Methods for Forming Non-Environmentally Hazardous, Non-Volatile Adhesive Promoter Compositions for Curing Adhesives
Methods for Forming Non-Environmentally Hazardous, Non-Volatile Adhesive Promoter Compositions for Curing Adhesives
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A non-environmentally hazardous, non-volatile adhesive promoter composition useful in promoting the cure and/or enhancing adhesion of adhesives and for use in combination with adhesive bond polymerization. The promoter composition is a combination of a fluid carrier that remains substantially present during the curing of an adhesive composition and an active component capable of promoting the cure and/or enhancing adhesion of the adhesive and being miscible in the fluid carrier.
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Ulllted States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 6,001,213
Liu [45] Date of Patent: *Dec. 14, 1999
[54] METHODS FOR FORMING NON- 4,869,772 9/1989 McDonnell et al. .
ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS, NON- 4,891,248 1/1990 Kraus.
VOLATILE ADHESIVE PROMOTER 4933234 6/1990 K°beete1~~
COMPOSITIONS FOR CURING ADHESIVES 4979993 12/1990 0kam°‘° 6‘ a1~ ~
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2,784,127 3/1957 Joyner et al. .
3,260,637 7/1966 Von Emmet. A non-environmentally hazardous, non-volatile adhesive
3,266,625 8/1966 Hardman . promoter composition useful in promoting the cure and/or
3,336,377 9/1974 Ddahunty . enhancing adhesion of adhesives and for use in combination
4,042,442 8/1977 Dombroski et a1, , with adhesive bond polymerization. The promoter compo-
4,139,693 2/1979 Schoenberg . sition is a combination of a fluid carrier that remains
4,200,549 4/1980 Okamura et a1. . substantially present during the curing of an adhesive com-
4:377/190 3/1983 Shiraishi 6‘ 91~ ~ position and an active component capable of promoting the
4,444,933 4/1984 Columbus et al. .
4,450,265 5/1984 Harris .
4,460,759 7/1984 Robins .
4,496,685 1/1985 Nagasawa et al. .
4,822,426 4/1989 Ito et al. . 15 Claims, N0 Drawings
cure and/or enhancing adhesion of the adhesive and being
miscible in the fluid carrier.
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METHODS FOR FORMING NON-
ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS, NON-
VOLATILE ADHESIVE PROMOTER
COMPOSITIONS FOR CURING ADHESIVES
This is a continuation of Application No. 08/456,755
filed on Jun. 1, 1995, which is a divisional of Application
No. 08/322,936 filed on Oct. 13, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No.
5,567,266.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a non-environmentally hazard-
ous and non-volatile adhesive promoter composition for
promoting the cure of adhesives and for use in combination
with adhesive compositions. More particularly, the present
invention relates to an adhesive promoter composition
which includes a fluid carrier that remains substantially
present during the curing of the adhesive composition and an
adhesive promoter component capable of promoting the cure
of the adhesive composition and being miscible in the fluid
carrier.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Chlorinated hydrocarbons such as 1,1,1-trichloroethane
and chlorfluoro hydrocarbons (CFC), such as C2F3Cl3 also
known as FREON®, have been used for many years as
solvents in numerous applications. These materials have
shown to be very useful in the preparation and delivery of
activator and accelerator compositions used in the adhesive
field. In recent years, the use of these compounds has been
substantially lessened due to their deleterious effect on the
environment. Regulations have been promulgated not only
in the United States but in countries throughout the world to
accelerate the phase-out of environmentally destructive
solvents, and in particular those which are believed to be
ozone-depleting substances. In addition to laws designed to
prevent the use of these substances, product labelling
requirements have also been promulgated to insure notice is
given as to those compounds used as alternatives. Finding
acceptable alternatives, however, has been an extremely
difficult task. For example, in applications such as adhesive
accelerator compositions, the solvent should possess high
chemical stability, non-flammability, low toxicity, yet be
sufficiently volatile to readily evaporate once applied to
leave the active ingredient, e.g. an amine accelerator or
activator, on the surface to which it is applied. In addition to
these requirements, consideration must be given to cost
factors which are critical to commercial development.
Attempts to find good solvent systems which are non-
ozone depleting, non-flammable, yet sufficiently volatile,
have not been entirely successful. Although many materials
have possessed certain of these characteristics, many have
been deficient in the majority of these properties. For
example, materials such as heptane, acetone, methylethyl
ketone, isopropanol, and methanol are excellent solvent
systems, with excellent volatility, i.e. low flash point tem-
peratures and high vapor pressures, but are extremely flam-
mable. Other substances such as isoparaffins, and propylene
glycol ether are less flammable, but are still combustible and
evaporate slower.
