IP Library Granted Patent US 8,415,421
Granted Patent B2
US 8,415,421 · App. 12/641,024 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint

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Patent No.
US 8,415,421
App. No.
12/641,024
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint, which is excellent in gloss of a paint film and evenness of the film thickness. Another object of the present invention is to provide a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint, which is excellent in adhesion to the surface of a golf ball body. The present invention provides a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint containing (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein the aqueous paint has a contact angle of 45° or less to a resin component constituting an outermost layer of a golf ball body and a paint film has reflectivity of 70% or more at an incident angle of 20°.

Claims (25)

1. A two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint comprising (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein the aqueous golf ball paint has a contact angle of 45° or less to body an ionomer resin and in the form of a paint film has reflectivity of 70% or more at an incident angle of 20°,

wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous urethane resin, and a content of (a-3) the aqueous urethane resin in (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 20 mass % to 80 mass %.

2. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein the aqueous golf ball paint has a viscosity ranging from 50 mPa·s to 350 mPa·s.

3. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film properties of the aqueous golf ball paint satisfy the 10% stress: 2.0 MPa to 35 MPa, maximum stress: 10.0 MPa to 50 MPa, and elongation at break: 85% to 300%.

4. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of an isocyanate group of (B) the aqueous polyisocyanate to a hydroxyl group of (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 1.25 to 2.50.

5. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein (a-1) the aqueous acrylic polyol has a hydroxyl value ranging from 50 mg KOH/g to 150 mg KOH/g, and a glass transition temperature ranging from 20° C. to 60° C.

6. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein (a-1) the aqueous acrylic polyol has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 3,000 to 50,000.

7. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein (a-2) the aqueous urethane polyol has a hydroxyl value ranging from 50 mg KOH/g to 500 mg KOH/g.

8. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein (a-2) the aqueous urethane polyol has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 200 to 50,000.

9. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein (a-3) the aqueous urethane resin has a glass transition temperature ranging from −50° C. to 20° C.

10. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein an aqueous liquid of (a-3) the aqueous urethane resin has a volume average particle diameter ranging from 50 nm to 300 nm.

11. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition has a non-volatile content from 20 mass % to 85 mass %.

12. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , further comprising a leveling agent in a content from 0.05 mass % to 3 mass %.

13. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein a blending ratio (a-1)/(a-2) (total: 100 mass %) of (a-1) the aqueous acrylic polyol to (a-2) the aqueous urethane polyol in (A) the aqueous polyol composition is 40 mass % to 90 mass %/60 mass % to 10 mass %.

14. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 1 , wherein (B) the aqueous polyisocyanate contains (b-1) hexamethylene diisocyanate and/or a derivative thereof, and (b-2) isophorone diisocyanate and/or a derivative thereof.

15. The two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint according to claim 14 , wherein a blending ratio (b-1)/(b-2) (total: 100 mass %) of (b-1) hexamethylene diisocyanate and/or the derivative thereof to (b-2) isophorone diisocyanate and/or the derivative thereof is 50 mass % to 99 mass %/50 mass % to 1 mass %.

16. A painted golf ball comprising

a golf ball body, and

a paint film formed on the golf ball body,

wherein the paint film is formed from a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint comprising (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein the aqueous golf ball paint has a contact angle of 45° or less to a resin component constituting an outermost layer of the golf ball body and the paint film has reflectivity of 70% or more at an incident angle of 20°, wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous urethane resin, and a content of (a-3) the aqueous urethane resin in (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 20 mass % to 80 mass %.

17. The painted golf ball according to claim 16 , wherein the paint film properties of the aqueous golf ball paint satisfy the 10% stress: 2.0 MPa to 35 MPa, maximum stress: 10.0 MPa to 50 MPa, and elongation at break: 85% to 300%.

18. The painted golf ball according to claim 16 , wherein the resin component constituting the outermost layer of the golf ball body is an ionomer resin or a rubber composition.

19. The painted golf ball according to claim 16 , wherein the paint film has a thickness ranging from 4 μm to 50 μm.

20. A two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint comprising (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein the aqueous golf ball paint has a contact angle of 45° or less to a rubber composition and in the form of a paint film has a reflectivity of 70% or more at an incident angle of 20°,

wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous urethane resin, and a content of (a-3) the aqueous urethane resin in (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 20 mass % to 80 mass %.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045932/0024 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2010
From: TARAO, TOSHIYUKI; HORIUCHI, KUNIYASU; OKAMOTO, HIROKAZU; SHIRAISHI, MASAHIKO
To: SRI SPORTS LIMITED; SHINTO PAINT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023826/0573 →