Abstract: A method of making a quilt includes a batting including a heat activated adhesive coating each side or faces of the batting. The quilt covers are attached to the batting by sequentially placing the covers onto the respective batting faces and heating each cover and adjacent adhesive by moving a hot iron over each cover. The covers are connected to each by a plurality of spaced yarn or other suitable decorative connecting means which extend through the covers and batting to secure the batting in place and may form a desired decorative pattern. The inactive adhesive remains in the quilt or is removed by washing of the quilt. The batting with the inactive adhesive is provided as a commercially available product.

Abstract: The invention features a textile laminate including a textile layer, a barrier layer, and an adhesive for bonding the laminate to the substrate. Preferred adhesives provide a combination of low temperature tack and high temperature performance. The low temperature tack allows the laminate to be adhered to the substrate at a temperature significantly lower than the melting point of the barrier film, while the high temperature performance allows the laminate to survive extended high temperature aging.

Abstract: A backing material for medical use with a pressure-sensitively adhesive coating on at least one side, having an ultimate tensile stress strength of at least 800 cN/cm and a bond strength to the reverse of the backing of not less than 10 cN/cm, the latex-free, cold seal composition applied to the backing material comprising one or more block copolymers having a styrene content of less than 65% by weight and having a tan &dgr; of less then 0.4 at a temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 100 rad/s.

Abstract: A reflective insulation system. The reflective insulation system includes a reflective layer such as aluminum, a layer of fiberglass, and a layer of vapor retarding material. A first side of the layer of fiberglass is bonded to the reflective layer by a deposit of hot melt glue. The second side of the layer of fiberglass is bonded to the layer of vapor retarding material by a second deposit of hot melt glue. The vapor retarding layer may be a plastic material, such as polypropylene or a reflective material, such as aluminum.

Abstract: A layered composite material comprises a backing made from a thermoplastic polymer, an intermediate layer arranged thereupon, and a heat-cured layer applied to the intermediate layer, where the bonding material of the intermediate layer is a thermoplastic. The intermediate layer and the backing may be composed of the same thermoplastic. The intermediate layer and the heat-cured layer may also be applied to both sides of the backing. The layered composite material may furthermore comprise a decorative layer between the intermediate layer and the heat-cured layer.

Abstract: Adhesive tape comprising a support which is woven from a plurality of threads formed at least in the majority of ethylene polyterephthalate. At least some of the plurality comprise longitudinal threads extending in a longitudinal direction of the adhesive tape. At least some of the plurality comprise transverse threads extending transversely relative to the longitudinal direction. A layer of adhesive covers at least one face of the support. A titre of the longitudinal threads per unit width of the adhesive tape is lower than a titre of the longitudinal threads per unit length of the adhesive tape and at least equal to 2500 dtex/cm. The longitudinal threads are held in place in the transverse direction by the adhesive, so as to give to the adhesive tape a transverse tearing stress of less than 10 N.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly durable, moisture-permeable, waterproof material that is high in moisture-permeability and waterproofness and able to achieve good adhesion with such a coat layer as moisture-permeable, water-resistant layer and with such a fibrous structural material as fabric, and a method for the production thereof. The moisture-permeable, waterproof material of the invention comprises a moisture-permeable, water-resistant layer, a fibrous structural material, and a water-swellable adhesive layer interposed between the former two to adhere them together, wherein the surfaces of the single fibers comprising said fibrous structural material are coated with a pre-treating agent containing a polyhydric compound as main component, said fibrous structural material and said water-swellable adhesive layer being adhered via the pre-treating agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated fabric object and a method of making the coated fabric object, including a vase, container or furniture panel, the object having an outer fabric wrapping with a sewn seam and drawstring to tighten the seam around the neck of the object, an inner fabric collar applied and fitted to the opening of the object, after which a clear resin coating is applied to the fabric, causing the fabric to become stiff as the resin hardens, permanently bonding the fabric to the object to which it is applied.

