Abstract: An adhesive composition formed by admixing under melt conditions (a) 50-95% by weight of a moisture cross-linkable silane-grafted polyolefin having a melt viscosity of less than 100,000 cps, and (b) 5-50% by weight of a polyolefin grafted with at least one ethylenically-unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride, and derivatives thereof. The grafted polyolefin has a melt viscosity of less than 100,000 cps, and contains a catalyst for moisture cross-linking of the silane-grafted polyolefin of (a). The adhesive may be used to bond a variety of substrates.

Abstract: A multi-layer article that includes a layer of a water-soluble polymer that provides a water-removable, non-tacky film over an adhesive layer and/or acts as an adhesive for securing the multi-layer article to a substrate, such as concrete, when wetted. The article forms a water barrier capable of being secured to an area of potential water flow including a layer of flexible, water-impermeable sheet material having a continuous or discontinuous coating of a water-soluble polymer thereon. When the water-soluble polymer is wetted to at least partially solubilize the water-soluble coating, the polymer readily adheres the article to a substrate at the area of potential water flow.

Abstract: Adhesive system for forming a resilient boxtoe structure. The system includes a coated substrate and a solution having a pH greater than 7.0 for activating the coating. Upon activation, the coating becomes tacky, enabling it to adhere to the upper and lining portions of the shoe to form a boxtoe. The coating is an acid copolymer which retains its modulus upon activation and assures a strong bond between the upper and lining of the shoe. It is preferred that the solution be an aqueous solution including additives such as ammonia to assure a pH exceeding 7.0.

Abstract: A linerless pressure sensitive adhesive label comprising a substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer coated onto at least a portion of one side of the substrate, and a continuous protective layer of polyethylene or amide wax substantially overcoating the pressure sensitive adhesive, thereby masking the tackiness of the substrate. Also included is a method of making a linerless pressure sensitive adhesive label comprising the steps of applying a pressure sensitive adhesive to one side of a substrate, and applying a continuous polyethylene or amide wax protective layer substantially over the pressure sensitive adhesive, thereby masking the tackiness of the substrate. Also disclosed is a method of using the linerless pressure sensitive adhesive label comprising the steps of at least partially removing the protective layer to thereby expose the pressure sensitive adhesive and subsequently affixing the label to a surface.

Abstract: A packaging coding system including at least one roll of moisture-activated adhesive-backed tape with a top side and an underside and two lateral edges, and a layer of moisture-activated adhesive applied to the underside of the tape. The tape has oil absorbed into one or both lateral edges to provide flexibility, waterproofing, and a vapor barrier to prevent activation of the adhesive when the tape is rolled up and at least one colored ink applied to at least one edge of the tape in a predetermined discrete position which serves to code the tape.

Abstract: Radiation-sensitive photographic plates are prepared by laminating to a rigid transparent plate support a photographic element comprised of a flexible photographic film support having a radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side thereof and a remoistenable adhesive layer on the opposite side thereof. The adhesive layer is non-tacky in the dry state but is reactivated by moistening so as to strongly bond the photographic element to the rigid transparent plate support.

Abstract: The invention is a sidewall for a cargo vessel having a seamless, snag-free interior liner. The wall includes an exterior skin that is rivetted to a first side of a supporting sidepost, and a seamless, snag-free interior liner that is mounted to the second side of the sidepost. The method for making the sidewall includes rivetting the exterior skin to the first side of the supports, and then gluing the seamless interior liner material to the second side of the supports with or without tension, and so that the interior liner is not at all pierced by fasteners, or only pierced in areas that are not likely to contact cargo. In a preferred embodiment, the interior liner is mounted to the second side of the supports under tension to maximize the interior liners' ability to absorb and deflect cargo impact and remain snag-free, sag-free and puncture resistant.

Abstract: A laminated web has a carrier sheet and a sign material sheet superimposed on it and a first layer of permanently tacky adhesive attaching the sign material sheet to the carrier. A second permanently tacky adhesive layer is provided on the side of the sign material sheet facing away from the base layer and is coated or is provided with a film which deadens the exposed tacky surface such that the web may be cut in an automated sign generated machine and the web weeded thereby leaving free standing characters on which the second permanently tacky adhesive can then be exposed for application onto a substrate surface.

