TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention is related to antimicrobial and antibacterial electrophoretic lacquer coating which is used on hardware and ironmongery products such as door handles and grabrails, and on ornaments and personal items such as watches and rings, and on metal surfaces used in furniture production, and which makes contribution to human and public health by preventing such formations as viruses, bacteria and microbes thanks to its antimicrobial features. PRIOR ART

Electrophoretic lacquer coating is a coating component which is employed in many fields from hardware and ironmongery products such as door handles and grabrails to ornaments and personal items such as watches and rings, and from balustrades to metal surfaces used in furniture, and is applied on materials coated by all types of metals, and protects against oxidation and increases resistance.

Electrophoretic lacquer coatings used commonly in our day do not have a composition preventing such formations as bacteria and viruses and do not, therefore, make any contribution to prevention of pandemic diseases infested by inhalation and contact such as SARS, MERS and Covid-19 presently constituting a serious threat on human and public health. Components as door handles, grabrails, balustrades and railings are the most commonly contacted places in daily life, and therefore, represent a great danger for infestation of infectious and contagious diseases. These surfaces are required to be disinfected as frequently as possible, but this is not at all times possible, and in addition, disinfectants containing alcohol and surface active chemicals corrode the lacquer surface and cause damage to the coating. Some studies have been conducted in connection with this subject, and in a national useful model registration application no. TR 2006/05635, a product named “Heat and moisture resistant, antibacterial handle” is mentioned. It is also stated that the mentioned product is related to heat resistant handles which ensure easy holding and carriage of enamelled cooking utensils such as pots and pans used in cooking and heating of meals and which eliminate the negative effects on health by preventing formation of bacteria and microorganisms. In a European Patent application, publication number EP1541650B1, a study dealing with “use in order to obtain a polyamide based powder and antibacterial coating” is described. Said study is stated to be related to use of a powder containing at least one polyamide of 97 to 99.8% by weight and a soluble ceramic with silver ions detained thereon of 0.2 to 3% by weight.

As a conclusion, the requirement for elimination of shortcomings and disadvantages of mechanisms and applications existing in the prior art and already being used as of today creates an obligation of making a development in the relevant technical field.

PURPOSE OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to an antimicrobial electrophoretic lacquer coating developed in order to eliminate the aforementioned disadvantages and to bring new advantages to the relevant technical field.

The purpose of the present invention is to ensure creation and production of an electrophoretic lacquer coating having antimicrobial characteristics. Another purpose of the present invention is to ensure achievement of antimicrobial surfaces in many fields from hardware and ironmongery products such as door handles and grabrails to ornaments and personal items such as watches and rings, and from balustrades to metal surfaces used in furniture, thanks to creation and production of an electrophoretic lacquer coating having antimicrobial characteristics.

Another purpose of the present invention is to ensure elimination of such formations as bacteria, viruses and microbes thereon, thanks to achievement of antimicrobial surfaces in many fields from hardware and ironmongery products such as door handles and grabrails to ornaments and personal items such as watches and rings, and from balustrades to metal surfaces used in furniture.

Another purpose of the present invention is to make sure that such components and surfaces of door handles, grabrails, balustrades and railings most commonly contacted in daily life are at all times and continuously kept hygienic, and to make a contribution to prevention of spreading of contagious diseases infested by way of contact, thanks to elimination of such formations as bacteria, viruses and microbes on said surfaces.

Yet another purpose of the present invention is to ensure reduction of healthcare expenses, thanks to contributions made towards keeping of said surfaces hygienic at all times and towards prevention of spreading of contagious diseases infested by way of contact.

Structural and characteristic specifications and all advantages of this invention will be understood more clearly thanks to the following detailed description, and for this reason, the assessment on this invention should also be made by taking into account and consideration the detailed description hereon.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The preferred alternatives referred to in this detailed description of this invention are depicted and described herein solely for the sake of clarity and in such manner not to lead to any restrictive or limiting effect thereon. This invention is related to antimicrobial electrophoretic lacquer coating which is used in many fields from hardware and ironmongery products such as door handles and grabrails to ornaments and personal items such as watches and rings, and from balustrades to metal surfaces used in furniture, and which makes contribution to human and public health by preventing such formations as viruses, bacteria and microbes thanks to its antimicrobial features.

The product covered by the present invention is generally composed of hardening agent (crosslinker) used for the sake of hardening and ossification by creating resin and ligation effect, and fatty alcohols used for prevention of surface defects and imperfections during curing thanks to their slow evaporation feature, and a solvent used for ensuring that resin and other polymers are dissolved and kept in emission, and lactic acid used for making sure that the product becomes dissoluble in water and for preventing precipitation in aqueous solution, and silicone based surface active materials and ingredients used for the sake of ensuring homogeneity by regulating the contact angle between polymeric product and metal surface, and a metal catalyst used for accelerating reaction between resin and hardening agent, and a silisium based adhesive agent used for the sake of increase of adhesion of the whole polymeric structure with metal surface, and an amine based UV resistance booster used for prevention of fading of coating layer under the effects of UV rays, and an antimicrobial mixture used for the sake of adding an antimicrobial feature to the coating.

Content of resin in the blend is equal to 30% to 60%, and OH functional electrodeposition resin, epoxy modified acrylic OH functional resin and OH functional cathodic electrodipping and electrodeposition resin are used as resins therein.

Content of hardening agent (crosslinker) in the blend is equal to 10% to %40, and blocked isocyanate is used as hardening agent. Blocked isocyanate is obtained by the following blocking reaction. (ISOCYANATE) (BLOCKING AGENT) (BLOCKED ISOCYANATE)

Isocyanate composition is comprised of Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI), Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI), Hexamethylene Diisocyanate (HDMI), Isophrone Diisocyanate (IPDI), Trimethylsilyl, P-phenylene diisocyante (PPDI), 4,4’- dibenyl diisocyante (DBDI), M-Phenylene diisoynate (MPDI), Cyclohexyl diisocynate (CHDI) isocyanate. E-coprolectam, phenol, methyl kotone oxime, 1 ,2,4 - Triazote, Diethyl Malonete, Dimethyl pyrazole Imidazoline, and Formulate type deblocking agent are used as blocking agent.

The product is subject to drying in oven, and a temperature of 80 °C to 180 °C is applied for a time of 30 minutes for this process. Content of fatty alcohols in the blend is equal to 5% to 10%, and content of solvent in the blend is equal to 10% to 20%, and content of lactic acid in the blend is equal to 0.1% to 1%, and content of metal catalyst in the blend is equal to 0.1% to 0.2%, and content of the adhesive agent in the blend is equal to 0.1% to 0.5%, and content of UV resistance booster in the blend is equal to 0.1% to 0.5%.

Antimicrobial blend used in order to add an antimicrobial feature to the product covered by this invention is generally comprised of three parts. First part is silver phosphate glass oxide substance having a content of 0.1% to 1% therein. Second part is composed of silver chloride and titanium dioxide, docusote sodium and ethanol substances having a content of 0.1% to 1% therein. Third part is polymer coated silver ion compound having a content of 0.1% to 1% therein.