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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Merilee M. Reski, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kiem H. Dang, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert M. Hume, III, Woodbury, MN (US);
David B. Malcolm, Maplewood, MN (US);
Kathryn A. Coleman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ronald R. Davies, St. Paul, MN (US);
H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to an adhesive composition comprising a water based component including a film-forming polymer and a particulate thermoplastic component selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polymers, thermoplastic resins, hot melt adhesive compositions, and mixtures thereof. The thermoplastic component has a mean particle size of from about 10 microns to about 1,500 microns. The adhesive composition is useful as a one-shot bookbinding adhesive, a primer composition as well as a second-shot adhesive for two-shot bookbinding method. The invention is also directed to the bookbinding methods using the adhesive composition.