Abstract: A removable masking tape suitable for protecting a surface on a substrate that has irregular curvatures and contours, the masking tape containing a polymeric tape that is flexible and deformable to conforming to the contour, or curvature of the surface. After the masking tape has been applied to the surface of the substrate, the masking tape is capable of maintaining the contour and the curvature in the position it is applied over time without departure.

Abstract: A hot melt stick that includes a core of a moisture-curable hot melt composition and a moisture-resistant shell coaxial with the core. The shell includes one or more ethylene-containing copolymers that are compatible with the core upon melting. The hot melt stick is adapted for delivery to the melting chamber of a hot melt applicator.

Abstract: A thread-reinforced paper sheet comprises upper and lower paper layers and a reinforcing thread interposed therebetween. A thread-reinforced gummed tape comprises a tape base material which consists of upper and lower paper layers and a reinforcing thread interposed between the upper and lower paper layers, and a moisture activated adhesive layer formed on one of surfaces of the tape base material. In each of the thread-reinforced paper sheet and the thread-reinforced gummed tape, a water-soluble or water-dispersible adhesive is used to laminate the upper and lower paper layers, and a water-soluble thread is used as the reinforcing thread. Each of such thread-reinforced paper sheet and such thread-reinforced gummed tape exhibits a strength equivalent to that of the prior art article and moreover, has a complete disintegratability. Thus, a regeneratable thread-reinforced paper sheet as well as a regeneratable thread-reinforced gummed tape is provided.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive which is dispersible at an alkaline pH but not at an acidic or a neutral pH is disclosed. The adhesive is essentially free from plasticizers (i.e., it contains less than 0.1 part of plasticizer per part of polymer).The polymer is formed from A, B and C monomers. The A monomer is hydrophobic and is an acrylic or methacrylic ester of a non-tertiary C.sub.2 -C.sub.14 alcohol. It comprises from 50 to 80 weight % of the polymer.The B monomer contains .beta.-carboxyethyl acrylate (BCEA) or a salt thereof or a mixture of BCEA or a salt thereof with a vinyl carboxylic acid or a salt thereof. The polymer contains from 10 to 30 weight % of B monomer. The acid groups of the polymer have been neutralized with from 0.5 to 2 equivalents of an alkali metal hydroxide.The C monomer is an X--Y--Z macromer. X is copolymerizable with the A and B monomers. Y is a divalent linking group.

Abstract: A wallcovering material comprising a substrate having a water remoistenable adhesive on at least one of its surfaces, said adhesive being derived from a stable aqueous emulsion comprising:(1) between about 20 and about 50 weight percent synthetic polymer solids, said solids comprising a copolymer or a terpolymer derived from:(a) between about 60 and about 90 mole percent of a vinyl ester, optionally including vinyl alcohol derived from said vinyl ester;(b) between about 10 and about 40 mole percent of one or more water soluble monomers; and(c) between about 0 and about 10 mole percent of an alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate wherein alkyl represents an alkyl group containing between 1 and 20 carbon atoms;(2) between about 0.5 and about 5.0 weight percent of one or more surfactants or protective colloids; and(3) the balance water;wherein said aqueous emulsion has a viscosity of less than 1000 cps at 25.degree. C. and the process for producing the wallcovering is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to repulpable securing devices for securing repulpable articles. The securing devices are preferably in the form of straps or tapes made from extruded sheets of polyvinylalcohol or rope from extruded fibers of polyvinylalcohol. The securing devices are wrapped around pulpable articles for example, bales of pulp sheets, to hold them securely bound during transit or storage. They may also be used in machine thread-up or turn-up operations or as a handle for repulpable articles. The securing devices have the combination of properties of high tensile strength and repulpability at cold and hot water repulp temperatures. The securing devices can be repulped along with repulpable bales. These devices replace conventional wire or plastic strap which must be separately removed and disposed of, for example, at landfill sites.

Abstract: A laminated web has a carrier sheet and a sign material sheet superimposed on it and a first layer of permanently tacky adhesive attaching the sign material sheet to the carrier. A second permanently tacky adhesive layer is provided on the side of the sign material sheet facing away from the base layer and is coated or is provided with a film which deadens the exposed tacky surface such that the web may be cut in an automated sign generated machine and the web weeded thereby leaving free standing characters on which the second permanently tacky adhesive can then be exposed for application onto a substrate surface.

