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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
Umesh C. Desai, Wexford, PA (US);
Anthony C. Palermo, Gibsonia, PA (US);
PPG Industries ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides curable coating compositions including: (a) about 55 to about 99 weight percent of an epoxy-functional polymer containing at least two epoxide groups per molecule; (b) about 1 to about 45 weight percent of a thermoplastic polymer effective to reduce shrinkage of the curable composition upon curing and which is substantially insoluble in the epoxy-functional polymer; (c) about 1 to about 70 weight percent of ground vulcanized rubber particles having an average particle size ranging from about 1 to about 300 microns; (d) a curing agent adapted to cure the epoxy-functional polymer; and, optionally, vinyl chloride polymer.