US 7,485,674 B2
Powder coating composition
Yasushi Takano, Kashihara (Japan)
Assigned to Toyo Aluminium Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/535,701
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/14682
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 19, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/048488, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-340002 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0014858 A1, Jan. 19, 2006
Int. Cl. C08K 9/00 (2006.01); C08K 3/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 523—204  [523/205; 523/206; 524/441] 5 Claims
 
1. A powder coating composition, comprising:
powder coating particle including thermosetting resin powder, an adhesive binder, and a flake pigment bound to a surface of said thermosetting resin powder by means of said binder;
wherein said powder coating particle has an average particle size of at most 100 μm based on D50 conversion,
a bonding ratio between said thermosetting resin powder and said flake pigment is in a range from 90% to 100%, and
said adhesive binder is of at least one selected from the group consisting of terpene resins, terpene/phenol resins, terpene hydrogenated resins, and terpene/phenol hydrogenated resins.