General Electric Company

Siegfried H Schroeter

Daniel R Olson

Bruce A Ashby

James E Moore

Gary M Lucas

Donald A Bolon

Ona V Orkin

James V Crivello

Jon VanWinkle

Carroll B French

There are provided ultraviolet light absorbing agents of the following general formula ##STR1## wherein: ##STR2## Y is H or OH, Z is H, OH, OQ or OW, where at least one Z is OH if Y is H;

Ultraviolet light absorbing agents and compositions and articles

A polycarbonate article having an adherent mar, abrasion and chemical resistant ultraviolet light cured coating on the surface thereof comprised of the photoreaction products of certain polyfunctional acrylate monomers and certain acrylate modified polymers.

Photocurable acrylic coated polycarbonate articles

There are provided ultraviolet light absorbing agents of the following general formula ##STR1## wherein: X is ##STR2## Y is H or OH, Z is H, OH, OQ or OW, where at least one Z is OH if Y is H;

A non-opaque coated polycarbonate shaped article, and a process for producing the same, having improved abrasion and chemical solvent resistance comprising a polycarbonate substrate having thereon (i) a primer layer comprised of a thermoplastic acrylic polymer containing functional groups; and (ii) a top coat containing a thermoset organopolysiloxane on said primer layer. The process for producing said coated polycarbonate article comprises the steps of: (i) priming the surface of a polycarbonate substrate by forming a primer layer comprised of a thermoplastic acrylic polymer containing functional groups; (ii) applying a top coat composition containing a further curable organopolysiloxane onto the primed substrate; and (iii) curing the further curable organopolysiloxane to form a hard, abrasion and chemical solvent resistant top coat which is tenaciously and durably adhered to the polycarbonate substrate.

Silicone coated abrasion resistant polycarbonate article

A process, and the article produced thereby, for providing a uniformly and tenaciously adhered abrasion resistant and chemical resistant non-opaque coating on polycarbonate articles. The process comprises priming the surface of the polycarbonate article with an adhesion promoting thermoplastic acrylic polymer by forming a thin film of said thermoplastic acrylic polymer on the surface of the polycarbonate article, applying a silica filled organopolysiloxane coating composition onto the primed polycarbonate article, and thereafter curing the silica filled organopolysiloxane to form a hard, abrasion and chemical solvent resistant top coat which is tenaciously adhered to the polycarbonate article. The non-opaque coated polycarbonate article produced by this process comprises a polycarbonate substrate having (i) a primer layer comprised of a thermoplastic acrylic polymer, and (ii) a thermoset silica filled organopolysiloxane top coat.

Abrasion resistant silicone coated polycarbonate article

A coated polycarbonate article, and a process for producing said article, having improved abrasion and chemical solvent resistance comprising a polycarbonate substrate having deposited thereon (i) a primer layer comprised of a thermoplastic acrylic polymer; and (ii) a top coat containing a thermoset organopolysiloxane disposed on said primer layer. The process for producing said coated polycarbonate article comprises (i) priming the surface of a polycarbonate substrate with a thermoplastic acrylic polymer by forming a thin film of said thermoplastic acrylic polymer on the surface of said substrate, (ii) applying a top coating composition containing a further curable organopolysiloxane onto the primed substrate, and (iii) curing the further curable organopolysiloxane to form a hard, abrasion and chemical solvent resistant top coat which is tenaciously adhered to the polycarbonate substrate.

Abrasion resistant organopolysiloxane coated polycarbonate article

A shaped non-opaque coated polycarbonate article having improved abrasion and chemical solvent resistance comprising a polycarbonate substrate having disposed on the surface thereon a non-opaque primer layer comprised of a thermoplastic acrylic polymer containing functional groups and disposed on said primer layer a non-opaque top coat comprised of a colloidal silica filled thermoset organopolysiloxane.

A polycarbonate article having a durably adherent mar, abrasion and chemical resistant UV cured coating on the surface thereof comprised of the photoreaction products of (i) certain polyfunctional acrylate monomers and (ii) resorcinol monobenzoate.

Urethanes of hydroxybenzotriazoles and hydroxybenzophenones which can be chemically modified upon heating have been found useful in imparting weather resistance to plastic substrates when applied as part of a UV curable resin which can be subsequently heated after cure. UV curable resins containing such urethanes and the use of such resins to treat thermoplastic substrates are also described.

UV curable resin compositions containing urethanes of

A method is provided for making a thermoformable composite involving the treatment of at least one of the major surfaces of a thermoplastic substrate, such as a sheet, with a solventless ultra-violet (UV) curable organic resin, followed by the UV-curing of the resin. The cured resin provides an adherent decorative and/or protective coating having desirable biaxial elongation characteristics.

Method for making thermoformable composites and composites made thereby

A method is provided for making circuit boards having improved stability and articles made therefrom. In addition, UV-curable ink compositions are also provided convertible to conductive strips when printed onto nonconducting substrates and cured thereon. The conductive strips have improved resistance to salt contamination.

U.V. Radiation curable electrically conductive ink and circuit boards

A method for coating photoflash lamps with UV curable solventless organic resins having desirable transmission characteristics in the cured state to render the lamps shatter resistant upon flashing wherein the photoflash lamp is dipped into resin for a period of 3-60 seconds followed by UV irradiation of the treated lamp to cure the resin.

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Schenectady, NY, United States of America

Siegfried H Schroeter