Abstract: A fixing liner, made up of a textile liner web (1), which is coated on one side with double-layer adhesive mass points, which are made up of lower points, facing the liner web, and upper points (2, 3); arranged on top of them, the lower points (2) being made up of a powdery mixture of 25 to 90% by weight of an epoxide resin having an epoxide equivalent weight of 500 to 4000 mVal/kg, 10 to 75% by weight of an acid terminated polyamide, a polyester, a polyurethane and/or a vinyl copolymer having carboxyl, anhydro, hydroxy, and/or amido side groups and having a melt flow index (MFI) of 40 to 120 g/10 min measured at 160° C. and 2.16 kg, and 0 to 20% by weight of a hardener as well as the auxiliary and filler materials that are customarily used to produce a paste, the upper points (3) being composed of acid-terminated polyamides and/or copolyesters, and the weight ratio of the masses, obtained in the lower and upper points (2, 3), being 1:0.5 to 1:5.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying information and a method of using said apparatus during a medical emergency. The apparatus consists of a perforated adhesive tape with a front side and a back side. The back side includes an adhesive applied thereto to enable the tape to be affixed to a secondary surface. The front side includes borders on each side thereof. The borders are comprised of a reflective material. A middle section between the two borders includes a material with a surface adapted to receive indicia from a writing utensil. Adjacent segments of the tape are separated by perforations. During use, a writing utensil may be used to apply indicia to the middle section of a segment of the tape. The segment may be removed from an adjacent segment along the perforations, and the tape may be applied to a secondary surface.

Abstract: A waterproofed fabric and a sealing tape for a waterproofed fabric each include a waterproof layer, a resin composition containing spherical particles with a specified particle size laminated to the waterproof layer. A waterproof article of clothing uses the fabric and the sealing tape. The article has a waterproof property, is very comfortable to wear, inexpensive, and light in weight.

Abstract: A novel gypsum wallboard having a textile reinforcing material embedded within a gypsum core together with randomly oriented chopped glass fibers, as well as a novel process for constructing such gypsum wallboards.

Abstract: A fusible quilt batt. The fusible batt includes a non-woven fibrous web and a heat sealable and releasable adhesive. The adhesive is coated on the outer surface of the web and insinuates between the fibers of the web internally. The adhesive thus binds the fibers of the web and provides a tackiness sufficient to allow the web to be applied to a backing material at an elevated temperature and removed from the backing at room temperature or an elevated temperature. After removal of the web from the backing material it may be reapplied to a backing material at an elevated temperature. The attachment, removal and reattachment process is repeatable.

Abstract: A burn through and flame propagation resistant system, includes a sheet of burn through and flame propagation resistant paper made of aramid fibers, mica flakes, and aramid fibrid binder; and one or more sheets of polymeric film, preferably, flame propagation resistant polymeric film, bonded to at least one major surface of the sheet of burn through and flame propagation resistant paper to form a laminated sheet. Preferably, for many applications, the system is also water vapor transmission resistant with the sheet or sheets of polymeric film or a coating providing the water vapor transmission resistance. The burn through and flame propagation resistant paper and/or polymeric film(s) may have major surface(s) coated with a heat sealable adhesive, e.g. for securing the laminated sheet to itself or another laminated sheet to form a bag or envelope for encapsulating insulation.

Abstract: A high strength polymeric composite laminate that has enhanced design features to perform as a roofing underlayment material for use in conjunction with modified bituminous materials such as APP or SBS membranes, as well as shingles, tiles, metal and other roof coverings.

Abstract: A low application temperature rubber-based hot melt adhesive having properties particularly well suited for use in the construction of disposable articles has been invented. The adhesive comprises a styrene block copolymer and a type of wax in an amount effective to produce a viscosity at 120° C. of below about 10,000 centipoises, a cube flow at 130° F. (54° C.) of less than about 300%, a DSC crystallization temperature of less than about 75° C. and a storage modulus of less than about 1.0×107 dynes/cm2 at 10 rads/sec (25° C.).

