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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Thermosetting powder coating composition, method of preparation thereof and coated article therewith
Tetsuro Agawa, Osaka, JP;
Katsuhiko Okada, Osaka, JP;
Hiroo Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Hashimoto, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Takaaki Asakura, Osaka, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A thermosetting powder coating composition has an average particle diameter of entire particles is within a range from 5 to 50 &mgr;m, an average circularity of the particles is 0.90 or more, and a circularity of particles having a maximum number frequency in circularity distribution is within a range from 0.98 to 1.00, prepared by spray-drying an organic solvent solution containing, as a coating film forming component, an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher, an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or lower and a polycarboxylic acid (C) as an essential component.