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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
Steven Burgess Tattum, Grimsargh, GB;
Matthew Jackson, Warrington, GB;
Steven Burgess Tattum, Grimsargh, GB;
Matthew Jackson, Warrington, GB;
Colormatrix Europe Limited, Merseyside, GB;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of a fatty acid ester as a slip additive in the production of molded polyethylene terephthalate articles, to a thermoplastic molding composition comprising a polyethylene terephthalate and a fatty acid ester selected to be effective for reducing the co-efficient of friction of molded articles formed from the composition, to a molded polyethylene terephthalate article comprising a fatty acid ester selected to be effective in reducing the co-efficient of friction of the molded article, and to a process for producing a molded thermoplastic article comprising providing a thermoplastic molding composition comprising polyethylene terephthalate, admixing with the thermoplastic molding composition at least one fatty acid ester selected to be effective in reducing the co-efficient of friction of the molded article, heating the composition and molding the hot composition so as to form a molded article.