Abstract: An adhesive tape is disclosed. The adhesive tape comprises a high surface energy polyolefin film in combination with a water-dispersed adhesive. The polyolefin is prepared by blending from about 99.5% to about 90.0% by weight of a polymeric material with from about 0.5% to about 10.0% by weight of an amphiphile having the formula:RA(CHR.sup.2 [CH.sub.2 ].sub.n A.sup.1).sub.m R.sup.1where R and R.sup.1 are selected from the group consisting of the alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, acyl and arylacyl derivatives of an aliphatic or aliphatic/aromatic mono-acid with a molecular weight of from about 200 to about 500 daltons, A and A.sup.1 are selected from the group consisting of O, --NR.sup.3 --, carboxyl and S, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are selected from the group consisting of H, CH.sub.3 and C.sub.2 H.sub.5, n is from 0 to 3 and m is from 2 to 20.

Abstract: A composition comprising an acid resistant substrate in the form of fibers or particles coated with electrically conductive, doped tin oxide.

Abstract: A cutting cloth web having a multilayer construction comprises a generally elongate base layer of material having a first surface disposed on one side and having a second surface disposed on its side facing oppositely thereof and includes a generally elongate sheet of fabric material having a first surface disposed on one side thereof and a second surface disposed on its opposite side and facing the base layer second surface. The base layer and the fabric sheet are releasably attached to one another by holding means interposed between the second surface of the fabric material and the second surface of the base layer maintaining the two sheets in registry with one another such that a closed shape may be cut in the fabric material without disrupting the registration between the base layer and the sheet of fabric material as provided for by the holding means.

Abstract: A plate roll attached by an adhesive sheet to a printing plate made of a resin. The attached printing plate is easily detached. The adhesive sheet and remaining adhesive are easily removed after printing is finished and the efficiency of the operation of printing is enhanced. The adhesive sheet includes a photocurable adhesive, which loses adhesive ability by curing by irradiation of electromagnetic waves or an electron beam or a water swelling adhesive, which loses adhesive ability by swelling by water. Adhesive sheets for the plate roll comprise supporting sheets, removable sheets and a photocurable adhesive, which loses adhesive ability by curing by irradiation of electromagnetic waves or an electron beam or a water swelling adhesive, which loses adhesive ability by swelling by water.

Abstract: A relatively flexible retroreflective band for adhesive bonding about a support structure comprises a length of retroreflective sheeting formed into a continuous band with the outer portion of the band including retroreflective formations adapted to retroreflect light rays impinging thereon. An adhesive coating is disposed on the inner surface of the band to bond the band to a support structure, and a water-soluble release coating is superposed on the adhesive coating to prevent substantially contact of the adhesive coating with other surfaces. When it is desired to assemble the band onto a support structure, water is applied to dissolve the release coating and, while the adhesive coating is still wet with water, the band is slid over the support structure to the desired position.

Abstract: This invention provides a transfer sheet comprising a release sheet, a sticker layer disposed on the releasable side of the release sheet, a main transfer layer superposed on the sticker layer, the sticker layer consisting of a non-adhesive resin layer in the form of a grating and an adhesive resin layer disposed in interstices of the grating.

Abstract: An adhesive is made by mixing at least a peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive and a fixable remoistening adhesive that becomes strongly adherent as a result of moistening with water. The adhesive has peelable adhesivity; but when water is applied to the adhesive, the adhesivity changes to a strong adhesivity. The adhesive is applicable to adhesive tapes and adhesives for attaching photographs.

Abstract: Compostable polymeric sheets of biodegradable or environmentally degradable polymers are disclosed. These composite sheets may be made by extrusion and are compostable in municipal solid waste treatment facilities.

Abstract: A moisture-activated adhesive-backed tape with part of the tape roll dipped into motor oil. The motor oil provides flexibility and waterproofing to the edges of the roll. The oil also creates a vapor barrier which prevents humidity from activating the adhesive. Also, a method for saturating the tape and placing it on a package to be bound is described.

Abstract: Provided herein is an improved self-adhesive sheet composed of a base member having a water-soluble polymer layer on its reverse side and a release member, with a pressure sensitive adhesive layer interposed between them, in which the bond strength between the water-soluble polymer layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer remains high. It can be stuck readily without moistening; and yet it can be peeled off easily simply by dipping in water.

