Abstract: The present invention is an outdoor advertising or display system including a multi-layer graphic article intended for application to an outdoor surface such as concrete, asphalt and the like. The advertising system includes an imageable base layer and an image-protective surface layer that can be laminated to the base layer following imaging of the base layer. The image-protective surface layer is frictionally modified to provide an anti-skid layer for surface traffic.

Abstract: An adhesive tape comprising: (a) a polymer film; (b) a primer coat on said polymer film; and (c) an adhesive layer on the primer coat comprising: (i) a natural rubber latex; and (ii) a tackifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for making a substrate coated with an adhesive, comprising applying an electron beam modifiable adhesive layer onto a repeatably reusable transfer surface, irradiating the adhesive layer with an electron beam to chemically modify the adhesive layer, and transferring the irradiated adhesive layer to a substrate. Also disclosed is an adhesive coated web, comprising a substrate having at least one component susceptible to electron beam radiation degradation having no electron beam radiation modification and an adhesive layer having an electron beam modified composition and having no chemical, thermal, or ultraviolet crosslinking agent.

Abstract: Lids, for example, lids for machine-lidding of, e.g., beakers, dishes, menu dishes, goblets, small packages, etc., containing a substrate material featuring, with respect to a container on which the lids are used, a smooth outward facing surface bearing printing. On the inward facing side of the lid is a sealing layer deposited by extrusion laminate coating. The sealing layer exhibits on the free surface embossing with a depth of roughness of up to 50 &mgr;m. The embossing is transferred to the sealing layer in the form of a roughness pattern on the cooling roll on depositing the laminate coating of the substrate material and extruded sealing layer. The free side of the substrate material is smooth and exhibits no embossing. Printing on the free surface is therefore of higher quality. The extruded sealing layer on the substrate material exhibits embossing on the free side. If the lids are drawn from a stack of lids, for example, in a filing machine, the embossing allows them to be separated individually.

Abstract: An apparatus for printing variable information on a tape to form a tape segment, cutting the tape segment to form a tag, and applying the tag onto an object includes a printer for printing information onto the tape segment. A controller controls the printer in response to input to vary the information printed onto the tape. The printed tape segment is transported to a location for application onto the object and is cut. An adhesive tape can have variable information printed on it and can be applied onto an object. The tape includes a backing layer and an adhesive layer on the first side of the backing layer. At least one of the backing layer and the adhesive layer are colored to yield a tape opacity of greater than 60. The tape can have a scan rating of at least C when applied on a black background and an opacity of at least 65.

Abstract: A release coating layer comprising a continuous phase of an organic polymer binder; a discontinuous phase of a fluorinated resin having a molecular weight between 2500 and 10,000,000, wherein the ratio of organic polymer binder to fluorinated resin is between 60:39.9 to 80:18 by weight; and a priming agent composition comprising a perfluoroalkylsubstituted fluororesin-reactive compound having the formula: where R5 is H or F, Q is OH, SiR6R7R8, R6, R7, and R8 being independently selected from the group consisting of Cl, OH, an alkyl group containing 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group containing 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group containing 2 to about 4 carbon atoms, and an amino group containing 0 to about 4 carbon atoms; and n is an integer from 1 to about 15; with the proviso that, at least one of R6, R7, and R8 is Cl, OH, or an alkoxy, acyloxy, or amino group.

Abstract: In a reinforcing tape for a slide fastener, which comprises a transparent elastomer film and an adhesive layer superposed on the reverse side thereof, an intermediate layer (an anchor coat layer) having a thickness thinner than the thickness of the elastomer film and that of the adhesive layer is interposed between the elastomer film and the adhesive layer. In a preferred embodiment, a polyamide elastomer film or polyester elastomer film is used as the elastomer film, a polyester anchor coat agent is used for the intermediate layer, and a polyester hot-melt adhesive is used for the adhesive layer. And the proper thickness of the intermediate layer is 0.5 to 10 &mgr;m, preferably 2 to 3 &mgr;m.

