Pressure sensitive, waterproof adhesive compositions
OwnerCarroll Benford Dickensinventor
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Abstract
Pressure sensitive and waterproof urethane-based adhesive compositions and methods of preparing said compositions. A silane is added to a prepolymer urethane to react with the urethane and at least partially end-cap the urethane. A reinforcing extender and a thixotropic agent are added to the composition. Methylethylketoximino (MEKO) silane is further added to the composition. When applied to a substrate, the adhesive composition has a tack-free time of at least about 90-120 minutes. The adhesive is cured to a final product that is waterproof, hydrolytically stable, and pH resistant.
Claims9
A curable pressure sensitive, waterproof adhesive mixture comprising:
- a) a urethane component at a range of about 30-50 wt % of the mixture, wherein the urethane component has an average NCO content of about 7% to 23%, wherein the urethane component comprises at least one urethane selected from a group consisting of a slow-cure urethane having a functionality (Fn) of about 2.5 to 2.55 and an NCO content of about 15 to 23%, and a flexible binder urethane having a functionality (Fn) of about 2 and an NCO content of about 2 to 10%;
- b) a first silane component at a range of about 2-10 wt % of the mixture, wherein the first silane component comprises an amino-functional alkoxysilane polymer having terminal silanol groups;
- c) a second silane component at a range of about 2-10 wt % of the mixture, wherein the second silane component is a vinyltris(methylethyl-ketoximino)silane;
- d) a reinforcing extender at a range of about 2-10 wt % of the mixture;
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- e) a thixotropic agent at a range of about 2-10 wt % of the mixture;
- wherein when the adhesive mixture is applied to a substrate, the second silane component suppresses the cure rate of the mixture, and thus the adhesive mixture has a tack-free time of at least about 90 minutes,
- wherein the adhesive mixture is waterproof, hydrolytically stable, and pH-resistant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.