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US 9,956,160 B2Granted
Gel polish thinner
AssigneeLeChat
InventorNewton Luu
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Abstract
A composition for a thinning agent to reduce the viscosity of a traditional gel or gel polish includes at least one monomer and a photoinitiator. The thinner can reduce the viscosity of a gel polish that has thickened, and allow for easy application of the gel to the nails. Aspects of the thinner can cause a ultra-violet curable gel or gel polish, using a ultra-violet light, to cure using a ultra-violet light emitting diode light source, when the thinner is added to the gel. The thinner is versatile and can be added to any gel polish or traditional gel to extend the life of the gel.
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A gel nail polish thinner comprising reactive monomers comprising
- a first monomer comprising hydroxyethyl methacrylate,
- a second monomer comprising isobornyl methacrylate,
- a third monomer comprising ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate esters,
- a fourth monomer comprising alkoxylated diacrylate,
- a first photoinitiator, wherein the first photoinitiator comprises hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone that is responsive to a light of a first ultraviolet wavelength, and
- a second photoinitiator, wherein the second photoinitiator comprises 2, 4, 6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide that is responsive to a light of a second ultraviolet wavelength, which is different from the first ultraviolet wavelength,
- wherein the thinner comprises no pigment, no solvent, and no oligomers, and the viscosity of the thinner is in the range of 0.01 poise to 2 poise, and
- when the thinner is subjected to ultraviolet light of at least one of the first or second ultraviolet wavelength, a polymerization reaction will occur,
- wherein before the polymerization reaction occurs, the fourth monomer acts as a pigment redispersant for a pigment in a gel nail polish to which the thinner is added, and
- during the polymerization reaction, the first and second monomers react to form long, straight polymer chains, and the third and fourth monomers react to crosslink the long, straight polymer chains into a net-like polymeric structure.
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A thinner for a gel nail polish comprising:
- only nonmetallic monomers comprising at least a first monomer and a second monomer, different from the first monomer;
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- at least a first photoinitiator and a second photoinitiator, which is different from the first photoinitiator;
- wherein the viscosity of the thinner is about 1 centipoise to about 10 centipoise, the composition does not comprise a solvent and does not comprise oligomers, wherein the thinner is added to the gel nail polish to reduce the viscosity of the gel nail polish, and the first photoinitiator and second photoinitiator of the thinner, upon exposure to light activate to polymerize the gel nail polish.
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A gel nail polish thinner comprising:
- a first monomer comprising hydroxyethyl methacrylate, wherein the concentration of the first monomer is greater than the concentration of any other monomer in the composition;
- a second monomer comprising alkoxylated diacrylate, wherein the ratio of the concentration of the first monomer to the concentration of the second monomer is in a range from about 25:1 to about 7:1;
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- a first photoinitiator, wherein the composition is solvent free and does not include any oligomers, and the viscosity of the thinner is in the range of 0.01 poise to 2 poise,
- before polymerization, the second monomer acts as a pigment redispersant for a pigment in a gel nail polish to which the thinner is added, and
- during polymerization, the second monomer acts as a crosslinker to crosslink the polymer chains comprising the first monomer into a net-like polymeric structure.
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A gel nail polish thinner comprising:
- a first monomer comprising hydroxyethyl methacrylate, wherein the concentration of the first monomer is greater than the concentration of any other ingredient in the composition;
- a second monomer comprising alkoxylated diacrylate;
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- a first photoinitiator,
- wherein the composition does not comprise a solvent and does not include any oligomers, and the viscosity of the thinner is in the range of 0.01 poise to 2 poise,
- before polymerization, the second monomer acts as a pigment redispersant for a pigment in a gel nail polish to which the thinner is added, and
- during polymerization, the second monomer acts as a crosslinker to crosslink the polymer chains comprising the first monomer into a net-like polymeric structure.
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A kit comprising:
- a nonsolvent-based thinner for a gel nail polish comprising (i) only nonmetallic monomers comprising a first nonmetallic monomer, (ii) a first photoinitiator, and (iii) no oligomers, wherein the first photoinitiator is responsive to a light of a first ultraviolet wavelength, the viscosity of the thinner is in the range of about 1 centipoise to about 10 centipoise, wherein the thinner is added to the gel nail polish to reduce the viscosity of the gel nail polish;
- a glass bottle to contain the thinner, wherein the glass bottle comprises a first glass color that blocks the transmission of light of the first ultraviolet wavelength, a bottle cap comprising an eyedropper, and a label;
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- a box comprising a cut out to allow the label on the glass bottle to be visible while in the box.
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