In co-assigned and co-pending U.S. Application Ser. No.
08/322,937 filed concurrently herewith, one solution offered
for the replacement of ozone-depleting CFC carriers in
adhesive promoter compositions was a unique co-solvent
composition comprising an azeotropic mixture of a perfluo-
rocarbon compound and an alkylsiloxane. This co-solvent
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solution was non-ozone depleting and possessed the
required characteristics to be useful as a carrier for adhesive
promoter compounds, including activators, accelerators, ini-
tiators and the like for promoting cure or enhancing adhe-
sion of cyanoacrylate adhesives.
It is conventional in the art of adhesive promoters, i.e.
accelerators, activators, initiators and the like, that they be
carried in volatile solvents when used as separate compo-
nents in conjunction with adhesive compositions. In the case
of cyanoacrylate adhesives, accelerators are generally
applied to a substrate surface prior to application of the
adhesive. These adhesive promoter compositions, some-
times also referred to as primer compositions, are usually
comprised of amine compounds dissolved in a CFC solvent,
or 1,1,1-trichloroethane, which as discussed above is no
longer considered an environmentally safe material due to
its ozone-depleting nature.
Numerous patents describe the use of volatile solvents as
carriers for adhesive promoter compositions, such as
activators, accelerators and the like. Such adhesive promoter
compositions are used in conjunction with the cure of
cyanoacrylate adhesives, olefinic adhesives, anaerobic adhe-
sives and two-part acrylic systems. For example, U.S. Pat.
No. 3,260,637 describes a method of bonding a cyanoac-
arylate adhesive using amines dissolved in a volatile carrier
solvent preferably having a boiling point below about 100°
C. U.S. Pat. No. 4,822,426 discloses a primer solution
consisting of an organometallic compound combined with a
fluorine-containing compound, for use with difficult to bond
to non-polar resins, such as polyolefins. The primer com-
position is applied with a volatile solvent.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,836,377 discloses an adhesive composi-
tion which consists of a monomeric ester of cyanoacetic acid
and a polymerization accelerator which can be applied by
means of a volatile solvent. U.S. Pat. No. 4,979,993 teaches
the use of a primer composition consisting of a tertiary
ammonium carboxylate compound carried by a low surface
tension organic solvent. This reference also teaches that the
solvent should readily evaporate to allow for the reaction of
the primer with the adhesive.
In two-part adhesive compositions, where a curable com-
ponent is present in one part and a curing agent is present in
a second part, the curing agent and/or accelerator is gener-
ally applied with vehicles such as lower alcohols and in
some cases water. For example, see U.S. Pat. No. 4,460,759,
which teaches the removal of the solvent prior to bringing
the surfaces together to initiate the bonding reaction.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,933,234 discloses primed polymeric sub-
strates having at least one organic nucleophilic graft-
polymerizable monomer or salt thereof graffed thereon.
Various amine-bearing monomers are disclosed and the
monomer compositions may be applied using solvents,
crosslinking agents and surfacts.
Traditional cyanoacrylate adhesives have incorporated a
variety of additives directly into the adhesive composition
per se to strengthen the bond. These additives have conven-
tionally been directly incorporated into the adhesive com-
position and are not handled as a separate component, in
contrast to typical accelerator and activator compositions.
These additives, in the case of U.S. Pat. No. 4,139,693
included an adhesion promoter of the formula:
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OH
HO OH
COOR'
wherein R‘ is hydrogen or an alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl group
having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. The formal name given to this
class of compounds is 3,4,5 -trihydroxybenzoic acid or esters
thereof. In addition to the adhesion promoter, an inhibitor is
also added to the cyanoacrylate adhesive composition to
stabilize the mixture from prematurely curing.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,784,127 discloses cyanoacrylate adhesive
compositions which are plasticized by the addition of alkyl
ester in aliphatic dicarboxylic acid of the formula,
R1OOC—(CH2)n—COOR1 wherein n is a whole integer in
the range of 1-8 and R1 is an alkyl group from 1 to 8 carbon
atoms. Also disclosed are alkyl phosphates in which each
alkyl group contains from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, as well as
triaromatic phosphates such as triphenylphosphate and
tricresyl-phosphate. These plasticizers are dissolved in the
monomeric cyanoacrylate adhesive to prevent failure of the
adhesive bond after aging. Up to about 20% of the plasti-
cizers are disclosed as being incorporated. The plasticizers
allegedly function to add flexibility to the bond without
adversely affecting the degree of adhesion. No disclosure is
given to the addition of a promoter component into the
adhesive composition per se.
