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US 4,033,918 AGranted
Water removable pressure sensitive adhesive
AssigneeBeiersdorf AG
InventorRudiger Hauber
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Abstract
The composition comprises an aqueous mixture of an acrylic acid ester copolymer and/or a polyvinyl ether; polyvinyl methyl ether; an alkali metal and/or ammonium salt of polyacrylic acid, of polymethacrylic acid or of copolymer of acrylic and methacrylic acids; a monomeric plasticizer; and an emulsifier. The composition is useful as a pressure sensitive adhesive for labels. A label coated with the composition is readily removed from the surface upon which it is affixed by treatment with water.
Claims7
An adhesive composition which comprises an aqueous mixture containing, based on 100 parts weight of the total solids,
- (a) 25 to 35 parts by weight of an acrylic acid ester copolymer in dispersed form, said copolymer being cross-linked through its carboxyl groups and containing from 80% to 90% by weight of an acrylic acid ester of an alcohol having 4-12 carbon atoms, and from 10 to 20% by weight of a compound selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, 2-ethyl hexyl maleinate, diethyl maleinate and mixtures thereof;
- 10 to 20 parts by weight of an uncross-linked acrylic acid ester copolymer in dispersed form, said copolymer contains from 80 to 90% by weight of an acrylic acid ester having in its alcohol residue 4-12 carbon atoms, and from 10 to 20% by weight of a compound selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, 2-ethyl hexyl maleinate, diethyl maleinate and mixtures thereof;
- (b) 10 to 20 parts by weight of polyvinylmethyl ether;
- (c) 10 to 20 parts by weight of an alkali metal and/or ammonium salt of polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid or of a copolymer of acrylic and methacrylic acids;
- (d) 10 to 20 parts by weight of monomeric plasticizer, and
- (e) 10 to 15 parts by weight of an emulsifying agent.
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