Addition cured silicone pressure sensitive adhesive

Claim 1

A composition suitable for use as a pressure sensitive adhesive which comprises: a. from 50 to 70 parts by weight of a solid, benzene soluble resin copolymer consisting essentially of R₃Si0 1/2 units and SiO 4/2 units where each R individually is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing no more than six carbon atoms, there being from 0.6 to 0.9 inclusive R₃Si0 1/2 units for every Si0 4/2 units, at least 95 percent of all R radicals in (a) being methyl and the total number of R radicals in (a) that have olefinic unsaturation being 0-0.5 percent of all R radicals in (a), (b) from about 30 to about 50 parts by weight of an essentially cyclic free, polydiorganosiloxane of the average formula R¹₂R²Si0(R¹₂Si0) m (R¹R²Si0) n SiR²R¹₂ where each R¹ individually is a radical selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, and phenyl, at least 95 percent of all R¹ radicals being methyl, each R² individually is a vinyl radical or any R¹ as defined above with the proviso that at least 2 R² radicals must be vinyl and m+n has an average value such that the viscosity of the polydiorganosiloxane (b) has a value of from about 500 to about 10,000 centipoises at 25°C, the total of (a) and (b) being 100 parts by weight; c. an amount of an organopolysiloxane compatible with the mixture of (a) and (b) and having an average unit formula R³ a H b Si0 (4-a-b)/2 where each R³ individually is any R₁ radical as defined above, a has a value of from 1.00 to less than 2.00, b has a value of from 0.05 to 1.00, the sum of a plus b being from 1.10 to less than 3.00, there being an average of greater than two silicon bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule of (c), no silicon atom bearing more than one silicon bonded hydrogen atom and the amount of (c) present being sufficient to provide from 1.0 to 30.0 silicon bonded hydrogen atoms for every olefinically unsaturated radical in the total of (a) plus (b) and, d. a platinum containing catalyst in sufficient quantity to provide at least 0.1 part by weight of platinum for every one million parts by weight of the combined weight of (a), (b), and (c).

Claim 12

A method which comprises: first, preparing an organic solvent solution of a. from 50 to 70 parts by weight of a solid, benzene soluble resin copolymer consisting essentially of R₃SiO 1/2 units and SiO 4/2 units where each R individually is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing no more than six carbon atoms, there being from 0.6 to 0.9 inclusive R₃SiO 1/2 units for every SiO 4/2 unit, at least 95 percent of all R radicals in (a) being methyl and the total number of R radicals in (a) that have olefinic unsaturation being 0-0.5 percent of all R radicals in (a), and

Claim 13

A method which comprises: first, preparing an organic solvent solution of a. from 50 to 70 parts by weight of a solid, benzene soluble resin copolymer consisting essentially of R₃SiO 1/2 units and SiO 4/2 units where each R individually is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing no more than six carbon atoms, there being from 0.6 to 0.9 inclusive R₃SiO 1/2 units for every SiO 4/2 unit, at least 95 percent of all R radicals in (a) being methyl and the total number of R radicals in (a) that have olefinic unsaturation being 0-0.5 percent of all R radicals in (a), and

Claim 20

A method which comprises: first, preparing an organic solvent solution of a. from 50 to 70 parts by weight of a solid, benzene soluble resin copolymer consisting essentially of R₃Si0 1/2 units and Si0 4/2 units where each R individually is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing no more than six carbon atoms, there being from 0.6 to 0.9 inclusive R₃Si0 1/2 units for every Si0 4/2 unit, at least 95 percent of all A radicals in (a) being methyl and the total number of R radicals in (a) that have olefinic unsaturation being 0-0.5 percent of all radicals in (a), b. from 30 to 50 parts by weight of an essentially cyclic free polydiorganosiloxane of the average formula CH₂=CH(R 1 2 Si0) m R¹SiCH=CH₂ where each R¹ individually is a radical selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, and phenyl, at least 95 percent of all R¹ radicals being methyl, and m has an average value such that the viscosity of the polydiorganosiloxane (b) has a value from 500 to 10,000 centipoise at 25 o C, the total of (a) and (b) being 100 parts by weight, and c. an amount of an organopolysiloxane, compatible with the mixture of (a) and (b) and having an average unit formula R³ a H b Si0 (4-a-b)/2 where each R³ individually is any R¹ radical as defined above, a has a value of from 1.00 to less than 2.00, b has a value of from 0.05 to 1.00, the sum of a plus b being from 1.10 to less than 3.00, there being an average of greater than two silicon bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule of (c), no silicon atom bearing more than one silicon bonded hydrogen atom and the amount of (c) present being sufficient to provide from 1.0 to 30.0 silicon bonded hydrogen atoms for every olefinically unsaturated radical in the total of (a) plus (b), second, removing organic solvent from the solution to obtain a devolatilized mixture containing no more than about 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of devolatilized mixture, of organic solvent, third, mixing with the devolatilized mixture d. a platinum containing catalyst in sufficient quantity to provide at least 0.1 part by weight of platinum for every one million parts by weight of the combined weight of (a), (b), and (c).

Claim 21

A method which comprises: first, preparing an organic solvent solution of a. from 50 to 70 parts by weight of a solid, benzene soluble resin copolymer consisting essentially of R₃Si0 1/2 units and Si0 4/2 units where each R individually is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing no more than six carbon atoms, there being from 0.6 to 0.9 inclusive R₃Si0 1/2 units for every Si0 4/2 unit, at least 95 percent of all A radicals in (a) being methyl and the total number of R radicals in (a) that have olefinic unsaturation being 0-0.5 percent of all radicals in (a), b. from 30 to 50 parts by weight of an essentially cyclic free polydiorganosiloxane of the average formula CH₂=CH(R 1 2 Si0) m R¹SiCH=CH₂ where each R¹ individually is a radical selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, and phenyl, at least 95 percent of all R¹ radicals being methyl, and m has an average value such that the viscosity of the polydiorganosiloxane (b) has a value from 500 to 10,000 centipoise at 25 o C, the total of (a) and (b) being 100 parts by weight, and c. an amount of an organopolysiloxane, compatible with the mixture of (a) and (b) and having an average unit formula R³ a H b Si0 (4-a-b)/2 where each R³ individually is any R¹ radical as defined above, a has a value of from 1.00 to less than 2.00, b has a value of from 0.05 to 1.00, the sum of a plus b being from 1.10 to less than 3.00, there being an average of greater than two silicon bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule of (c), no silicon atom bearing more than one silicon bonded hydrogen atom and the amount of (c) present being sufficient to provide from 1.0 to 30.0 silicon bonded hydrogen atoms for every olefinically unsaturated radical in the total of (a) plus (b), second, removing organic solvent from the solution to obtain a devolatilized mixture containing no more than about 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of devolatilized mixture, of organic solvent, third, mixing with the devolatilized mixture d. a platinum containing catalyst in sufficient quantity to provide at least 0.1 part by weight of platinum for every one million parts by weight of the combined weight of (a), (b), and (c).