# US 4,395,538 A · Adhesive for production of metal bottles

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- Number: US 4,395,538 A
- Document ID: US4395538A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/416,479
- Filed: 1982-09-10
- Granted: 1983-07-26
- Earliest claimed: 1981-09-17
- Assignees: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
- Inventors: Kazuo Taira; Akihiko Morofuji; Hiroshi Ueno
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4395538A

## CPC

- C09J 167/00: Adhesives based on polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain (based on polyester-amides C09J177/12; based on polyester-imides C09J179/08); Adhesives based on derivatives of such polymers
- C09J: ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (preparation of glue or gelatine C09H)

## Abstract

Disclosed is a metal bottle adhesive for lap-bonding upper and lower members, each consisting of a cup-like formed article of a metal, on the peripheral ends thereof, said adhesive comprising at least one high-molecular-weight thermoplastic resin having a post crystallinity .DELTA.Wc, defined by the following formula, of less than 20%: .DELTA.Wc=Wc.sub.II -Wc.sub.I wherein Wc.sub.I stands for the crystallinity (%) of the adhesive which has been molten at a temperature higher by 30.degree. than the softening point thereof and then naturally cooled at room temperature, determined according to the density method, and Wc.sub.II stands for the crystallinity of the adhesive which has then been immersed in water maintained at 70.degree. C. for 10 hours and then naturally cooled and dried at room temperature, determined according to the density method, a shear creep compliance J(t).sub.t=2 hrs of less than 10.sup.-4 cm.sup.2 /hyne at 90.degree. C. and a time constant of 2 hours and a concentration of ##STR1## groups, contained in the main or side chain, of 10 to 1400 meq/100 g of the resin.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A metal bottle adhesive for lap-bonding upper and lower members, each consisting of a cup-like formed article of a metal, on the peripheral ends thereof, said adhesive comprising at least one high-molecular-weight thermoplastic resin having a post crystallinity .DELTA.Wc, defined by the following formula, of less than 20%:
.DELTA.Wc=Wc.sub.II =Wc.sub.I
wherein Wc.sub.I stands for the crystallinity (%) of the adhesive which has been molten at a temperature higher by 30.degree. C. than the softening point thereof and then naturally cooled at room temperature, determined according to the density method, and Wc.sub.II stands for the crystallinity of the adhesive which has then been immersed in water maintained at 70.degree. C. for 10 hours and then naturally cooled and dried at room temperature, determined acoording to the density method,
a shear creep compliance J(t).sub.t=2 hrs of less than 10.sup.-4 cm.sup.2 /dyne at 90.degree. C. and a time constant of 2 hours and a concentration of ##STR9## groups, contained in the main or side chain, of 10 to 1400 meq/100 g of the resin.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An adhesive as set forth in claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic resin is a crystalline thermoplastic polymer having a number average molecular weight of at least 6,000.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An adhesive as set forth in claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic resin has a softening point of 80.degree. to 280.degree. C.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

An adhesive as set forth in claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic resin is at least one copolyester.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

An adhesive as set forth in claim 4, wherein the copolyester comprises terephthalic acid units and other dibasic acid units as the dibasic acid component and tetramethylene glycol units as the diol component.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

An adhesive as set forth in claim 4, wherein the copolyester comprises benzene-dicarboxylic acid units as the dibasic acid component and tetramethylene glycol units and other diol units as the diol component.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

An adhesive as set forth in claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic resin is at least one nylon containing 4 to 12 amide groups per 100 carbon atoms.