US4347330A
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Low-cost surfactant compositions for high resiliency flexible foams
Assignee: BASF Corp
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Filing: 1981-09-08
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Granted: 1982-08-31
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Expires: 2001-09-08
Abstract
Abstract The method for improving cell structure with little or no shrinkage or foam collapse in molded high resilience open celled flexible polyurethane foams prepared by the reaction of an organic polyol having a hydroxyl functionality of at least 2 with an organic polyisocyanate in the presence of a blowing agent. This method comprises incorporating with the reactants three cell modifiers consisting of a polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymer, a polymethylsiloxane, and a polyether polyol cell modifier containing polyoxyethylene groups in amount of at least about 80 percent by weight of said polyether polyol.
Inventors
- 👤 John G. Demou
- 👤 Edward R. Pray
- 👤 Robert L. McBrayer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 13:15
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J9/00; C08J9/0061; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/4009; C08G18/48; C08G18/4833; C08G2110/00; C08G2110/0008; C08G2110/0083; C08J2375/00; C08J2375/04; C08J2483/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
The method for improving cell structure with little or no shrinkage or foam collapse in molded high resilience open celled flexible polyurethane foams prepared by the reaction of an organic polyol having a hydroxyl functionality of at least 2 with an organic polyisocyanate in the presence of a blowing agent, said method comprising incorporating with the reactants three cell modifiers consisting of a polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymer, a polymethylsiloxane, and a polyether polyol cell modifier containing polyoxyethylene groups in amount of at least about 80 percent by weight of said polyether polyol.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
90 words
The method for improving cell structure with little or no shrinkage or foam collapse in molded high resilience open celled flexible polyurethane foams prepared by the reaction of an organic polyol having a hydroxyl functionality of at least 2 with an organic polyisocyanate in the presence of a blowing agent, said method comprising incorporating with the reactants three cell modifiers consisting of a polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymer, a polymethylsiloxane, and a polyether polyol cell modifier containing polyoxyethylene groups in amount of at least about 80 percent by weight of said polyether polyol.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said blowing agent is water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said blowing agent is a low boiling hydrocarbon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 wherein a polyurethane forming catalyst is also incorporated with said reactants.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the total amount of said three cell modifiers is about 0.35 to 10 percent by weight of the overall composition including 0.10 to 1.5 percent by weight of said polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymer, 0.1 to 1.5 percent by weight of said polymethylsiloxane and 0.15 to 9.80 percent by weight of said polyether polyol cell modifier containing at least 80 percent polyoxyethylene groups.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the amount of said polyisocyanate is sufficient to provide an NCO/OH ratio of 0.9 to 1.3 and the amount of said catalyst is from about 0.7 to 1.5 percent by weight of the overall composition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 6 wherein said organic polyol is a polyoxyalkylene polyol having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms in each oxyalkylene group which contains a maximum of 60 percent by weight polyoxyethylene groups and has an average equivalent weight of from about 500 to 3000.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
An open celled flexible polyurethane foam characterized by fine uniform cell structure with little or no evidence of shrinkage or foam collapse prepared by the reaction of an organic polyol and an organic polyisocyanate in the presence of a blowing agent characterized by the inclusion with the reactants of three cell modifiers which cell modifiers consist of a polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymer, a polymethylsiloxane and a polyether polyol cell modifier containing polyoxyethylene groups in the amount of at least 80 percent by weight of the polyether polyol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
85 words
An open celled flexible polyurethane foam characterized by fine uniform cell structure with little or no evidence of shrinkage or foam collapse prepared by the reaction of an organic polyol and an organic polyisocyanate in the presence of a blowing agent characterized by the inclusion with the reactants of three cell modifiers which cell modifiers consist of a polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymer, a polymethylsiloxane and a polyether polyol cell modifier containing polyoxyethylene groups in the amount of at least 80 percent by weight of the polyether polyol.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The polyurethane foam of claim 8 wherein said blowing agent is water.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The polyurethane foam of claim 8 wherein said blowing agent is low blowing hydrocarbon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The polyurethane foam of claim 8 wherein said organic polyol and said organic polyisocyanate are reacted in the presence of a polyurethane forming catalyst.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
64 words
The polyurethane foam of claim 11 wherein the total amount of said cell modifiers is from about 0.35 to 10 percent by weight of the reactants including 0.1 to 1.5 percent by weight polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymer, 0.10 to 1.5 percent by weight polymethylsiloxane and 0.15 to 9.80 percent by weight polyether polyol cell modifier which contains at least about 80 percent by weight polyoxyethylene groups.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
52 words
The polyurethane foam of claim 12 wherein said polyurethane foam was prepared by the reaction of polyisocyanate and organic polyol in an amount of polyisocyanate sufficient to provide and NCO/OH ratio of 0.9 to 1.3 and the amount of said catalyst is about 0.7 to 1.5 percent by weight of said reactants.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
46 words
The polyurethane foam of claim 13 wherein said organic polyol is a polyol containing polyoxyalkylene groups, said groups each containing from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and wherein the amount of polyoxyethylene groups is a maximum of about 60 percent by weight of the organic polyol.
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