IP Library Granted Patent US 10,654,962
Granted Patent B2
US 10,654,962 · App. 14/426,429 · Granted May 19, 2020

Acrylic film, method for producing same, laminate film, laminated injection molded article, and method for producing rubber-containing polymer

Inventors: Naomi Hara (Otake, JP); Masato Yamamoto (Otake, JP); Hidehito Shimonaka (Otake, JP); Yuuhei Konokawa (Otake, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
C08F265/06B29C48/022B29C48/08B32B27/08B32B27/30B32B27/308C08F2/001C08F2/22C08F222/10C08J5/18C08L33/08C08L33/10C08L33/12C08L51/04B29K2033/08B29K2033/12B29K2105/0085B32B2250/02C08J2333/06C08J2351/00C08J2433/12Y10T428/254Y10T428/269
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Patent No.
US 10,654,962
App. No.
14/426,429
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acrylic film having few fish eyes and a method for producing latex of an acrylic rubber-containing polymer having low amounts of coarse particles, excellent filtering properties, and low filter clogging frequency during a filtration step for removing foreign substances. An acrylic film containing an acrylic rubber-containing polymer and a thickness of 30 to 300 μm, wherein the number of fish eyes that are 0.001 mm 2 or greater in size is 130/m 2 or fewer when a section having a light transmission rate of 75% or less for light having a wavelength of 400 to 1100 nm was detected as a fish eye A laminate film formed by laminating the acrylic film and a layer of at least one resin selected from thermoplastic resin, thermosetting resin, and photo curable resin. A laminated injection molded article formed by laminating the acrylic film on an injection molded article.

Claims (19)

1. An acrylic film comprising an acrylic rubber-containing polymer (G) and having a thickness of 30 to 300 μm, in which a number of fish eyes that are 0.001 mm 2 or greater in size is 130/m 2 or fewer per 1 m 2 of the acrylic film when a section having a light transmission ratio of 75% or less for light having a wavelength of 400 to 1100 nm is detected as a fish eye by using a surface inspection device,

wherein the acrylic rubber-containing polymer (G) is obtained by a method comprising multi-stage polymerization steps including the following steps (1) and (2):

(1) a first stage polymerization step in which a first emulsion having a monomer mixture (a) containing 20% by mass or more of alkyl acrylate emulsified in water is supplied to a polymerization vessel, and

(2) a second stage polymerization step in which a second emulsion having a monomer mixture (b) containing 50% by mass or more of alkyl methacrylate emulsified in water is supplied to the polymerization vessel after the first polymerization step,

wherein a number average particle diameter of a dispersion phase is 300 μm or less for the first emulsion and the second emulsion, respectively, and

an amount of a surfactant used for preparation of the emulsions is set at 0.5 parts by mass or more and 1.6 parts by mass or less relative to the total amount of 100 parts by mass of a monomer mixture in any polymerization steps of the multistage polymerization steps,

wherein at least one polymerization step (3) is included between the step (1) and the step (2), and the polymerization step (3) does not include an emulsifying step.

2. The acrylic film according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of acetone insolubles W1 is 5 to 70% by mass and an amount acetone solubles W2 is 95 to 30% by mass in the acrylic film with the proviso that the sum of W1 and W2 is 100% by mass, a ratio of an alkyl acrylate component in the acetone insolubles is 20% by mass or more, and a ratio of an alkyl methacrylate component in the acetone solubles is 50% by mass or more.

3. The acrylic film according to claim 2 , wherein a total ratio of the alkyl methacrylate component and an aromatic vinyl compound component is 80 to 0% by mass in the acetone insolubles and a total ratio of the alkyl acrylate component and an aromatic vinyl compound component is 50 to 0% by mass in the acetone solubles.

4. A laminate film formed by laminating the acrylic film according to claim 1 and a layer of at least one resin selected from a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, and a photocurable resin.

5. A laminated injection molded article formed by laminating the acrylic film according to claim 1 on an injection molded article.

6. A laminated injection molded article formed by laminating the laminate film according to claim 4 on an injection molded article.

7. The acrylic film according to claim 4 , wherein a number average particle diameter of a dispersion phase is 300 μm or less for the first emulsion and the second emulsion, respectively.

8. An acrylic film comprising an acrylic rubber-containing polymer (G) obtained by a method comprising multi-stage polymerization steps including the following steps (1) and (2):

(1) a first stage polymerization step in which a first emulsion having a monomer mixture (a) containing 20% by mass or more of alkyl acrylate emulsified in water is supplied to a polymerization vessel, and

(2) a second stage polymerization step in which a second emulsion having a monomer mixture (b) containing 50% by mass or more of alkyl methacrylate emulsified in water is supplied to the polymerization vessel after the first polymerization step,

wherein a number average particle diameter of a dispersion phase is 300 μm or less for the first emulsion and the second emulsion, respectively, and

an amount of a surfactant used for preparation of the emulsions is set at 0.5 parts by mass or more and 1.6 parts by mass or less relative to the total amount of 100 parts by mass of a monomer mixture in any polymerization steps of the multistage polymerization steps,

wherein at least one polymerization step (3) is included between the step (1) and the step (2), and the polymerization step (3) does not include an emulsifying step.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 28, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043027/0929 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2015
From: HARA, NAOMI; YAMAMOTO, MASATO; SHIMONAKA, HIDEHITO; KONOKAWA, YUUHEI
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035100/0415 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-197281 · Sep 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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