Abstract: Adhesive plaster that may be applied on human skin and that has a number of microcapsules applied on its surface destined to remain exposed to the air, the said microcapsules enclosing liquid essences that are released by the microcapsules when the latter burst as a result of friction, the said microcapsules being applied on the adhesive plaster by means of silk-screen printing and with the use of water-soluble resins.

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: Labels comprising (i) a film substrate, e.g., polyester, (ii) a primer layer, e.g., resorcinol-formaldehyde resin, and (iii) a pressure sensitive adhesive, e.g., a natural or synthetic rubber based adhesive, are improved by including a second primer layer of chlororesorcinol between the film substrate and the first primer layer.

Abstract: A self adhesive tape which includes a substrate composed of a clear plastic sheet, reverse printed indicia on one side of the sheet, a flood coating of black or other colored ink overlying the printed indicia, and an adhesive coating with a mesh fabric reinforcement overlying the flood coating. The bottom surface of the sheet is not treated or coated, which permits its original gloss and sheen to be preserved, and so that the reverse printed indicia is visible therethrough as a positive image.

Abstract: Single- or double-sidedly self-adhesively treated adhesive tape having an elastomeric backing layer, characterized in that a) the backing layer consists essentially of a styrene-butadiene copolymer, b) a self-adhesive composition is applied to one or both sides of the backing layer, and between backing layer and self-adhesive composition c) there is an interlayer comprising polyphenylene ether.

Abstract: Self-adhesive protective film for the exterior of painted vehicles, especially cars, characterized in that the backing of the protective film is a film, the UV permeability in the range from 290 to 400 nm is below 1%, the bond strength on steel is between 0.2 and 2.8 N/cm and the adhesive composition consists of a copolymer comprising at least two different &agr;-olefins having 2 to 12 carbon atoms and at least one further comonomer, no &agr;-olefin having a proportion of 75 mol-% or more in the adhesive composition as a whole.

Abstract: An adhesive film is disclosed which can achieve, at the same time, bubble escapability during adhering, permanent and high peel resistance, and good appearance of the film surface after being adhered. The adhesive film comprises a substrate film, a primer layer formed on said substrate film, and an upper layer which is formed on said primer layer and contains elastic microspheres and a first adhesive polymer, wherein said primer layer comprises a second adhesive polymer and has a compressive modulus of 1×106 to 1×107 dyn/cm2, and said elastic microspheres comprises a third adhesive polymer and has a volume average diameter of 10 to 300 &mgr;m.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for bonding a pressure-sensitive adhesive to a rubber article. The process includes the steps of heat laminating a heat-activatable adhesive bearing a primer layer to the rubber article at a temperature of at least 100° C. and bonding the pressure-sensitive adhesive to the primer layer. The invention also provides an assembly comprised of a shaped rubber article heat laminated to an adhesive bearing a primer. The invention also provides article of manufacture for bonding a rubber article to a surface.

Abstract: A double-faced adhesive tape without release liner is provided. A weakly adhesive layer 12 having a relatively weak adhesive force is formed on one face of a resin film 11 and a strongly adhesive layer 13 having a stronger adhesive force than that of the weakly adhesive layer 12 is formed on the other face and the assembly is formed into a roll of a double-faced adhesive tape 5. The weakly adhesive layer 12 is formed after the surface of the resin film 11 has been subjected to a rubbing treatment to increase the adhesive force between them, so that the weakly adhesive layer 12 and the strongly adhesive layer 13 are separated without using a release liner when the tape is rolled up.

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 packaging film comprising: a) a copolyester heat seal layer comprising a base polymer, wherein: i) 10-60 mole % of the base polymer is derived from a terephthalic acid monomer, ii) 10-60 mole % of the base polymer is derived from an ethylene glycol monomer, and iii) 5-60 mole % of the base polymer is derived from a member of the group consisting of: A) a diacid other than terephthalic acid; B) a diol other than ethylene glycol; and C) a mixture of A) and B); b) an interface layer comprising an acrylic polymer; c) a support layer; wherein the multilayer film has a peel strength of less than 200 grams per linear inch when the heat seal layer is sealed to itself at heat sealing temperatures of above 100° C. to about 200° C.

