Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 ser – Synthetic resins – At least one aryl ring which is part of a fused or bridged...
Patent
1997-12-04
2000-05-23
Michl, Paul R.
Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 ser
Synthetic resins
At least one aryl ring which is part of a fused or bridged...
524400, C08K 5098
Patent
active
060666897
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
Fast setting adhesive formulations in an easy applicator form are desirable for office, school and home consumers. The present invention provides a polyvinylpyrrolidone (hereinafter "PVP")-based composition in solid form, e.g. glue stick or crayon, which is easy to apply, bonds faster and is safe to use. The adhesive bonds porous substrates to which they are applied, such as paper, fabrics, polystryene foam, wood and similar porous substrate materials.
2. Description of the Related Art
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,576,776, issued in 1971, contains a disclosure of an invention for adhesive applicator crayons comprising a shape-giving base consisting of a gel-forming salt, a liquid, and an adhesive component. Among the adhesives are listed salts of various acids, amides, and N-alkyl substituted amides including polyvinylpyrrolidone. The disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 3,576,776 was said to be an improvement over known adhesive applicator crayons prepared from rubber, resins and waxes, which required that surface layers must be rubbed off from such crayons under relatively high pressure in order to carry out the spreading of the adhesive.
Later solid adhesive compositions, such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,073,756 and 4,075,830, were said to avoid the problem inherent in the crayons of U.S. Pat. No. 3,576,776, the long time it took to produce the adhesive composition and the high viscosity of the adhesive composition (e.g. higher than 150,000 cps) which made it difficult to fill the adhesive composition in containers.
The later patents thus used water soluble or water dispersible polymers having adhesive properties in combination with N-fatty acid acylated amino acids or salts thereof and water, or a mixture of water and one or more organic solvent(s) and/or plasticizer(s). The water dispersible or water soluble polymers having adhesive properties listed, among others, homopolymers or copolymers having a carboxyl group or a carboxylic anhydride group, where the proportions of the carboxyl and/or carboxylic anhydride group containing monomer is preferably about 30 to 100 mol %.
These, and other prior art formulations (the entire disclosures of all of which are herein incorporated by reference), were still slow to exhibit adhesive properties when dispensed, i.e. slow to exhibit paper tear when applied to bond paper.
Among other properties, the present invention provides strong final bonds and a pH generally in the range of about 8.5 to about 9.5. However, in the embodiments of the invention where a color indicator is used, the hue or intensity of the color is enhanced by having a pH more alkaline than the range given above, e.g. up to a pH of about 11, e.g. 10.9-11.1.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide new adhesive compositions exhibiting fast adhesive properties (e.g. fast initial tear of paper) and strong final bonds.
It is a further object of the invention to provide adhesive compositions in the form of solids at ambient conditions, i.e. glue sticks or applicator crayons which exhibit fast adhesive properties when applied to a substrate and suitable for bonding paper, fabric, polystyrene foam and similar materials.
It is a still further object of the invention to provide bonded substrates, such as paper, fabric, and similar porous materials, bonded with the adhesive compositions of the invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Water-based solid adhesive crayons which contain water in a mixture comprising a relatively low molecular weight (all references to "molecular weight" in this Specification, claims and Abstract are intended to mean "weight average molecular weight" unless otherwise designated) water dispersible or water soluble polymer, e.g. polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer, i.e. a molecular weight below about 1,300,000, and a critical amount of a relatively high molecular weight water dispersible or water soluble polymer, e.g. polyvinylpyrollidone polymer, i.e. a molecular weight above 1,300,000. By critical amounts is
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Anderson John
Columbus Peter Spiros
Elmer's Products, Inc.
Michl Paul R.
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