Temporary stripe marker

• US 6,077,898 A
• Filed: 04/13/1999
• Issued: 06/20/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Seymour of Sycamore Inc.
• Original Assignee: Seymour of Sycamore Inc.
• Inventors: Flores, Mac Glee S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Seidleck, James J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Asinovsky, Olga
• Application Number:
  US09/290,800
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 524/425, 524/808, 524/767, 524/788, 524/563
• US Class Current: 524/425
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/24 Graft or block copolymers according to groups C08L51/00, C08L53/00 or C08L55/02; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/54 Inorganic substances
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 53/00 Compositions of block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 131/04 Homopolymers or copolymers of vinyl acetate
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 5/021 Aerosols aerosol compositions C09K3/30

Abstract

The present invention relates to aqueous paint suspensions containing a film-forming polymer. The invention also relates to aqueous aerosol paint compositions incorporating such suspensions. In particular, the invention relates to aqueous aerosol paint compositions suitable for temporary marking applications. The dried film resulting from application of such aerosol paint compositions is removable upon addition of water.

Claims

1. An aqueous paint suspension comprising:

(a) from about 20 to about 30 percent by weight water;

(b) from about 5 to about 15 percent by weight of a polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer, the polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer containing from about 30 to about 70 percent by weight polyvinylpyrrolidone and from about 30 to about 70 percent by weight vinyl acetate;

(c) from about 20 to about 40 percent by weight of a dispersed substance selected from the group consisting of filler and pigment, and mixtures thereof;

(d) from about 0.05 to about 3 percent by weight of a fumed silica suspending agent;

(e) from about 0.1 to about 3 percent by weight of a non-silicone defoaming agent; and

(f) from about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of a dispersing agent, the dispersing agent comprising a block copolymer having an affinity for pigment;

wherein the dispersed substance is not encapsulated within the polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate coploymer.

2. The aqueous paint suspension of claim 1, wherein the polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer contains about 30 percent by weight polyvinylpyrrolidone and about 70 percent by weight vinyl acetate.

3. The aqueous paint suspension of claim 1, further comprising from about 0.5 to about 3 percent by weight of a wetting agent, the wetting agent comprising a carboxylic acid ester having an affinity for pigment.

4. The aqueous paint suspension of claim 3, further comprising from about 7 to about 12 percent by weight acetone.

5. The aqueous paint suspension of claim 4, further comprising from about 15 to about 20 percent by weight of a C₁ -C₆ aliphatic alcohol.

6. An aqueous aerosol paint comprising:

(a) from about 65 to about 95 percent by weight of an aqueous paint suspension comprising;

(i) from about 20 to about 30 percent by weight water;

(ii) from about 5 to about 15 percent by weight of a polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer, the polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer containing from about 30 to about 70 percent by weight polyvinylpyrrolidone and from about 30 to about 70 percent by weight vinyl acetate;

(iii) from about 20 to about 40 percent by weight of a dispersed substance selected from the group consisting of filler and pigment, and mixtures thereof;

(iv) from about 0.05 to about 3 percent by weight of a fumed silica suspending agent;

(v) from about 0.1 to about 3 percent by weight of a non-silicone defoaming agent; and

(vi) from about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of a dispersing agent, the dispersing agent comprising a block copolymer having an affinity for pigment;

wherein the dispersed substance is not encapsulated within the polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate coploymer; and

(b) from about 5 to about 35 percent by weight of a C₂ -C₇ hydrocarbon propellant.

7. The aqueous aerosol paint of claim 6, wherein the C₂ -C₇ hydrocarbon propellant is selected from the group consisting of ethane, propane, n-butane, and isobutane, and mixtures thereof.

8. The aqueous aerosol paint of claim 7, wherein the C₂ -C₇ hydrocarbon propellant is a mixture of propane and isobutane.