Coating compositions for forming toner receptive coatings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821589-B2
Application number	US-201414779419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2014
Priority date	Mar 26, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides coating composition for forming a toner receptive coating on a substrate containing a polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a substituted or unsubstituted monomer comprising a cyclic ether, and (d) a solvent. The coating compositions may further comprise a (e) non-reactive hydrophobic monomer. The invention also provides substrates coated with the toner receptive coatings.

First claim

We claim:

1. A toner receptive coating composition on a substrate containing a polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety, and (d) a solvent.

2. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein (a) the N-vinyl amide monomer is selected from the group consisting of N-vinyl pyrrolidone, N-vinyl valerolactam, N-vinyl caprolactam, hydroxyethylpyrrolidone methacrylate, and N-vinyl formamide.

3. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein (a) and (b) are N-vinyl pyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate or n-vinyl caprolactam-co-vinyl acetate.

4. The coating composition according to claim 3 , wherein (a) and (b) are N-vinyl pyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate.

5. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the monomer in (c) the reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety is selected from the group consisting of amide, alkyl, carboxyl, carbonyl, and ether groups.

6. The coating composition according to claim 5 , wherein (c) the reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety is selected from the group consisting of acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate, acetoacetoxyethyl acrylate, and allyl acetoacetate.

7. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein (a) is 0.1-80%, (b) is 1-80%, (c) is 1-80%, and (d) is to 100%, by weight.

8. A toner receptive coating composition on a substrate containing a polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety, and (d) a solvent; wherein the composition has a solids content of about 15-50% and a viscosity of about 200-3000 cps.

9. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety, and (d) a solvent is selected from the group consisting of vinyl pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate/acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate, vinyl caprolactam/vinyl acetate/acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate, vinyl pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate/allyl acetoacetate, and vinyl caprolactam/vinyl acetate/allyl acetoacetate.

10. The coating composition according to claim 1 , further comprising (e) a non-reactive hydrophobic monomer.

11. The coating composition according to claim 10 , wherein (e) the non-reactive hydrophobic monomer comprises a non-reactive C 1 -C 20 alkyl acrylate monomer.

12. The coating composition according to claim 11 , wherein (e) the non-reactive C 1 -C 20 alkyl acrylate monomer is selected from the group consisting of stearyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, octyl acrylate, decyl acrylate, and lauryl (meth)acrylate.

13. A toner receptive coating composition on a substrate containing a polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety, and (d) a solvent; further comprising (f) a binder, (g) a pigment, and (h) a surfactant.

14. The coating composition according to claim 10 , wherein the polymer is selected from the group consisting of vinyl caprolactam/vinyl acetate/acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate/stearyl acrylate and vinyl caprolactam/vinyl acetate/allyl acetoacetoacetate/stearyl acrylate.

15. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is in the form of an aqueous dispersion.

16. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer further comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of adhesives, aerosols, agricultural agents, anti-soil redeposition agents, batteries agents, beverages, biocides, block copolymers, branch/comb copolymers, cementing agents, cleaning agents, coating agents, conductive materials, cosmetic agents, cross-linkers, dental agents, decorated pigments, detergents, dispersants, drugs, electronics, encapsulations, foods, hair sprays, household-industrial-institutional, inks and coatings, interlaminate adhesives, lithographic solutions, membrane additive agents, metal working fluids, oilfield agents, paints, paper, paper sizing agents, personal care agents, pharmaceuticals, pigment additives, plasters, plastics, printing, reactive biocides, reactive rheology modifiers, refractive index modifiers, sequestrants, soil release agents, static control agents, and wood-care agents.

17. The coating composition according to claim 10 , wherein the polymer further comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of adhesives, aerosols, agricultural agents, anti-soil redeposition agents, batteries agents, beverages, biocides, block copolymers, branch/comb copolymers, cementing agents, cleaning agents, coating agents, conductive materials, cosmetic agents, cross-linkers, dental agents, decorated pigments, detergents, dispersants, drugs, electronics, encapsulations, foods, hair sprays, household-industrial-institutional, inks and coatings, interlaminate adhesives, lithographic solutions, membrane additive agents, metal working fluids, oilfield agents, paints, paper, paper sizing agents, personal care agents, pharmaceuticals, pigment additives, plasters, plastics, printing, reactive biocides, reactive rheology modifiers, refractive index modifiers, sequestrants, soil release agents, static control agents, and wood-care agents.

18. A toner substrate coated with a coating composition containing a polymer comprising: a polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety, and (d) a solvent.

19. The toner substrate coated with a coating composition according to claim 18 , further comprising (e) a non-reactive hydrophobic monomer.

20. A flexible food package substrate coated with a coating composition containing a polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety, and (d) a solvent.

21. A flexible food package substrate coated with a coating composition according to claim 20 , further comprising (e) a non-reactive hydrophobic monomer.

22. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer has the following structure:

23. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer has the following structure:

24. A toner receptive coating composition containing a polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety, and (d) a solvent.

25. The coating composition according to claim 24 , wherein (a) the N-vinyl amide monomer is selected from the group consisting of N-vinyl pyrrolidone, N-vinyl valerolactam, N-vinyl caprolactam, hydroxyethylpyrrolidone methacrylate, and N-vinyl formamide.

26. The coating composition according to claim 24 , wherein (a) and (b) are N-vinyl pyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate or n-vinyl caprolactam-co-vinyl acetate.

27. The coating composition according to claim 26 , wherein (a) and (b) are N-vinyl pyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate.

28. The coating composition according to claim 24 , wherein the monomer in (c) the reactive monomer comprising an acetoacetate moiety is selected from the group consisting of amide, alkyl, carboxyl, car

Assignees

• Isp Investments Inc
• Isp Investments Llc

Inventors

• Hood David K
• Wasserman Charles J
• Visscher Karyn B
• Sarkar Sounak

Classifications

• C08F226/10

  N-Vinyl-pyrrolidone · CPC title

• B41M5/5254 Primary

  characterised by the use of polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. vinyl polymers · CPC title

• C08F226/08

  N-Vinyl-pyrrolidine · CPC title

• C08F218/08

  Vinyl acetate · CPC title

• C08F226/06

  by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen · CPC title