Stone-like laminates
AssigneeSafas Corporation
InventorAkbar Ghahary
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Abstract
The present invention provides a three layer laminate of (i) an outer layer comprising a filled crosslinked polyester layer, which has a stone-like appearance, (ii) an intermediate layer comprising a crosslinked acrylic resin and (iii) an inner layer comprising a rigid polyurethane foam backing.
Claims10
A three layer laminate comprising (i) a layer of cured isophthalic acid, neopentyl glycol polyester resin containing granules of an immisicible filled thermoset resin visually differentiable from the polyester resin and having substantially the same density as the polyester resin, (ii) an intermediate layer of cured, crosslinked acrylic resin and (iii) a layer of polyurethane foam resin, wherein the polyester resin layer and the foamed polyurethane layer are polymerized in the presence of the cured acrylic resin.
A three layer laminate comprising (i) a layer of a cured, crosslinked isophthalic acid-neopentyl glycol polyester having dispersed therein granules of the same cured polyester resin, said granules containing an inorganic filler and being visually differentiable from the matrix polyester and being substantially immiscible, (ii) an intermediate layer of a crosslinked methacrylate resin, and (iii) a rigid polyurethane foam layer based on isocyanate and polyol reaction.
A method of forming a laminate which comprises
- spraying an unsaturated isophthalic acid, neopentyl glycol polyester resin containing a vinyl aromatic monomer and granules of an immisicible filled thermoset resin visually differentiable from the polyester resin and having substantially the same density as the polyester resin onto a mold surface, initiating and partially crosslinking the polyester resin;
- spraying an intermediate layer comprising a crosslinkable acrylic resin onto the surface of the polyester resin and fully curing the acrylic resin;
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- applying a polyurethane composition to the surface of the acrylic coating and forming the polyurethane composition into a rigid polyurethane foam;
- wherein the polyester resin layer and the foamed polyurethane layer are polymerized in the presence of the cured acrylic resin.
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