Abstract: A pressure-sensitive hot melt adhesive composition is disclosed that includes at least 10% by weight of a first propylene thermoplastic elastomer, at least 25% by weight of a first tackifying agent exhibiting a softening point of at least 120° C., and at least 25% by weight plasticizer.

Abstract: A double coated tape including a glass cloth carrier, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on each side of the carrier, and a porous release liner. The pressure sensitive adhesive leaves no residue property on Stainless and Copper panel after 300° C.×15 minute with 5 minute cooling. A method of forming a double sided adhesive tape including: providing a porous carrier having a first surface and a second surface; applying a first pressure sensitive adhesive on the first surface of the porous carrier, curing the first pressure sensitive adhesive to form a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer, laminating a porous release liner on the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer, applying a second pressure sensitive adhesive on the second surface of the porous carrier; and curing the second pressure sensitive adhesive to form a second pressure sensitive layer.

Abstract: A polymer sheet includes a polyurethane core. The polyurethane core has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The polymer sheet can have at least one functional layer overlying a major surface. The polymer sheet has a thickness tPS. The polyurethane core has a thickness tPC. In embodiments tPC can be at least 0.3 tPS. The polyurethane core can have at least one of the following property: (i) a Scratch Resistance Rating, as further described herein, of not greater than about 10 wt %, (ii) an elongation at break of at least 200%, (iii) a tensile strength at break of at least 0.3 MPa, (iv) a loss of tensile strength of not greater than about 30% when exposed to UV light according to standard SAE J1960 (Rev. August 2003). The polymer sheet can be used for gaskets or bonding tapes.

Abstract: A photographic paper and advertizing film poster convenient for re-adhering relates to a photographic paper and an advertizing film. The photographic paper and advertizing film poster comprises a main body and an adhesive coating. The main body is a photographic paper or an advertizing film. The adhesive coating is disposed on the back of the main body. The adhesive coating is a high-molecular polymer coating having features of elastic flexible adhesive. The adhesive coating is also adhered with a separable material layer. The photographic paper is a piece of RC photographic paper, cast coated photographic paper laminated with a film on the back or swellable photographic paper. The advertizing film is a PP film, PVC film, PET film or compound film with a blotting coating. The problem that convenient, long-term and repeated adhesion photographic paper and advertizing film poster cannot be realized at the same time on the wall with emulsion paint, glass, stainless steel and wood plate is solved.

Abstract: Liner for protecting adhesives with respect to permeates originating from the surroundings or included during winding, stacking or other process steps, having at least one non-stick release layer and at least one getter material that is able to absorb at least one substance capable of permeation, the getter material being contained as a dispersed phase in at least one layer of the liner.

Abstract: A method for producing a decorative element includes the steps of: (a) preparing a thermoplastic polyurethane (abbreviated TPU) film, at least one ornament, and a releasing film coated with a glue layer on a plane thereof; (b) disposing the plane of the releasing film coated with the glue layer facing the ornament; (c) arranging the ornament located between the TPU film and the releasing film to form a stacked array; and (d) hot pressing the stacked array.

Abstract: In order to improve the color and luminance uniformity of an LED chip with a phosphor-containing resin sheet obtained by adhering the phosphor-containing resin sheet to the LED chip, improve the ease of production, and improve the degree of freedom in design, etc., provided is a resin sheet laminate provided with a phosphor-containing resin sheet on a base material, wherein the phosphor-containing resin sheet is divided into a plurality of sections.

Abstract: A multilayer film includes a substrate film having first and second major surfaces and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the first major surface of the substrate film. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer includes a curable composition. The multilayer film further includes a release layer disposed on the pressure sensitive adhesive layer opposite the substrate film. The release layer includes a release material and a catalyst to cure the curable composition.

Abstract: A method for assembling a heat generating element and a heat dissipating element includes: preparing a pressure sensitive element including a pressure sensitive layer and first and second release films connected to the pressure sensitive layer; separating the second release film from the pressure sensitive layer and then adhering a heat dissipating element to the pressure sensitive layer; forcing the first release film; separating the first release film from the pressure sensitive layer, and then adhering a heat generating element to the pressure sensitive layer; and fixedly attaching the heat generating element onto the pressure sensitive layer. A pressure sensitive element and a power supplying unit are also disclosed.

Abstract: A decorative sheet includes a decorative base layer; an adhesive layer disposed on a surface of the decorative base layer; and transparent layer disposed on an opposing surface of the base layer from the adhesive layer. The base layer may include up to 50 weight percent inorganic non-combustible filler. The sheet has a reduced heat of combustion or reduced flammability relative to currently available decorative sheets.

