Lilly Industries, Inc.

Lilly Industrial Coatings, Inc.

Other

Timothy J Sanford

Joseph Soltys

Charles L Cesnik

Rolf Thomas Weberg

Lawrence J Simmons

Shitong Zhu

A protective surface modification system employs two separate formulations to enhance visual appearance and in many instances provide abrasion resistance on a surface such as a countertop.

Protective surface modification system and application to substrates

A lead-free composition capable of being applied as a film and hardening to form a protective layer on the back of a mirror comprises a fluid organic resin and a corrosion inhibitor selected from a compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein the individual radicals R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 can be identical or different and are each hydrogen, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical, and can be substituted or unsubstituted; A is hydrogen or C.sub.z --CR.sup.5 R.sup.6 CN; X, Y and Z are independently selected from 0-5; and R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are as defined for R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 above. To inhibit the corrosion of metallic film layers on mirrors, a mirror having a glass substrate layer and metallic film layer thereover should be obtained, after which the fluid organic resin coating system containing the aforementioned corrosion inhibitor is applied over the metallic film layer. The organic resin coating system is then hardened to produce the protective coating layer over the metallic layer. Other articles having metallic surfaces may also be protected by the resin system containing the novel corrosion inhibitor of the present invention.

Iminodiacetonitrile mirror back coating corrosion inhibitor

A composition capable of being applied as a film and hardening to form a protective layer on the back of a mirror comprises a fluid organic resin and a corrosion inhibitor selected from the group consisting of dicyandiamide and metal or acid salt thereof. The organic resin may be any thermoplastic or thermosetting resin suitable for coating the reflective and other metallic layers of the mirror. Exemplary resins include alkyd resins, acrylic resins, modified alkyd resins, polyesters, urethane oils, vinyl halide polymers or copolymers, oleoresinous varnishes, nitrocellulose compositions, phenol-formaldehyde resin varnishes, and epoxy resins. Preferably, the resin is an alkyd or modified alkyd resin. The dicyandiamide or metal or acid salt of dicyandiamide may be present in an amount from about 0.1 to 20 weight percent, preferably 0.5 to 10 weight percent, of the organic resin coating system. The resin system should be essentially free of lead and lead salts. To inhibit the corrosion of metallic film layers on mirrors, a mirror having a glass substrate layer and a metallic film layer thereover should be obtained, after which the fluid organic resin coating system containing the dicyandiamide or metal or acid salt of dicyandiamide corrosion inhibitor is applied over the metallic film layer. The organic resin coating system is then hardened to produce the protective coating layer over the metallic layer. Other articles having metallic surfaces may also be protected by the dicyandiamide-containing resin system of the present invention.

Mirrorback coating

A lead-free composition capable of being applied as a film and hardening to form a protective layer on the back of a mirror comprises a fluid organic resin and a corrosion inhibitor selected from the group consisting of dicyandiamide, metal or acid salts of dicyandiamide, hydrogen cyanamide, and 2-cyanoacetamide. The organic resin may be any thermoplastic or thermosetting resin suitable for coating the reflective and other metallic layers of the mirror. Exemplary resins include alkyd resins, acrylic resins, modified alkyd resins, polyesters, urethane oils, vinyl halide polymers or copolymers, oleoresinous varnishes, nitrocellulose compositions, phenol-formaldehyde resin varnishes, and epoxy resins. Preferably, the resin is an alkyd or modified alkyd resin. The aforementioned corrosion inhibitor may be present in an amount from about 0.1 to 20 weight percent, preferably 0.5 to 10 weight percent, of the organic resin coating system. The resin system should be essentially free of lead and lead salts. To inhibit the corrosion of metallic film layers on mirrors, a mirror having a glass substrate layer and a metallic film layer thereover should be obtained, after which the fluid organic resin coating system containing the aforementioned corrosion inhibitor is applied over the metallic film layer. The organic resin coating system is then hardened to produce the protective coating layer over the metallic layer. Other articles having metallic surfaces may also be protected by the resin system containing the novel corrosion inhibitor of the present invention.

