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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:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lau S Yang, Wilmington, DE (US);
Diane A Kooker, Collegeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
ARCO Chemical Technology, L.P., Greenville, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08G / ; C08G / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528 73 ; 521 40 ; 521 49 ; 524555 ; 525454 ; 525455 ; 525460 ; 528 75 ;
Abstract
Cured, thermoset plastic articles derived from scrap polyurethanes are disclosed. The polyurethane is converted to a liquified mixture containing digested polyurethane and cyclic, unsaturated anhydride. A Lewis acid then catalyzes insertion of the cyclic, unsaturated anhydride into the polyether backbone of the polyurethane to give a liquid, unsaturated resin. The unsaturated resin can cured with a vinyl monomer in the presence of a free-radical initiator to give a cured, thermoset plastic.