Abstract: A rocket motor assembly is insulated or thermally protected with a rocket motor ablative material formed from a prepreg. The prepreg contains at least an impregnating resin matrix and, as a precursor prior to carbonization, carded and spun staple cellulosic fibers. When patterned and carbonized, the rocket motor ablative material can be lined or otherwise placed into a rocket motor assembly, such as between the solid propellant and case, in the bulk area of the exit nozzle liner, or at susceptible portions of a re-entry vehicle, such as the nose cone.

Abstract: An opaque pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) sheet or tape article, which comprises an anti-static coating on one side of a polymeric base film and an adhesive coating on the other side of the base film which can be opaque or transparent. If the base film is transparent, an opaque adhesive is coated onto the film to make it opaque. However, a clear adhesive can be coated onto the base film to make an opaque pressure sensitive adhesive tape if the base film itself is opaque. The total thickness of the pressure sensitive-tape ranges from about 0.4 mil to about 1.8 mil with a base film thickness no greater than about 1.4 mil. The pressure sensitive tape should have an opacity of greater than or equal to about 70%. The resistivity of the prepared sheet having an anti-static coating layer thereon should not be larger than about 1012&OHgr;/SQ.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet is disclosed including a flexible substrate (4), and an adhesive layer (20) formed on at least one of the main surfaces of the flexible substrate and containing elastic microspheres (3), in which the adhesive layer has a) an elastic microsphere layer which is in contact with the main surface of the flexible substrate, comprising elastic microspheres (3) and a tacky polymer (2) and has projections containing said elastic microspheres on a surface which is not in contact with said substrate, and b) a layer of tacky polymer (1) which covers the projections containing the elastic microspheres so that raised portions are formed on an adhesion surface (11). Bubbles of air can then escape during application and use because the adhesion surface has a contact area percentage in the range between 20 and 90%. A method of making the adhesive sheet is also disclosed.

Abstract: A release liner carrier web including a paper layer, a release layer including a polypropylene layer coated onto the substrate and a silicone release agent coated onto the polypropylene coating layer. The liner further including a second coating layer made up of an acrylic resin type material for sealing the paper substrate and preventing curling and contamination of a label or printed film adhesively laminated thereon.

Abstract: A viscous liquid deoxidizer including a metal powder, a water absorptive polymer and/or a tackifier and water as an essential component, where the metal powder is a reacting component and the deoxidizer is formed in the form of a viscous liquid. It also relates to a deoxidizing sheet using this deoxidizer and a method for producing such deoxidizing sheet.

Abstract: Waterborne polyurethanes possessing urea-urethane linkages that are not separated by any intervening carbon atoms may be obtained by using hydroxylamine as a chain extender. Isocyanate-terminated prepolymer possessing ionized or easily ionizable groups is reacted with NH.sub.2 OH to form a polyurethane possessing urea-urethane linkages corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## The waterborne polyurethanes are useful in adhesive, coating and ink formulations and in the flexible package industry.

Abstract: A laminate which includes a barrier layer of OAUGDP bonded silicon oxide and a cellulosic or thermoplastic base layer. A process for applying same. A package container which includes the laminate.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive double-sided self-adhesive tape comprising a backing which is coated on both sides with pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions and which is composeda) to a proportion of up to 50% by weight, in particular from 30 to 40% by weight, of a crosslinked, unfoamed polyurethanei) formed from hydroxyl-functionalized polybutadiene, polyesterdiol, polyestertriol, polyesterpolyol, polyetherdiol, polyethertriol or polyetherpolyol, polyetherdiamine, polyethertriamine, polyetherpolyamine and monohydric alcohol (monool), monofunctional amine (monoamine), polyethermonool, polyethermonoamine or from products derived from the four last-mentioned groupsii) and from diisocyanate or chemically derived isocyanate,iii) the polyurethane being free from plasticizer,b) to a proportion of from 50 to 70% by weight of fillers,c) and, if desired, further auxiliaries.