As is evident from the discussion, the art is replete with
examples of volatile solvents as carriers for adhesion pro-
moter compositions. This is the case whether the adhesion
promoter be an activator, accelerator, catalyst or initiator
system. Solvents have not historically been welcome in the
bonding process since they weaken the adhesive bond,
interfere with the adhesive bonding process, prevent contact
between the adhesive and the substrate and in some
instances, attack the adhesive and/or the substrate.
The present inventor has discovered that using a fluid
carrier other than a volatile solvent to dissolve an adhesion
promoter component, carry it to the substrate and incorpo-
rate itself into the adhesive composition during bonding,
alleviates these difliculties. Thus, rather than approach the
environmental problem of ozone depletion using a non-
ozone depleting volatile solvent, the present invention uti-
lizes a substantially non-volatile fluid carrier which is mis-
cible in the promoter, delivers the promoter component to
the substrate surface and remains incorporated in the adhe-
sive.
It is clear that there is a need for such a non-volatile,
non-ozone depleting fluid carrier which is capable of suffi-
ciently carrying the adhesive promoter component to the
substrate surface, as well as being incorporated into the
adhesive composition during the bonding process without
interfering with polymerization.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an adhesive promoter
composition for promoting the cure and/or enhancing the
adhesion of adhesive compositions that includes a fluid
carrier, which remains substantially present during the cure
of the adhesive composition, and an adhesive promoter
component being miscible in said fluid carrier and being
capable of promoting the cure of the adhesive composition.
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The fluid carrier of the adhesive promoter composition is
substantially non-volatile and remains incorporated in the
adhesive composition during cure. The adhesive promoter
component can be any active ingredient that is used to
prepare a surface for bonding or to promote the curing of the
adhesive in the bonding process. For purposes of this
invention, the term “active” will mean the adhesive pro-
moter component. The active component is combined with
the non-volatile fluid carrier to comprise the adhesive pro-
moter composition. For example, in a preferred embodiment
of the present invention, the adhesive promoter component
is typically an amine or amino-bearing compound used to
cure cyanoacrylate adhesive compositions. Other examples
include organometallic compounds used as primers for
anaerobic adhesive compositions.
As previously described, activator compositions typically
used in conjunction with these types of adhesive composi-
tions employ volatile solvents to carry the activator com-
ponent to the substrate surface. The present invention clearly
represents a departure from solvent carriers which served
only to transport the active and were subsequently removed
or flashed-off prior to contacting the adhesive composition.
Rather, the present invention employs a non-volatile fluid
carrier which participates not only by transporting the adhe-
sive promoter component, but also by further serving to
plasticize the adhesive composition during cure. In a pre-
ferred embodiment, the fluid carrier has at least one unsat-
urated molecular bond present to overcome the tendency of
certain saturated esters from attacking particular plastic
substrates.
The non-volatile fluid carrier is generally an ester having
a boiling point about 100° C. or more and which is fluid at
room temperature.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND PREFERRED
EMBODIMENTS
Adhesive promoter compositions of the present invention
provide a novel approach to the curing of adhesive compo-
sitions in adhesive bonding. The promoter composition
includes a substantially non-volatile fluid carrier that
remains present during the curing of an adhesive composi-
tion and an adhesive promoter component being miscible in
the fluid carrier and being capable of promoting the cure
and/or enhancing the adhesion of an adhesive composition.
Rather than functioning like conventional volatile solvents,
as temporary carriers which are intended to evaporate once
the activator component is deposited, the fluid carrier of the
present invention is incorporated into the adhesive compo-
sition. Thus, whereas conventional solvents negatively
affected the cure and bonding of adhesives to substrates, the
present compositions contribute in a positive way to the
overall properties of the adhesive. These effects are in
addition to the environmental advantages obtained because
(the fluid carrier does not evaporate) or cause undesirable
waste product.
For purposes of this invention, the term “promoter com-
position” is meant to be interpreted in the broadest sense as
including accelerating, activating, initiating and other adhe-
sive promoting compositions which may be used in two part
systems and applied to the surface of a substrate prior to
contacting the substrate with an adhesive. Also for purposes
of this invention, the term “non-volatile” will mean that the
boiling point of the ester is about 100° C. or greater.
