Adhesive composition comprising a particulate thermoplastic component

US6548579B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc · US

Inventors

• Merilee Reski · Woodbury, US
• Kiem H. Dang · Thousand Oaks, US
• Robert M. Hume, III · Woodbury, US
• David B. Malcolm · Maplewood, US
• Kathryn Coleman · Minneapolis, US
• Ronald Davies · Windom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2003
• Expiry date: May 11, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L2666/04
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention is directed to an adhesive composition comprising a water based component including a film-forming polymer and a particulate thermoplastic component selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polymers, thermoplastic resins, hot melt adhesive compositions, and mixtures thereof. The thermoplastic component has a mean particle size of from about 10 microns to about 1,500 microns. The adhesive composition is useful as a one-shot bookbinding adhesive, a primer composition as well as a second-shot adhesive for two-shot bookbinding method. The invention is also directed to the bookbinding methods using the adhesive composition.