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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Francedilla.ois Courtoy, St-Bruno de Montarville, CA;
Claude Charest, St-Bruno de Montarville, CA;
Assignee:
Domco Industries Ltd, Farnham, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08J / ; B05D / ; S05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427493 ; 427506 ; 427498 ; 427512 ; 427520 ; 427244 ; 427373 ; 4273855 ; 4273935 ; 156 79 ; 15624417 ; 15624423 ; 15624424 ; 1562722 ; 1562755 ;
Abstract
A wear layer is applied to a flooring material to yield a product having superior properties. The wear layer is applied to the flooring material using a coating composition comprising (i) a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, (ii) an acrylic or methacrylic compound and (iii) a radiation-reactive urethane oligomer, which composition is substantially or completely free of internal or external plasticizers, heating to heat-cure the coating composition and irradiating the composition to radiation-cure the coating composition.