Abstract: A transfer is made by a process which includes applying a first adhesive to a base sheet, applying flock fibers to the adhesive for temporary retention thereby on the base sheet, then applying a second layer of adhesive to exposed ends of the flock fibers with the second layer being formed of a composition including an emulsion or solution, preferably an aqueous emulsion, of an adhesive polymer in a carrier liquid together with a large number of minute solid particles of a thermoplastic polymer resin intermixed intimately with the emulsion or solution before application of the composition to the fibers, and with the composition preferably being pressed against the fibers so that upon evaporation of the carrier liquid the second layer remains adhered to the fibers in integrated form with at least some of the particles received between the fibers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 1980
Date of Patent:
July 20, 1982
Assignee:
International Coatings Co., Inc.
Inventors:
Herbert A. Wells, Walter L. Hochner, George F. Matacek
Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive is formed from a composition comprising mono-functional unsaturated acrylate ester monomer, essentially saturated tackifying resin polymer dissolved in the acrylate ester, non-crystallizing elastomeric material also dissolved in the acrylate ester, and an initiator responsive to ultraviolet light or other penetrating radiation such as electron beam, gamma or X-ray radiation. The composition is cured by subjection to ultraviolet light or other radiation, which causes the initiator to induce polymerization of both the acrylate ester and the non-crystallizing elastomeric material, apparently with co-polymerization therebetween.
Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive is formed from a composition comprising mono-functional unsaturated acrylate ester monomer, essentially saturated tackifying resin polymer dissolved in the acrylate ester, non-crystallizing elastomeric material also dissolved in the acrylate ester, and an initiator responsive to ultraviolet light or other penetrating radiation such as electron beam, gamma or X-ray radiation. The composition is cured by subjection to ultraviolet light or other radiation, which causes the initiator to induce polymerization of both the acrylate ester and the non-crystallizing elastomeric material, apparently with co-polymerization therebetween.