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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2008
Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Kingsport, TN (US);
Spencer Allen Gilliam, Kingsport, TN (US);
Ignacio Garcia, Kingsport, TN (US);
Alan Keith Phillips, Josnson City, TN (US);
Robert Ellis Mccrary, Kingsport, TN (US);
Mark Allan Treece, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Daniel Christopher Cobb, Kingsport, TN (US);
Harold Eugene Dobbs, Kingsport, TN (US);
Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Kingsport, TN (US);
Spencer Allen Gilliam, Kingsport, TN (US);
Ignacio Garcia, Kingsport, TN (US);
Alan Keith Phillips, Josnson City, TN (US);
Robert Ellis McCrary, Kingsport, TN (US);
Mark Allan Treece, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Daniel Christopher Cobb, Kingsport, TN (US);
Harold Eugene Dobbs, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
Extrusion profile articles comprising a polyester having a dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component. The dicarboxlyic acid component comprises at least 90 mole % terephthalic acid residues. The glycol component comprises at least 75 mole % ethylene glycol residues and 15 to 25 mole % residues of a difunctional glycol such as, for example, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol. Such extrusion profile articles can exhibit reduced haze, reduced sharkskin, and/or increased compatibility in PET recycling.