Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-20
2002-02-19
Crispino, Richard (Department: 1734)
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Methods
Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
C156S071000, C156S108000, C156S331700
Reexamination Certificate
active
06348123
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for adhering polyolefin materials. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for adhering polyolefin materials, for example, adhering an automobile window glass to a window molding made of a polyolefin material with a moisture-curing polyurethane adhesive, in which two kinds of specific primers are successively applied onto the polyolefin material prior to the application of an adhesive, whereby adhesion properties, in particular, the durability of adhesion, are improved, and a working life after the application of the two primers can be extended. Here, a “working life” is intended to mean a maximum time in which a primer can maintain its priming properties after the application.
2. Prior Art
A moisture-curing polyurethane adhesive is generally used to adhere automobile window glass to the flange of an automobile body. Such an adhesive is applied to the periphery of a window glass, and then the glass is mounted in and pressed to the flange of a body. Thus, the window glass is adhered and mounted to the flange. In general, a window molding is inserted between the flange of a body and a window glass to shield and protect a gap or a step between them, and adhered and fixed at the same time as the mounting of the window glass.
Such window moldings are often made of hard or soft polyvinyl chloride resins. However, in these years, it has been discussed to replace polyvinyl chloride resins with recyclable polyolefin resins to keep up with the social demands on environmental protection, for example, recycling and disposal of materials constructing automobiles. As one measure to replace polyvinyl chloride resins with polyolefin resins, it is desired to develop a new method to adhere the flanges of automobile bodies and window moldings made of polyolefin resins.
As a primer for polyolefin resins, JP-A-62-95326 proposes hydrogenated polybutadiene base primers, for example, a reaction product having an active isocyanate group which is obtained by reacting a hydrogenated polybutadiene glycol with an excessive amount of a polyisocyanate component. However, such a primer cannot achieve the sufficient durability of adhesion, or a long working life after the application of the primer.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One object of the present invention is to provide a method for the adhesion of a polyolefin material to other material, for example, the adhesion of a window molding made of a polyolefin resin to a window glass, using an adhesive, in particular a moisture-curing polyurethane adhesive.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for the adhesion of a polyolefin material to other material, which method achieves the improved durability of adhesion, and a prolonged working life after the application of a primer.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for adhering a polyolefin material to other material comprising the steps of:
1) applying a first primer which comprises
i) a resin comprising at least one backbone selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon chains and polybutadiene chains, and
ii) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyisocyanate compounds and alkoxysilane compounds, to the surface of a polyolefin material,
2) applying a second primer which comprises
a) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of poyisocyanate compounds and alkoxysilane compounds, and
b) optionally at least one resinous compound selected from the group consisting of polyurethane resins, acrylic resins, polyester resins, epoxy resins, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers and chlorinated rubbers,
onto the layer of said first primer, and
3) adhering the surface of the polyolefin material to which the first and second primers are applied to other material using a moisture-curing polyurethane adhesive.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The first primer used in the method of the present invention comprises
i) a resin comprising at least one backbone selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon chains and polybutadiene chains, and
ii) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyisocyanate compounds and alkoxysilane compounds, and optionally an organic solvent.
In general, the amount of the compound ii) is from 1 to 500 wt. parts, preferably from 5 to 300 wt. parts, per 100 wt. parts of the resin i).
Specific examples of the resin i) include polybutadiene resins, hydrogenated polybutadiene resins, SEBS resins (styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers), hydrogenated SEBS resins, etc.
Specific examples of polyisocyanate compounds include aromatic polyisocyanates (e.g. tolylene diisocyanate, 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, xylylene diisocyanate, tolidine diisocyanate, etc.), alicyclic polyisocyanates (e.g. dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, isopropylidene bis(4-cyclohexylisocyanate), hydrogenated xylylene diisocyanate, cyclohexyl diisocyanate, etc.), aliphatic polyisocyanates (e.g. hexamethylene diisocyanate, lysine diisocyanate, 2,2,4- and 2,4,4-trimethylhexamethylene diisocyanate, etc.), and the like.
Specific examples of alkoxysilane compounds include alkoxysilane compounds having a mercapto group (e.g. &ggr;-mercaptopropylmethyldiethoxysilane, &ggr;-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, &ggr;-mercaptopropylmethyldimethoxysilane, &ggr;-mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane, etc.), alkoxysilane compounds having a primary or secondary amino group (e.g. &ggr;-aminopropylmethyldiethoxysilane, &ggr;-aminopropylmethyldimethoxysilane, &ggr;-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, &ggr;-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, N-(&bgr;-aminoethyl)-N′-(&ggr;-trimethoxysilylpropyl)-ethylenediamine, N-(&bgr;-aminoethyl)-&ggr;-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, N-(&bgr;-aminoethyl)-&ggr;-aminopropylmethyldiethoxysilane, N-(&ggr;-aminoethyl)-&ggr;-aminopropylmethyldimethoxysilane, N-(&ggr;-aminoethyl)-&ggr;-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, 1,3-diaminoisopropyltrimethoxysilane, &ggr;-N-phenylaminopropyltrimethoxysilane, &ggr;-N-phenylaminopropyltriethoxysilane, bis(trimethoxysilylpropyl)amine, etc.), alkoxysilane compounds having an epoxy group (e.g. &ggr;-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, &ggr;-glycidoxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane, 3,4-epoxycyclohexylethyltrimethoxysilane, 3,4-epoxycyclohexylethylmethyldimethoxysilane, &ggr;-glycidoxypropylmethyldiisopropenoxysilane, etc.), alkoxysilane compounds having an isocyanate group (e.g. &ggr;-isocyanatepropylmethyldiethoxysilane, &ggr;-isocyanatepropylmethyldimethoxysilane, &ggr;-isocyanatepropyltrimethoxysilane, &ggr;-isocyanatepropyltriethoxysilane, etc.), and the like.
Examples of optionally used organic solvents include ketones (e.g. methyl ethyl ketone, acetone, etc.), esters (e.g. ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, etc.), ethers (e.g. ethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, etc.), aromatic compounds (e.g. benzene, toluene, etc.), chlorohydrocarbons (e.g. methylene chloride, etc.), and the like.
The first primer may optionally contain additives, for example, film-forming materials (e.g. acrylic resins, polyester resins, epoxy resins, etc.), inorganic pigments (e.g. carbonblack, titanium white (titanium dioxide pigment), redoxide, Titan Yellow, zinc oxide, red lead, cobalt blue, etc.), organic dyes orpigments (e.g. NEOZABON BLACK RE, NEOBLACK RE, NEOSOL BLACK CN, NEOSOL BLACK Ba (all available from Ciba-Geigy, now Novartis), SEVRON BLUE (available from Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.), etc.), and catalyst (e.g. dibutyltin dilaurate, diocytyltin dilaurate, lead octylate, etc.).
These additives may be contained in conventional amounts.
The first primer may contribute to the provision of adhesion properties to a polyolefin material.
The resin i) may be one having an active hydrogen-containing group (e.g. a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an epoxy group, a carboxyl group, etc.), which can impart a reactivity to the resin. In such a case, the resin may be used in the form of a urethane prepolymer having a terminal isocyanate group which is obtained by reacting a hydrogenated polybutadie
Nakata Yoshihiro
Ochi Shinji
Crispino Richard
Hawkins Cheryl N.
Jocobson Holman, PLLC
Sunstar Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
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