Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
An adhesive composition consisting essentially of an ether group containing polyester obtained by the heat treatment of a polyethylene terephthalate with at least one glycol having at least 3 carbon atoms to substitute the ethylene glycol components in the polyethylene terephthalate by said glycol having at least 3 carbon atoms, wherein 30 to 100% of the ethylene glycol components in the polyethylene terephthalate are substituted by said glycol having 3 or more carbon atoms a linear thermoplastic high molecular weight urethane elastomer; and a polyisocyanate which differs from said elastomer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
An adhesive composition consisting essentially of an ether group containing polyester obtained by the heat treatment of a polyethylene terephthalate with at least one glycol having at least 3 carbon atoms to substitute the ethylene glycol components in the polyethylene terephthalate by said glycol having at least 3 carbon atoms, wherein 30 to 100% of the ethylene glycol components in the polyethylene terephthalate are substituted by said glycol having 3 or more carbon atoms a linear thermoplastic high molecular weight urethane elastomer; and a polyisocyanate which differs from said elastomer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
The adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said polyisocyanate is a di-isocyanate selected from the group consisting of m-phenylene-di-isocyanate, p-phenylene-di-isocyanate, 2,6-tolylene-di-isocyanate, 2,4-tolylene-di-isocyanate, naphthalene-1,4-di-isocyanate, diphenylmethane-4,4'di-isocyanate, trimethylene-di-isocyanate and hexamethylene-di-isocyanate; a triisocyanate selected from the group consisting of 4,4',4"triphenylmethane-tri-isocyanate and toluene-2,4,6-tri-isocyanate; or a tetra-isocyanate which is 4,4'-dimethyldiphenyl-methane-2,2',5,5'-tetra-isocyanate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said polyisocyanate is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the total weight of said composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The adhesive composition of claim 1 wherein said polyester amounts to 10-40% by weight of said urethane elastomer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The adhesive composition of claim 4, wherein said glycol is selected from the group consisting of ##STR9##
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The adhesive composition of claim 4, wherein said glycol has the formula HO(CH 2 CH 2 ) n OH wherein n represents an integer of from 2 to 100.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The adhesive composition of claim 1 wherein said urethane elastomer has a molecular weight of from 500 to 5,000.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The adhesive composition of claim 4 wherein said polyisocyanate comprises from 1 to 5% by weight of the adhesive composition and further wherein the amount of the polyisocyanate is from 1 to 3 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of said polyester.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1 further including a solvent which is free of active hydrogens.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
65 words
The adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein said urethane elastomer is obtained by the addition reaction of a polyisocyanate and a polyol, a polyamine or an amino alcohol, and has a molecular weight of about 200 to 20,000, and further wherein said polyisocyanate has 2 or more functional groups, and is selected from the group consisting of a diisocyanate, a triisocyanate and tetraisocyanate.