HOT-MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BUTENE-1 POLYMERS

• Main Author: MOSTERT, SIMON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.09.1990
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; BRAIDING; CHEMISTRY; COTTON-WOOL; DYES; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; LAUNDERING; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS; TRIMMINGS; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES; WADDING

A hot melt adhesive composition comprising; (i) 50 to 5 percent by weight of a butene-1 polymer; (ii) 50 to 95 percent by weight of a tackifying resin; with the weight percentages of (i) and (ii) being based upon their combined weight; (iii) 0.01 to 1 parts by weight of a nucleating agent; (iv) up to 2 parts by weight of a stabilizer; (v) up to 30 parts by weight of a plasticizer; and (vi) up to 30 parts by weight of a wax, the parts by weight of (iii) to (vi) being based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of (i) and (ii) can readily be formulated with an open time tailored to an intended use.