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May 17, 2013 - Polyvinyl Acetal Film Adhesive for Laminating Glass - Patent
A polyvinyl acetal film as an intermediate film for a laminated glass, can provide a laminated glass that exhibits a low degree of yellowness and...
Mar 30, 2013 - Lignocellulosic Ethanol Residue-based Formaldehyde Adhesive - Technical Paper
Phenol–formaldehyde (PF) adhesive is usually used to bond exterior grade plywood for high bonding strength and water resistance. However, all...
Feb 10, 2013 - Polyurethane Laminating Adhesive Based on Castor Oil - Technical Paper
The first component of the polyurethane adhesive described in this paper was prepared with polyester polyol, polyether polyol, castor oil, and...
Jan 19, 2013 - Biodegradable Fiberboard Tube - Patent
This patent refers to a biodegradable tube and closure component for containing a viscous substance and method for assembling the biodegradable tube...
Dec 30, 2012 - Sealing Film for a Solar Cell Module - Patent
An objective of the present invention is to provide a solar cell sealing film that has the crosslinking or curing time reduced and has a high...
Nov 10, 2012 - 2K Polyurethane for Bonding Film-like Substrates - Patent
This invention describes a method for adhesively bonding film-like substrates, in which a two-component polyurethane adhesive is applied to a film and...
Oct 07, 2012 - Rubber Adhesives as Barriers in Food Packaging Laminates - Technical Paper
Rubber adhesives both natural and synthetic are widely used in the manufacture of multilayer laminates, commonly used as food packaging. For this...
Sep 08, 2012 - High Barrier Film Laminate for Flexible Packaging - Patent
This invention describes a film of laminate construction for producing on a packaging machine a flexible container for containing food that includes...
Sep 01, 2012 - An Overview of the Science and Technology of Adhesives - Technical Paper
This chapter presents an overview of the science and technology of adhesives and sealants. The chapter describes the chemistry of pressure-sensitive...
Sep 01, 2012 - High Light Transmittance Laminated Polyester Film - Patent
The present invention provides a laminated polyester film which exhibits a good adhesion property to various adhesives, and can be suitably used in...
Jul 08, 2012 - Laminating Adhesive for Flexible Packaging Material - Patent
This invention discloses a robust, two component adhesive for laminating flexible packaging material. It comprises a mixture of Component A and...
Jun 10, 2012 - UV cured laminates made from PEN and PET films. - Technical Paper
This paper describes the properties of an ultraviolet (UV) curable laminating adhesive system that can be used with PEN, PET and UV-stabilized PET...
Apr 15, 2012 - Non-continuous, multi-layer bag lamination. - Patent
Multi-layer bags may be formed to include first and second sidewalls joined along a first side edge, an opposite second side edge, and a closed bottom...
Mar 24, 2012 - Prediction of bending rigidity for laminated fabric. - Technical Paper
The purpose of this study is to predict bending rigidity of laminated fabric with adhesive interlining considered tensile and in-plane compressive...
Mar 03, 2012 - Solventless laminating adhesive for flexible film. - Patent
This invention describes two-component solventless adhesive compositions for lamination applications and laminated structure. Included end-products...
Feb 18, 2012 - Solventless laminating adhesives for flexible packaging. - Patent
This invention describes two-component solventless adhesive compositions for lamination applications and laminated structures, including flexible...
Feb 10, 2012 - Adhesive for Solar Cell Back-side Protective Sheet - Patent
Disclosed is a highly-adhesive agent for a solar-cell back-side protective sheet. Said highly-adhesive agent overcomes hitherto existing problems and...
Dec 03, 2011 - Bonded Laminated Sheet for Roof Structures - Patent
The present invention relates to a bonded matter prepared by bonding a first member to a second member with a laminated sheet, wherein a contractile...
Nov 09, 2011 - Low temperature, High Speed Corrugated Fiberboard Adhesive - Patent
This invention describes the use of synthetic adhesives in the manufacture of corrugated fiberboard at relatively low temperatures and high lineal...
Oct 31, 2011 - Bi-layer Adhesive for Laminating Optical Lens - Patent
This invention describes a method for laminating a film onto an optical article and a bi-layer adhesive for use in the method. The bi-layer adhesive...
Sep 21, 2011 - Composite structure of railroad ties. - Patent
A laminated and encapsulated railroad tie structure and its associate method of manufacture are described in this invention. A wood core of laminate...
