Fabric (woven – knitted – or nonwoven textile or cloth – etc.) – Coated or impregnated woven – knit – or nonwoven fabric which... – Coated or impregnated natural fiber fabric
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-12
2003-04-08
Juska, Cheryl A. (Department: 1771)
Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.)
Coated or impregnated woven, knit, or nonwoven fabric which...
Coated or impregnated natural fiber fabric
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Reexamination Certificate
active
06544911
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention involves a cured, siloxane containing, non-woven fiber mat containing a binder mixture which can be suitably employed as a roofing or other building composite requiring improved tear strength.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Various methods to improve mat strength and stability of non-woven fibrous mats have been devised which are described in many patents and publications, representative of which are the following.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,335,186 discloses a chemically modified asphalt composition wherein the asphalt is reacted with a nitrogen-containing organic compound capable of introducing to the asphalt functional groups which can serve as reactive sites to establish a secure chemical bond between the asphalt and reinforcing fillers blended into the asphalt, such as glass fibers and siliceous aggregates.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,430,465 discloses an article of manufacture comprising a mat of fibers, such as glass fibers, coated with a composition comprising asphalt, an alkadiene-vinylarene copolymer, a petroleum hydrocarbon resin and an anti-stripping agent of a branched organic amine.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,518,586 discloses a method of making a glass fiber mat comprising dispersing glass fibers in an aqueous medium containing hydroxyethyl cellulose to form a slurry; passing the slurry through a mat forming screen to form a wet fiber glass mat; applying a binder comprising urea-formaldehyde resin and a water-insoluble anionic phosphate ester and a fatty alcohol to the wet glass fiber mat; and curing the binder.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,744,229 discloses a glass fiber mat made with polymer-reacted asphalt binder. The binder of the glass fiber mat comprises an aqueous emulsion of polymer modified asphalt produced by reaction of asphalt, a surfactant and a phenol-, resorcinol-, urea- or melamine-formaldehyde resin.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,851,933 describes a non-woven fibrous mat comprising glass fibers bonded with a cured mixture of urea/formaldehyde resin and a self crosslinkable vinyl acrylic/polyvinyl acetate copolymers and U.S. Pat. No. 5,334,648 describes emulsion copolymers for use as a urea formaldehyde resin modifier.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,917,764 describes a glass fiber mat having improved strength featuring a carboxylated styrene-butadiene latex.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,804,254 describes a method for flexibilizing cured urea formaldehyde resin-bound glass fiber non-wovens.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,503,920 describes a process for improving parting strength of fiberglass insulation.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,032,431 describes a glass fiber insulation binder.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,931,318 describes silica as a blocking agent for fiberglass sizing.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,749,614 describes a fibrous substrate coated with a hydrolyzed amino silane useful for preparing polyepoxide substrates.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,596,737 describes a process for treating a glass fiber mat comprising contacting the surface of a cured mass of glass fibers with a latex polymer.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,500,600 describes glass fibers coated with a size composition comprising &ggr;-aminopropyltriethoxysilane and an alkoxysilane.
PCT WO 99/13154 describes a structural mat matrix comprising a substrate of fiberglass fibers and wood pulp and a binder which consists of urea formaldehyde and acrylic copolymer.
BASF's April 1998 advertising brochure entitled NONWOVENS AND COATINGS DISPERSIONS discloses a crosslinked styrene/acrylic polymer (ACRONAL® S 886S) useful as a binder for glass substrates.
Copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/484,749 discloses a fiber glass mat roofing composite, a urea/formaldehyde resin binder and a polysiloxane adhesion modifier.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with this invention there is provided a cured, polysiloxane containing, non-woven, fibrous mat comprising from about 60 to about 95 wt. % fibers containing from about 0.001 to about 15 wt. % polysiloxane; which fibers are fixedly distributed in from about 40 to about 5 wt. % of a formaldehyde type binder containing between about 0.1 and about 20 wt. % of a crosslinked styrene/acrylic or methacrylic, [designated herein as (meth)acrylic], copolymer as a binder modifier.
Although several methods of making non-woven fiber mats can be used to form the present mat, a wet laid process wherein the fibers are dispersed in white water to form a wet web derived from a slurry or mat is preferred. Optionally a dispersing agent, emulsifier, lubricant, defoamer, surfactant and/or other conventional excipients can be added to the fiber containing slurry of the present invention. In a mat forming machine such as a paper pulp apparatus, e.g. a Fourdrinier paper machine, excess water is removed from the fiber slurry to form the web and the modified binder of this invention, as a 5 to 40% aqueous solution, dispersion or emulsion is then applied to the wet web by use of a curtain coater or a dip and squeeze or knife edge applicator. Alternatively, the modified binder can be sprayed onto the wet web. Following binder saturation of the web, excess binder is removed and a web containing a siloxane polymer is then dried and cured at a temperature of between about 200°-400° C. for a period of from a few seconds to about 5 minutes. The siloxane can be introduced after or in admixture with the modified binder solution, or, if desired, a portion or all of the siloxane can be introduced into the fiber size or slurry before addition of binder. The siloxane component is employed in the form of a solution, suspension, emulsion or dispersion in water or in an organic solvent, such as isopropanol, cyclohexanol or other inert organic solvent. For the purposes of the present invention, a coating of polysiloxane or asphalt can be added as a top coat on the cured mat.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The preferred cured fiber mat of the present invention comprises by weight from about 68 to about 92% fiber containing from about 0.01 to about 10% polysiloxane and from about 8 to about 32% formaldehyde type binder containing between about 0.05 and about 15% of a 0.05 to about 10% crosslinked styrene/acrylic polymer modifier.
The formaldehyde type binder base is a thermosetting resin of formaldehyde in combination with urea, phenol, resorcinol, melamine or mixtures thereof. Of these, the formaldehyde/urea binder base is preferred. The binder base contains a binder modifying amount of a styrene/acrylic resin containing a polyfunctional component which crosslinks with the copolymer resin during curing of the mat. The styrene component of the resin can be unsubstituted or substituted on a ring carbon atom with lower alkyl, vinyl, allyl, chloro or phenyl; however, from the standpoint of economics; notwithstanding the reduced flammability and high thermal stability of some of these substituted types, unsubstituted styrene is most desired. The styrene/acrylic resin, which includes both acrylic and methacrylic moieties and mixtures thereof, contains a minor amount, e.g. between about 0.05 to 10 wt. %, preferably between about 0.1 and about 5 wt. %, of a crosslinking agent which may be a nitrogen containing crosslinking agent, such as a polyfunctional amine, amide or acrylonitrile, or may be any other polyfunctional crosslinking agent such as for example a di- or tri-olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon or other conventional crosslinker reactive with the styrene/acrylic copolymer. Of the above polymer compositions, those providing self-crosslinkable characteristics are preferred. The (meth)acrylic polymer is generally a mixture of (meth)acrylates and additionally may contain (meth)acrylonitriles, (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylamides as comonomers. One advantage of the present modified binder is that it allows for curing at a lower temperature than would otherwise be required for a mat containing siloxane/formaldehyde type binder alone. It is believed that this benefit is attributable to the crosslinking of the modifier. Another advantage is a degree of flexibility contributed by the styrene comonomer.
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Peng Qinyun
Srinivasan Krishna
Building Materials Investment Corporation
Davis William J.
Juska Cheryl A.
Katz Walter
Maue Marilyn J.
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