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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Girish G. Parekh, Libertyville, IL (US);
Lawrence P. Seibel, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
The Valspar Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ; C08L 3/700 ; C08L 6/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ; C08L 3/700 ; C08L 6/702 ;
Abstract
A coating composition for application to primed metal substrates as a topcoat is disclosed. The coating composition is especially useful on metal closures for vacuum-packed food products. The coating composition is free of a halide-containing vinyl polymer and comprises: (a) an acrylate copolymer having pendant glycidyl groups, (b) an acid-terminated polyester, and (c) a nonaqueous carrier.