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US 9,868,881 B2Granted
Swelling tape for filling gap
AssigneeLG Chem, Ltd.
InventorsSe Ra Kim, Suk Ky Chang, Byung Kyu Jung, Yoon Tae Hwang, Cha Hun Ku, Sung Jong Kim, Se Woo Yang, Hyo Sook Joo, Min Soo Park
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Abstract
A swelling tape for filling a gap and a method of filling a gap are provided. The swelling tape can be applied within the gap having a fluid to realize a 3D shape thereby filling the gap, and be used to fix a subject forming the gap as necessary.
Claims2
A swelling tape for filling a gap, comprising:
- a substrate layer that deforms along a longitudinal direction when coming in contact with a fluid and that includes a urethane bond, an ester bond or an ether bond, or a cellulose ester compound;
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- a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface of the substrate layer in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the substrate layer,
- wherein the substrate layer is a single layer consisting essentially of an acrylate-based substrate layer, a urethane-based substrate layer, an epoxy-based substrate layer or a cellulose-based substrate layer,
- wherein the acrylate-based substrate layer or the epoxy-based substrate layer is a cast layer of an active energy ray-curable composition, wherein the urethane-based substrate layer is a cast layer of an active energy ray-curable composition or a curable urethane composition or comprises only a thermoplastic polyurethane as a resin component, wherein the cellulose-based substrate layer comprises only a cellulose acetate resin or cellulose alkylate resin as a resin component,
- wherein a three-dimensional structure with a height of 0.001 mm to 2.0 mm is formed along a vertical direction to the longitudinal direction when the substrate contacts a fluid,
- wherein the three-dimensional structure includes a shape protruding along the vertical direction and wherein a plurality of the shapes are included in the three-dimensional structure, and
- wherein the substrate layer has a strain of at least 10% in a longitudinal direction according to the following Equation 1:
- Strain in Longitudinal direction=(L2−L1)/L1×100, [Equation 1]
- wherein L1 is an initial length of the substrate layer before the substrate layer comes in contact with the fluid;
- and L2 is a length of the substrate layer, which is measured after the substrate layer comes in contact with the fluid at room temperature or 60° C. for 24 hours.
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