Abstract: Improved means for constraining a rumen drug delivery device in a rolled configuration, said means comprising a laminate, which may be perforated, comprising a water-permeable material having a low friction surface in the presence of water, said material being bonded by means of a water-dispersible pressure sensitive adhesive to a repulpable tape, said tape having said water-dispersible pressure sensitive adhesive on both its surfaces; a laminate comprising a flexible, water-permeable polymeric material bonded between the low friction surface material and the repulpable tape; and devices constrained by said means.

Abstract: A thermosensitive recording label includes a thermosensitive color-forming layer disposed on one side of a substrate for creating a display of images when the temperature of selected portions of the thermosensitive color-forming layer are heated above an activated temperature. A remoistenable type adhesive is disposed in viscous form on an opposite side of the substrate and dried thereon without heating the thermosensitive color-forming layer above its activation temperature. The remoistenable adhesive does not include any organic solvents or substances which may cause bleed-through to the substrate and into the color-forming layer. Therefore, a barrier layer is not necessary therebetween. In addition, a protective, or barrier layer, may be disposed on top of the thermosensitive color-forming layer to prevent fading or discoloration by exterior contaminants.

Abstract: A label for application to a support surface. The label includes a moisture dissipative layer applied to a major surface of a sheet member. A layer of pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to the moisture dissipative layer opposite the sheet member for securing the label to a support surface. The label may be removed from the support surface without damage to the label by dissipating the moisture dissipative layer.

Abstract: For preparing pre-pasted wallpaper for hanging against a flat surface, the pre-pasted wallpaper is contacted with warm water which contains a composition including a wetting agent such as a dialkyl ester sulfosuccinic acid derivative, with possibly an agent enabling the wetting agent to dissolve in water and also a water softening agent. The net result is an improved adhesiveness over standard contact with warm water alone.

Abstract: Adhesive coated sheet material particularly adapted for self-releasable adhesive tapes, labels, novelty stickers or the like. The invention comprises the use of a coated fibrous substrate in combination with a water moistenable, heat activated or solvent activated coating wherein the adhesive coating is applied against a coated side of the substrate. The result is an adhesive sheet material that, when bonded to itself by applying the adhesive against the opposite side, may be readily peeled apart by delamination of the coating on the base sheet. This combination provides a highly effective yet very economical bander for coiled materials such as rolls of stamps, or for stacks of currency, and the like. Preferred embodiments include the use of a clay coated Kraft stock base web in combination with a water moistenable adhesive formulation. This provides excellent bonding results and delamination with the base sheet essentially intact.

Abstract: A wallcovering comprises a substrate carrying a water-moistenable coating formed of at least two layers. The layer adjacent to the substrate generally comprises unswollen particles of an anionic polymer that is substantially non-swellable in water and that is swellable in aqueous alkali and the upper layer contains an alkali which on contact with water forms an alkaline solution which swells the anionic polymer and a water soluble cationic polymer. The anionic polymer generally comprises beads of cross-linked copolymers of lower alkyl acrylates and methacrylic acid having a molecular weight of about 5 million. Processes for producing the wallcoverings comprise coating the substrate separately with an aqueous dispersion of the anionic polymer and an aqueous solution containing both the cationic polymer and the alkaline material to give at least two separate layers.

Abstract: Adhesive coated sheet material particularly adapted for self-releasable adhesive tapes, labels, novelty stickers or the like. The invention comprises the use of a coated fibrous substrate in combination with a water moistenable, heat activated or solvent activated coating wherein the adhesive coating is applied against a coated side of the substrate. The result is an adhesive sheet material that, when bonded to itself by applying the adhesive against the opposite side, may be readily peeled apart by delamination of the coating on the base sheet. This combination provides a highly effective yet very economical bander for coiled materials such as rolls of stamps, or for stacks of currency, and the like. Preferred embodiments include the use of a clay coated Kraft stock base web in combination with a water moistenable adhesive formulation. This provides excellent bonding results and delamination with the base sheet essentially intact.

Abstract: A masking for use in connection with the manufacture of circuit board comprising a polyvinyl alcohol film, which is uniformly annealed to be free of stress and strains and which is water-soluble at a temperature of 120.degree. F. A water-soluble adhesive, having a stiffness of between about medium soft and about medium, is placed on the film, and the masking material has a moisture level of below about 2% by weight.

