Dimensionally stable resin composition for flooring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9284425-B2
Application number	US-201214378465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2012
Priority date	Mar 8, 2012
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides a resin composition for flooring characterized in that it comprises a PLA resin, a plasticizer, and an acrylate oligomer. Also, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing flooring, comprising the step of processing flooring which includes a sheet-like molded body of the resin composition and manufacturing the sheet-like molded body by processing the resin composition through extrusion or calendaring methods.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A resin composition for flooring materials, comprising: a PLA resin; a non-phthalate plasticizer; and an acrylate oligomer containing a metallic ion,
wherein the metallic ion comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc, lithium, aluminum, and potassium ion,
wherein the metallic ion-containing acrylate oligomer has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 5,000 to 10,000,
wherein the acrylate oligomer is present in an amount of 10 parts by weight to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the PLA resin, and
wherein the metallic ion is present in an amount ranging from 0.6 to 1.0 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylate oligomer.

2. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the PLA resin is a polymer comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of L-lactic acid, D-lactic acid, L-lactide, L,D-lactide, and D,L-lactide as a polymerization unit.

3. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the non-phthalate plasticizer is present in an amount of 20 parts by weight to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the PLA resin.

4. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylate oligomer is formed by adding a metallic salt to an acrylate monomer.

5. The resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising: 1 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of a lubricant; 1 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of a nucleating agent; and 1 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent, based on 100 parts by weight of the PLA resin.

6. A flooring material comprising a sheet-shaped molded article of the resin composition according to claim 1 .

7. A method for preparing a florring material, comprising: preparing a sheet-based molded article by processing the resin composition according to claim 1 using extrusion or calendering.

8. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein PLA resin included a monomer comprising glycol compound, dicarboxylic acid, hydroxycarboxylic acid, and lactone.

9. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the non-phthalate plasticizer comprises acetyl trihexylcitrate (ATHC).

10. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the non-phthalate plasticizer comprises triethylcitrate (TEC), acetyl triethylcitrate (ATEC), triproylcitrate (TPC), acetyl tripropylcitrate (ATPC), tributylcitrate (TBC), acetyl tributylcitrate (ATBC), trihexylcitrate (THC), blends of citrates and modified vegetable oils.

11. The resin composition according to claim 5 , wherein the crosslinking agent comprises a methyl metharylate (MMA) and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA).

12. The method for preparing a flooring material according to claim 7 , wherein the calendaring is performed at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 200° C.

13. A resin composition for flooring materials, comprising: a PLA resin; a non-phthalate plasticizer; and a zinc ion-containing acrylate oligomer,
wherein the zinc ion-containing acrylate oligomer has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 5,000 to 10,000,
wherein the acrylate oligomer is present in an amount of 10 parts by weight to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the PLA resin, and
wherein the zinc ion is present in an amount ranging from 0.6 to 1.0 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylate oligomer.

Assignees

• Lg Hausys Ltd
• Park Sang Joon

Inventors

• Park Sang Joon
• Park Sung Ha
• Sung Jae Wan
• Lim Jung Seop

Classifications

• E04F15/12

  Flooring or floor layers made of masses in situ, e.g. seamless magnesite floors, terrazzo {gypsum floors}(inorganic or bituminous masses C04B; organic plastic masses C08L) · CPC title

• C08L33/08

  Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters · CPC title

• B29K2067/046

  PLA, i.e. polylactic acid or polylactide · CPC title

• C08K5/11

  of acyclic polycarboxylic acids · CPC title

• C08K5/0016

  Plasticisers · CPC title