Patent · US Expired

Use of adhesive mixtures containing gum arabic for glueing the longitudinal seam of cigarette tube

US5155140A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

Klaus Marten · Dormagen, DE
Johannes Huehne · Goldkronach, DE
Horst Buxhofer · Erkrath, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 1991
Grant date	Oct 13, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC08L2666/02
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The use of adhesive mixtures containing--per 100 parts by weight water--40 to 120 parts gum arabic, 3 to 80 parts by weight water soluble starch degradation products and/or carboxymethyl starch and/or gelatinized starch and, optionally, typical preservatives in aqueous solution and having a Brookfield (RVT) viscosity at 20.degree. C. in the range from 1,000 to 15,000 and more especially in the range from 1,700 to 5,000 for glueing the longitudinal seam of cigarette tubes by machine, produces excellent glueing strength.

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