Coloring pencil lead for synthetic pencil based on biopolymers blends
AssigneeSociete BIC
InventorJulien Gouerec
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a polymer-based extendable lead or refill for writing, drawing and/or painting tools comprising a binder comprising a mixture of polylactide with at least one polymer having a flexural modulus inferior to the flexural modulus of polylactide and at least one filler. It also relates to writing, drawing and/or painting tool, advantageously a pencil, comprising lead or a refill according to the invention and to the use of a binder comprising a mixture of polylactide with at least one polymer having a flexural modulus inferior to the flexural modulus of polylactide according to the invention to improve the vividness of polymer-based extrudable lead or refill for writing, drawing and/or painting tools.
Claims21
A polymer-based lead or refill for writing, drawing and/or painting tools, the polymer-based lead or refill comprising, based on a total weight of the polymer-based lead or refill:
- 5 wt. % to 48 wt. % of a polylactide binder;
- 2 wt. % to 45 wt. % of at least one polymer binder, other than the polylactide binder, having a flexural modulus inferior to the flexural modulus of the polylactide binder;
- 5 wt. % to 50 wt. % of at least one filler;
- 1 wt. % to 30 wt. % of at least one coloring agent, other than the at least one filler;
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- 3 wt. % to 40 wt. % of at least one slip agent and/or 3 wt. % to 40 wt. % of at least one wax;
- wherein a total amount of the polylactide binder and the at least one polymer binder is 20 wt. % to 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the polymer-based lead or refill;
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- wherein the polymer-based lead or refill is extrudable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.