Threebond Co., Ltd.

Isao Noguchi

Naoki Sato

Minami Hanada

Kenichi Tomihara

Yumi Oka

A self-locking agent for a fastening device comprises a microencapsulated adhesive composition comprising the following constituents (a) to (c): (a) an epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups, (b) an aromatic diamine represented by the following formula (a) or (b): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 each represent CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, C.sub.3 H.sub.7, CH(CH.sub.3).sub.2, C.sub.4 H.sub.9 or a halogen, or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 to R.sub.7 each represent CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, C.sub.3 H.sub.7 or a halogen, and (c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of thiosalicylic acid, salicylic acid, benzoic anhydride, boron trifluoride and boron trifluoride complexes, wherein at least one of the epoxy compound (a) and aromatic diamine (b) is microencapsulated to keep them apart from each other, said self-locking agent has excellent thermal resistance and storage stability.

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