US5378536A
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Repositionable adhesive tape
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1992-04-27
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Granted: 1995-01-03
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Expires: 2012-04-27
Abstract
Abstract An adhesive of certain elastomeric block copolymers and tackifying materials can be hot-melt coated onto a flexible backing to provide an adhesive tape, two pieces of which can bond to each other to have excellent resistance to shear forces but can be easily peeled apart, even after prolonged periods of time. The adhesive can be low-tack or tack-free. When the novel adhesive is tacky, it can bind sheets into a note pad from which individual sheets can be removed, temporarily adhered to paper and other substrates, and later cleanly removed, even after prolonged contact.
Inventors
- 👤 John A. Miller
- 👤 George J. Clements
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 09:49
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L15/00; A61L15/16; A61L15/42; A61L15/58; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/56; A61F13/58; C; C09; C09J; C09J7/00; C09J7/30; C09J7/38; C09J7/381; C09J7/387; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2861; Y10T428/2878; Y10T428/2883
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
An resealable cohesive adhesive closure system comprising; an article having at least one resealable cohesive adhesive closure, the at least one adhesive closure comprising two opposing closure elements at separate locations on said article, said opposing closure elements capable of overlapping to form said at least one resealable article adhesive closure, self-adhering adhesive on each of said at least two closure elements comprising by weight: from 20 to 80 parts of at least one elastomeric block copolymer selected from the group consisting of styrene/butadiene, styrene/isoprene, and styrene/ethylene-butylene block copolymers, and correspondingly from 80 to 20 parts of tackifying material selected from tackifier resin and a blend of tackifier resin and liquid plasticizer oil; which self-adhering adhesive has a composite midblock glass transition temperature (CMTg) from 225 Kelvin to 240 Kelvin when the adhesive is based on styrene/isoprene or styrene/ethylene-butylene block copolymers and a CMTg from 215 Kelvin to 235 Kelvin when the adhesive is based on styrene/butadiene block copolymer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
159 words
An resealable cohesive adhesive closure system comprising; an article having at least one resealable cohesive adhesive closure, the at least one adhesive closure comprising two opposing closure elements at separate locations on said article, said opposing closure elements capable of overlapping to form said at least one resealable article adhesive closure, self-adhering adhesive on each of said at least two closure elements comprising by weight: from 20 to 80 parts of at least one elastomeric block copolymer selected from the group consisting of styrene/butadiene, styrene/isoprene, and styrene/ethylene-butylene block copolymers, and correspondingly from 80 to 20 parts of tackifying material selected from tackifier resin and a blend of tackifier resin and liquid plasticizer oil; which self-adhering adhesive has a composite midblock glass transition temperature (CMTg) from 225 Kelvin to 240 Kelvin when the adhesive is based on styrene/isoprene or styrene/ethylene-butylene block copolymers and a CMTg from 215 Kelvin to 235 Kelvin when the adhesive is based on styrene/butadiene block copolymer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The resealable adhesive closure system of claim 1 wherein said self-adhering adhesive has a 90° Peel Value of 0 to 2N/25 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The resealable adhesive closure system of claim 1 wherein the adhesive CMTg is from 230 Kelvin to 240 Kelvin when the adhesive is based on styrene/isoprene or styrene/ethylene-butylene block copolymers and a CMTg from 225 Kelvin to 235 Kelvin when the adhesive is based on styrene/butadiene block copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
The resealable adhesive closure system of claim 1 wherein the adhesive on said opposing closure elements is in the form of an adhesive patch, and, when said closure elements overlap, the adhesive patches bond to each other to form said closure having a peel force bond of from 2 to 12N.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The resealable adhesive closure system of claim 4 wherein said adhesive patches are each 3 to 6 cm in length and from 1.5 to 3 cm in width, with the lengthwise direction of each adhesive patch being orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the adhesive patch on the opposing closure element.
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