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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:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark W Waldrop, Royal Oak, MI (US);
William C Walsh, Archbold, OH (US);
Assignee:
BASF Corporation, Mt. Olive, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524388 ; 524386 ; 524356 ; 524359 ; 524360 ; 524527 ; 524465 ; 524468 ; 428518 ; 1563096 ; 156333 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a solvent-based cement for bonding joints of polyvinyl chloride pipe and fittings. The cement of the composition contains at least about 10% by weight of a polyvinyl chloride resin, at least about 2% by weight of a solid alcohol having a melting point above at least about 20.degree. C., and at least about 10% by weight of a solvent or a mixture of solvents. There is also provided a method of joining two pieces of thermoplastic material, such a poly(vinyl chloride) piping and fittings, and the product piece having one or more joints formed thereby.