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Stretchable fastening tape for disposable diaper
Assignee: Kao Corp
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Filing: 1987-05-29
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Granted: 1988-11-29
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Expires: 2007-05-29
Abstract
Abstract A stretchable, fastening tape of the invention comprising a solid middle portion made of an elastic material and two solid end portions made of a non-elastic material which are integrally bonded through respective solid boundary regions to said solid middle portion, said end and middle portions having substantially the same structural dimension, and wherein said elastic material being, a composition comprising (a) and (b), or (a), (b) and (c) as defined below, and said non-elastic material is constituted of (d) as defined: (a) 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer represented by a general formula, A-(B-A) n , wherein A is a block polymer of a monovinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon, B is an elastomeric block polymer of a conjugated diene, the weight ratio of A to B being 20/80 to 40/60, and n is an integer of 1 to 4; (b) 10 to 80 parts by weight of a resin having a melting or softening point of 80° C. or higher and an average molecular weight of 400 to 2,000; (c) 0 to 50 parts by weight of a thermoplastic olefin resin; and (d) a resin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate), and poly(styrene-butadiene), used alone or as a composite resin thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuhiro Torimae
- 👤 Heihachiro Kawaguchi
- 👤 Yoshinori Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-10-25 03:55
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/56; A61F13/58; B; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/07; C; C09; C09J; C09J153/00; C09J153/02; C09J153/025; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/19; C08; C08L; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2878; Y10T428/2883
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
A stretchable, fastening tape comprising a middle portion made of an elastic material and two end portions made of a non-elastic material and integrally bonded through respective boundary regions to said middle portion, said end and middle portions having substantially the same structural dimensions and wherein said elastic material is a composition comprising (a) and (b), or (a), (b) and (c) as defined below, and said non-elastic material is (d) as defined below: (a) 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer represented by a general formula, A-(B-A) n , wherein A is a block polymer of a monovinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon, B is an elastomeric block polymer of a conjugated diene, the weight ratio of A to B being 20/80 to 40/60, and n is an integer of 1 to 4; (b) 10 to 80 parts by weight of a resin having a melting or softening point of 80° C. or higher and an average molecular weight of 400 to 2,000; (c) 0 to 50 parts by weight of a thermoplastic olefin resin; and (d) a resin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate), and poly(styrene-butadiene), used along or as a composite resin thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
A stretchable, fastening tape comprising a middle portion made of an elastic material and two end portions made of a non-elastic material and integrally bonded through respective boundary regions to said middle portion, said end and middle portions having substantially the same structural dimensions and wherein said elastic material is a composition comprising (a) and (b), or (a), (b) and (c) as defined below, and said non-elastic material is (d) as defined below: (a) 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer represented by a general formula, A-(B-A) n , wherein A is a block polymer of a monovinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon, B is an elastomeric block polymer of a conjugated diene, the weight ratio of A to B being 20/80 to 40/60, and n is an integer of 1 to 4; (b) 10 to 80 parts by weight of a resin having a melting or softening point of 80° C. or higher and an average molecular weight of 400 to 2,000; (c) 0 to 50 parts by weight of a thermoplastic olefin resin; and (d) a resin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate), and poly(styrene-butadiene), used along or as a composite resin thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The stretchable fastening tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein said boundary regions between said middle portion and said two end portions are formed by melt-extrusion of both or either of a mass of said elastic material and said non-elastic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The stretchable fastening tape as claimed in claim 1 having a creep strength, wherein said creep strength at 40° C. under a load of 1.5 kg of said elastic material is 2 hours or longer per width of a fastener tape formed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The stretchable fastening tape as claimed in claim 3, which is used to fix an article worn on a human body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The stretchable fastening tape as claimed in claim 3, which is used to fix a disposable diaper.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
83 words
The stretchable fastening tape as claimed in claim 5, wherein: (a) the thickness of a base material for a fastener tape is 100 to 350μ; (b) the tenacity in 200% elongation of said elastic material is 3.0 kg or lower per width of said fastener tape formed; and (c) the ratio (L 1 /L 0 ) of the length L 1 of said elastic material in the longitudinal direction to the total length L 0 of said fastener tape is 0.05 to 0.25.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
In a disposable diaper having fastening tapes, the improvement comprising a stretchable fastening tape according to claim 1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
211 words
A disposable diaper having stretchable fastening tapes, said stretchable fastening tapes comprising a stretchable, fastening tape comprising a middle portion made of an elastic material and two end portions made of a non-elastic material and integrally bonded through respective boundary regions to said middle portion, said end and middle portions having substantially the same structural dimension and wherein said elastic material being a composition comprising (a) and (b), or (a), (b) and (c) as defined below, and said non-elastic material being (d) as defined below: (a) 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer represented by a general formula, A-(B-A) n , wherein A is a block polymer of a monovinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon, B is an elastomeric block polymer of a conjugated diene, the weight ratio of A to B being 20/80 to 40/60, and n is an integer of 1 to 4; (b) 10 to 80 parts by weight of a resin having a melting of softening point of 80° C. or higher and an average molecular weight of 400 to 2,000; (c) 0 to 50 parts by weight of a thermoplastic olefin resin; and (d) a resin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate), and poly(styrene-butadiene), used along or as a composite resin thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
211 words
A disposable diaper having stretchable fastening tapes, said stretchable fastening tapes comprising a stretchable, fastening tape comprising a middle portion made of an elastic material and two end portions made of a non-elastic material and integrally bonded through respective boundary regions to said middle portion, said end and middle portions having substantially the same structural dimension and wherein said elastic material being a composition comprising (a) and (b), or (a), (b) and (c) as defined below, and said non-elastic material being (d) as defined below: (a) 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer represented by a general formula, A-(B-A) n , wherein A is a block polymer of a monovinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon, B is an elastomeric block polymer of a conjugated diene, the weight ratio of A to B being 20/80 to 40/60, and n is an integer of 1 to 4; (b) 10 to 80 parts by weight of a resin having a melting of softening point of 80° C. or higher and an average molecular weight of 400 to 2,000; (c) 0 to 50 parts by weight of a thermoplastic olefin resin; and (d) a resin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate), and poly(styrene-butadiene), used along or as a composite resin thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The stretchable fastening tape according to claim 1, wherein said mono-vinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon is styrene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The stretchable fastening tape according to claim 1, wherein said B elastomeric polymer of a conjugated diene is made up of butadiene and isoprene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
The stretchable fastening tape according to claim 1, wherein said resin having a melting point or softening point of 80° C. or higher and a molecular weight of 400 to 2,000 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated terpene resins and alicyclic hydrocarbon resins.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The stretchable fastening tape according to claim 1, wherein said thermoplastic olefin resin is a polyethylene having a density 0.917 to 0.935 or a modified product thereof.
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