Abstract: Protective laminate films protect an underlying windshield from damage due to impacting rocks and other debris. The protective laminate films generally include a flexible polymer substrate having a scratch resistant coating and an adhesive layer on opposing surfaces thereof. Each layer is transparent such that, when applied to a windshield, the laminate film does not inhibit visibility. Each layer may also be flexible so that the laminate films can be molded to a curved windshield. Generally, the scratch resistant coating protects the laminate films from scratching or other damage from impacting debris and/or from windshield wipers. The substrate provides structural integrity to the laminate films and may provide some degree of impact dispersion. The adhesive layer, in addition to adhering the laminate films to the windshield, may also provide significant impact resistance that helps protect the windshield from cracks or chips due to impacting rocks or other debris.

Abstract: An adhesive resin composition of the present invention includes an expandable sticky polymer having a structure derived from a Meldrum's acid derivative, or a Meldrum's acid derivative represented by the following general formula (1) and an adhesive resin.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cushioning medallions, methods of making and methods of using, particularly cushioning medallions comprising a relatively low durometer viscoelastic polymer gel, for use in gloves or on the body.

Abstract: Condensation-cure systems comprising at least one silanol-functional polyorganosiloxane and a platinum catalyst are described. The platinum catalysts include Pt(0) complexes, a Pt(II) complexes, and a Pt(IV) complexes. Condensation-cure systems comprising two or more silanol-functional polyorganosiloxanes are described, as are systems comprising a silanol functional polyorganosiloxane in combination with hydride-functional silanes or alkoxy-functional silanes. Articles incorporating cured condensation-cure systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A protective cover plate mainly comprises a substrate, a printing layer, an ultraviolet layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the printing layer is disposed at a side surface of the substrate. The printing layer is formed with at least a pattern. The pattern protrudes the substrate to form a segmental difference surface. The ultraviolet layer is disposed to another side surface of the printing layer relative to the substrate, and the ultraviolet layer is disposed with at least a filling portion. The filling portion can be relatively located near the pattern to fill the segmental difference surface of the pattern to flat the surface. A side of the ultraviolet layer is disposed with the adhesive layer. The plate can be adhered to the article by utilizing the adhesive layer. The protective cover plate does not only have flat appearance but also achieves dustproof and dirt prevention efficacies.

Abstract: Provided is a packaging that is for a medical adhesive sheet, results from housing a medical adhesive sheet resulting from a peelable liner being pasted to the surface to which an adhesive agent layer has been formed of a resin film having the adhesive agent layer, and is characterized by: the medical adhesive sheet being folded in a manner so that the surface to which the peelable liner is provided is the inner surface and the surface to which the resin film is provided is the outer surface; the folded medical adhesive sheet being sandwiched between packaging sheets; and the packaging sheets being sealed at the ends thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a label laminate. The method includes unwinding a first material layer, unwinding a second material layer, coating the unwound first material layer with at least one water based adhesive layer, supporting the coated first material layer by a belt while heating said at least one water based adhesive layer by at least one heating device in order to dry said at least one water based adhesive layer, and laminating the first material layer including the at least one water based adhesive layer together with the second material layer in order to form the label laminate. The invention further relates to a label laminate and to a system for manufacturing a label laminate.

Abstract: An adhesive stack comprises a shear layer positioned between two adhesive layers. The shear layer, comprised of a weak adhesive sub-layer positioned between substrate sub-layers, is designed to fail upon application of a deliberate and appropriate shear force and before the failure of the adhesive layers. The adhesive sub-layer defines a width and/or length less than a width and/or length of another layer or sub-layer of the adhesive stack. The adhesive stack aids in securing components within an electronic device to prevent movement of the component when the device is dropped, hit, or bumped. The adhesive stack may occupy minimal space within the device, and reduce the cost of securing the component within the device's interior. The adhesive stack may allow for replacement of the component by an authorized person applying an appropriate and deliberate force. The adhesive stack may aid in identifying components replaced by an unauthorized person.

Abstract: An adhesive patch assembly and method for making same. The assembly can include an adhesive patch and a release liner. The patch can include a backing and a skin-contact adhesive. The release liner can further include a first portion and a second portion separated by a hinge. The first portion can be positioned to overlay the backing of the patch when the release liner is folded upon the hinge, and the second portion can be positioned to underlie the skin-contact adhesive of the patch. The method can include positioning the patch on the release liner, such that patch is located on one of the first portion and the second portion of the release liner; and folding the release liner about to locate the patch between the first portion and the second portion of the release liner.

