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Adhesives and uses thereof
Assignee: BASF SE
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Filing: 1982-12-08
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Granted: 1984-09-11
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Expires: 2002-12-08
Abstract
Abstract An adhesive composition comprising a mixture of water based polymer in latex form and a material generally referred to as a thickening agent is disclosed for removably adhering a product to a substrate, for example a carpet with an attached backing to a flooring substrate. The adhesive may be applied as a layer to the carpet backing, dried and subsequently activated with water to adhere the carpet to the floor. After drying, the adhesive layer may be reactivated with water to permit the carpet to be removed from the floor. The adhesive layer when dried on the surface of a latex foam backed carpet provides a non-tacky surface which additionally increases the abrasion resistance of the latex foam backing thereby reducing damage to the backing during normal storage and handling.
Inventors
- 👤 John C. Kwok
- 👤 Ivan S. Lee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 15:15
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09J; C09J133/00; C09J133/04; C09J133/06; C09J121/00; C09J121/02; C09J131/00; C09J131/02; C09J131/04; D; D06; D06N; D06N7/00; D06N7/0063; D06N7/0071; D06N7/0073; C08; C08L; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/02; D06N2205/00; D06N2205/04; D06N2209/00; D06N2209/10; D06N2209/105; D06N2213/00; D06N2213/06; D06N2213/066
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A rewettable adhesive comprising from about 80 to 99 parts by dry weight of a latex of a polymer having a film forming temperature below 25° C. selected from the group natural rubber, chloroprene, co-polymers consisting of from about 25-65 weight % styrene and from about 35 to 75 weight % of a C 4-6 conjugated diolefin; terpolymers consisting of from about 25 to 80 weight % styrene, from about 20 to 75 weight % of a C 4-6 conjugated diolefin; and from about 0.5 to 3 weight % of a functional monomer selected from C 3-9 ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, C 1-6 alkyl esters of such ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, and amide derivatives of such ethylenically unsaturated acids which may be unsubstituted or substituted at the nitrogen atom by a C 1-4 alkyl or alkanol radical; and from about 20 to 1 parts by dry weight of a thickening agent selected from water soluble starch, water soluble cellulose derivatives, and alkali sensitive latices which are terpolymers of styrene, C 4-6 conjugated diolefins and acrylic acid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A rewettable adhesive comprising from about 80 to 99 parts by dry weight of a latex of a polymer having a film forming temperature below 25° C. selected from the group natural rubber, chloroprene, co-polymers consisting of from about 25-65 weight % styrene and from about 35 to 75 weight % of a C 4-6 conjugated diolefin; terpolymers consisting of from about 25 to 80 weight % styrene, from about 20 to 75 weight % of a C 4-6 conjugated diolefin; and from about 0.5 to 3 weight % of a functional monomer selected from C 3-9 ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, C 1-6 alkyl esters of such ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, and amide derivatives of such ethylenically unsaturated acids which may be unsubstituted or substituted at the nitrogen atom by a C 1-4 alkyl or alkanol radical; and from about 20 to 1 parts by dry weight of a thickening agent selected from water soluble starch, water soluble cellulose derivatives, and alkali sensitive latices which are terpolymers of styrene, C 4-6 conjugated diolefins and acrylic acid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The adhesive composition of claim 1 wherein said polymer is a polymer of butadiene, styrene and one or more functional monomers selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, cinnamic acid, crotonic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, atopic acid, the C 1 -C 6 alkyl esters of the aforesaid acids, acrylamide, methacrylamide and N-metholacrylamide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The adhesive composition of claim 2 wherein said thickening agent is a water soluble ether of methylcellulose.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The adhesive composition of claim 2 wherein said thickening agent is an alkali sensitive latex of a polymer of styrene, butadiene and from about 3 to about 15 weight % of acrylic acid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
An adhesive composition according to claim 1 wherein said polymer is a copolymer of styrene and a C 4-6 conjugated diolefin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
An adhesive according to claim 5 wherein said thickening agent is a water soluble ether of methylcellulose.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An adhesive according to claim 5 wherein said thickening agent is an alkali sensitive terpolymer of styrene, butadiene and from about 3 to about 15 weight % of acrylic acid.
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