where each A is independently --NH-- or --O--, d is as defined above, g is zero or a number up to 5, each R 3 is independently a di-valent carbocyclic-containing radical derived from benzene, naphthalene, cyclohexane, dicyclohexylmethane, diphenylmethane, or norbornene, and their lower alkyl-substituted derivatives, by removal of two of their hydrogen atoms, and each R 4 is independently an alkylene moiety with 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkylene moiety with 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and ##STR51## where d is as defined above, h' is zero or an integer of 1 to 10, and R 5 is independently phenyl or methyl, and "S" is the polysiloxane residue remaining after removal of the active hydrogen atoms of the corresponding polyols or polyamines.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
102 words
The oligomer composition of claim 1 where "S" is represented by one or more of the formulas ##STR52## where b' is a number of 6 to 35, and R is a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene group having 4 to 80 carbon atoms and 1 to 40 oxygen atoms, and ##STR53## where the groups enclosed by the single brackets with subscripts b' and c' are repeating units randomly distributed within the double bracket, b' being a number of 6 to 35 and c' being 2 or 3, and R is as defined above.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An oligomeric composition according to claim 1 where "H" is represented by the formula: ##STR54## where R 2 , B, and d are as defined in claim 1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
An oligomeric composition according to claim 1 where α is 2.
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