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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
Stephen Todd Cox, Kingsport, TN (US);
Robert Lee Bradley, Jr, Johnson City, TN (US);
Paul Jay Kennedy, Kingsport, TN (US);
Guy Fostine Massie, Jr, Kingsport, TN (US);
Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kingsport, TN (US);
Freddie Wayne Williams, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
A decorative paper sheet for use in preparing a decorative laminate is made up of a matrix containing from about 15 to about 60 weight percent of cellulose and from about 40 to about 85 weight percent of cellulose acetate. The sheet also contains a plasticizer for the cellulose acetate in an amount ranging from about 40 to about 90 weight percent based on the weight of the cellulose acetate in said matrix. A filler material may be present in the sheet in an amount ranging from about 1 to about 18 weight percent based on the weight of the matrix. A low pressure laminate may be made from sheet and a structural substrate therefor by application of heat and pressure. The plasticized cellulose acetate fuses and resolidifies to bond the sheet to the structural substrate.