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Hot melt adhesive composition comprising an acidic ethylene polymer and a polyamide
Assignee: Raychem Corp
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Filing: 1974-07-29
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Granted: 1977-04-19
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Expires: 1994-07-29
Abstract
Abstract A hot melt adhesive composition comprising a compatible mixture of: (a) an acidic ethylene polymer having an acid number ranging from about 3 to about 80 and (b) a polyamide having an amine number ranging from about 70 to about 400, together with a minor effective amount of a tackifying agent; components (a) and (b) being present in a relative proportion by weight ranging from about 80:20 to 20:80. An encapsulation method utilizing said adhesive is also described.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugene Francis Lopez
- 👤 Leon Conrad Glover, Jr.
- 👤 Bernard John Lyons
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-25 02:21
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G15/00; H02G15/08; H02G15/18; H02G15/1806; B; B29; B29C; B29C61/00; B29C61/06; B29C61/0608; B29C61/0616; C; C09; C09J; C09J123/00; C09J123/02; C09J123/04; C09J123/08; C09J177/00; C09J177/06; H01; H01B; H01B3/00; H01B3/18; H01B3/30; H01B3/307; H01B3/44; H01B3/441; C08; C08L; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/02; C08L2666/04; C08L2666/14; C08L2666/20; C08L73/00; C08L77/00; C08L77/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
A hot melt adhesive composition comprising a compatible mixture of: (a) an acidic polymer of ethylene having an acid number ranging from about 3 to about 80 selected from the group consisting of a terpolymer of ethylene, an ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid and a vinyl ester of C 1 to C 6 aliphatic carboxylic acid and a copolymer of ethylene and a C 2 to C 20 aliphatic ester of a mono ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid wherein a portion of the carboxylic acid moieties of said mono- or dicarboxylic acid component are not esterified, and (b) a polyamide having an amine number ranging from about 70 to about 400 with a tackifying agent wherein said tackifying agent is present in an amount ranging from about 3 to about 20 parts by weight per 100 parts of (a) and (b) together, components (a) and (b) being present in a relative proportion by weight ranging from about 40:60 to 60:40.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
A hot melt adhesive composition comprising a compatible mixture of: (a) an acidic polymer of ethylene having an acid number ranging from about 3 to about 80 selected from the group consisting of a terpolymer of ethylene, an ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid and a vinyl ester of C 1 to C 6 aliphatic carboxylic acid and a copolymer of ethylene and a C 2 to C 20 aliphatic ester of a mono ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid wherein a portion of the carboxylic acid moieties of said mono- or dicarboxylic acid component are not esterified, and (b) a polyamide having an amine number ranging from about 70 to about 400 with a tackifying agent wherein said tackifying agent is present in an amount ranging from about 3 to about 20 parts by weight per 100 parts of (a) and (b) together, components (a) and (b) being present in a relative proportion by weight ranging from about 40:60 to 60:40.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein said tackifying agent is present in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 15 parts by weight per 100 parts of (a) and (b) together.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein said tackifying agent is a polyketone resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein said component (a) is a terpolymer of ethylene, ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid and vinyl ester of C 1 to C 6 aliphatic carboxylic acid and wherein the weight percentage of units present in said terpolymer derived from the monomeric precursors of said terpolymer is ethylene about 60 to 95; ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid about 1 to 10; and vinyl ester of C 1 to C 6 carboxylic acid 5 to 40.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A composition in accordance with claim 4 wherein said vinyl ester is vinyl acetate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A composition in accordance with claim 4 wherein said unsaturated acid is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and mixtures thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition in accordance with claim 4 wherein said weight percentages are ethylene 70 to 85; unsaturated acid 2 to 5; and vinyl ester 10 to 30.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
96 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein said component (a) is a copolymer of ethylene and a C 2 to C 20 aliphatic ester of a mono ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid wherein a portion of the carboxylic acid moieties of said mono- or dicarboxylic acid component are not esterified and wherein the weight percentage of units present in said copolymer derived from the monomeric precursors of said copolymer is ethylene about 60 to 95, and C 2 to C 20 aliphatic ester of monoethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid about 5 to 40.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A composition in accordance with claim 8 wherein said weight percentages are ethylene 70 to 90 and aliphatic ester 10 to 30.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A composition in accordance with claim 8 wherein said unsaturated acid is selected from the group consisting of acrylic, methacrylic, maleic and fumaric.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
137 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein said component (b) is a condensation polymer of at least one amine with at least one dibasic acid wherein said amine is selected from the group consisting of diamines of the formula H 2 NRNH 2 wherein R is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic radical having from 2 to about 40 carbons, diamines of the formula H.sub.2 N-(CH.sub.2).sub.n --O--(R -- O).sub.x --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --NH.sub.2 where n is from 3 to 5, where x is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and where R is an alkyl group with a chain length of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, which may also carry alkyl substituents of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and monoalkanol amines of the formula NH 2 --R'--OH wherein R' is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 2 to 8 carbons.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A composition in accordance with claim 11 wherein said dibasic acid component comprises at least about 60% wt. dimer acid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
A composition in accordance with claim 11 wherein said amine has the formula H 2 NRNH 2 wherein R is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic radical having from 2 to about 40 carbons.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
A composition in accordance with claim 11 wherein said amine is selected from the group consisting of alkylene diamines of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, dimeric fat diamine and mixtures thereof.
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