Abstract: A wallcovering comprising a paper ply (13) and plastics ply (10) laminated together and embossed after lamination has materials of the plies chosen so that inherent expansion of the paper ply when wetted is substantially wholly restrained by high resistance of the plastics ply to stretching without taking the plastics ply beyond its elastic limit so that the wallcovering does not bubble or pucker when the paper ply is wetted. Materials suitable for the plastics ply are foamed polystyrene and orientated polypropylene. A degree of fissuring of the plastics ply during embossing is acceptable and can aid porosity for drying.

Abstract: The decal of the present invention is a combination of a multi-color offset printed design on an extremely thin, flexible, extensible film of water resistant material covering a water soluble slip layer carried by porous decal paper and a uniform deposit of pressure sensitive adhesive covering the design and adapted to hold the design against skin and protect it from disruption during application to a skin surface. The process of the invention enables rapid manufacture of the novel multi-color decal by offset lithograph printing of a multi-color design through the combination of the steps of forming an extremely thin, water resistant film on a water soluble slip layer carried by decal paper, offset printing the design on that film and thereafter depositing on the printed design a pressure sensitive adhesive in a liquid vehicle which is a non-solvent for the film.

Abstract: A humidity-resistant wet-stick adhesive is comprised of a vinyl acetate-acrylic acid-2-ethyl hexyl acrylate elastomer, a methacrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymer, and an acrylic acid polymer system having an average molecular weight of from about 70,000 to about 90,000, and as the tackifier, at least one alkylaryl polyether alcohol.

Abstract: The adhesive coating of a water wettable prepasted wallcovering is formed of a blend of water insoluble but water swellable anionic polymer particles and water insoluble but water swellable cationic polymer particles. The coating may be applied from a dispersion of the particles in volatile organic liquid.

Abstract: A label essentially comprises a top layer which can be printed and/or inscribed and a water-soluble adhesive layer. The adhesive layer can also be protected by a covering layer. The top layer is formed from polyvinyl alcohol which is preferably insoluble in cold water but soluble in hot water. The adhesive layer comprises a synthetic adhesive which is soluble in water and represents, in particular, a contact adhesive or permanent adhesive. The label is resistant to the action of cold water but is soluble in hot water, and is suitable for labeling containers with a smooth surface.

Abstract: A self-adhesive ceramic or other rigid tile having on a face thereof which is to be adhered to a surface a whole or partial, dry coating of a hydraulically active tile composition comprising a hydraulic material and a water-soluble adhesive. A method for the preparation of these tiles comprises applying to a face of a tile a paste comprising a dispersion in a liquid medium of a hydraulic material, a water-soluble adhesive, and/or if necessary, a solvent-soluble adhesive, and drying the tile face to remove the liquid medium.On immersion or dipping of the tiles in water the tile composition absorbs enough water to be converted into a paste having adequate adhesive properties for the tiles to be fixed to a surface to be tiled.

Abstract: A water-activatable adhesive useful for adhering a solar film, polyester (polyethylene terephthalate) film, to glass or to metal substrates. The adhesive comprises the reacted product of (A) gamma-isocyanatopropyltriethoxy silane, containing a free isocyanate (NCO) group, and (B) a thermoplastic polyester formed by reacting (i) a dibasic acid selected from the group consisting of terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid and hexahydrophthalic acid, and mixtures thereof, with (ii) a polymethylene glycol of the formula HO(CH.sub.2).sub.x OH where x is an integer from 2 to 10, neopentyl glycol and glycerin, and mixtures thereof, and (iii) an aliphatic dibasic acid selected from the group consisting of those having the formula HOOC(CH.sub.2).sub.n COOH where n is an integer from 1 to 8, and mixtures of such acids, whereby substantially no free NCO remains in the adhesive.Solar film is used for absorbing and/or reflecting solar radiation.

Abstract: A supporting structure for a decalcomania wherein the decalcomania is inserted into an aqueous solution prepared by adding a reagent to water or into a quantity of mixed aqueous solution prepared by dissolving a reagent in a quantity of suitable solvent and then mixing this solution with a quantity of water and wherein a coating (6, 3A) of a water soluble separating agent is applied over the decalcomania and wherein the dissolving speed of the coat (6, 3A) is selected to be in accordance with the reaction speed of a coloration reactant or a chromogenic substance such as a dye previously added to the coating (6, 3A) of the water soluble separating agent such that a color change will be visually present when the optimum time for transfer of the decalcomania occurs.

