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Fragrance-releasing pull apart sheet

Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1989-01-13
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Granted: 1990-08-14
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Expires: 2009-01-13
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Abstract

Abstract Microencapsulated materials are released by rupturing of an adhesive layer on a substrate containing the capsules.

Inventors

  • 👤 Norman P. Sweeny
  • 👤 Jack W. Charbonneau
  • 👤 Orville F. Wienke

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 03:18
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45D; A45D34/00; A45D37/00; A61; A61L; A61L9/00; A61L9/015; A61L9/04; A61L9/12; D; D06; D06M; D06M23/00; D06M23/12; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24868; Y10T428/24876; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24901; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249994; Y10T428/249995; Y10T428/249997; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/254; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2984; Y10T428/2985; Y10T428/2987; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31971; Y10T428/31993

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim 20 words
C. and less than 1% relative humidity for seventy-two hours..]. 2. The device of claim .[.1.]. .Iadd.28 .Iaddend.wherein said adhesive
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 37 words
composition comprises said microcapsules and a viscofier. 3. The device of claim 2 wherein said surfaces are on flexible sheets of coated paper and said viscofier comprise from 0.25 to 12% by dry weight of said adhesive
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 11 words
composition layer. 4. The device of claim 3 wherein said microcapsules
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
have an average diameter between 14 and 26 micrometers. 5. The device of claim 4 wherein said microcapsules comprise between 50 and 85% by volume
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 13 words
of said adhesive composition. 6. The device of claim 3 wherein said liquid
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 13 words
is an odor releasing material. 7. The device of claim 2 wherein said
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 23 words
microcapsules have an average diameter between 12 and 30 micrometers. 8. The device of claim 7 wherein said liquid is an odor releasing
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 35 words
material. 9. The device of claim 2 wherein said microcapsules comprise gelatin and are between 21 and 100% by weight of said adhesive composition, said binder comprises between 0 and 78.75% by weight and said
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 12 words
viscofier comprises between 0.25 and 12% by weight. 10. The device of
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 13 words
claim 9 wherein said liquid is an odor releasing material. 11. The device
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 24 words
of claim 2 wherein said liquid is an odor releasing material. 12. The device of claim 2 wherein said adhesive is a water-remoistenable adhesive.
Claim 12
Independent Claim 8 words
The device of claim .[.1.]. .Iadd.28 .Iaddend.wherein said
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 22 words
microcapsules have an average diameter between 8 and 30 micrometers. 14. The device of claim 13 wherein said microcapsules comprise between 50
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 22 words
and 85% by volume of adhesive composition. 15. The device of claim .[.1.]. .Iadd.28 .Iaddend.wherein said microcapsules comprise between 50 and 85%
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
by volume of said adhesive composition. 16. The device of claim .[.1.]. .Iadd.28 .Iaddend.wherein said liquid is an odor releasing material and
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 20 words
the shell of said microcapsule comprises a urea-formaldehyde resin. 17. The device of claim .[.1.]. .Iadd.28 .Iaddend.wherein said liquid is
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 33 words
an odor releasing material. 18. The device of claim .[.1.]. .Iadd.28 .Iaddend.wherein a polymeric coating is present over said coated paper surface which is not dissolved by or chemically bonded to said adhesive
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 18 words
composition. 19. The device of claim .[.1.]. .Iadd.28 .Iaddend.wherein said adhesive composition contains said microcapsule and a non-viscosity
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 314 words
enhancing particulate filler. 20. A device for exposing a liquid, said device consisting essentially of (1) two surfaces of paper, at least one of which surfaces is a surface of coated paper, said surfaces being bound by an adhesive composition layer, said coated paper comprising paper which is coated with a resinous binder and white, bone or ivory pigment, and said at least one surface a coated paper having a printed image thereon, (2) said adhesive composition layer containing microcapsules with said liquid within the shell of the microcapsules, and (3) said microcapsules having an average diameter between 4 and 80 micrometers, the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition layer being less than the strength of the bond between said adhesive composition and a coated face of said sheets, the tensile rupture strength of said microcapsules being such that the cohesive failure of the adhesive results in breakage of the microcapsules, and the tensile rupture strength between said two surfaces being at least 4.0 g/cm and less than 90 g/cm at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity. .