Abstract: Fragrance emitting articles are provided along with methods of making and using the same. The fragrance emitting articles provided contain microcapsules of a fragrance, which microcapsules are associated with the fragrance emitting article without the addition of a binder. The invention also relates to methods of making the subject fragrance emitting articles and methods of using those articles.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a heat-bonding lining of the type comprising a non-woven textile support which is obtained by thermobinding of a web of at least one type of fibre, and a discontinuous layer comprising a hot-melt polymer which is disposed on at least one of the faces of the textile support, in which, in combination, the textile support comprises at least 70% fibres formed from a polymer material based on polyamide and the hot-melt polymer is formed from polyamide.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for making a micaceous product capable of being impregnated preferably in the form of a mica ribbon by combining at least a support and a mica sheet. The invention is characterized in that it consists in: coating the support and the sheet with a solvent-fee resin or a mixture of solvent-free resins using several coating rollers brought to a temperature for producing the coat; combining the support with the mica sheet; subjecting them to a pressure and heat treatment.

Abstract: A glass strand mat is produced by placing a first layer of glass filaments on a moving belt. An adhesive web binder is placed over the first layer of glass filaments, and a second layer of glass filaments is placed over the adhesive web binder. The glass filaments and the adhesive web binder are captured by a second moving belt, and heat and pressure are applied. The two layers of glass filaments are bonded together into a glass mat which is then cooled and wound into a roll.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to completely cure a resin composition highly capable of screening energy radiation, such as a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material (CFRP), simply by exposing the resin composition to UV radiation in the presence of a specific photopolymerization initiator system (reaction catalyst system) comprising at least two components. To this end, the present invention provides a resin curing method wherein, when a resin composition is exposed to energy radiation typified by UV radiation, another kind of first energy than the energy from an energy radiation source is autogenously generated within the resin, and the same kind of second energy is successively generated by the autogenously generated energy, so that the resin composition is cured by means of the first and second energies, or both the first and second energies and the energy from the energy radiation source, whether or not the resin composition contains a substance capable of screening energy radiation.

Abstract: A laminated bullet resistant glazing comprises a plurality of glass and plastic plies arranged in at least two layers including an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer extends beyond the inner layer so as to form a step which extends around at least part of the periphery of the glazing. The glazing is reinforced with a band positioned at least partially on the step and having at least first and second longitudinal faces, and in position the first longitudinal face is in contact with the step and the second longitudinal face is in contact with an adjacent portion of the glazing. Application of the band to the step enhances the support strength of the outer layer and enables the manufacture of a bullet resistant glazing having an outer layer reduced in thickness compared to prior bullet resistant glazings.

Abstract: Essentially inelastic backing material for medical purposes, characterized in that the backing material has an addition of high-strength fibers, multi-strand yarns, mixed multistrands or filaments having an ultimate tensile stress strength of at least 60 cN/tex, preferably from 80 to 500 cN/tex, the high-strength fibers, multi-strand yarns, mixed multistrands or filaments having a water absorption of less than 10%, preferably less than 5% and, with particular preference, less than 3% and the high-strength fibers, multi-strand yarns, mixed multistrands or threads giving the backing material an ultimate stress strength of at least 50 N/cm, preferably from 60 to 450 N/cm and, with particular preference, from 65 to 250 N/cm, and in that the backing material is coated at least partially on at least one side with a hotmelt adhesive composition.

Abstract: The present invention involves an applique for applying a fabric pattern to an object. The applique comprises a laminate having an outer periphery to define a first predetermined shape corresponding to the fabric pattern and has etches formed adjacent the periphery to simulate an appearance of stitching. In one embodiment, the laminate comprises a top fabric layer and a bottom fabric layer with a periphery, wherein the bottom fabric layer periphery corresponds to the outer periphery. The top fabric layer is a strip attached to the bottom layer, wherein the top fabric layer is disposed adjacent the outer periphery. The laminate has etches formed on the top fabric layer so that the top fabric layer simulates the appearance of stitching. In another embodiment, the laminate comprises a top fabric layer and a bottom fabric layer, wherein the top fabric layer has a second predetermined shape. The top fabric layer is attached to the bottom fabric layer and disposed inward from the outer periphery.

Abstract: A cover tape for winding on a grip of a device comprising an elongated cloth layer and an elastic layer. The cloth layer has a first surface and a second surface. The elastic layer is made of silicone gel and bonded to the first surface of the cloth layer for enabling the second surface of the cloth layer to be exposed to the outside when spirally winding the cover tape round the grip with the elastic layer adhered to the periphery of the grip.

