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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Carl E Sideman, Lititz, PA (US);
Donald M Snyder, Saline, MI (US);
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides an aromatic or cycloaliphatic triazole-based chemical embossing inhibitor which is completely soluble in water and compatible with water-based printing inks for use in producing textured foamed plastic surfaces. The triazoles comprise a general class of mono- and multi-functional 1-N substituted aminomethyl derivatives which are rendered soluble in water by the presence of at least one polyethyleneoxide (PEO) oligomer chain, or polypropylene (PPO)-polyethyleneoxide copolymer oligomer chain or PPO/PEO/PPO triblock oligomer chain with a sufficiently high PEO/PPO ratio for water solubility. Preferably the triazole derivative has at least six polyethylene oxide monomer moieties per triazole moiety.