Coated article with polymeric basecoat

• US 6,770,376 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2000
• Issued: 08/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vapor Technologies, Inc. (Masco Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Vapor Technologies, Inc. (Masco Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Guocun
• Primary Examiner(s): Seidleck, James J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BISSETT, MELANIE D
• Application Number:
  US09/746,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20020081451A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,321 Days
• Field of Search: 428/457, 428/626, 428/625, 428/660, 428/425.8, 106/286.4
• US Class Current: 428/457
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 28/00 Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of groups C23C2/00 - C23C26/00 or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses C23C and C25C or C25D
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12562 Elastomer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12569 Synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12806 Refractory [Group IVB, VB, or VIB] metal-base component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31551 Of polyamidoester [polyurethane, polyisocyanate, polycarbamate, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31605 Next to free metal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31678 Of metal

Abstract

An article is coated with a multi-layer coating having the appearance of nickel. The coating comprises a polymeric layer on the surface of said article and vapor deposited on the polymeric layer a refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride where the nitrogen content of said nitride is from about 6 to about 45 atomic percent.

Claims

1. An article having on at least a portion of a surface a multi-layer coating having the appearance of nickel comprising:

a layer comprised of polymer; and

a layer comprised of refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride where said nitrogen content of said refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride is from about 6 to about 45 atomic percent, and said layer comprised of refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride providing the appearance of a nickel color.

2. The article of claim 1 wherein said nitrogen content is from about 8 to about 35 atomic-percent.

3. The article of claim 1 wherein a layer comprised of refractory metal or refractory metal is on said layer comprised of polymer.

4. The article of claim 1 wherein a layer comprised of refractory metal oxide or refractory metal alloy oxide is on said layer comprised of refractory meal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride.

5. The article of claim 3 wherein a layer comprised of refractory metal oxide or refractory metal alloy oxide is on said layer comprised of refractory meal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride.

6. The article of claim 1 wherein a layer comprised of the reaction products of (i) refractory metal, (ii) oxygen and (iii) nitrogen is on said layer comprised of refractory meal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride.

7. The article of claim 3 wherein a layer comprised of the reaction products of (i) refractory metal, (ii) oxygen and (iii) nitrogen is on said layer comprised of refractory meal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride.

9. The article of claim 1 wherein a layer comprised of the reaction products of (i) refractory metal alloy, (ii) oxygen and (iii) nitrogen is on said layer comprised of refractory meal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride.

10. The article of claim 3 wherein a layer comprised of the reaction products of (i) refractory metal alloy, (ii) oxygen and (iii) nitrogen is on said layer comprised of refractory meal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride.

11. The article of claim 1 wherein said layer comprised of refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride is one of zirconium nitride, titanium nitride, hafnium nitride, tantalum nitride, and zirconium-titanium alloy nitride.

12. The article of claim 6 wherein said refractory metal is one of tantalum, hafnium, zirconium and titanium.

13. The article of claim 9 wherein said refractory metal alloy is zirconium-titanium alloy.

8. An article having on at least a portion of a surface a multi-layer coating having the appearance of nickel comprising:

a layer comprised of epoxy urethane; and

a layer comprised of refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride where said nitrogen content of said refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride is from about 6 to about 45 atomic percent.