Abstract: A one-part curable epoxy adhesive composition is provided. The adhesive comprises curable epoxy resin, a latent curative system comprising (a) at least one first curative encapsulated in thermoplastic polymeric microcapsules and (b) a second latent curative admixed in the curable epoxy resin, and sufficient particulate thermoplastic polymeric material to at least partially regionally plasticize the cured epoxy resin wherein up to all of the particulate thermoplastic polymeric material may be provided by the walls of the microcapsules. A method of curing the adhesive by heating the composition is also provided. A joint made by adhering members together with the adhesive composition and a method of making the joint are also provided.

Abstract: A method of making a quilt includes a batting including a heat activated adhesive coating each side or faces of the batting. The quilt covers are attached to the batting by sequentially placing the covers onto the respective batting faces and heating each cover and adjacent adhesive by moving a hot iron over each cover. The covers are connected to each by a plurality of spaced yarn or other suitable decorative connecting means which extend through the covers and batting to secure the batting in place and may form a desired decorative pattern. The inactive adhesive remains in the quilt or is removed by washing of the quilt. The batting with the inactive adhesive is provided as a commercially available product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to provided a textile film lamination for use as a wall covering and the like, comprising a fabric layer formed of fire retardant yarn filaments and having a face and back side, a thermoplastic cap film applied to the face of the fabric under heat and pressure, a fire retardant thermosetting or thermoplastic film adhesive on the back of the fabric wherein the fabric retains its fabric-like quality in appearance and tactile feel. The invention retains a weave like look and feel to the fabric while providing a protective clear film on the face surface of the fabric. The invention is suitable for use on wall surfaces in aircraft interiors, rail coach cars, buses, ships, hospitals, public office buildings, sports arenas, hotels, theaters, churches, seniors homes and schools where flammability of the covering material is crucial.

Abstract: The fabrication of multi-layered laminated structures involves a high strength through-bonding technique. In its preferred embodiment, the structure is a nonwoven trilaminate structure which has outer layers of nonwoven material, and an inner elastomeric layer which has a plurality of openings therethrough, (e.g., an elastomeric mesh). During fabrication, beads of through-bonding adhesive (e.g., oil resistant, polybutylene-based hot melt adhesive) is applied to at least one of the nonwoven webs. The inner elastomeric mesh web and the two outer nonwoven webs are then aligned and fed into a compression nip. The compression nip compresses the webs together to obtain intimate contact of the two outer nonwoven webs through the openings in the inner elastomeric mesh web.

Abstract: Nonwoven-based backing material especially for adhesive tape, comprising a tape-shaped nonwoven-based backing having at least one polymer-base stripe surficially applied to it on either or both of its sides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cloth adhesive tape for binding a wire harness used for binding the insulated conductors of wire harness. An adhesive layer 12 is put on the one surface of substrate 11 made of a non-woven fabric and having small through holes 15 throughout the area thereof, and a resin layer 13 is put on the other surface of the substrate 11, and a release agent layer 14 is put on the resin layer 13. This can prevent the delamination of the substrate 11 and can improve a sound-damping property, a hand-tearing property, and a fire resistance.

Abstract: Non-fogging self-adhesive tape comprising a non-fogging backing to at least one side of which a non-fogging pressure-sensitive adhesive composition has been applied.

Abstract: An improved electrical insulation tape is formed from a sheet of fiberglass cloth having a layer of thermoplastic resin bonded thereto. The thermoplastic resin layer is applied to the fiberglass sheet by melting the resin while contacting the fiberglass, and then the composite is cooled to bond the two components together. The composite sheet is then slit into tapes with substantially no unraveling of the fiberglass component at the slit edges of the tapes. The resultant tapes are easily wrapped on, and adhered to, conductors, such as magnet wire, or the like, by remelting and resolidifying the thermoplastic layer. The tape possesses excellent dielectric properties and heat dissipation properties. Alternatively, the fiberglass sheet may be impregnated with the melted thermoplastic component whereby a composite, rather than a relatively definitive two layer laminate, is formed.

