Abstract: Nonwoven sheet materials, and adhesive articles formed therefrom are provided that are made with fibers, preferably tensilized nonfracturable staple fibers, and binder fibers, and formed from a combination of interbonding, smooth roll calendering, and pattern embossing techniques. These sheet materials are especially useful as tape backings that are finger tearable in the cross web and the down web directions and also possess a number of other desirable properties, including acceptable tensile strength and enhanced overtaping, for example. A nonwoven sheet material, and adhesive article including the same, can include an embossed pattern having a variety of discontinuous configurations to enhance tearing properties in both the down web and cross web directions.

Abstract: A combination release coating and barrier coating for use on linerless thermal labels is provided in which the release coating includes an epoxy-silicone copolymer, a release modifier, and a cationic photoinitiator. The release coating provides an improved surface for direct thermal printing and good release properties from pressure sensitive adhesives. The barrier coating is preferably provided on the first and second surfaces of the label substrate to provide moisture and abrasion resistance to the substrate and to prevent adhesive failure.

Abstract: Linerless labels which have a non-quadrate configuration are formed by printing indicia on a first face of a web of label stock and coating the first face with a pressure sensitive adhesive release material, and coating a second face of the web with a pressure sensitive adhesive. A plurality of non-quadrate configuration labels are die-cut from the web, and the labels are taken up in an assembly form in which the labels are readily releasably connected to each other. The labels may be substantially circular in configuration, and connected together in a shingled configuration, a portion of the adhesive of one label overlapping a portion of the top surface of another label. Alternatively, the labels may be connected together with a matrix material having a plurality of paper ties connecting each label to the matrix material or another label.

Abstract: A coil of stamps is formed from a plurality of self-adhesive stamps detachably connected to each other end-to-end to form a continuous strip. Because the stamps include a primer layer, it is practicable to wind the strip about itself in spiral-like fashion. The strip also includes a portion adjacent to the inner end of the strip having a piece of liner material disposed thereon, and a portion having no liner material thereon, whereby the portion having no liner material thereon allows the strip to be wound directly onto itself. Preferably, the strip of stamps also includes a portion adjacent to the outer end of the strip having a piece of liner material disposed thereon in order to facilitate removal of the first stamp or group of stamps from the strip.

Abstract: A heat-transfer label including a non-wax, non-silicone release layer for use in decorating an article without leaving a visually discernible release residue on the decorated article. In a preferred embodiment, the label includes a transfer portion comprising a protective lacquer layer, an ink design layer over the protective lacquer layer, and a heat-activatable adhesive layer over the ink design and protective lacquer layers, the adhesive layer extending beyond the peripheries of the ink design and protective lacquer layers. The adhesive layer preferably includes a polyester resin and an anti-blocking agent, such as a paraffinic wax. The label also includes a support portion, the support portion including a carrier and a non-wax, non-silicone release layer positioned over the carrier and in direct contact with the protective lacquer layer and the periphery of the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A fixing label with an adhesive front face and a nonadhesive rear face and also two long edges for flying splice, having

Abstract: Novel duct tapes comprising a water-impermeable sheet backing carrying, in order, a cloth material and an adhesive layer, wherein the backing is a coextruded laminate which, in the preferred case, incorporates a release agent in the lamina on the surface opposite the adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for the surface of floor covering, by which the deterioration of surface gloss caused by walking thereon hardly occurs, colored dirty resulting from lard and process oils is minimized and the colored dirty can be easily removed by e.g. polishing, a floor surface-coated body coated therewith and a process for producing the same, as well as a composite film capable of forming a resin coating film excellent in gloss retention. The present invention relates to a coating composition applied onto the surface of floor covering. The coating composition comprises a photo-curing oligomer and a photo-initiator. The average number of functional groups per molecule of the photo-curing oligomer is 4 or more.

Abstract: A metal-clad laminate product including a carrier film, a release agent layer, a semi-transparent metal layer and a photo dielectric layer deposited on the conductive metal layer and a method for using the metal-clad laminate product to form an interlayer via by exposing at least a portion of an circuit board intermediate prepared from the metal-clad laminate product to light through the semi-transparent metal layer for a period of time sufficient to form an exposed or an unexposed photo dielectric portion and thereafter removing the exposed or unexposed portion of the photo dielectric layer and a corresponding portion of the semi-transparent metal layer overlying the exposed or unexposed portion of the photo dielectric layer to form an interlayer via.

