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US4240860A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Latex-based adhesives

Assignee: BASF SE
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Filing: 1978-04-13
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Granted: 1980-12-23
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Expires: 1998-04-13
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Abstract

Abstract Two preformed materials such as paper, fabrics, glass, sheet metal, at least one of which is pervious to water vapor, are joined together with a solvent-free adhesive based on a latex of a rubbery polymer. The latex is one which is stabilized with an emulsifier which forms water-insoluble compounds with zinc or cadmium ions. Included in the adhesive formulation is an ammonium or amine salt gelling agent for the latex, a zinc or cadmium ion donor compound and sufficient ammonia or a compound which releases ammonia to provide a pH of above 8 to the adhesive formulation. A surface of at least one of the preformed materials is coated with the adhesive and then contacted with a surface of the other material and held in such contact while heating to gel the latex and evaporate the water from the intersurface layer of adhesive.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ernest G. Pole
  • 👤 Roy Clark

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 23:09
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09J; C09J121/00; C09J121/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249982; Y10T428/249984; Y10T428/249985; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2813; Y10T428/2817; Y10T428/2826; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2857; Y10T428/2878; Y10T428/2883; Y10T428/2887; Y10T428/2891; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31826; Y10T428/31841; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/3188; Y10T428/31895; Y10T428/31899; Y10T428/31931; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3472; Y10T442/3602; Y10T442/3667

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 127 words
A process for adhering a preformed body which is pervious to water vapour to another preformed body which comprises coating a surface of at least one of said bodies with a substantially solvent-free water-based adhesive composition comprising a rubbery polymer latex stabilized with an emulsifier which forms water-insoluble compounds with zinc and cadmium ions, an ammonium or amine sulfamate gelling agent for the latex, a zinc or cadmium ion donor compound, and sufficient ammonia or ammonia donor compound to provide a pH of above 8 to the adhesive composition, contacting the adhesive coated surface with a surface of the other body, and heating the intersurface layer of adhesive while maintaining the contact between the two bodies to cause gelation of the latex and removal of the water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 127 words
A process for adhering a preformed body which is pervious to water vapour to another preformed body which comprises coating a surface of at least one of said bodies with a substantially solvent-free water-based adhesive composition comprising a rubbery polymer latex stabilized with an emulsifier which forms water-insoluble compounds with zinc and cadmium ions, an ammonium or amine sulfamate gelling agent for the latex, a zinc or cadmium ion donor compound, and sufficient ammonia or ammonia donor compound to provide a pH of above 8 to the adhesive composition, contacting the adhesive coated surface with a surface of the other body, and heating the intersurface layer of adhesive while maintaining the contact between the two bodies to cause gelation of the latex and removal of the water.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 48 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the latex is a latex of a natural rubber or a rubbery C 4 -C 10 diene polymer, the zinc or cadmium ion donor is zinc oxide and the pH is adjusted to a value above 9.5 with ammomium hydroxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 76 words
A process according to claim 2 in which the rubbery polymer is a copolymer of butadiene and styrene, the gelling agent is present in amount of 0.1-8 parts by weight, the zinc oxide is present in amount of 0.5-10 parts by weight and a sufficient amount of ammonium hydroxide is used to raise the pH to above 10.3, said parts being parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of solids in the rubbery polymer latex.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 51 words
A process according to claim 3 in which a water-soluble C 1 to C 8 alkyl or alkanol amine containing 1-5 amino groups is included in the adhesive composition in amount of 0.1-4 parts per 100 parts by weight of uncompounded latex solids as a substitute for part of the ammonia.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 11 words
An adhesively bonded assembly produced by the process of claim 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 11 words
An adhesively bonded assembly produced by the process of claim 2.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 11 words
An adhesively bonded assembly produced by the process of claim 3.

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