The B. F. Goodrich Company

Polyone Corporation

Elvira B Rabinovitch

James W Summers

Emilia E Lacatus

A composite layered plastic article particularly resistant to outdoor exposure to heat, sunlight and UV degradation comprises a top surface exposed layer of PETG fused to a rigid substrate layer selected from PVC, or CPVC, or HIPS, or ABS, or ASA, or PC. The PETG layer is preferably co-extruded with the substrate layer and heat fused together to produce a laminated layered composite article. The composite layered plastic is particularly useful for color retention of dark colors and bright masstone colors, as well as pastel and white colors

Weather resistant plastic composites capped with polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) for outdoor exposures

The invention relates to a vinyl halide polymer composition suitable for outdoor use in the sunlight. The change in color as measured by .DELTA.E in articles made from the polymeric composition is found to be substantially lower than other compositions. The lower .DELTA.E provides a measurement for improved weatherability of the compositions in such applications as housing siding, window profiles, shutters and roof vents.

Weatherable rigid vinyl articles

Weatherable vinyl polymer compositions

The invention relates to obtaining weather-ability or U.V. light stability in vinyl polymeric translucent and transparent materials, which are designed for use in corrugated roofing, films for greenhouses, and the like. It has been found that by making a composite vinyl polymeric material where the main material or substrate is a transparent or translucent vinyl polymer and capping or coating it with a very thin film of a plasticized vinyl polymer containing a high level of a clear U.V. light absorber or stabilizer, such as, for example 1-cyano-2,2-diphenyl ethylacrylate, excellent weatherability is obtained. The important feature is the concentration of the clear U.V. stabilizer at the surface of the composite material which also results in the use of less U.V. stabilizer.

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South Euclid, OH, United States of America

Elvira B Rabinovitch