US5028646A
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Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, tape and diaper closure system
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1989-11-15
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Granted: 1991-07-02
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Expires: 2009-11-15
Abstract
Abstract Pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions and an improved refastenable tape closure system comprising a release tape and a fastening tape wherein the fastening tape has a balance of properties such that the tape exhibits a maximum in the peel force between peel rates of 10 cm./minute and 400 cm./minute when peeled from a polyolefin substrate as found in disposable diaper back sheets are disclosed. The adhesive of the fastening tape comprises a specific range of compositions including an elastomeric component based on an A-B-A block copolymer wherein the A blocks are derived from styrene or alphamethylstyrene and the B blocks are derived from isoprene, butadiene, or hydrogenated versions of these or an (AB) block copolymer of the same type of composition in another geometry such as a tapered block copolymer or a radial block copolymer, a solid tackifier resin, a liquid tackifier resin, and an end block reinforcing resin.
Inventors
- 👤 John A. Miller
- 👤 Egbert A. von Jakusch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 19:50
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L15/00; A61L15/16; A61L15/42; A61L15/58; A61L15/585; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/56; A61F13/58; C; C09; C09J; C09J153/00; C09J153/02; C09J7/00; C09J7/30; C09J7/38; C09J7/381; C09J7/387; C08; C08L; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31844; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31913; Y10T428/31931
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising an elastomer which is an A-B-A block copolymer, wherein the A blocks are derived from styrene or alphamethylstyrene and the B blocks are derived from isoprene, butadiene, or hydrogenated versions thereof or an (AB) block copolymer of the same type of composition in another geometry such as a tapered block copolymer or a radial block copolymer, a solid tackifier resin, a liquid tackifier resin, and an end block reinforcing resin.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
75 words
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising an elastomer which is an A-B-A block copolymer, wherein the A blocks are derived from styrene or alphamethylstyrene and the B blocks are derived from isoprene, butadiene, or hydrogenated versions thereof or an (AB) block copolymer of the same type of composition in another geometry such as a tapered block copolymer or a radial block copolymer, a solid tackifier resin, a liquid tackifier resin, and an end block reinforcing resin.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 1 wherein the elastomeric component is present in the range of from 20 to 50 percent by weight, the solid tackifying resin is present in the range of from 20 to 60 percent by weight, the liquid tackifying resin is present in the range of from 10 to 40 percent by weight and the end block reinforcing resin is present in the range from 2 to 20 percent by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
78 words
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 1 wherein the elastomeric component is present in the range of from 25 to 40 percent by weight, the solid tackifying resin is present in the range of from 25 to 50 percent by weight, the liquid tackifying resin is present in the range of from 15 to 30 percent by weight and the end block reinforcing resin is present in the range of from 4 to 14 percent by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
66 words
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 3 wherein the A blocks of the elastomeric component comprises from 8 to 30 percent by weight of the total block copolymer when the B block is isoprene-based and from 20 to 50 percent by weight of the total block copolymer when the B block is butadiene based, the molecular weight of the total block copolymer being above 50,000.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
71 words
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 3 wherein the solid tackifying resin comprises rosin esters, hydrogenated rosin esters, polyterpene resins, polymerized hydrocarbon resins based on piperylene, isoprene and conjugated dienes containing 4 to 6 carbon atoms and hydrogenated versions thereof, resins from polymerized and hydrogenated C9 hydrocarbon streams, resins from polymerized and hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene species, resins from polymerized and hydrogenated pure monomer systems such as styrene, vinyl toluene, and alphamethylstyrene.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
68 words
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 3 wherein the liquid tackifying resin comprises liquid hydrocarbon resins and hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins, liquid polystyrene, liquid rosin esters, liquid polyterpenes, liquid resins for polymerized and hydrogenated C9 hydrocarbon streams, liquid resins from polymerized and hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene species, liquid resins from polymerized and hydrogenated pure monomer species such as styrene, vinyl toluene, alphamethylstyrene, oils such as naphthenic oils and paraffinic oils.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 3 wherein the end block reinforcing resin comprises low molecular weight polymers of styrene and alphamethylstyrene and copolymers thereof, said end block reinforcing resin having a glass transition temperature higher than the service temperature of the pressure-sensitive adhesive.
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