Abstract: Linerless label media comprises a substrate, a thermally-sensitive coating, and an adhesive. The substrate has a front side and a back side opposite the front side. The thermally-sensitive coating is disposed on the front side of the substrate. The adhesive is disposed on a portion of the back side of the substrate. The adhesive may comprise emulsion polymer particles and high-aspect reinforcement particles dispersed within the emulsion polymer particles to provide a relatively high level of reinforcement per reinforcement particle. The adhesive may include a tapered surface interconnecting first and second adhesive edge surfaces which extend substantially parallel to a longitudinally-extending axis. The substrate may comprise a transparent material. The thermally-sensitive coating may comprise a clear material.

Abstract: A resin composition for sealing an organic electroluminescent device, containing: a drying agent, and a curable component, wherein a surface roughness Ra of the shear failure surface after curing the resin composition is 0.5 ?m or more; a production method thereof; an adhesive film and a gas-barrier formed of the resin composition; an organic electroluminescent device and an organic electroluminescent panel using the same.

Abstract: An adhesive film laminate for wheel protection results from peelably laminating a plurality of sheets of adhesive film having an adhesive layer on one surface thereof. A pull-piece is formed protruding out from at least a portion of the edge of the laminated covered sections, and the covered sections of the plurality of adhesive films overlap each other at approximately the same position. A cover material that covers the covered section of the surface sheet of adhesive film is peelably pasted to an adhesive agent layer at one surface of the surface sheet of adhesive film, and adjacent pull-pieces of at least a portion of the laminated adhesive films are laminated having an overlapping portion at all or a portion of the facing surfaces thereof.

Abstract: Devices for use in the disposal of pharmaceutical compositions are provided. Aspects of the devices include: a support having a surface; an activated carbon layer present on the surface; and an adhesive for stably associating a pharmaceutical composition with the activated carbon layer upon application of the pharmaceutical composition to the activated carbon layer. Also provided are methods of using the devices and kits containing the devices.

Abstract: Label media for use in a label media printer to form wide labels is disclosed. The label media includes a releasable liner that has a first side and a second side joined by a longitudinal edge. A first side of a substrate adheres to the first and the second sides of the releasable liner. At least a portion of the substrate is ink-receiving.

Abstract: Hydrophilic adhesive compositions are disclosed that contain a surfactant that is miscible, but not fully soluble in the polymer matrix of the adhesive. This permits the surfactant to continuously replenish at the surface of the adhesive as other surfactant is removed, such as when it is carried away by an aqueous sample flowing over that surface in an in-vitro diagnostic device, resulting in adhesive compositions that are inherently hydrophilic on their surfaces and do not rely on the bloom mechanism of known hydrophilic adhesives. This provides greater design options for in-vitro diagnostic device manufacturers, including the use of hydrophilic adhesive spacers in lieu of or in combination with hydrophilic top covers.

Abstract: An adhesive assembly includes a film having a top and bottom surface. An activatable adhesive is disposed on the bottom surface of the film. A release liner is applied to a surface of the adhesive, opposite the film. The release liner and the activatable adhesive being configured to electrostatically charge the activatable adhesive upon removal of the release liner from the adhesive.

Abstract: A water-shedding flashing is sized and shaped to drain water away from a building. The flashing includes an elongate flexible membrane including a matrix and hydrophobic material within the matrix. The hydrophobic material within the matrix is present at surfaces of the membrane in quantities to reduce surface adhesion of water on the elongate flexible membrane.

Abstract: A process for retreading a tire, the process comprising the steps of providing a liquid rubber cement composition including a solvent, providing a release liner, applying the liquid cement composition to the release liner to form a wet film on said release liner, allowing the solvent to evaporate to thereby convert the wet film to a dried film on the release liner and thereby form a dry-transfer cement composite, providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, where the first planar surface includes a tread pattern, adhering the dried film to the second planar surface of the cured rubber component to thereby form a tread composite, and preparing a retreaded tire using the tread composite.

Abstract: An assembly includes a substrate, a film on the substrate, and a coating on the film. The film includes a material permeable to organic solvents, and the coating includes a material reactive with the film. Alternatively, the assembly may include a substrate including a textured region, and a coating on the textured region. The coating mimics the texture of the textured. In an alternative embodiment, a laminate includes a film including a material permeable to organic solvents, a coating on the film, and an adhesive on a second surface of the film. The coating includes a material reactive with the film. In another embodiment, a method for reducing drag on a substrate includes applying a film on a substrate, and applying a coating on the film. The film includes a material permeable to organic solvents, and the coating includes a material reactive with the film.

