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Pressure sensitive adhesive tape
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1980-03-05
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Granted: 1981-09-29
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Expires: 2000-03-05
Abstract
Abstract A multi-ply non-woven sheet material and pressure-sensitive adhesive tape made therefrom are disclosed. The sheet material comprises a first layer of randomly interlaced fibers bonded to each other by a rewettable binder and at least one additional layer of randomly interlaced fibers bonded to each other and to the first layer by a rewettable binder. The fibers of the additional layer are laid directly on the first layer prior to application of the binder to the additional layer whereby the binder bonds the fibers of the additional layer to each other and to the first layer.
Inventors
- 👤 John E. Riedel
- 👤 Paul G. Cheney
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 19:09
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/26; B32B38/00; B32B38/06; C; C09; C09J; C09J7/00; C09J7/20; C09J7/21; D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/58; D04H1/593; D04H1/64; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/02; B32B2405/00; C09J2400/00; C09J2400/20; C09J2400/26; C09J2400/263; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/24595; Y10T428/24603; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2848; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/20; Y10T442/2738; Y10T442/2754; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/659; Y10T442/671
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A conformable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprised of a sheet material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive thereon, said sheet material comprising a first layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers, bonded to each other by a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough, and at least one additional layer comprising a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers having a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough, said fiber of said additional layer being laid directly on said first layer prior to adding said binder to said additional layer whereby said binder in said additional layer bonds the interlaced fibers of said additional layer to each other and to the fibers of said first layer whereby said layers are not readily separable across their common surfaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A conformable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprised of a sheet material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive thereon, said sheet material comprising a first layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers, bonded to each other by a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough, and at least one additional layer comprising a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers having a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough, said fiber of said additional layer being laid directly on said first layer prior to adding said binder to said additional layer whereby said binder in said additional layer bonds the interlaced fibers of said additional layer to each other and to the fibers of said first layer whereby said layers are not readily separable across their common surfaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
105 words
A conformable sheet material comprising a first layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers bonded to each other by a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough, and at least one additional layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers having a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough, said fibers of said additional layer being laid directly on said first layer prior to adding said binder to said additional layer whereby said binder in said additional layer bonds the interlaced fibers of said additional layer to each other and to the fibers of said first layer whereby said layers are not readily separable across their common surfaces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
105 words
A conformable sheet material comprising a first layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers bonded to each other by a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough, and at least one additional layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers having a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough, said fibers of said additional layer being laid directly on said first layer prior to adding said binder to said additional layer whereby said binder in said additional layer bonds the interlaced fibers of said additional layer to each other and to the fibers of said first layer whereby said layers are not readily separable across their common surfaces.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The article of claim 1 or 2 wherein said layers are compacted after said fibers of said additional layer are bonded to the fibers of said first layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The article of claim 3 wherein said layers are embossed during compacting.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The article of claim 3 wherein the total thickness of said layers is between about 0.006 and 0.015 inch.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The article of claim 1 or 2 wherein said fibers comprise a combination of synthetic staple fibers and binder fibers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The article of claim 6 wherein said fibers are a blend comprised of 85% by weight 1.5 inch long polyester staple fibers having 1.8 denier and 15% by weight 1.5 inch long polyester binder fibers having 3.0 denier.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The article of claim 1 or 2 wherein said binder is an acrylic emulsion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
112 words
A process of making a conformable sheet material comprising the steps of (a) forming a first layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers bonded to each other by a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough; (b) laying at least one additional layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers directly of said first layer; (c) dispersing a rewettable binder through said additional layer whereby said binder bonds the interlaced fibers of said additonal layer to each other and to the fibers of said first layer; and (d) drying said sheet to remove solvent from said binder; whereby said layers of resulting sheet material are not readily separable across their common surfaces.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
112 words
A process of making a conformable sheet material comprising the steps of (a) forming a first layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers bonded to each other by a rewettable binder dispersed therethrough; (b) laying at least one additional layer of a nonwoven web of randomly interlaced fibers directly of said first layer; (c) dispersing a rewettable binder through said additional layer whereby said binder bonds the interlaced fibers of said additonal layer to each other and to the fibers of said first layer; and (d) drying said sheet to remove solvent from said binder; whereby said layers of resulting sheet material are not readily separable across their common surfaces.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process according to claim 9 further comprising the step of compacting said layers after said drying step (d).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process according to claim 10 wherein said layers are compacted to a thickness between about 0.006 and 0.015 inch.
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