Abstract: A therapeutic system for supplying active substances to the skin consists of a backing layer remote from the skin, with at least one active substance depot. The depot may consist of a fluid active substance or a fluid composition comprising an active substance delivery control matrix. There is also included an adhesive fixing device for fixing the therapeutic system on the skin. The therapeutic system is characterized in that the active substance depots (14) consist of at least one adjuvant having a supporting and distributing function by being provided with a planar textile material completely surrounded by matrix (12).

Abstract: Lid material (10) in the form of a substrate material (5) such as a plastic film bearing a printed image (6) facing outwards with respect to the container (1) on which the lid material (10) is used, and an inward facing sealing layer (8, 9) for closing off containers (1) having a shoulder region (4). The inward facing side of the substrate material (5) bears the sealing layer (8, 9) in the form of a printed image which corresponds to the shoulder region (4) of the container. The printed image which forms the sealing layer (8, 9) can be deposited on the substrate material (5) in the same printing machine in which the printed image (6) is deposited on the substrate material (5).

Abstract: Multilayer film structures and packages therefrom which are particularly suited for containing organics such as organic liquids or solvents, e.g., amines, diamines, triamines, xylenes, tolene, ethoxyethanols, urethanes, or epoxies, or the like, or materials containing organics are disclosed as are methods for containing such organics. The film structures have two layer elements. The first layer element has a flexible barrier material layer and a sealant layer; the second layer element has a high barrier material layer; and when formed into a package such as a pouch the sealant layer is disposed interiorly and is used to seal the package together. Suitable materials for the high barrier material include metal foil, e.g., aluminum foil, and nylon coated on at least one side with a polyvinylidene chloride copolymer; the flexible barrier material layer is suitably nylon; and, the sealant is preferably ethylene vinyl acetate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-supporting polymer film with a silicone-containing coating layer on the front surface that is capable of releasing free silicone oil and a slip control coating on the back surface, where the slip control coating has an exposed surface adapted to contact the free silicone oil. The slip control coating comprises a binder, preferably a water-soluble copolyester comprising about 50 to about 98 mol percent isophthalic acid, about 2 to about 20 mol percent of at least one sulfomonomer containing a sulfonate group attached to a dicarboxylic nucleus, and about 100 mol percent of at least one copolymerizable glycol having from about 2 to about 11 carbon atoms; and also includes a coupler, preferably a silane. A method for controlling the slip of silicone coated film by coating the back side of the film with this slip control coating is also disclosed.

Abstract: An oriented polyester film coated on at least one surface with a coating that improves its adhesion to gelatin is disclosed. The dry coating contains one or more sulfopolyesters; one or more tetrablock copolymer resins; and one or more non-volatile polyamines. Other ingredients, such as particulate materials and surfactants, may be present in the coating. The coating is preferably applied at the interdraw stage.

Abstract: A multi-component adhesive system for adhering polar surfaces to non-polar surfaces comprising: (a) a non-polar adhesive layer for bonding to a non-polar surface; and (b) polar adhesive layer bonded to said non-polar adhesive layer for bonding to a polar surface.

Abstract: A silicone adhesive film comprising (A) a biaxially oriented aromatic polyester film, and (B) a crosslinked primer layer which is present on at least one surface of the aromatic polyester film and is formed of a crosslinked polymer of (a) alkoxysilane having a functional group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group, vinyl group and mercaptoalkyl group and (b) alkoxysilane having an amino group; a production method thereof; and a release film.

