# US 4,396,738 A · Aqueous adhesive compositions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 4,396,738 A - Document ID: US4396738A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 06/381,620 - Filed: 1982-05-24 - Granted: 1983-08-02 - Earliest claimed: 1982-05-24 - Assignees: Ashland Oil, Inc. - Inventors: Clois E. Powell; Gary L. Linden - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4396738A ## CPC - C09J 175/00: Adhesives based on polyureas or polyurethanes; Adhesives based on derivatives of such polymers - C08G 18/706: {the liquid medium being water} - C08G 18/8064: {with monohydroxy compounds} - C09D 133/08: Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters - C09J 131/04: Homopolymers or copolymers of vinyl acetate - C09J 133/08: Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters - C08L 75/04: Polyurethanes - C08L 2666/14: Macromolecular compounds according to C08L59/00 - C08L87/00; Derivatives thereof - 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) - C08G: MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS - C09D: COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) - C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) ## Abstract Novel aqueous adhesive and coating compositions composed of (1) an aqueous emulsion (latex) or dispersion of a polymer or interpolymer of one or more vinyl monomers such as an emulsion of a copolymer of vinyl acetate and butyl acrylate and (2) an aqueous emulsion or dispersion of a polyisocyanate which has at least partially reacted with an alcohol having the formula ROH wherein R is a hydrocarbon radical having at least one carbon atom and wherein the dispersion or emulsion (2) is stabilized with a combined surfactant and alcohol having the formula R' wherein R' is a hydrocarbon radical having at least one carbon atom are described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A composition of matter comprising a mixture of an aqueous latex emulsion or dispersion of (a) a member selected from the group consisting of a homopolymer of a vinyl monomer and an interpolymer of two or more vinyl monomers, and (b) a polyisocyanate which has undergone at least partial reaction of some of its isocyanate groups with a monohydroxy alcohol. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 wherein (b) is stabilized with an emulsion stabilizer composed of a surfactant and an alcohol having the structure R'OH wherein R' is a hydrocarbon radical having at least 1 carbon atom. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 wherein the monohydroxy alcohol in (b) is one having the formula ROH wherein R is a hydrocarbon radical containing at least one carbon atom. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The composition of claim 1 wherein (a) is an aqueous latex of a homopolymer of an interpolymer of a monomer or monomers selected from the group consisting of vinyl acetate, vinyl chlorine, vinylidene chloride, styrene, vinyl toluene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters, ethylene, isobutylene, butadiene and isoprene. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The composition of claim 4 wherein the polyisocyanate of (2) is a member selected from the group consisting of ethylene diisocyanate, trimethylene diisocyanate, dodecamethylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate trimer, tetraethylene diisocyanate pentamethylene diisocyanate, propylene-1,2-diisocyanate, 2,3-dimethyl tetramethylene diisocyanate, butylene-1,2-diisocyanate, butylene-1,3-diisocyanate, 1,4-diisocyanato cyclohexane, cyclopentene 1,3-diisocyanate p-phenylene diisocyanate, 1-methyl phenylene-2,4-diisocyanate, naphthalene-1,4-diisocyanate, O,O-toluene diisocyanate, diphenyl-4,4'-diisocyanate, benzene-1,2,4-triisocyanate, xylylene-1,4-diisocyanate, xylylene-1,3-diisocyanate, 4,4'-diphenylene methane diisocyanate, 4,4'-diphenylene propane diisocyanate, 1,2,3,4-tetraisocyanato butane, butane-1,2,3-triisocyanate, polymethylene polyphenyl isocyanate, and polymeric polyisocyanates. ### Claim 6 A process comprising applying to at least one surface of a material a mixture of an aqueous latex, emulsion or dispersion of (a) a member selected from the group consisting of a homopolymer of a vinyl monomer and an interpolymer of two or more vinyl monomers, and (b) a polyisocyanate which has undergone at least partial reaction of some of its isocyanate groups with a monohydroxy alcohol. ### Claim 7 A process which comprises (1) treating at least one surface of a material with a mixture of an aqueous latex, emulsion or dispersion of (a) a member selected from the group consisting of a homopolymer of a vinyl monomer and an interpolymer of two or more vinyl monomers, and (b) a polyisocyanate which has undergone at least partial reaction of some of its isocyanate groups with a monohydroxy alcohol, and (2) adhering another surface of the same or a different material to said treated surface.