Although the function of the fluid carrier once incorpo-
rated into the adhesive composition is not fully understood,
and without wishing to be bound by any one theory, it is
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believed that the fluid carrier serves to plasticize the adhe-
sive. The fluid carrier thus serves as a useful additive in the
adhesive composition, in addition to serving its primary
purpose of transporting the adhesive promoter component
onto the substrate.
More specifically, the non-volatile fluid carrier may be
selected from the group consisting of esters which have a
boiling point of about 100° C. or greater and which are fluid
at room temperature. These esters may be formed from the
reaction of alkyl or aromatic carboxylic acids with alkyl or
aromatic alcohols. Other methods of preparing esters useful
in the present invention are also contemplated. More
specifically, the fluid carrier is preferably selected from the
group consisting of an acetic ester of a C3—C18 alkyl alcohol,
an acetic ester of a C2—C18 alkenyl or aryl alcohol, an acetic
ester a C3—C18 allyl alcohol, an acetic ester of a C7—C18
alkaryl alcohol, an acetic ester of a C7—C18 aryalkyl alcohol
and mixtures thereof. The aforementioned esters are par-
ticularly useful due to their commercial availability and ease
of use.
Other useful non-volatile fluid carriers contemplated
within the scope of the present invention include those
formed from the reaction of aromatic carboxylic acids, such
as phthalic acid, with alkyl alcohols. Diethyl phthalate,
dipropyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate and dioctyl phthalate
are typical examples of these. Other useful esters include
esters of aromatic alcohols with alkyl carboxylic acids, such
as linalyl acetate, and phenethyl acetate.
The fluid carrier may also be a benzoic diester of an alkyl
glycol of the formula:
OH—(CXHBO),,—H
wherein X is 2-3 and n may be 1 up to about 10, provided the
glycol remains fluid at about room temperature. Non-
limiting examples include ethylene glycol dibenzoate, dieth-
ylene glycol dibenzoate, propylene glycol dibenzoate, dipro-
pylene glycol dibenzoate and mixtures thereof.
In addition, the fluid carrier may also be an acetic ester of
phenol.
It is preferred that the fluid carrier have at least one
unsaturated bond present. This is to prevent the tendency of
saturated esters to attack certain plastic substrates. It has
been found that when unsaturated bonds are present, this
tendency is alleviated. Since plastic substrates are a primary
bonding surface for many adhesives, particularly cyanoacry-
late adhesives, this feature is important in these applications.
The active component of the promoter compositions may
be selected from a wide variety of adhesive promoter
compounds and materials. The particular promoter compo-
nent will, of course, depend on the adhesive composition to
be employed and the function of the component, as well as
the type of substrate to be bonded. Cyanoacrylates,
anaerobics, acrylics, epoxies and olefins each have classes of
compounds which activate, accelerate or otherwise promote
their cure and/or enhance adhesion.
The fluid non-volatile carriers of the present invention
have been found to be particularly useful with activator
compounds for use with cyanoacrylate adhesive composi-
tions. Cyanoacrylate adhesives are rapid setting materials
which have excellent utility in bonding a variety of mate-
rials. The polymerization of cyanoacrylate adhesives is
catalyzed using anionic materials such as hydroxyl- or
amine-containing compounds. In the present invention,
these compounds can be selected from a wide variety of
materials which include:
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a) organic or inorganic substituted and unsubstituted
amines such as primary, secondary and tertiary amines
and their salts;
b) N-substituted alkanoamines;
c) acylated N-substituted alkanoamines;
d) polyamines, such as diamines;
e) heterocyclic amines such as the diazabicyclo or triaz-
abicyclo compounds disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,869,
772 and having the formulas:
(1)
(11)
(III)
J\
N N
N
f) tertiary ammonium carboxylate compounds disclosed
in U.S. Pat. No. 5,066,743 and having the formula:
T1
{R3—N—R2}+ R4Coo—
H
wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 may each vary indepen-
dently of each other and may be selected from the
group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl
and arylalkyl, and preferably wherein at least one of R1,
R2 and R3 is a long chain alkyl moiety having 6-20
carbon atoms and R4 is selected from the group con-
sisting of alkyl and alkenyl;
g) phosphazene compounds including ring or chain poly-
mers containing alternating phosphorus and nitrogen
atoms, such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,496, 686;
h) ethylenediamine compounds such as those disclosed in
U.S. Pat. No. 5,314,562 and having the formula:
R5 R5
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N— CH2—CH2—N\
R5 R5
wherein each R5, which may be the same or different,
represents hydrogen, an alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy group
having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to
8 carbon atoms, a nitrogen-, silicon- or silicon-
substituted group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a
heterocyclic group having up to 8 carbon atoms which
may be unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, ether
oxygen or sulphur;
i) quaternary ammonium compounds useful as primers for
improving the adhesion, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No.