Abstract: An improved, coated microwaveable paperboard or container useful for forming substantially rigid food containers such as plates, bowls, trays and the like and a process from producing the improved, coated paperboard is provided. The microwaveable paperboard and food containers, at a temperature in excess of 430.degree. F. evolves less than 0.1 milligrams of benzene per square inch, preferably less than 0.04 milligrams. Said paperboard and food containers are produced from a sized paperboard blank wherein a base coat and top coat comprise a mixture of an inorganic pigment and aliphatic copolymers. A base coat comprising an aliphatic latex and a pigment is applied directly to the paperboard, and a top coat comprising the same or different aliphatic polymer latex and a pigment is applied directly to the base coat to form the coated containers. Microwave susceptor layers are coated on the top coat. These containers are used to microwave and brown food at temperatures in excess of 430.degree. F.

Abstract: A childproof package for active substance patches is formed as primary package and comprises at least one mechanically tough, in particular tear-resistant layer.

Abstract: A heat protective sleeve for the protection of elongated members is disclosed, the sleeve having a first sheet of insulative material with an outer reflective layer. Oppositely disposed edges of the first sheet have means for joining the edges to a portion of the first sheet in overlapping relationship to form a tubular sleeve. A second insulative sheet is attached to the outer surface of the first sheet inward from the edges. The second sheet also has a reflective layer on its outer surface and is attached to the first sheet along its edges, parallel to the edges of the first sheet, thus, forming an air pocket between the sheets. A stiff monofilament wire bent into a spiral or other shape is disposed within the air pocket to maintain the pocket shape. In use, the air pocket is positioned facing a heat source and the sleeve interposes a reflective layer, an insulating layer, an air pocket, a second reflective layer and a second insulating layer between the elongated members and the heat source.

Abstract: A primer coating composition for use in polyolefin-backed pressure sensitive tape comprising a maleic anhydride modified chlorinated polyolefin covalently bonded to a maleic anhydride modified A-B-A block copolymer, where A is a thermoplastic polystyrene and B is a rubber midblock, by means of a crosslinking agent capable of reacting with the maleic anhydride functional groups in said polyolefin and said block copolymer a polyolefin-backed pressure sensitive tape employing the primer coating composition; and a method for manufacturing a polyolefin-backed pressure sensitive tape employing the primer coating composition are described.

Abstract: This invention relates to improved polymer-pressure sensitive adhesive combinations, particularly in the form of laminates, and methods of producing same. This invention improves the bond strength of the pressure sensitive adhesive to the polymer layer by priming the polymer surface with a curable urethane primer before applying the pressure sensitive adhesive to the polymer surface. If the polymer surface is not "active" to the curable urethane primer, the polymer surface is first activated with a silicon-containing treating agent. The laminates of this invention have superior bond strength, especially longterm bond strength. Of particular interest are the embodiments of this invention wherein the polymer is a silicone foam and the pressure sensitive adhesive is either acrylic or silicone adhesive.

Abstract: A device comprising a carrier tape with compartments and a cover tape for sealing items in the compartments includes a cover tape having a base film layer, a striped adhesive layer formed on the first surface of the base film to adhere the cover tape to the carrier tape, and an antistatic layer formed on the adhesive layer and base film layer to provide antistatic coating on substantially the entire width of the surface of the base film. A primer layer containing an antistatic agent may be placed on the base film layer as an alternative to an antistatic layer.

Abstract: A cover tape adapted to seal individual components in respective recesses of a carrier tape or a two dimensional carrier tray, including a randomly embossed layer, an adhesive layer covered over one side of the randomly embossed layer, and a non-adhesive layer adhered to the adhesive layer to prevent the components from adhering to the adhesive layer, the randomly embossed layer including an adhesion portion adapted for fastening to the carrier tape through the adhesive layer, a torn strip portion adapted to enhance the cohesive strength of the randomly embossed layer through the non-adhesive layer, and a stress concentration zone disposed between the contact border line of the adhesion portion and the contact border line of the non-adhesive layer, the torn strip portion being peeled off from the adhesion portion along the stress concentration zone before the removal of the encased components from the carrier tape, the applied tearing force to peel off the torn strip portion from the adhesion portion along th

