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Radiation-polymerizable mixture and photopolymerizable copying material prepared therefrom
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1982-04-07
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Granted: 1984-11-27
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Expires: 2002-04-07
Abstract
Abstract A radiation-polymerizable mixture comprising a compound having at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups which can form a crosslinked polymer by means of free-radical initiated addition polymerization, a polymeric binder, a radiation activatable polymerization initiator, and a compound having two epoxy groups in the molecule and a molecular weight of not more than 1,500; and a photopolymerizable copying material having a flexible transparent temporary support and a transferrable thermoplastic photopolymerizable layer comprising the above-described radiation-polymerizable mixture.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter Herwig
- 👤 Rudolf Decker
- 👤 Helga Sikora
- 👤 Kurt Erbes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 03:50
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/22; H05K3/28; H05K3/285; H05K3/287; B; B23; B23K; B23K35/00; B23K35/22; B23K35/224; C; C08; C08F; C08F299/00; C08F299/02; C08F299/022; C08F299/024; G03F7/027; G03F7/032; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/07; H05K2203/0779; H05K2203/0786; H05K2203/0793
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture comprising: (a) a compound which has at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups and which can form a crosslinked polymer by means of free radical initiated chain addition polymerization, (b) a polymeric binder insoluble in water and soluble in aqueous-alkaline solutions, (c) a radiation-activatable polymerization initiator, and (d) a compound having two epoxy groups in the molecule and a molecular weight of not more than 1,500.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture comprising: (a) a compound which has at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups and which can form a crosslinked polymer by means of free radical initiated chain addition polymerization, (b) a polymeric binder insoluble in water and soluble in aqueous-alkaline solutions, (c) a radiation-activatable polymerization initiator, and (d) a compound having two epoxy groups in the molecule and a molecular weight of not more than 1,500.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1 comprising from 1.5 to 10 weight percent of said epoxy group containing compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said compound having two epoxy groups is a bis-glycidyl ether of a dihydric alcohol or phenol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 3, wherein said compound having two epoxy groups corresponds to the general formula ##STR7## wherein: Z represents an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a group corresponding to the formula ##STR8## R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n 1 and n 2 represent a number from 0 to 10 and n 3 represents a number from 0 to 4.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein the unsaturated groups of said polymerizable compound comprise acrylate or methacrylate groups.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
155 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 5, wherein said polymerizable compound comprises a mixture of an acrylate or methacrylate of a primary alcohol having at least two hydroxyl groups and a polyurethane corresponding to the general formula ##STR9## wherein Q represents a bivalent mononuclear or binuclear aromatic radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl groups and which can contain a lower alkylene group as a connecting member, X represents one of the groups --O--Ph--X'--Ph--O-- and --OOC--(CH.sub.2).sub.y --COO--, wherein Ph represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, X' represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and y is a number from 2 to 12, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Ak represents an alkylene radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, m represents a number from 4 to 50, n represents a number from 1 to 6, and o represents a number from 4 to 20.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, further comprising at least two dyestuffs, one of said dyestuffs changing its color on irradiation and being destroyed with loss of color at temperatures above 200° C.; and another of said dyestuffs being stable on irradiation and at temperatures above 200° C.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 2, comprising from 2 to 6 weight percent of said epoxy group containing compounds.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 3, wherein said compound having two epoxy groups is a bis-glycidyl ether of a compound selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A, polyethylene glycol ethers of bisphenol A, polypropylene glycol ethers of bisphenol A, butane-1,4-diol, hexane-1,6-diol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polytetrahydrofuran, and glycerol.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 4, wherein n 1 and n 2 each represent a number from 0 to 5 and n 3 represents 0 or 1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 5, wherein said unsaturated group containing compound comprises an ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with an alcohol containing from 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