Abstract: A self-adhering, multi-layer composite membrane for sealing a substrate and providing waterproof integrity to the substrate. The composite membrane includes: a surface layer of metal or of a polymeric material to interface the environment; a polyolefin film having a top surface and a bottom surface bonded to the surface layer by an adhesive at its top surface; a waterproof, asphalt-based layer adhered to the polyolefin film; a reinforcing mat having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface of which is adhered to the waterproof, asphalt-based layer; a second waterproof, asphalt-based layer adhered to the bottom surface of the reinforcing mat which is adapted to sealingly adhere to the substrate; and a polyolefin release film on the bottom surface of the waterproof asphalt-based adhesive layer to prevent adhesion between the asphalt-based adhesive layer and the surface layer when the composite is wound into a spiral roll.

Abstract: Ink-imprintable compositions comprise a reaction product of a mixed emulsion containing a carboxylic acid terminated polydimethylsiloxane, or an isocyanate terminated polydimethylsiloxane, a hydrophilic isocyanate reactive agent, a polyisocyanate, and at least one dihydroxy terminated oligomer. Ink-imprintable stamp constructions also comprise a plurality of contiguous stamps in a roll or stacked sheet configuration without an independent release liner wherein the stamps have a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the back surface of the stamps and the above ink-imprintable release coating on the face surface of the stamps.

Abstract: A transfer sheet, for an adhesive layer, for use in the formation of an image by a thermal transfer process, an image forming method using the transfer sheet for an adhesive layer, and an object with an image formed thereon are disclosed. A transfer sheet 1 for an adhesive layer comprises: a substrate sheet 2; and an adhesive layer 3 and an interposing layer 4 laminated in that order on the substrate sheet 2. The substrate sheet 2 and the adhesive layer 3 are separable from each other. The use of the transfer sheet for an adhesive layer in combination with an intermediate transfer medium enables a desired image having a high quality to be efficiently formed on a particular article.

Abstract: A safety adhesive tape having a base layer, a hard resin layer, an adhesive layer, and an anti-sticking layer, the base layer being a plastic film, the hard resin layer being coated on the top side of the base layer, the adhesive layer being coated on the bottom side of the base layer for sticking, the anti-sticking layer being a stripping film covered on one side of the hard resin layer opposite to the base layer. The hard resin layer changes the structural property of the adhesive tape, enabling the adhesive tape to be easily pulled apart with the hands, or cut with a cutter.

Abstract: A sheet material comprising i) a pressure-sensitive adhesive film comprising an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive polymer, and ii) a release film comprising a polyolefin polymer having a density of no greater than 0.90 g/cc, the pressure-sensitive adhesive film being in contact with the polyolefin polymer.

Abstract: An adhesive tape for painting includes an adhesive layer having a top surface; a paint layer including paint with the paint layer provided on the top surface of the adhesive layer; and a clear coating layer laminated on the painting layer. Since the painting adhesive tape of the present invention has the paint layer formed of paint itself, this tape is capable of providing excellent color reproduction and color development. The paint layer is preferably formed by spray painting so as to have a thickness of 1 &mgr;m to 20 &mgr;m. The adhesive layer is preferably formed of a pressure-sensitive adhesive containing an acryl-based resin as its major component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new sheeting article that may suitably include: a carrier having a first major surface and a second major surface; and a plurality of discrete segments of a sheeting (e.g., a retroreflective sheeting), wherein the sheeting has a first major viewing surface and a second major opposing surface, and the first major viewing surface of the sheeting is preferably removably attached to the second major surface of the carrier. Preferably, the first major surface of the carrier comprises a release surface, the second major opposing surface of the sheeting comprises an adhesive, the article is provided in the form of a roll, and the adhesive surface of the sheeting is adjacent the release surface of an adjacent layer of the roll. In a presently preferred embodiment the present invention provides novel easy-to-use truck conspicuity sheeting.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayer sheet comprising a polymeric film having on a first major side a cross-linked polyurethane layer, the major part of said cross-linked polyurethane layer comprising a polycarbonate based polyurethane containing acid groups and cross-linked with a cross-linker, the polycarbonate-based polyurethane comprising the reaction product of a polycarbonate polyol or a polycarbonate polyamine and an aliphatic polyisocyanate and the uncross-linked polycarbonate-based polyurethane having a Koenig hardness of at least 150 seconds.

Abstract: A polymeric adhesive tape including a first polymeric adhesive layer which is a heat activated film and a second polymeric adhesive layer which is a heat activated film is disclosed. The tape is designed for use in the fabrication of articles wherein the polymeric adhesive tape secures a first member to a support surface. A method for bonding adjacent sheets to a substrate is also disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed method, a substrate is prepared for application of a first sheet and a second sheet, a polymeric adhesive tape is positioned on the substrate at a position along which the seam between the first sheet and the second sheet will be located, the first sheet and the second sheet are laid on the substrate such that the seam between the first sheet and the second sheet lies along the polymeric adhesive tape, and the adhesive tape is heated along the seam to bond the substrate, adhesive tape, first laminate and second laminate.

