Dispensable adhesive and sealants with color differentiated components
AssigneeHenkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Longo, Thomas Rapps
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Abstract
A caulk, sealant or adhesive product is provided in a tubular package with at least one body of chromatic indicator material provided as a body disposed longitudinally within the tube. The caulk, sealant or adhesive can be applied with a caulking gun to produce a bead having a colored stripe for decorative or property indicating purposes. The stripe may be kept visible in the applied bead or applied so as to be concealed. The stripe is useful for quality control purposes.
Claims16
A sealant or adhesive product adapted to be dispensed from a tube through a nozzle into a bead, said sealant product contained in said tube as at least two components, said components comprising a principal material and at least one chromatic indicator material differing in color from said principal material in at least one selected condition, said principal material and said at least one chromatic indicator material positioned within said tube so as to exit said nozzle with said at least one chromatic indicator forming a longitudinal stripe in a dispensed bead.
A method of quality control in a process using at least one caulk, sealant or adhesive comprising;
- providing a caulk, sealant or adhesive in a tubular container, said caulk, sealant or adhesive comprising a principal material and at least one chromatic indicator material, said at least one chromatic indicator material having a visually discernable characteristic indicative of a property of said caulk, sealant or adhesive;
- applying said caulk, sealant or adhesive to a substrate or substrates;
- examining said applied caulk, sealant or adhesive;
- and
- determining that said at least one chromatic indicator material indicates an appropriate property of caulk, sealant or adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.