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Process for producing powder coated plastic product

US5565240A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1994
Grant dateOct 15, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/3179
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Plastic substrates, such as but not limited to phenolic cellulosic composites such as those used in conventional toilet seats, are heated at a temperature and for a time sufficient to degas the substrate, and are then coated with a powder, and heated to cure the powder coating. In a preferred embodiment, a water-based electrically conductive coating is first applied to a phenolic cellulosic composite, and cured while the substrate is heated to degas the substrate sufficiently, such that a subsequently applied powder coating will not suffer from popping during curing. In a preferred embodiment, the part is coated at a temperature below the cure temperature of the coating composition.

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