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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark D. Gehlsen, St. Paul, MN (US);
Bradley S. Momchilovich, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 7/12 (2005.12); B32B 3/26 (2005.12); B29C 44/34 (2005.12); B29C 44/18 (2005.12); B29C 47/36 (2005.12); B29C 70/66 (2005.12); C08J 9/32 (2005.12); C09J 5/08 (2005.12); B29C 47/56 (2005.12); B29C 47/00 (2005.12); B29K 105/04 (2005.12); B29K 105/16 (2005.12); C08L 33/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/3484 (2012.12); B29C 44/18 (2012.12); B29C 47/0021 (2012.12); B29C 47/364 (2012.12); B29C 47/367 (2012.12); B29C 47/369 (2012.12); B29C 47/56 (2012.12); B29C 70/66 (2012.12); C08J 9/32 (2012.12); C09J 5/08 (2012.12); B29C 47/00 (2012.12); B29C 47/003 (2012.12); B29C 47/0004 (2012.12); B29C 47/0016 (2012.12); B29C 47/0023 (2012.12); B29C 47/0033 (2012.12); B29K 2105/048 (2012.12); B29K 2105/165 (2012.12); C08J 2203/22 (2012.12); C08J 2207/02 (2012.12); C08L 33/00 (2012.12); C09J 2433/00 (2012.12); Y10T 428/249953 (2015.03); Y10T 428/249954 (2015.03); Y10T 428/249971 (2015.03); Y10T 428/249972 (2015.03); Y10T 428/249978 (2015.03); Y10T 428/249981 (2015.03); Y10T 428/249983 (2015.03); Y10T 428/249984 (2015.03); Y10T 428/249986 (2015.03); Y10T 428/28 (2015.01); Y10T 428/2848 (2015.01); Y10T 428/2891 (2015.01);
Abstract
Polymer foam articles prepared by melt-mixing a polymer composition and a plurality of microspheres, at least one of which is an expandable polymeric microsphere, under process conditions, including temperature and shear rate, selected to form an expandable extrudable composition; and extruding the composition through a die.