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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Willem F Borman, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525437 ; 528272 ; 528302 ; 528307 ; 528308 ; 5283086 ; 525 11 ; 525 35 ; 525 39 ; 525 40 ; 525 41 ; 525 55 ; 525 88 ; 525132 ; 525165 ; 525178 ; 5253291 ; 5253297 ; 525444 ; 525445 ; 525448 ; 428357 ;
Abstract
Copolyester compositions are provided which comprise the reaction product of at least one straight chain, branched, or cycloaliphatic C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkane diol or a chemical equivalent thereof, a mixture of at least two cycloaliphatic diacids or chemical equivalents thereof, the mixture comprising predominantly a trans-enantiomer, and at least one aromatic diacid or a chemical equivalent thereof. These copolyesters have superior ductility to the homopolymers of the diol component and either of the diacid components.