Eastman-kodak Company

Eastman Chemical Company

Eastman Kodak

Robert W Seymour

Doyle A Weemes

Ronald R Light

James C Weaver

Thomas E Flora

Emmett Dudley Crawford

Sam Richard Turner

Kab Sik Seo

Dale Milton Blakely

Jonathan Terrill Milburn

Theodore F Gray, Jr

Thomas H Wicker, Jr

Larry A Minnick

Freddie A Shepherd

George J O'Neill

Willis C Wooten, Jr

Benny W Wright

James D Small, Jr

Disclosed are amorphous copolyesters having an inherent viscosity (IV) of about 0.5 to 1.1 dL/g measured at a temperature of 25&#xb0; C. at 0.5 g/dL concentration in a solvent mixture of symmetric tetrachloroethane and phenol having a weight ratio of symmetric tetrachloroethane to phenol of 2:3 comprising (1) a diacid component comprising about 90 to 100 mole percent terephthalic acid residues and 0 to about 10 mole percent isophthalic acid residues; and (2) a diol component comprising about 10 to 70 mole percent 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues and about 90 to 30 mole percent neopentyl glycol residues; wherein the amorphous copolyesters comprises 100 mole percent diacid component and 100 mole percent diol component. The amorphous copolyesters are useful in the manufacture or fabrication of medical devices which have improved resistance to degradation upon exposure to lipids, as a profile produced by profile extrusion and as an injection molded article. Also, a method of melt processing the amorphous copolyester is disclosed which allows for performing a minimal drying or no drying of the copolyester prior to melt processing.

Amorphous copolyesters

This invention relates to thermoplastic article having one or more decorative materials embedded therein which is obtained by applying heat and pressure to one or more laminates wherein at least one of said laminates comprises, in order, (1) an upper sheet material; (2) one or more decorative materials; and (3) a lower sheet material; wherein the upper and lower sheet materials are formed from a polyester/aromatic polycarbonate blend.

Thermoplastic article having a decorative material embedded therein

Disclosed are amorphous copolyesters having an inherent viscosity (IV) of at least about 0.5 dL/g measured at a temperature of 25&#xb0; C. at 0.5 g/dL concentration in a solvent mixture of symmetric tetrachloroethane and phenol having a weight ratio of symmetric tetrachloroethane to phenol of 2:3 comprising (1) a diacid component comprising about 90 to 100 mole percent terephthalic acid residues and 0 to about 10 mole percent isophthalic acid residues; and (2) a diol component comprising about 10 to 70 mole percent 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues and about 90 to 30 mole percent neopentyl glycol residues; wherein the amorphous copolyesters comprises 100 mole percent diacid component and 100 mole percent diol component. The amorphous copolyesters are useful in the manufacture or fabrication of medical devices which have improved resistance to degradation upon exposure to lipids, as a profile produced by profile extrusion and as an injection molded article. Also, a method of melt processing the amorphous copolyester is disclosed which allows for performing a minimal drying or no drying of the copolyester prior to melt processing.

This invention relates to thermoplastic article having one or more decorative materials on the surface thereof which is obtained by applying heat and pressure to a laminate wherein said thermoplastic article comprises (1) one or more decorative materials; and (2) an upper or lower sheet material; wherein the upper or lower sheet material is formed from a polyester/aromatic polycarbonate blend.

Articles of manufacture incorporating polyester/polycarbonate blends

Disclosed are reinforced polyester compositions having repeat units from terephthalic acid and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol which have improved melt stability due to the addition of small amounts of an epoxy compound and either a phosphite or phosphonite.

Poly(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate) with improved melt

This invention relates to an injection molding composition having a melt viscosity lower than about 2000 poise at 1500/sec. shear rate at a temperature of about 275.degree. C., and an excellent stiffness of at least 200,000 psi, comprising:

Polyester blends with improved processability

Disclosed are clear thermoplastic molding compositions comprising an aromatic polycarbonate, a polyester of terephthalic acid and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and the copolymeric transesterification product of the polycarbonate and polyester.

Polyester/polycarbonate blends having improved clarity and impact

Disclosed is a polymer blend of a copolyesterether and an isotactic homopolymer of propylene, molded articles of which have improved impact strength.

Impact resistant polymer blends

Disclosed is glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic sheet material suitable for various compression molding applications. The glass fibers useful in this invention are described in detail, and the thermoplastic composition is poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate) or a blend of either of these polyesters with each other and/or polycarbonate.

Reinforced polymeric sheet material

Blends of polyester-ethers with ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers

Disclosed are compositions comprising a blend of blends comprising

Blends of poly(etheresters) and polyesters

Disclosed is a thermoplastic blend of a (1) polycarbonate and (2) a polyester-ether derived from 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, poly(oxytetramethylene) glycol and, optionally, a polyfunctional compound. The blends possess a unique combination of properties, some of which are characteristic of compatible blends and others which are characteristic of incompatible blends.

Compatible blends of polyester-ethers and polycarbonates

Compatible tricomponent polymer blends

Molding compositions having high impact at low temperatures and which are blends of copolyesters based on poly(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate) and rubber-modified styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers having at least two rubbery additives that were present during the polymerization of the copolymers.

High-impact polyester/styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer blends

Disclosed are polyester blends and articles produced therefrom, wherein the blends contain copolyester material comprising one or a mixture of copolyesters such as that prepared from ethylene glycol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol in certain molar proportions with terephthalic acid, blended in certain proportions with poly(ethylene isophthalate). Formed amorphous articles such as bottles, films and sheets of these blends unexpectedly are clear and show marked reduction in carbon dioxide permeability, e.g., about 20-40% lower than predicted, and have good oxygen and water vapor barrier properties. The blends are especially useful in food packaging applications such as carbonated drink bottles, where good gas and water vapor barrier properties are highly desirable.

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Kingsport, TN, United States of America

Robert W Seymour