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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Billmers, Stockton, NJ (US);
Charles W Paul, Madison, NJ (US);
Stephen F Hatfield, Somerville, NJ (US);
Thomas F Kauffman, Easton, PA (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524 51 ; 524 47 ; 524 48 ; 524 52 ; 524 53 ; 106210 ; 106211 ; 106212 ; 106214 ;
Abstract
Hot melt adhesive compositions comprising selected modified starch esters as the main or base adhesive material wherein the starch ester has an ester component of about 2 to 18 carbon atoms and a DS of from about 0.3 to 3.0 and a sufficient amount of a non-volatile, polar organic diluent to allow the composition to melt and have a viscosity of less than 50,000 cP at an application temperature of 400.degree. F. or less.