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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1987
Wayne K Darvell, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Patricia R Konsti, Oakdale, MN (US);
Jurgen Klingen, Schwalmtal, DE;
Karl W Kreckel, Haan, DE;
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Tape products for diverse end users are obtained by applying to a sheet backing a layer of normally tacky and pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) containing and completely surrounding resilient non-tacky hollow thermoplastic polymeric microspheres. When the PSA is permanently bonded to the backing and the exposed surface has an irregular contour, a removable and repositionable product results. When the PSA forms a continuous matrix that is strippably bonded to the backing and is 1 mm or more thick, the resultant product is a foamlike transfer tape or foam tape. Depending on the product, the PSA can contain from about 1/5 to about 2/3% of the microspheres by volume.