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US 12,735,567 B2Granted
Biobased nylon with improved degradation
AssigneeShakespeare Company
InventorsSaumitra Bhargava, Samantha M. Sanders, Piyush Dave
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Abstract
Trimmer line compositions and methods for forming trimmer line compositions are provided. The trimmer line compositions include a biodegradable toughening agent and polycaprolactone and advantageously increase the degradability of the trimmer line with minimal-to-no impact on the performance of the composition as trimmer line.
Claims19
A trimmer line composition comprising a blend of:
- a nylon component;
- a biodegradable toughening agent different from polycaprolactone;
- and
- polycaprolactone,
- wherein the biodegradable toughening agent forms inclusion domains within the nylon component.
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A method of forming a trimmer line, the method comprising:
- feeding a nylon component and polycaprolactone into a compounder;
- feeding a biodegradable toughening agent different from polycaprolactone into the compounder;
- and
- compounding the nylon component, polycaprolactone, and biodegradable toughening agent to form a blended trimmer line composition,
- wherein the biodegradable toughening agent forms inclusion domains within the nylon component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.