Abstract: Transfer tapes include an optically transparent adhesive layer with a first major surface and a second major surface, with at least one of the major surfaces including a microstructured pattern that is a permanent feature of the adhesive surface. The microstructured surface alters the direction of light. The optically transparent composition may include a low Tg polymeric component with a Tg of less than 20° C., and an acid or base functionality, and a high Tg polymeric component with a Tg of greater than 20° C., and an acid or base functionality, such that the functionality of the low Tg polymeric component and the functionality of the high Tg polymeric component form an acid-base interaction when mixed. The transfer tapes can be adhered to substrates to provide a microstructured surface to the substrate surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to self-adhesive labels, label sheet assemblies, and related methods. The label sheet assembly includes a release liner assembly having a detachable portion, and a label releasably coupled to the release liner assembly and overlying the detachable portion. Weakened separation lines, a U-shaped cut, and a transverse cut define the detachable portion. The detachable portion is configured to remain coupled to the label as the label is peeled from the release liner assembly in a first direction, and the detachable portion is configured to remain part of the release liner assembly and separate from the label as the label is peeled from the release liner assembly in a second direction.

Abstract: A substrate structure applied in flexible devices is provided. The substrate structure includes a carrier; a release layer with a first area formed on the carrier, which has a first adhesion force to the carrier; and a flexible substrate with a second area overlying part of the first area of the release layer and contacting the carrier, which has a second adhesion force to the release layer and a third adhesion force to the carrier, wherein the first area is larger than or equal to the second area, the third adhesion force is greater than the first adhesion force, and the first adhesion force is greater than the second adhesion force.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive label comprising: recording paper including a recording surface; a barrier layer placed on the recording paper on an opposite side of the recording surface; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed on the barrier layer; and a function layer placed on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which the function layer is configured to be opened by heating to expose the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive label comprising: recording paper including a recording surface; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed on a rear surface of the recording paper on an opposite side of the recording surface; and a function layer placed on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the function layer side has a smoother surface than the rear surface of the recording paper, and the function layer is configured to be opened by heating to expose the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: A peelable coating and method of applying to a substrate. The peelable coating comprising: a base layer that can be peelable applied to the substrate; and a pre-manufactured reinforcing layer for applying atop the base layer. The peelable coating base layer can be a liquid applied base layer having a peelable property when dry. Alternatively, peelable coating base layer can be the base layer is applied dry to the substrate, wherein the peelable coating is a pre-manufactured laminate material constructed from a fabric reinforcing layer having a pressure sensitive adhesive base layer applied to the underside of the fabric reinforcing layer.

Abstract: The present invention is predicated upon methods and devices for positively mounting structural members while preventing or substantially limiting exposure of such members to environmental conditions possibly leading to corrosion.

Abstract: A method for laminating glass, a laminate assembly, and an adhesive-coated plastic material used in a laminate assembly. Specifically an adhesive, once applied to a plastic layer is grooved or textured to allow formerly trapped air to escape from between layers of a laminate assembly during a laminate process. This can allow for the adhesive layer to be thinner, while still providing for a final product that is relatively air bubble-free and optically pleasing or substantially free of optical defects caused by waviness of the plastic layer between two PVB sheets and/or wrinkles of the plastic sheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a label laminate. The method includes forming at least one water based adhesive layer on a belt, drying said at least one water based adhesive layer on the belt, unwinding a first material layer, unwinding a second material layer, attaching said at least one dried water based adhesive layer to the surface of the first material layer, and laminating the first material layer comprising at least one water based adhesive layer together with the second material layer in order to form the label laminate. The invention also relates to a label laminate and to a system for manufacturing a label laminate.

Abstract: A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and a release sheet. This front plane laminate can be prepared as a continuous web, cut to size, the release sheet removed and the laminate laminated to a backplane to form a display. Methods for providing conductive vias through the electro-optic medium and for testing the front plane laminate are also described.

Abstract: A protective wrap for application to a wooden baseball bat to prevent the release of fragments should the baseball bat shatter during use is formed of an elongated piece of polymeric film that has a first end and an opposite second end, a first side edge, and an opposite second side edge. The piece has a first tapered region terminating at the first end and a second tapered region terminating in the second end. Within each of the first and second tapered regions, the first and second side edges converge. The piece also includes a main section located between the first and second tapered regions. The first and second side edges are parallel to one another along the length of the main section. A back surface of the polymeric film includes an adhesive for adhering the polymeric film to the baseball bat and to any underlying polymeric film.

