# US 5,703,161 A · Polymer mixture and films prepared therefrom

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- Number: US 5,703,161 A
- Document ID: US5703161A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/703,504
- Filed: 1996-08-27
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1994-03-24
- Assignees: Elf Atochem Deutschland GmbH
- Inventors: Roland Eugen Steenblock; Norbert Franz Kock; Detlef Herbert Fiedler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5703161A

## CPC

- C08J 5/18: Manufacture of films or sheets
- C08L 77/12: Polyester-amides
- C08J 2377/12: Polyester-amides
- C08L 23/08: Copolymers of ethene (C08L23/16 takes precedence)
- Y10T 428/31725: Of polyamide
- Y10T 428/31739: Nylon type
- Y10T 442/2164: Coating or impregnation specified as water repellent
- Y10T 442/2197: Nitrogen containing
- C08J: WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H (working, e.g. shaping, of plastics B29)
- C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The invention relates to a polymer mixture which contains (A) 50 to 85 wt. % of a polyether block amide consisting of 30 to 60 wt. % of polyamide-12, polyamide-11 and/or polyamide-12,12 blocks and 70 to 40 wt. % of polyethylene glycol blocks, (B) 10 to 40 wt. % of a polyether block amide consisting of 65 to 85 wt. % of polyamide-12, polyamide-11 and/or polyamide-12,12 blocks and 35 to 15 wt. % of polyethylene glycol blocks, and (C) 5 to 40 wt. % of a poly(ethylene-co-vinylacetate-g-maleic anhydride) polymer consisting of 75 to 95 wt. % of ethylene, 5 to 25 wt. % of vinylacetate and 0.1 to 2 wt. % of maleic anhydride, wherein the data relating to wt. % for the constituents (A), (B) and (C) are with reference to the total amount of polymer mixture. The invention also relates to films produced from this polymer mixture and the use of these films to produce waterproof, water vapor permeable, wind resistant textile composite materials, dressing materials and hygiene items.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A process for producing a waterproof, water vapor permeable, wind resistant textile composite material comprising combining a film and a textile material; wherein, the film is water vapor permeable and waterproof, and is produced from a polymer mixture comprising:
constituent (A) 50 to 85 wt. % of a polyether block amide consisting of 30 to 60 wt. % of polyamide-12, polyamide-11 and/or polyamide-12,12 blocks and 70 to 40 wt. % of polyethylene glycol blocks,
constituent (B) 10 to 40 wt. % of a polyether block amide consisting of 65 to 85 wt. % of polyamide-12, polyamide-11 and/or polyamide-12,12 blocks and 35 to 15 wt. % of polyethylene glycol blocks, and
constituent (C) 5 to 40 wt. % of a poly(ethylene-co-vinylacetate-g-maleic anhydride) polymer consisting of 75 to 95 wt. % of ethylene monomer, 5 to 25 wt. % of vinylacetate monomer and 0.1 to 2 wt. % of maleic anhydride monomer,
wherein the wt. % for the constituents (A), (B) and (C) are based upon the total amount of polymer mixture and the wt. % for the blocks making constituents (A) and (B), and the monomers making constituent C are based upon the weight of the constituent.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A composite material produced according to the process of claim 1.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A composite material according to claim 2 wherein the film covers at least part of the outer surface of the textile material.