47 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 11, wherein said alcohol is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butane-1,4-diol, butane-1,3-diol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycols having molecular weights from about 200 to 1,000, neopentyl glycol, trimethylolethane, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, and bisphenol A bis-hydroxyethyl ether.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 5, wherein said unsaturated group containing compound comprises a urethane group containing reaction product obtained by reacting two moles of a hydroxyalkylacrylate or hydroxyalkylmethacrylate with one mole of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 6, wherein said polyurethane has a reduced specific viscosity of from 0.15 to 1.4 dl/g. measured with a 1 percent strength solution in dimethylformamide at 25° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 6, wherein m is from 8 to 20, n is from 2 to 4, o is from 5 to 12 and y is from 2 to 6.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 6, wherein X' represents an alkylene group in which the free valencies are located on one carbon atom.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 6 comprising from 2 to 20 weight percent of said polyurethane.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 17 comprising from 5 to 10 weight percent of said polyurethane.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
40 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1 comprising from 20 to 50 weight percent of said polymerizable compound, from 40 to 80 weight percent of said polymeric binder and from 0.01 to 10 weight percent of said radiation-activatable polymerization initiator.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
40 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 19 comprising from 25 to 45 weight percent of said polymerizable compound, from 50 to 70 weight percent of said polymeric binder and from 0.05 to 2 weight percent of said radiation-activatable polymerization initiator.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
27 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said polymerization initiator is selected from the group consisting of acridine derivatives, phenazine derivatives, quinoxaline derivatives, and quinazoline derivatives.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 21, wherein said polymerization initiator is selected from the group consisting of 9-phenylacridine, 9-p-methoxyphenylacridine, 9-acetylaminoacridine, benzo(a)acridine, 9,10-dimethylbenzo(a)phenazine, 9-methylbenzo(a)phenazine, 10-methoxybenzo(a)phenazine, 6,4',4"-trimethoxy-2,3-diphenylquinoxaline and 4',4"-dimethoxy-2,3-diphenyl-5-azaquinoxaline.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
35 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 7, wherein said dyestuff which changes color on irradiation and is destroyed at temperatures above 200° C. is selected from the group consisting of triphenylmethane dyestuffs and azo dyestuffs.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 7, wherein said radiation and heat stable dyestuff is selected from the group consisting of oxazolone dyestuffs and anthraquinone dyestuffs.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
28 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 24, wherein said stable dyestuff is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-bis-(4-tert.-butoxy-phenylamino)-5,8-dihydroxy anthraquinone and oxazolone dyestuffs corresponding to the formula ##STR10##
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
80 words
A photopolymerizable copying material comprising a flexible transparent temporary support and a transferrable thermoplastic photopolymerizable layer; said photopolymerizable layer comprising: (a) a compound having at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups which can form a crosslinked polymer by free radical initiated chain addition polymerization; (b) a polymeric binder insoluble in water and soluble in aqueous-alkaline solutions; (c) a photopolymerizable initiator; and (d) a compound having two epoxy groups in the molecule and a molecular weight of not more than 1,500.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
80 words
A photopolymerizable copying material comprising a flexible transparent temporary support and a transferrable thermoplastic photopolymerizable layer; said photopolymerizable layer comprising: (a) a compound having at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups which can form a crosslinked polymer by free radical initiated chain addition polymerization; (b) a polymeric binder insoluble in water and soluble in aqueous-alkaline solutions; (c) a photopolymerizable initiator; and (d) a compound having two epoxy groups in the molecule and a molecular weight of not more than 1,500.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
20 words
A photopolymerizable copying material according to claim 26, wherein said photopolymerizable layer has a thickness from 10 to 150 μm.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
20 words
A photopolymerizable copying material according to claim 27, wherein said photopolymerizable layer has a thickness from 20 to 120 μm.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
15 words
A photopolymerizable copying material according to claim 26, wherein said support comprises a polyester film.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
17 words
A photopolymerizable copying material according to claim 26, further comprising a covering film over said photopolymerizable layer.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
24 words
A photopolymerizable copying material according to claim 30, wherein said covering film is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene films and polypropylene films.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1987-11-27 | 1988-05-28 | 1988-11-27 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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