High-blasting-volume waterborne polyurethane condom and preparation method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12478501-B2
Application number	US-202118245764-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2021
Priority date	Sep 21, 2020
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

The present invention provides a waterborne polyurethane condom having a high burst volume and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the steps of: providing a waterborne polyurethane; dipping into the waterborne polyurethane and then drying, and repeating the process of dipping into the waterborne polyurethane and then drying for N times so as to obtain a waterborne polyurethane film; rolling up an end of the waterborne polyurethane film and then drying; dipping into a releasing agent, followed by drying, mold releasing, and electrical inspection to obtain a waterborne polyurethane condom; wherein N is equal to 1-5, the waterborne polyurethane is an anionic waterborne polyurethane, and the waterborne polyurethane has a 100% tensile modulus of less than or equal to 2.0 Mpa and an elongation at break of greater than or equal to 650%; the polyurethane condom prepared by the method has a burst volume of greater than 12 L, a burst pressure of greater than 1 KPa, and a 100% tensile modulus of less than or equal to 2.0 MPa.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for preparing a waterborne polyurethane condom having a high burst volume, characterized in that the method comprises at least the steps of:
providing a waterborne polyurethane; dipping into the waterborne polyurethane and then drying, and repeating the process of dipping into the waterborne polyurethane and then drying N times so as to obtain a waterborne polyurethane film; rolling up an end of the waterborne polyurethane film and then drying; dipping into a releasing agent, followed by drying, mold releasing, and electrical inspection, to obtain a waterborne polyurethane condom; wherein N is equal to 1-5, the waterborne polyurethane is an anionic waterborne polyurethane, and the waterborne polyurethane has a 100% tensile modulus of less than or equal to 2.0 MPa and an elongation at break of greater than or equal to 650%; and wherein the drying after rolling up an end of the waterborne polyurethane film is drying for formation, the drying after dipping into the waterborne polyurethane is drying for fixing, and the duration of the drying for fixing and the duration of the drying for formation satisfy t form =90·Φ− 8 ·(N+2)·t fix , where t form is the duration of the drying for formation in minutes, t fix is the duration of the drying for fixing in minutes, N is the number of repeated dipping, Φ=2.7−0.015·T, and T is the temperature of the drying for fixing and the drying for formation in ° C.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the duration of the drying for fixing is 2-10 minutes, the duration of the drying for formation is 10-65 minutes, and the duration of the drying of the releasing agent is 2-30 minutes.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the drying is 80-140° C.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a solid content of the waterborne polyurethane is 15-30 wt %.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein among solid raw material components of the waterborne polyurethane, macromolecular polyols account for 60-85 wt % of all solid raw material components, and the proportion of macromolecular polyols with three or more functionalities is 10-40 wt % in the macromolecular polyols.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the macromolecular polyols consist of bifunctional macromolecular polyols with a molecular mass of 500 to 4,000 and trifunctional macromolecular polyols with a molecular mass of 650 to 6,000 in a mass ratio of 4: (0.2-1.5).

Assignees

• Reckitt Benckiser Health Ltd

Inventors

• Dai Jiabing
• Feng Linlin
• Liu Bin
• Chen Liang

Classifications

• B29K2075/00

  Use of {PU, i.e.} polyureas or polyurethanes {or derivatives thereof}, as moulding material · CPC title

• B29C41/46

  Heating or cooling · CPC title

• B29C41/14

  Dipping a core {(B29C41/10 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C08J5/02 Primary

  Direct processing of dispersions, e.g. latex, to articles · CPC title

• C08J2375/04

  Polyurethanes · CPC title