Sep 21, 2011 - Method of bonding film to a curved substrate. - Patent
A method of bonding a film to a curved substrate comprises preforming the film by applying a pneumatic pressure difference between two sides of the...
Aug 13, 2011 - Method of Forming a Spun-bonded Laminated Nonwoven Fabric - Patent
The spun-bonded laminated nonwoven fabric of the present invention is a nonwoven fabric material that has durable various filtering and barriering...
Jul 09, 2011 - Moisture Activatable Adhesives for Medical Applications - Patent
This invention describes an adhesive for medical patches or for transdermal therapeutic systems which contains a component or a combination of at...
Jun 06, 2011 - Elastic Bonding Films for use in the Garment Industry - Patent
Advances in the garment industry are creating opportunities to identify new and useful materials to improve clothing and address long-felt needs in...
Jun 06, 2011 - Tri-layer Adhesive for a Laminated Optical Lens - Patent
A method for laminating a functional film onto an optical base element and a tri-layer adhesive system for use in the method are disclosed. The...
May 04, 2011 - Security wrap label with a patterned adhesive. - Patent
This invention describes a patterned adhesive tag that can be applied to separable lid containers, hinged lid containers, film lid containers, and...
Apr 09, 2011 - Heat Sealing Polyester Film for Photovoltaic Cells - Patent
This disclosure describes a method of producing sealing film for photovoltaic cell modules including a layer composed of at least one substance...
Feb 19, 2011 - Hot melt laminating adhesives having an extended open time. - Patent
This invention relates to hot melt adhesive compositions which comprise at least one thermoplastic, silane-grafted poly-alpha-olefin which is solid at...
Feb 19, 2011 - Paper substrates useful for wallboard tape applications. - Patent
A paper substrate, particularly useful in wallboard (also known as drywall) tape applications contains polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) on and/or in at least...
Jan 08, 2011 - Non-woven material useful for acoustic ceiling tiles. - Patent
A non-woven material that can be formed into an acoustic ceiling tile is described. The material includes a substantially planar and self-supporting...
Nov 29, 2010 - Method for forming a thermofusable textile fabric. - Patent
A method for forming a thermofusible sheet material is described. It includes providing a backing ply of textile material and applying a mixture of a...
Oct 30, 2010 - A peelable film sealant for packaging. - Patent
The invention concerns a sealed package formed from a polymer film comprising a block copolymeric substrate and a heat sealable coating and/or skin...
Apr 28, 2013 - Characterization of EVA and PVB Encapsulants for PV Cells - Technical Paper
Photovoltaic (PV) module efficiency and reliability are two factors that have an important impact on the final cost of the PV electricity production....
Apr 23, 2013 - Multi-layer Wood Veneer Molding - Patent
The invention is based on the object of describing multi-layer moldings made of veneer boards, the moldings having improved properties. The moldings...
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Mar 04, 2013 - Process for Forming a Laminated Structure - Patent
This invention provides a process for forming a laminated structure. The process comprises the step of bonding a polymer film to an array of...
Oct 22, 2012 - Polyesters based on Methylsuccinic Acid - Patent
The invention relates to a polyester comprising repeat units based on at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof...
Oct 07, 2012 - Laminate for Use in a Fuel Cell - Patent
A conventional fuel cell includes at least an anode collector plate, a cathode collector plate, a film electrode assembly and flow field plates. These...
Aug 04, 2012 - Method of Making a Multilayer PUR Protective Film - Patent
This invention descirbes a method of making a multilayer protective film. The method comprises: (a) forming a PU layer comprising an at least...
Jun 28, 2012 - Epoxy Bio-Oil Crosslinked Adhesives Show Clear Advantage - Patent
Researchers at Japanese chemical giant Nitto Denko have developed a bio-based adhesive that it says shows better transparency than previously...
Mar 31, 2012 - Method of Making a Shaped Counter-top Edge - Patent
An apparatus and method to manufacture shaped counter top edges for custom counter tops is presented in this patent. Sheet laminate is heated, clamped...
Mar 31, 2012 - Use of Adhesives in Manufacture of a Solar Cell Module - Patent
The present invention provides a solar cell module including: a light transmitting plate having light transmittance; solar cells having bonding pads...