Abstract: A lightweight, low permeability liner for graphite epoxy composite compressed gas storage vessels. The liner is composed of polymers that may or may not be coated with a thin layer of a low permeability material, such as silver, gold, or aluminum, deposited on a thin polymeric layer or substrate which is formed into a closed bladder using torispherical or near torispherical end caps, with or without bosses therein, about which a high strength to weight material, such as graphite epoxy composite shell, is formed to withstand the storage pressure forces. The polymeric substrate may be laminated on one or both sides with additional layers of polymeric film. The liner may be formed to a desired configuration using a dissolvable mandrel or by inflation techniques and the edges of the film seamed by heat sealing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative sheet comprising at least a polyester film layer and a picture-printed layer laminated on the polyester film layer,a migration value in the surface of the polyester film layer which contacts the picture-printed layer being 0 to 30.

Abstract: A coat masking tape base material and a coat masking tape, having superior follow-up properties, promising sharp paint lines and being free of "left-on" when peeled, in which a polyolefin resin film having a modulus of elasticity of from 15 to 55 kgf/mm.sup.2 has been subjected to modification treatment on its both sides, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer maintaining a thermoplastic saturated block copolymer, a thermoplastic unsaturated block copolymer and a tackifier or a cross-linked acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on the film having been subjected to modification treatment.

Abstract: A printing sheet having a high gloss and an enhanced ink-setting property has an outermost surface coating layer formed on a substrate sheet from an electron beam-cured resin produced from at least one electron beam-curable unsaturated organic compound having a dimer acid structure derived from unsaturated higher fatty acid.

Abstract: A sealed pouch made of a laminated sheet comprising a plurality of synthetic resin films, or comprising a synthetic resin film and a layer of other material than the synthetic resin film, such as an aluminum foil, has a plurality of sides. At least one of the sides has an edge portion coated with a coating layer containing granules of ceramic, metal or the like.

Abstract: A composite reinforced roof is formed by applying to a roof deck a preformed membrane which has a tacky lower layer formed from rubberized asphalt. The second layer of the preformed membrane is a reinforcing mesh material embedded in the surface of the rubberized asphalt. This is applied to a roof deck and subsequently overcoated with a molten coating of rubberized asphalt. The self-adherent rubberized asphalt membrane prevents formation of bubbles and pinholes in the molten rubberized asphalt layer. This is particularly beneficial when the roof deck surface is lightweight structural concrete which releases gas when heated.

Abstract: A powder for sustained release of a gas including a core containing a molecular sieve, and a layer containing an acid releasing agent on an outer surface of the core. The core and the layer are substantially free of water, and the core is capable of generating and releasing a gas after hydrolysis of the acid releasing agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for surface protection which has been laminated the following three layers of:(A) a layer which contains 60-100% by weight of an elastomer, containing 100-50% by weight of a hydrogenated random copolymer consisting of 1-50% by weight of styrene and 99-50% by weight of a diene hydrocarbon and 0-50% by weight of a low-molecular-weight elastomer, and 40-0% by weight of a polyolefin;(B) a layer which contains 3-95% by weight of a hydrogenated random copolymer consisting of 1-50% by weight of styrene and 99-50% by weight of a diene hydrocarbon and 97-5% by weight of a polyolefin; and(C) a layer which has at least one layer of a polyolefin,which has good adhesion to an object to be adhered, which can be easily removed (peeled off) from an object to be adhered after exposure to carbon arc, which has also good adhesion between the respective layers and which neither stains the surface to which the adhesive sheet is adhered nor leaves any adhesion mark

Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure giving a tight mechanical seal and preferably made from metal or plastic, with an insert on its inner side as a sealing element for containers, in particular for bottles and glassware, where the insert is composed of at least one polyolefin which can be prepared using catalysts selected from the class consisting of the metallocenes.

Abstract: Static dissipative labels are described which comprise a polyester or polyimide backing film laminated to a conductive primer layer which in turn is laminated to a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The primer layer and adhesive layer contain conductive particles, e.g. metals, and the conductive particles in the adhesive layer are arranged such that they span the thickness of the layer.