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US 2003/0165704 A1Published application
High-reflectivity polyester coating
AssigneeValspar Sourcing, Inc.
InventorsGregory Bryant Hayes, Thomas John Melnyk
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Abstract
The present invention provides a high reflectivity lighting fixture, comprising a coated reflector and a light source. The reflector is coated with a composition that includes a cycloaliphatic group containing polyester resin and a pigment. The present invention also provides coating compositions that may be used on other articles where high reflectivity is desired.
Claims22
A lighting fixture article, comprising:
- a reflector, and a light source, wherein the reflector comprises a substrate coated with a coating composition comprising:
- a binder comprising a polyester resin that includes a cycloaliphatic group, wherein the binder comprises less than 40 weight percent aromatic group containing compound, and
- a pigment,
- wherein the weight ratio of pigment to binder is greater than 0.9:1.
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A coated substrate article, comprising
- a substrate coated with a coating composition, wherein the coating composition comprises:
- a binder comprising a polyester resin that includes a cycloaliphatic group, wherein the binder comprises less than 40 weight percent aromatic group containing compound, and
- a pigment,
- wherein the weight ratio of pigment to binder is greater than 0.9:1, and
- wherein the binder, when blended with rutile TiO2 at a solids loading of 50 weight percent and coated to a dried film thickness of 0.00254 cm, exhibits a Y-value of at least 85.5.
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A coating composition, comprising:
- a binder comprising a polyester resin that includes a cycloaliphatic group, wherein the binder comprises less than 40 weight percent aromatic group containing compound, and
- a pigment,
- wherein the weight ratio of pigment to binder is greater than 0.9:1, and
- wherein the binder, when blended with rutile TiO2 at a solids loading of 50 weight percent and coated to a dried film thickness of 0.00254 cm, exhibits a Y-value of at least 85.5.
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