The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1976
Frank Verbanac, Decatur, IL (US);
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to starch acrylamides containing polymerizable pendant acrylamide groups. The hydrophilic or hydrophobic properties of the starch can be altered or modified by the acrylamide groups or the type of starch chain. The starch acrylamides can be homopolymerized or copolymerized with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers as well as other cross-linking reagents to provide water-resistant, clear, flexible coatings or shaped articles. The hydrophilic starch acrylamide hydrolyzates herein readily disperse into water at a high solids level to provide low-viscosity pastes which may be used as a vehicle to prepare flexible, water-insoluble starch-based coatings. The starch acrylamides may be prepared by etherifying a starch with N-methylol acrylamides in the presence of an acid catalyst and a polymerization inhibitor.