Abstract: A sheet for protecting paint films of automobiles which can prevent the paint film of automobiles from suffering from damages such as discoloration and denaturation even if rainwater or washer penetrates into the gap between the adhesive cover and the paint film while achieving excellent protection function to suspended matters, colliding matters, etc. inherent to protecting sheets and being easily peeled off and removed after completion of the desired protection. The sheet for protecting paint films of automobiles comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a roughened surface provided on a substrate made of fiber sheet. Even when rainwater, washer, etc.

Abstract: Carrier material having a self-adhesive finish and a hotmelt self-adhesive composition applied not to the entire area of at least one side, characterized in that the adhesive composition is foamed.

Abstract: A flexible polyolefin-based hot melt adhesive composition having a variety of end uses, particularly in bonding polyethylene and polypropylene films, nonwoven fabrics and elastic attachment applications in nonwoven disposable articles. The composition includes a flexible polyolefin polymer or a blend of flexible polyolefin polymers, a tackifier resin, a plasticizer, and optionally a wax and a stabilizer. The preferred flexible polyolefin polymer has a melt flow rate greater than 5 g/10 min. and a density between 0.86 to 0.90 g/cm3. The hot melt adhesive composition provides a novel combination of desirable properties including good adhesion to a variety of substrates, low viscosity, good heat stability and oil resistance. The adhesive can be applied using common application techniques such as extruding or spraying.

Abstract: A composite structure having a fibrous mat with perforated film coverings vacuumed formed on both sides of the fibrous mat. The composite structure is affixed between a structural foam and a soft foam to create a component part for use in applications such as automotive trim parts.

Abstract: Processes for constructing textile articles using curable hot melt adhesives is disclosed. In the process, a molten curable hot melt adhesive is applied to a fabric surface along a simulated sewing path and contacted to another fabric surface so that the adhesive is disposed between the fabric surfaces. The adhesive bonds the fabric surfaces so that the article can withstand subsequent fabric processing. The adhesive cures over time, causing an irreversible increase in the initial softening point of the adhesive. The resultant textile articles exhibit good seam strengths, durability and desirable aesthetics.

Abstract: A filtering material with adsorbing properties which comprises a flat carrier, the carrier being provided on one or both sides with a binder coating which becomes tacky when heated and to which an adsorption material is adhered. An adsorption filter can be produced from at least two layers of the filtering material. The invention also relates to a process for producing the filtering material.

Abstract: The invention includes fibrous nonwoven multiple layer mats having at least two layers with a body portion layer and a surface portion layer having fine fibers and/or particles therein, both layers being bonded together and to each other with a same resin binder. Preferably most or essentially all of the particles and/or fibers in the surface layer are larger than openings between the fibers in the body portion of the mat. The mats produced according to this invention are useful as a facer for all types of boards such as wood boards, wood product boards, insulating boards and hard boards of all types, and also as reinforcement and dimensional stabilizers for making a large number of novel laminate products and for a myriad of other uses. These mats are made on a wet laid nonwoven mat machine with a modification to the binder preparation system, an inventive step in the preparation of the binder and in the selection of ingredients for a binder slurry.

Abstract: A reinforced fiber sheet for use in repairing/reinforcing concrete structures including a net-shaped fabric substrate and reinforcing fibers uni-directionally and uniformly arranged on either side or both sides thereof. Also, a reinforced fiber sheet for use in repairing/reinforcing concrete structured including a first and a second substrate and reinforcing fibers uni-directionally and uniformly interposed between the first and second substrates. The substrate is a net-shaped fabric formed by cross-arranging organic or inorganic fiber strands and impregnating them with thermoplastic resins, and the reinforcing fiber is attached and bonded to the substrate by the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: Carrier material having a self-adhesive finish and a hotmelt self-adhesive composition applied to the entire area of at least one side, characterized in that the thermoplastic adhesive composition is foamed and the product has an air permeability of at least 3 cm3/cm2/s for an amount applied of at least 20 g/m2.

