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US 5,182,323 AGranted
Water dispersible pressure sensitive hot melts
AssigneeISP Investments Inc.
InventorGary S. Russell
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Abstract
A pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive contains thermoplastic rubber such as styrene isoprene copolymer, a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylacetate, fatty acid and, usually, tackifying resin. The composition is water soluble or water dispersible which facilitates removal of labels by washing and recycling of scrap material in label production. The composition gives better properties, especially peel strength, than other water-soluble or dispersible hot melt compositions.
Claims7
A hot melt composition which is water soluble or water dispersible comprising
- 3 to 50 wt % of a thermoplastic rubber which is a block copolymer of monomers with one and two olefinic unsaturations,
- 10 to 50 wt % of a copolymer of vinyl pyrrolidone and vinyl acetate, and
- 10 to 50 wt % of monocarboxylic fatty acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms wherein at least half the fatty acid has a carbon chain length of 10 to 14 carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.