Mar 11, 2012 - Removable PSA sheet for protecting a coating film. - Patent
This invention is with regard to a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for protecting a coating film. The removable pressure-sensitive...
Jan 10, 2012 - Future Trends in Roof Mounted PV Modules - Conference
PV is no longer just a fad. It is a burgeoning industry with falling prices, rising efficiencies, public policies and financial incentives that ensure...
Dec 19, 2011 - Polypropylene Co-extrusion Adhesives Go Renewable - Patent
Researchers at French chemical giant Arkema have devised an approach to make polypropylene that can be used as a co-extrusion adhesive from plants via...
Dec 12, 2011 - Insulating Adhesive Solves OLED Transparency Conflict - Patent
A lamination process exploiting insulating adhesives can improve organic light emitting diodes' performance, researchers from Dutch electronics giant...
Dec 10, 2011 - Laminating Magnet Film with a Self-bonding Layer - Patent
This invention provides a manufacturing method for preparing a laminated magnet film. The following steps are included: (1) preparing a magnet film,...
Dec 08, 2011 - Improved Soy Adhesives Bond Difficult Wood Substrates - Patent
Adding two different additives to soy protein adhesives can successfully bond fumed yellow birch veneers that even urea-formaldehyde adhesives...
Sep 15, 2011 - Renewable Adhesive Promises Safer Food Packaging Lamination - Patent
Researchers in the US and China claim that using linseed oil chemicals in polyurethane laminating adhesives can cut the migration of toxic isocyanates...
Aug 20, 2011 - Embedding Security Elements into Credit Cards - Patent
The invention relates to a card, such as a credit card or ID card, which has several layers laminated with each other, wherein between a first card...
Jun 06, 2011 - Method of Attaching a Solar Module to a Substrate - Patent
A method of attaching a solar module to a substrate includes first applying an adhesive to the substrate. The adhesive is preferably a liquid or hot...
Jun 06, 2011 - Twin-layer Encapsulant Raises Solar Module Production Speed - Patent
Scientists at glass giant Saint-Gobain say that they can replace the separate encapsulants and frontsheets used to protect photovoltaic (PV) cells in...
May 30, 2011 - Polyamide Hot Melts Combine Open Time and Strength - Patent
Researchers at adhesive giant Henkel have developed hot melt adhesives with both increased open time and mechanical strength – two properties where...
May 04, 2011 - Solar panels with adhesive layers. - Patent
The present application is directed to a film that may be used as an adhesive for solar panels. The present application is directed to a composition,...
May 04, 2011 - Waterborne adhesive for footwear. - Patent
A waterborne adhesive or bonding agent is described which exhibits highly favorable bonding traits in conjunction with superior material handling...
Apr 09, 2011 - Effect of Replacing Latex with Starch on Coated Paper - Technical Paper
The effect of replacing latex with starch on coated paper properties was investigated. Two feasible methods were explored to increase the dosage of...
Mar 14, 2011 - Alcohol Enables Water-stable EVA Wood Glue - Patent
German chemical company Follmann & Co claims to have produced highly water-stable poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) (EVA) adhesives by exploiting a method...
Mar 13, 2011 - Lens assembly and method of manufacturing using adhesives. - Patent
Disclosed are a lens assembly and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes delineating and processing a surface of a lens substrate...
Jan 06, 2011 - Carpet adhesive exploits recycled filler - Patent
Researchers at US flooring company Shaw Industries have developed a way to retrieve minerals from adhesives in waste carpet and using them to produce...
Dec 21, 2010 - Pressure sensitive adhesive for thin film aerostats. - Patent
Aerostats are objects using principles of aerostatics to float (i.e., lighter than air objects that derive their lift from the buoyancy of surrounding...
Dec 04, 2010 - Method for bonding silicone rubber parts. - Patent
A method of bonding silicone rubber parts is described. The method is characterized by placing an adhesive-agent layer formed from a...
Nov 29, 2010 - Adhesive for blast-resistant window screens. - Patent
The invention provides a system for window blast protection. The system includes an elastomeric or non-elastomeric first material. This is then...
Nov 05, 2010 - Method of bonding a transparent substrate to a LCD. - Patent
Flat panel displays, such as LCDs, are often enhanced with specialized films. The films may be flexible or rigid. Such films are described to...
Oct 11, 2010 - Dual cure adhesive formulations. - Patent
The present invention relates to novel formations which are thermally curable and curable by actinic radiation. These are known as dual-cure...
