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Vinyl tile and production thereof

US4180615A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 19, 1978
Grant dateDec 25, 1979
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Expiry dateMay 19, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31938
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Vinyl floor or wall tile is surfaced with a clear, durable wear layer. The wear layer comprises urethane compound photo-polymerized from a fluid coating composition having a volatility of at least 2 percent and comprising at least 2 photo-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated groups of the general structure: ##STR1## where R is either H or CH.sub.3. The wear layer is applied to a continuous sheet of vinyl composition traveling at a rate of at least about 80 ft./min. at a temperature of at least about 110.degree. F., and cured by exposure to ultra-violet radiation.

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