Patent · US Expired

Acrylic sheet having uniform distribution of color and mineral filler before and after thermoforming

US6177499A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 10, 1999
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08K2003/2227
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is drawn to a composition and thermoformable sheets and articles made therefrom. In the present invention, ranges of chain-transfer agents, thixotropic agents, and mineral filler content are balanced to minimize migration or maldistribution of coloring matter and mineral filler during curing of methyl methacrylate in a syrup and also during subsequent heating and deformation in thermoforming, to achieve constancy of impact resistance and improve stability of patterns even in deformed portions of formed sheets.

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