Sep 15, 2010 - Bonding an electronic sensor into or onto a tire. - Patent
This invention describes an assembly for use in or on a tire. The assembly comprises an electronic device having a body and an adhesive coating on at...
Sep 06, 2010 - Nylon and PET sew up snack packet permeability - Patent
Packaging made from plant-based chemicals can prevent food spoiling, says snack producer Frito-lay, if it uses nylon or polyethylene terephthalate...
Sep 05, 2010 - Heat sealable polyurethane compositions. - Patent
Many polyurethane foams are severely restricted in certain applications since they are unsuitable for heat bonding. This invention attempts to...
Sep 05, 2010 - Method of making a breathable laminate film. - Patent
A method of making a breathable film laminate is described. This included providing a TPU film, applying to a release substrate a layer of...
Aug 22, 2010 - Heat activated adhesives for bag closures. - Patent
A polymeric woven bag has a first panel and a second panel and an open end of the bag to be pinched closed. A first layer of heat activated adhesive...
Jun 13, 2010 - Laminating adhesive for optical lens. - Patent
A method for laminating a film onto an optical article is described in this invention. The adhesive is a bi-layer consisting of a latex adhesive...
May 29, 2010 - Fast setting hot melt adhesive for roll-applied labels. - Patent
Disclosed are hot melt adhesives prepared from aromatic-aliphatic polyesters containing terephthalic acid in combination with adipic acid, glutaric...
May 15, 2010 - Hot melt adhesive laminating film. - Patent
The invention comprises a film useful as a laminating adhesive, a composition useful to make the film, and a laminate comprising the film with at...
May 01, 2010 - Improved laminated support for self-adhesive labels. - Patent
The laminated support for self-adhesive materials disclosed in this invention is especially appropriate for the manufacturing of labels. It uses...
Apr 02, 2010 - Encapsulated adhesion promoter for aqueous adhesives. - Patent
This invention relates to the use of encapsulated adhesion promoter in an aqueous adhesive. The adhesive is intended to bond two substrates together...
Mar 29, 2010 - Renewable hotmelts enable non-deforming laminates - Patent
Laminate structures assembled without the use of any solvent can withstand wide temperature variations over a long period of time without their shape...
Mar 27, 2010 - Laminate packaging for a battery. - Patent
The invention describes a laminated external packaging material for a battery. The invention consists of a metallic foil which is adhered to one...
Mar 22, 2010 - Olefin encapsulant promises hardier solar panels - Patent
A US scientist hopes to replace EVA sheets used to assemble photovoltaic cells or modules with an encapsulant that promises better adhesion and longer...
Feb 12, 2010 - Heat activated ultra-high solids polyurethane dispersion. - Patent
This invention is a heat activated adhesive composition consisting of an ultra-high solid polyurethane dispersion. The dispersion comprises (1) a...
Feb 12, 2010 - Reclosable package that includes a barrier type patch. - Patent
The invention is a patch with barrier properties that can be attached to the outside of the wall of a bag. It is placed over the profile strip...
Jan 29, 2010 - Non-halogen, flame retardant laminated film. - Patent
Disclosed is a flame retardant adhesive composition which does not contain any halogen compound and contains a phosphorous compound. The adhesive...
Jan 25, 2010 - Renewable laminates exploit hotmelts and polyurethanes - Patent
Careful choice of adhesives can help completely avoid concerns around the toxicity of PVC and phenol-formaldehyde wood glue used to produce...
Jan 23, 2010 - Polyurethane adhesive used for retort food pouches. - Technical Paper
Polyurethane adhesives are widely used in manufacturing food packaging laminates which need high temperature sterilization. In order to satisfy the...
Jan 23, 2010 - Sealing of components for use in solar cells. - Patent
Thermoplastic resin composition for sealing of solar cell components was derived from propylene based polymers and other components. The...
Jan 09, 2010 - Flakeboard surfaced with aluminum foil. - Patent
The invention describes a flakeboard surfaced with aluminum foil coated with a UV cured paint. The foil is applied to both sides of the flakeboard. ...
Dec 19, 2009 - Easily removable surface protective film for glass. - Patent
Disclosed is an adhesive composition with which a surface protective film can be easily bonded to a glass surface. By using the adhesive composition,...
