Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Henkel IP Holding Gmbh

Graphic Innovators Inc.

Kris Getty

Tianjian Huang

Daniel Waski

Kristina Thompson

Alexis Kriegl

Bradley McLeod

Scott Kiley

Stephan Carter

Jeff Menolascino

Bradley Mcleod

The present invention relates generally to a protective wrap and a protective envelope or pouch made therefrom, as well as the apparatus and process for forming such wraps and envelopes. Water-based heat-expandable adhesives (WBHEA) which include a plurality of heat-expandable microspheres are disposed in a pattern between web substrates on a continuous, high speed manufacturing line to produce padded, insulated products useful as envelopes, mailers and other protective packaging.

Process for forming improved protective eco-friendly pouch and packaging and products made therefrom

The present invention relates generally to a protective wrap and a protective envelope or pouch: made therefrom, as well as the apparatus and: process for forming such wraps and envelopes. Water-based heat-expandable adhesives (WBHEA) which include a plurality of heat-expandable microspheres are disposed in a pattern between, web substrates on a continuous, high speed manufacturing line to produce padded, insulated products: useful as envelopes, mailers and other protective packaging.

A method for dielectrically heating foamable composition to foam and set the composition is described. In particular, radio frequency (RF) heating is used to heat the foamable composition to provide insulation in the manufacture of an article.

Dielectric heating of foamable compositions

An adhesive composition that improves structural integrity and insulative properties when applied to a cellulosic substrate is provided. The adhesive composition includes a plurality of microspheres and an emulsion-based polymer that has (i) an elastic modulus greater than 0.5 MPa in the range temperature range of 70&#xb0; C. to 110&#xb0; C.; (ii) an absolute log(E)/T slope of less than 0.05 in the range temperature range of 70&#xb0; C. to 110&#xb0; C.; and (iii) a tan d value less than 0.6 at 90&#xb0; C.

Adhesive for insulative articles

The present invention is directed to impact resistant and/or thermally insulative coating compositions for protective packages. Particularly, the protective packages include envelopes, pillows and Gusseted bags that house fragile and/or perishable objects during transport or mailing. The coating composition, upon heat or radiation trigger, expands at least 2500% in volume. The protective packages coated with the coating composition provide impact resistance, high strength, thermal insulation and light-weighting.

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