Abstract: A layer system comprises an application layer assembly including a functional layer and an adhesive for adhering the application layer assembly to a carrier, and a transport layer assembly including a carrier layer and an adhesive for adhering the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly. The application layer assembly can be applied to the carrier by adhering the layer system to the carrier; correcting a position of the layer system relative to the carrier by releasing the adhesive adherence of the application layer assembly to the carrier by pulling at least one tab of the transport layer assembly in a first direction; re-adhering of the layer system to the carrier; and releasing the transport layer assembly from the application layer assembly by pulling the at least one tab of the transport layer assembly in a second direction different from the first direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer structure sheet for manufacturing an optical information recording medium having a multilayer structure with a plurality of recording layers comprises: an adhesive layer forming step of forming an adhesive layer on a first release sheet to obtain a first sheet; a recording layer forming step of forming a recording layer containing a polymer on a second release sheet or a release assisting layer formed on the second release sheet to obtain a second sheet; a laminating step of laminating the recording layer of the second sheet on the adhesive layer of the first sheet to obtain a third sheet in which the second sheet is laid on the first sheet; and a heating step of heating the second sheet.

Abstract: A fastener and a method of making and using the fastener is provided in which the fastener includes a base having a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion includes an adhesive layer portion. An elongated pliable core member is coupled to the base, with the core member having first and second ends, with at least the first end extending beyond an edge of the base. In another embodiment the base is configured to define a plurality of notches, with each notch configured to define an apex proximate the center of the base and extending with the edges toward an edge of the base and with two notches on each side of elongated pliable core member. The plurality of notches defines two sections of the base, with one section configured independently of the other section and with one section on each side of the elongated pliable core member.

Abstract: Provided are adhesive articles and assemblies that include a flat and at least partially elastic backing along with a patterned adhesive coating on each side of the backing. When viewed from directions perpendicular to the backing, the adhesive on one side of the backing does not substantially overlap the adhesive on the opposing side of the backing. As a result, it is possible to use a stretch removable adhesive article that uses, for example, an aggressive adhesive to provide a reliable bond but still remove cleanly and easily from delicate substrates that would otherwise be damaged or destroyed if bonded with conventional adhesive constructions.

Abstract: A wafer supporting structure includes a supporting substrate for supporting a wafer, a release layer for detaching the wafer from the supporting substrate, and an adhesive layer for attaching the wafer to the supporting substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a polyoxyalkylene modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer comprising a polyoxyalkylene group in a side chain, wherein the polymer has a viscosity average degree of polymerization of not less than 150 and not more than 5000, a degree of saponification of not less than 40 mol % and not more than 99.99 mol %, and a polyoxyalkylene group modification rate of not less than 0.05 mol % and not more than 10 mol %; and the polyoxyalkylene group is composed of a polyoxypropylene block and a (poly)oxyethylene block and is represented by the following general formula (I). Such polymer is excellent in temperature-sensitive thickening properties. (in the general formula (I), R1 denotes a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of from 1 to 8; either one of R2 and R3 is a methyl group and the other is a hydrogen atom; and 10?m?40 and 1?n?50).

Abstract: The present invention is a gas barrier pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising at least one gas barrier layer and at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a storage modulus at 23° C. of 1.5×104 to 1.0×107 Pa, and the gas barrier pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet not including a base layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a paper substrate useful as a universal release liner, as well as methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: Methods are generally disclosed for forming and using a release sheet. To form the release sheet, a release coating is applied over a first surface of a base sheet. Generally, the release coating includes a fatty alcohol ester of acrylic acid and a curable monomer, and can also include a curable polymeric resin. Then, the release coating can be cured. In one particular embodiment, the release coating can be substantially free from siloxanes. The release sheet formed according to this method is also generally provided, along with methods of forming a casting sheet using the release sheet are also generally provided.

Abstract: An environmentally sensitive electronic device package including a first adhesive, at least one first side wall barrier, a first substrate, and a second substrate is provided. The first adhesive has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first side wall barrier is distributed in the first adhesive. The first substrate is bonded with the first surface. The first substrate has an environmentally sensitive electronic device formed thereon and the environmentally sensitive electronic device is surrounded by the first side wall barrier. The second substrate is bonded with the second surface. A manufacturing method of the environmentally sensitive electronic device package is also provided.