Abstract: An adhesive tape provided on one side with a self-adhesive composition and comprising a backing material comprising a polyester film coated with a crosslinked epoxy resin.

Abstract: A polymeric adhesive tape including a first polymeric adhesive layer which is a heat activated film and a second polymeric adhesive layer which is a heat activated film is disclosed. The tape is designed for use in the fabrication of articles wherein the polymeric adhesive tape secures a first member to a support surface. A method for bonding adjacent sheets to a substrate is also disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed method, a substrate is prepared for application of a first sheet and a second sheet, a polymeric adhesive tape is positioned on the substrate at a position along which the seam between the first sheet and the second sheet will be located, the first sheet and the second sheet are laid on the substrate such that the seam between the first sheet and the second sheet lies along the polymeric adhesive tape, and the adhesive tape is heated along the seam to bond the substrate, adhesive tape, first laminate and second laminate.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising 100 parts by weight of an isobutylene polymer having been masticated in an organic solvent with a radical generator and 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of at least one release control agent selected from the group consisting of an alcohol having a molecular weight of 90 to 300 and an oxygen atom content of 8.5% or more or a derivative thereof and a carboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 70 to 400 and an oxygen atom content of 11% or more or a derivative thereof; and a surface protecting material having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising the adhesive. The adhesive has well-balanced characteristics in initial adhesion, retention of initial adhesion, and weather resistance.

Abstract: A laminate generally includes:

Abstract: A resealable closure for a bag is described wherein the bag has upper and lower ends and including a front wall member, a back wall member, and opposite side wall members. The lower end of the bag is sealed in conventional fashion. The upper ends of the wall members are folded downwardly adjacent the front wall member to form a flap which extends across the upper end of the bag with the upper flap being permanently sealed, by an adhesive, to the front wall member except for a flap portion adjacent one of the side wall members. The resealable closure is positioned between the flap portion and the front wall of the bag and permits the flap portion to be opened to form a pour opening in the upper comer of the bag. The flap portion may be resealed by the resealable closure. The closure is designed so that the contents of the bag will not come into contact with any sticky or tacky surface as the material is being poured from the bag.

Abstract: A bookbinding structure and method. The bookbinding structure is, used to bind pages together in existing, commercially available binding machines. The bookbinding structure has a heat activated adhesive matrix for binding the pages. To attach a wrap-around book cover once the pages have been bound with the bookbinding structure, an adhesive on the outer surface of the bookbinding structure may be exposed by removing a release liner covering the adhesive. The book cover may then be adhered to the exposed adhesive either by a heat method or by applying pressure over the adhesive, depending on the particular type of adhesive of the bookbinding structure. The book cover may be printed with information and/or graphics prior to being wrapped around the pages of the book.

Abstract: A method for making an improved pressure sensitive adhesive coated laminate is disclosed. The method involves coating a sheet having a release surface thereon with a pressure sensitive adhesive to form a laminate, drying or curing the pressure sensitive adhesive and marrying the laminate to the inner surface of a facing layer. A material comprising a mixture of substantially water-insoluble and adhesive incompatible polysiloxane (i) and water soluble and adhesive compatible polysiloxane (ii) is included so as to produce a low zero-minute peel value in the pressure sensitive adhesive layer and is intimately mixed with the pressure sensitive adhesive prior to the adhesive being coated on the release surface of the sheet. The resulting laminate can be easily applied to a substrate and removed and repositioned or straightened, if necessary, and provides a superior increase in peel value over a period of time to produce a more permanent installation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an adhesive tape for redetachable closure or fixing, comprising a strip-like carrier (1), which is being coated with a self-adhesive agent (2), at least on the active area which during use of the adhesive tape is brought into contact with a counter surface (7), and also relates to the adhesive tape as such. For improving production of the adhesive tape, several methods are suggested, according to one of which in a first step the active area is coated with a self-adhesive agent (2) forming a continuous layer, and in a second step, in order to reduce the effective entire adhesive area, a non-adhering or less-adhering separating pattern (4) is printed on the self-adhesive layer.

Abstract: Laser label comprising at least one polymer layer which is coated on one side with a self-adhesive composition, which is in turn optionally covered with a release paper or a release film, characterized in that an additive suitable for optical, magnetic or electrical labelling has been incorporated into the polymer.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive laminate and a method for making the same, for which the release strength between an adhesive layer and a release liner can be selectively varied after the laminate has been manufactured by exposing the interface between the adhesive layer and the release liner to ultraviolet light. The invention allows the selective enhancement of release strength is specific zones, such as by use of a mask. It also allows for the manufacture of a laminate having two face sheets with no dedicated backing sheet, each face sheet acting as the backing sheet for the other.

Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides an energy efficient polymerization method comprising irradiating a polymerizable composition and a photoinitiator with a source of essentially monochromatic radiation where the photoinitiator and the wavelength of the radiation source are selected such that the extinction coefficient of the photoinitiator at the peak wavelength of the source is greater than about 1000 M−1 cm−1 and such that the photoinitiator absorbs at least two percent of the actinic radiation incident on the coating.

Abstract: In a method for the making of a secured document, a layer of bonder is prepared on at least one face of the document; one or more information elements and/or images are printed on a first face of an information transfer sheet; the first face of the information transfer sheet is applied to the layer of bonder of said face of the document. In this way, the information elements are printed on a transfer sheet that has no layer of bonder and yet there are obtained information elements that get merged into the layer of bonder.

Abstract: Film-forming means are coextruded to form all plastic multilayer liners and facestocks for pressure-sensitive labels, tapes, decals, signs, bumper stickers, and other products formed from sheet and roll stock. Fill means in a charge for the liner coextrusion affects stiffness and dimensional stability of the liner and/or affects the roughness of a liner face or faces. The film materials of the layers of the constructions are selected according to the cost/benefit characteristics of candidate materials considering the functional or operational requirements of the layer in question.

Abstract: An ink transfer sheet and method for using the same. The transfer sheet includes a backing layer, a release layer on the backing layer, and an ink receiving layer on the release layer. The ink receiving layer contains a quaternary ammonium salt thereon or impregnated therein. To use the transfer sheet, an ink containing an anionic coloring agent is applied to the ink receiving layer, preferably using thermal inkjet methods. Thereafter, the transfer sheet is positioned on a fabric substrate. Heat is applied to the sheet which causes the release layer and ink receiving layer to adhere to the substrate. The backing layer is then detached from the release layer leaving the release and ink receiving layers (with the printed image thereon) on the substrate. This process transfers the image to the fabric substrate, with the image being stabilized by interactions between the quaternary ammonium salt and anionic coloring agent.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flushable water-sensitive film, which maintains its integrity and strength when in use, but disperses when place in contact with water, such as in a conventional sink or toilet. Moreover, the present invention is directed to a flushable release liner, which performs like conventional release papers, but adds the convenience of disposal by flushing in a sink or toilet. The present invention is also directed to products, which contain a flushable water-sensitive film or release liner.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flushable release liner. The flushable release liner is formed by applying a release coating onto at least one surface of a water-sensitive film. The flushable release liner maintains its integrity and strength when in use, but disperses when placed in contact with water, such as in a conventional sink or toilet. Moreover, the present invention is directed to water-dispersible products, including flushable products, which contain the flushable release liner.

Abstract: A colored film is formed of a transparent film and at least one colored adhesive layer colored with at least one coloring agent and provided on at least one side of the transparent film. The colored adhesive layer comprises a polyester resin as an adhesive, and the coloring agent comprises a pigment and a polyester-base dispersant.

Abstract: A wound roll suitable as a packaging material contains in order a release coating, a flexible polyester film, an adhesive, a flexible polymeric film support and a cold seal adhesive.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved epoxy resin-based adhesive composition, which is particularly suitable for use in the preparation of a base sheet for flexible printed circuit boards as a laminate of an insulating plastic resin film and a foil of a metal such as copper as well as in the preparation of a coverlay film for protection of the circuit pattern of the metal foil in a flexible printed circuit board. The adhesive composition comprises, as a uniform blend, (a) an epoxy resin, (b) an acrylic rubber modified by carboxyl groups to have a specified content of the carboxyl groups, (c) a curing agent for the epoxy resin such as an aromatic amine compound and (d) a curing promoter, each in a specified weight proportion.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin film (i) which has a degree of dimensional change through heating and cooling (&agr;) in the range of from −2% to 2% as measured by thermomechanical analysis in the range of from room temperature to 135° C., or which has a degree of thermal shrinkage of 1.8% or lower upon heating at 130° C. for 30 minutes or longer; and a label paper employing the same. The label paper has suitability for heated-roll fixing type electrophotographic printers and is satisfactory in curling after printing.