Abstract: A liquid polymeric composition comprises a suspension in an organic liquid of particulate water insoluble but water swellable polymer, the particles being less than 10 microns in size. To reduce viscosity in water the swellable polymer may be a copolymer and/or a water soluble polymer may be included. A composition of polymer particles that are swellable and contain both soluble and insoluble polymer can be made by inverse emulsion polymerization. An aqueous adhesive, that may be made by mixing this composition with water, comprises water swollen particulate polymer that may be a copolymer and that may be used with a dissolved polymer in order to reduce the viscosity. Pregummed substrates, such as wallpaper, that can be rendered adhesive by contacting with water are obtained by applying the aqueous or non-aqueous composition to the substrate and drying it on the substrate. Wallcovering can be stuck to a surface using the aqueous adhesive.

Abstract: A prepasted wall covering has a dry coating (to be activated as the adhesive paste for the covering by immersion in water) formed from a "reverse" emulsion i.e. a water in oil emulsion of a water-soluble very high molecular weight synthetic polymer. The very low coating weight of 3-8 g/m.sup.2 can be used because the water in oil emulsion has a comparatively low viscosity at high solids content.

Abstract: Sheet-like material, such as wallpaper, posters or labels, can be stripped dry from surfaces to which they have been bonded after adhesive layers (applied in an aqueous medium) have dried. Adhesives which contain film-forming, water-soluble or water-swellable polymers are used. Separate layers containing two different adhesive polymers, particularly polysaccharide derivatives, are provided between the sheet-like material and the surface to which it is to be bonded, one of the two layers containing at least one non-ionic polymer and the other containing at least one ionic polymer. The invention includes the use of these adhesives (containing different film-forming, water-soluble or water-swellable polymers) in preparing dry-strippable sheet-like material and sheet-like material, such as wallpaper, posters or labels, having adhesive layers which can be reactivated by moistening with water and which comprise these adhesives.

Abstract: A multiple layered laminated tape has an upper strength layer made of a film of pre-stretched polypropylene or the like which is laminated to a very weak lower carrier layer of relatively thin low internal bond Kraft paper. The carrier layer has a coating of a water soluble adhesive which is used to apply the tape to separable portions of a cardboard carton or the like. The carrier layer serves only as a medium to "carry" the water soluble adhesive and also to provide sufficient longitudinal rigidity to permit dispensing of the tape from a standard Kraft paper type tape dispensing machine. Stripping the tape from a carton pulls away the upper plastic layer and may split the Kraft carrier layer that has low internal bond, leaving only so thin a layer of Kraft on the carton that it can very easily be broken to permit opening of the carton.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a water-release transfer is disclosed in which a design in a photopolymerizable ink is applied to a substrate having a water-soluble release coating and the design is subjected to photopolymerizing radiation, e.g. ultra-violet light, to cause the ink to polymerize to a solid state. Preferably the ink comprises a mixture of a liquid unsaturated monomer and a viscous or solid prepolymer, and one or both of the monomer and prepolymer contain acryloyl or methacryloyl groups. The invention includes water-release transfers manufactured using photopolymerizable inks.

Abstract: An aqueous adhesive composition containing a graft copolymerized product of low amylose starch and acrylamide with rheological and remoistening adhesive properties suitable for coating low basis weight kraft paper on transfer roll coating equipment to make remoistenable sealing tapes. The desired properties of the adhesive composition are obtained by a controlled graft copolymerization together with a simultaneous gelatinization of the starch at temperatures below 210.degree. F. and with the essential addition of cupric or ferric ions before initiating the reaction. The resulting coatable adhesive has a comparatively low viscosity as required for transfer roll coating while retaining the improved adhesion properties of the acrylamide.

Abstract: Certain adhesive compositions which are soluble in organic solvents and insoluble in water but activatable thereby, are useful in adhering transparent polymeric foils (especially energy control sheets) to glass. The adhesives, which comprise a blend of (a) methyl vinyl ether:maleic anhydride copolymers or half esters thereof and (b) polyfunctional epoxide or aziridine crosslinker, impart excellent moisture-resistance to laminates.

Abstract: Novel esters of cyclohexene are disclosed having the formula ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.These novel esters display a wide range of interesting odoriferous properties. A process for the preparation of said esters is also disclosed.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a plasticizer, preferably a polyhydroxy compound, and an N-sulfohydrocarbon-substituted acrylamide polymer, preferably a homopolymer of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or a salt thereof, are useful as water-activated hot melt adhesives.