[.21. A device for exposing a liquid, said device comprising (1) at least two surfaces of coated paper bound by an adhesive composition layer, (2) said adhesive composition layer containing microcapsules with said liquid within the shell of the microcapsules, and (3) said microcapsules having an average diameter between 4 and 80 micrometers, the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition layer being less than the strength of the bond between said adhesive composition and a coated face of said sheets, the tensile rupture strength of said microcapsules being such that the cohesive failure of the adhesive results in breakage of the microcapsules, and the tensile rupture strength between said two surfaces being at least 8.0 g/cm and less than 90 g/cm at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity and greater than 4.0 g/m after storage for seventy-two
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 148 words
hours at 120° C. and less than 1% relative humidity..]. .[.22. The device of claim 21 wherein said tensile rupture strength between said two surfaces is at least 16.0 g/cm and less than 90 g/cm at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity..]. .[.23. The device of claim 22 wherein said liquid is an odor releasing material..]. .[.24. The device of claim 22 wherein said tensile rupture strength is at least 8.0 g after storage for seventy-two hours at 1% relative humidity and 120° C..]. .[.25. The device of claim 21 wherein said liquid is an odor releasing material..]. .[.26. The device of claim 25 wherein said tensile rupture strength is at least 8.0 g after storage for seventy-two hours at 1% relative humidity and 120° C..]. .[.27. The device of claim 21 wherein said tensile rupture strength is at least 8.0 g after storage for seventy-two hours at
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 176 words
1% relative humidity and 120° C..]. .Iadd.28. A device for exposing a liquid, said device consisting essentially of (1) two surfaces of paper, both of said surfaces being surfaces of coated paper, said surfaces being bound by an adhesive composition layer, said coated paper comprising paper which is coated with a resinous binder and white, bone or ivory pigment, and at least one of said surfaces of coated paper having a printed image thereon, (2) said adhesive composition layer containing microcapsules with said liquid within the shell of the microcapsules, and (3) said microcapsules having an average diameter between 4 and 80 micrometers, the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition layer being less than the strength of the bond between said adhesive composition and a coated face of said sheets, the tensile rupture strength of said microcapsules being such that the cohesive failure of the adhesive results in breakage of the microcapsules, and the tensile rupture strength between said two surfaces being at least 4.0 g/cm and less than 90 g/cm at 20° C. and 50%
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 177 words
relative humidity..Iaddend. .Iadd.29. A device for exposing a liquid, said device consisting essentially of (1) two surfaces of coated paper bound by an adhesive composition layer, said coated paper comprising paper which is coated with a resinous binder and white, bone, or ivory pigment, and at least one of said surfaces having a high quality printed image thereon, (2) said adhesive composition layer containing microcapsules with said liquid within the shell of said microcapsules, and (3) said microcapsules having an average diameter between 4 and 80 micrometers, the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition layer being less than the strength of the bond between said adhesive composition and said surfaces of coated paper, the tensile rupture strength of said microcapsules being such that the cohesive failure of the adhesive results in breakage of the microcapsules, and the tensile rupture strength between said two surfaces being at least 4.0 g/cm and less than 90 g/cm at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity and greater than 4.0 g/cm after storage at 120° F. and low humidity for seventy-two hours..Iaddend.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 171 words
.Iadd.30. A device for exposing a liquid, said device consisting essentially of (1) two surfaces of high quality coated paper as conventionally used in the advertising trade, said surfaces being bound by an adhesive composition layer, said coated paper comprising paper which is coated with a resinous binder and white, bone, or ivory pigment, and at least one of said surfaces of coated paper having a high quality printed image thereon, (2) said adhesive composition layer containing microcapsules within the shell of the microcapsules, and (3) said microcapsules having an average diameter between 4 and 80 micrometers, the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition layer being less than the strength of the bond between said adhesive composition and said surfaces of coated paper, the tensile rupture strength of said microcapsule being such that the cohesive failure of the adhesive results in breakage of the microcapsules, and the tensile rupture strength between said two surfaces being at least 4.0 g/cm and less than 90 g/cm at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity.

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