Polymeric composites, resulting panels, and method for producing the same
AssigneeMagma Flooring LLC
InventorsJeffrey Jacob Cernohous, Greggory S Bennett, Brandon Cernohous, Garrett S Van Gorden
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Abstract
A polymeric composite derived from a reclaimed polymeric material. The polymeric composite in particulate form can be thermally compressed into panels and other embodiments that require a component that possesses sufficient mechanical strength and moisture resistance. In certain embodiments, the panel may be utilized as one layer in a multilayered article.
Claims19
A multilayered article comprising,
- (a) a substrate formed by thermal compression bonding, the substrate having a machine direction and a transverse machine direction and including (i) a polymeric material from a hydropulping process, or (ii) a composite of a reclaimed polymeric material or polymer, and a lightweight filler and optionally an organic filler or inorganic filler or combinations thereof;
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- (b) a second layer bonded to a surface of the substrate;
- (c) wherein the substrate has one or more measurable mechanical properties in the machine direction and one or more corresponding measurable mechanical properties in the transverse machine direction, wherein the one or more measurable mechanical properties in the machine direction and the one or more corresponding measurable mechanical properties in the transverse machine direction are selected from a group consisting of flexural modulus, impact strength, tensile elongation, and coefficient of thermal expansion;
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- (d) wherein the substrate is highly isotropic, such that the one or more measurable mechanical properties in the machine direction and the one or more corresponding measurable mechanical properties in the transverse machine direction are within about 30% of each other.
A method comprising, thermal compression bonding (i) a polymeric material from a hydropulping process, or (ii) a composite of a reclaimed polymeric material or polymer, and a lightweight filler and optionally an organic filler or inorganic filler or combinations thereof, to form a substrate, and bonding a second layer a surface of the substrate to form a multilayered article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.