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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
May. 24, 1985
Jules E Schoenberg, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Thomas P Flanagan, Green Brook, NJ (US);
Dilip K Ray-Chaudhuri, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
National Starch and Chemical Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Abstract
A hot-melt adhesive especially useful in the construction of disposable diapers contains a vinyl polymer of 40-90% by weight of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl acrylate and 10-60% by weight of an alpha-olefin of C.sub.20 -C.sub.40, wherein the alkyl acrylate may be partially replaced with vinyl acetate or with a C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 olefin or with mixtures thereof, provided that the polymer contain at least 10% by weight of the alkyl acrylate. The adhesive may also contain a tackifying resin, a wax, an oil or a stabilizer depending on the specific end-use desired. In a preferred embodiment the polymer contains 20-45% by weight of the alpha-olefin.