Mirror back coating

A composition capable of being applied as a film and hardening to form a protective layer on the back of a mirror comprises a fluid organic resin and a corrosion inhibitor selected from the group consisting of dicyandiamide and metal or acid salt thereof. The organic resin may be any thermoplastic or thermosetting resin suitable for coating the reflective and other metallic layers of the mirror. Exemplary resins include alkyd resins, acrylic resins, modified alkyd resins, polyesters, urethane oils, vinyl halide polymers or copolymers, oleoresinous varnishes, nitrocellulose compositions, phenol-formaldehyde resin varnishes, and epoxy resins. Preferably, the resin is an alkyd or modified alkyd resin. The dicyandiamide or metal or acid salt or dicyandiamide may be present in an amount from about 0.1 to 20 weight percent, preferably 0.5 to 10 weight percent, of the organic resin coating system. The resin system should be essentially free of lead and lead salts. To inhibit the corrosion of metallic film layers on mirrors, a mirror having a glass substrate layer and a metallic film layer thereover should be obtained, after which the fluid organic resin coating system containing the dicyandiamide or metal or acid salt of dicyandiamide corrosion inhibitor is applied over the metallic film layer. The organic resin coating system is then hardened to produce the protective coating layer over the metallic layer. Other articles having metallic surfaces may also be protected by the dicyandiamide-containing resin system of the present invention.

A lead-free composition capable of being applied as a film and hardening to form a protective layer on the back of a mirror comprises a fluid organic resin and a corrosion inhibitor selected from the group consisting of dicyanadiamide, metal or acid salts of dicyandiamide, hydrogen cyanamide, and 2-cyanoacetamide. The organic resin may be any thermoplastic or thermosetting resin suitable for coating the reflective and other metallic layers of the mirror. Exemplary resins include alkyd resins, acrylic resins, modified alkyd resins, polyesters, urethane oils, vinyl halide polymers or copolymers, oleoresinous varnishes, nitrocellulose compositions, phenol-formaldehyde resin varnishes, and epoxy resins. Preferably, the resin is an alkyd or modified alkyd resin. The aforementioned corrosion inhibitor may be present in an amount from about 0.1 to 20 weight percent, preferably 0.5 to 10 weight percent, of the organic resin coating system. The resin system should be essentially free of lead and lead salts. To inhibit the corrosion of metallic film layers on mirrors, a mirror having a glass substrate layer and a metallic film layer thereover should be obtained, after which the fluid organic resin coating system containing the aforementioned corrosion inhibitor is aplied over the metallic film layer. The organic resin coating system is then hardened to produce the protective coating layer over the metallic layer. Other articles having metallic surfaces may also be protected by the resin system containing the novel corrosion inhibitor of the present invention.

A lead-free composition capable of being applied as a film and hardening to form a protective layer on the back of a mirror comprises a fluid organic resin and a corrosion inhibitor selected from the group consisting of dicyandiamide, metal or acid salts of dicyandiamide, hydrogen cyanamide, and 2-cyanoacetamide. The organic resin may be any thermoplastic or thermosetting resin suitable for coating the reflective and other metallic layers of the mirror. Exemplary resins include alkyd resins, acrylic resin, modified alkyd resins, polyesters, urethane oils, vinyl halide polymers or copolymers, oleoresinous varnishes, nitrocellulose compositions, phenol-formaldehyde resin varnishes, and epoxy resins. Preferably, the resin is an alkyd or modified alkyd resin. The aforementioned corrosion inhibitor may be present in an amount from about 0.1 to 20 weight percent, preferably 0.5 to 10 weight percent, of the organic resin coating system. The resin system should be essentially free of lead and lead salts. To inhibit the corrosion of metallic film layers on mirrors, a mirror having a glass substrate layer and a metallic film layer thereover should be obtained, after which the fluid organic resin coating system containing the aforementioned corrosion inhibitor is applied over the metallic film layer. The organic resin coating system is then hardened to produce the protective coating layer over the metallic layer. Other articles having metallic surfaces may also be protected by the resin system containing the novel corrosion inhibitor of the present invention.

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Randolph, NY, United States of America

Timothy J Sanford