Abstract: The present invention provides for an article of manufacture, such as a floor covering, formed by an improved process for recycling waste polymeric material comprising a mixture of waste polymeric material wherein the waste polymeric material includes from about 0 to 40 percent aliphatic polyamide material; granulating and densifying the chopped mixture into fragments smaller than the original size of the waste polymeric material; and extruding the ground mixture at a temperature that does not exceed the temperature at which the largest portion of polymer based material decomposes.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer processing tape includes a permanent backing and a layer of a nonpressure sensitive adhesive. The tapes are useful for wafer grinding and/or wafer dicing applications. The nonpressure sensitive adhesive includes a copolymer of at least one of a first monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, at least one of a second monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, and at least one copolymerizable nonionic crosslinking agent; wherein the second monoethylenically unsaturated monomer is a reinforcing monomer having a homopolymer glass transition temperature higher than that of the first monoethylenically unsaturated monomer. A method of processing semiconductor wafers is also provided.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive laminate for adhering to various items. The laminate includes a paper layer; a water-impermeable plastic film layer having a first corona-discharge treated surface which is adhesively laminated to the paper layer to form a paper-plastic film laminate having first and second opposed outer surfaces; and an exposed layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on one of the first or second outer surfaces. The plastic film portion of the laminate has a strength sufficient to allow the film to be stripped in one piece from an item to which the laminate is adhered. The laminate may, if desired, additionally have a layer of a release agent upon an uncoated one of the first and second opposed outer surfaces of the laminate. A preferred use for the laminate is as a pressure-sensitive tape product.

Abstract: This invention provides a composite foil comprising an organic release layer between a metal carrier layer and an ultra-thin copper foil, and a process for producing such composite foils comprising the steps of depositing the organic release layer on the metal carrier layer and then forming an ultra-thin copper foil layer on said organic release layer by electrodeposition. The organic release layer preferably is a nitrogen-containing compound, a sulfur-containing compound, or a carboxylic acid, which provides a uniform bond strength which is adequate to prevent separation of the carrier and ultra-thin copper foil during handling and lamination, but which is significantly lower than the peel strength of a copper/substrate bond, so that the carrier can easily be removed after lamination of the composite foil to an insulating substrate. The invention also includes laminates made from such composite foils and printed wiring boards made from such laminates.

Abstract: An image forming method for forming an image on an optical disk includes forming the image on an intermediate transfer medium or on an image receptive layer separably formed on one surface of the intermediate transfer medium. The intermediate transfer medium and the optical disk are laid so that the surface of the intermediate transfer medium carrying the image and the surface of the optical disk are in close contact with each other. Heat and/or pressure is applied to the intermediate transfer medium to transfer the image or the image receptive layer carrying the image to the optical disk to form a label on the optical disk.

Abstract: This invention provides radiation-curing coating compositions comprising a mixture of organopolysiloxanes modified laterally and terminally with acrylic groups, which exhibit markedly improved adhesion to a variety of substrates following curing and for which there is little or no change in the adhesiveness on storage for prolonged periods.

Abstract: An adhesive tape comprising a composite backing based on an oriented, coextruded, at least two-layer polypropylene film whose one side is provided with an adhesive composition and whose film layers have a low release force with respect to one another.

Abstract: A multilayer adhesive tape having a backing based on an oriented thermoplastic film, whose upper face is coated, if desired, with a release coating and to whose lower face the following layers have been applied:

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flushable double-sided release liner. The flushable double-sided release liner is formed by applying a release coating onto both surfaces of a water-sensitive film. The flushable double-sided release liner maintains its integrity and strength when in use, but disperses when placed in contact with water, such as in a conventional sink or toilet. Moreover, the present invention is directed to water-dispersible products, including flushable products, which contain the flushable double-sided release liners.

Abstract: Described is a transferrable fibrous thermal interface. The interface comprises flocked thermally conductive fibers embedded in an adhesive in substantially vertical orientation with portions of the fibers extending out of the adhesive. An encapsulant fills spaces between the portions of the fibers that extend out of the adhesive and a release liner is on at least one outer surface of the interface.

Abstract: A multilayer adhesive tape having a backing based on an oriented thermoplastic film, whose upper face is coated, if desired, with a release coating and to whose lower face the following layers have been applied:

Abstract: A method of microdissection which involves forming an image field of cells of the tissue sample utilizing a microscope, identifying at least one zone of cells of interest from the image field of cells which at least one zone of cells of interest includes different types of cells than adjacent zones of cells, and extracting the at least one zone of cells of interest from the tissue sample. The extraction is achieved by contacting the tissue sample with a transfer surface that can be selectively activated so that regions thereof adhere to the zone of cells of interest to be extracted. The transfer surface includes a selectively activatable adhesive layer which provides, for example, chemical or electrostatic adherence to the selected regions of the tissue sample. After the transfer surface is activated, the transfer surface and tissue sample are separated.