Nov 30, 2009 - Foaming adhesive speeds solar cell encapsulation - Patent
German researchers have slashed the time taken to encapsulate solar cells from 20 minutes to just one minute, by adding “microballoons” to their...
Nov 28, 2009 - Breathable protective film for solar cells. - Patent
This patent describes a breathable solar film for protecting elements in a solar cell. One polymeric film is bonded to a second polymeric film by...
Nov 28, 2009 - Method for producing a heat sealable label. - Patent
This patent describes a method of producing a heat sealable label. The label consists of a textile substrate which is made of synthetic polymeric...
Nov 23, 2009 - Adhesive provides means of protecting a coating film. - Patent
This patent application discloses an adhesive sheet that can be used for the protection of a coating film. The adhesive sheet consists of a urethane...
Nov 23, 2009 - Providing noise abatement in carpet products. - Patent
A process and system are described in this patent application for making a noise absorbing carpet. The invention consists of a fabric layer portion...
Nov 14, 2009 - Fiber reinforced polymer used to strengthen wood. - Technical Paper
Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) strengthened wood would be a more economically viable product if a single adhesive type could be utilized at all the...
Nov 14, 2009 - Methods of assembly of bag structures. - Patent
A bag structure is described which includes a bag body having inner and outer side walls. The bag body further includes a top end and a bottom end. ...
Nov 09, 2009 - Forming exterior architectural surface coatings. - Patent
A building material for use in forming exterior surface coverings is described in this invention. The building material consists of a combination of...
Oct 26, 2009 - Application of heat activated transfer films. - Patent
A method for applying a heat activated transfer adhesive includes preheating a part for bonding to a second part. The heat activated transfer...
Oct 05, 2009 - Adhesive and sealant for bonding fuel cell assemblies. - Patent
A fuel cell, having improved sealing against leakage, includes a sealant disposed over the peripheral portions a membrane electrode assembly such that...
Oct 05, 2009 - Information on the adhesives industry in China. - Technical Paper
The article offers information on the adhesives industry in China for the year 2007. Sales of various adhesive sand sealants rose by 12.76% over...
Sep 14, 2009 - Fabric backed pressure sensitive adhesive tape. - Patent
A fabric backed pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape is disclosed which realizes thickness reduction and weight reduction and which has excellent...
Aug 29, 2009 - Bonding polytetrafluoroethylene substrates with a hot melt. - Patent
Hot melt adhesives described in this patent include a thermoplastic terpolymer of vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene and...
Aug 24, 2009 - Fluorescent co-extruded coating on a polymeric substrate. - Patent
The invention relates to an article comprising a polymer substrate and a co-extruded polymer coating. The substrate is manufactured from a thermoset...
Aug 08, 2009 - Heat sealable wrapper for paper. - Patent
When a wrapper is formed around a ream of paper, the inner layer overlaps and contacts the outer layer along a longitudinal seam. The polyethylene...
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Jul 11, 2009 - Nanoparticle reinforced waterborne polyurethane adhesive. - Technical Paper
A series of waterborne polyurethane / clay (WBPU/clay) nanocomposite dispersions using two different organically modified clays were prepared. It was...
Jun 27, 2009 - Adhesive for producing crepe paper. - Patent
This invention relates to a process for the production of crepe paper by adhesive bonding of a moist paper web with the aid of an organic synthetic...
Jun 13, 2009 - Thickeners for waterborne polyurethane adhesives. - Technical Paper
To adjust the rheology of waterborne polyurethane adhesives, different amounts of a hydrophobically modified ethoxylated polyurethane thickener (HEUR)...
Jun 07, 2009 - An adhesive that is released by microwave oven energy. - Patent
A method is described in this patent for a hot melt adhesive that can be released (unbonded) by microwave heating. The adhesive is based on...
May 27, 2009 - Ply bond adhesives for cellulosic structures. - Patent
Corrosion resistant adhesive compositions are provided that are useful for bonding plies of cellulose fibrous structures. The adhesive compositions...
May 27, 2009 - Waterborne polyurethane and polychloroprene adhesives. - Conference
This paper reviews advancements in waterborne adhesive made by Bayer MaterialScience AG. Markets for waterborne adhesive dispersions are continuously...
May 18, 2009 - Multilayer upholstery fabric manufactured with adhesive. - Patent
Materials and methods directed to multilayer upholstery are disclosed. Such upholsteries can be used as a furniture covering or in other covering...