Abstract: Backing material with a partial self-adhesive coating on at least one side, the application of the self-adhesive composition taking place in the form of geometric structures, wherein for at least some of the geometric structures the base area by means of which the geometric structures adhere to the backing material lies within the area of projection of the geometric structures which is formed as a consequence of the fact that the geometric structures are projected perpendicularly onto the backing material.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising a thermosetting powder adhesive adhered to a thermoplastic non-woven web adhesive, and processes for making the same. The thermosetting powder adhesive component is preferably a polyester, a polyester-polyurethane, an epoxy or an epoxy-polyester hybrid. The thermoplastic non-woven web adhesive component is preferably an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a polyester, a polyolefin, or a polyamide. The adhesive composition provides superior bonding between vinyl and/or cloth coverings and a variety of surfaces including metal, plastic, rubber and wood. There is also disclosed herein a composite article that comprises an adhesive layer made from the aforementioned adhesive composition and a substrate layer, and processes for making the same.

Abstract: A heat bond seaming tape has a base formed of a sheet of paper or a paper-like material and an overlying strip of an open mesh material. A plurality of transversely spaced, longitudinally extending beads of a hot melt thermoplastic adhesive material is placed on a top surface of the mesh for adhering the tape to the backs of adjacent carpet edges. A strip of a polyolefin such as a semi-rigid high density polyethylene material is sandwiched between the base sheet and the strip of open mesh material and extends longitudinally along the center of the strip and extends transversely across the carpet seam to prevent seam buckling. The base sheet and reinforcing strip can be extruded as an integral one piece member of the high density polyethylene prior to being joined with the mesh and hot melt adhesive.

Abstract: A gelatinous composite article has a sealant layer, a permeable layer and a heat formable and heat reversible gelatinous elastomer material. The sealant layer melts within a first temperature range. The permeable layer is over the sealant layer and melts at a second temperature greater than the first temperature range. The heat formable and heat reversible gelatinous elastomer material is over the permeable layer and fuses to the sealant layer within the first temperature range. The sealant layer and the gelatinous elastomer material adhere to each other through the permeable layer once the first temperature is attained. Thereby, the permeable layer secures to the gelatinous layer.

Abstract: A base fabric used for producing an adhesive tape and the adhesive tape with the same, which adhesive tape has good transversely tearable property and small in thickness, said base fabric being composed of at least one longitudinal base material of stretched unidirectionally aligned nonwoven fabric which is made by spinning a thermoplastic resin into a long filament nonwoven fabric and stretching it in one direction so as to aligne its filaments almost in one direction.

Abstract: A laminate base material of aromatic polyamide fiber non-woven fabric which comprises a combined non-woven fabric of para-aramid fibers and meta-aramid fibers bonded with each other by a resin binder such as an epoxy resin binder and meta-aramid fibers being thermally adhered to each other and meta-aramid fibers being thermally adhered to para-aramid fibers while they are passing through a pair of thermal rolls and heated and pressed by them and the meta-aramid fibers being included preferably by 5 through 30 weight %.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for aligning discontinuous fibers (F 101, 212) is described. A feeder apparatus (20, 120, 220, 220A) is used to align the fibers in a horizontal plane for feeding to the aligning apparatus (40, 140, 240, 240A) providing an electrical (E) field to orient the fibers in one preselected direction. A support or conveyor (70, 170, 270) receives the aligned fibers. The method and apparatus provides composite products having improved physical properties because of the alignment. The fibers can be of different lengths and a mixture of different types to make composites with controlled microstructure and properties. The composite materials can be in the form of non-woven, discontinuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic stampable sheets with controlled fiber orientation distribution. The composites are useful for a variety of goods.

Abstract: A mesh panel for throwable and/or grippable objects such as footballs, baseballs, basketballs, baseball bats, etc. The mesh panel is formed from polyvinylchloride (PVC) and includes a plurality of openings surrounded by a plurality of connecting portions. The outer surface of the mesh panel is such that each of the connecting portions includes a plurality of rib portions which further enhance the ability to grip the mesh panel. The inside surface of the mesh panel has an adhesive coating which bonds to an outer surface of the object to which the mesh panel is attached when heat is applied to the mesh panel. The heating of the mesh panel also causes a sticky, resin-like outer surface to be formed. The mesh panel enables various objects such as footballs, baseballs, basketballs, baseball bats, etc. to be much more easily grasped, thrown and caught by individuals of all ages and sizes, and particularly by individuals such as small adults and children having relatively small hands.