5,079,098, having the formula:
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R1
I e ea
R4—1|~I—R2 A $
R3
wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 may each vary indepen-
dently of the others and are selected from the group
consisting of alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl
and alkenyl, optionally substituted with heteroatoms;
and A— is an anion whose pKa value in deprotonation
equilibrium reaction is greater than about 0.
Among the preferred class of amines are the acylated
N-substituted alkanoamines such as dimethyl-para-toluidine
(DMPT). DMPT has been found to be particularly useful in
the present invention as the activator component to promote
the cure of cyanoacrylate adhesives.
Generally, the promoter component, i.e. active
component, is present in the adhesive promoter composition
in amounts which are effective to produce the required cure
speed and tensile strength. The active component of the
present invention may be present in amounts of about 0.1%
to about 10% by weight of the activator composition.
Preferably, the activator component is present in the com-
position in amounts of about 0.5% to about 5.0% and most
preferably, about 0.5% to about 1.0% by weight. It is
preferred to apply the adhesive promoter composition at the
lowest effective concentration to decrease cost and increase
ease of application, as well as allow the active to be close to
the thickness of a monomolecular layer. Typically, one
application of the activator composition on one side of the
substrate is sufficient, but multiple coatings may of course be
applied.
In addition to the fluid carrier and active component, the
adhesive promoter composition may contain other materials
and conventional additives useful in adhesive promoter
compositions. These include, without limitation, stabilizers,
viscosity modifiers, odor-masking agents, coloring agents
and the like.
The activator compositions of the present invention can
be used on numerous types of bonding surfaces, such as
steel, plastic, glass and wood. These compositions provide a
more environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional
solvent-containing adhesive promoter compositions, and do
not attack most engineering plastics. Additionally, they are
non-ozone depleting, non-flammable and non-combustible.
The adhesive promoter compositions of the present inven-
tion may be applied to the substrate to be bonded in any
manner that is satisfactory to enhance cure speed and/or
adhesion of the cyanoacrylate bondant to the substrate. For
example, spraying, dipping, brushing, swabbing, wiping,
roller-coating, etc. of the activator composition onto one or
more of the substrate surfaces prior to application of the
adhesive is preferred.
The thickness of the adhesive promoter composition and
adhesive layer may vary widely, depending on the character
and composition of the substrate surfaces, the particular
adhesive and active to be employed, as well as the end use
of the final bonded assembly. With any given set of
parameters, acceptable and optimum thicknesses may be
determined by lapshear tensile strength values for particular
samples at various primer and adhesive layer thicknesses.
The adhesive layer of about “0” to about 5 mils and as great
as about 10 mils have been found to be generally satisfactory
for most substrates.
Those plastic materials with which the adhesive promoter
compositions have been shown to be effective include,
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without limitation, polycarbonate, polyphenylene ether
alloy, polyphenylene sulfide, polyphenylene oxide, nylon,
melamine, polyacetal, polycarbonate, polyesters, acrylic,
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), cellulose acetate,
ethylene, vinyl, acetate (EVA) ionomer, polyarulether,
polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutylene, polyallomer,
polymethylpentane, polystyrene, polysulfone, polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), styrene acrylonitrile (SAN), styrene
butadiene, epoxides and phenolics, among others.
Suitable cyanoacrylate adhesives for use with the present
invention are represented by the general formula:
CH2=C—CooR5
CN
wherein R6 is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkoxalkyl,
aralkyl, haloalkyl or other suitable group. The lower alkyl
alpha-cyanoacrylates are preferred. In particular, these
include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, isopropyl,
allyl, cyclohexyl, methoxyethyl, methoxypropyl,
cyclohexyl, n-pentyl, allyl, and ethoxyethyl cyanoacrylates.
In applications where structural engineering adhesives are
employed such as anaerobic adhesives, the adhesive pro-
moter compositions may contain components which interact
with the initiator present in the adhesive composition to
further speed the cure. For example, tertiary alkyl amines,
rhodamine, organic hydrazides, alkoxy amines, as well as
organometallic compounds such as ferrocene, are conven-
tionally used.
The present invention also contemplates a method of
bonding substrate surfaces together with an adhesive com-
position. This method includes treating a surface of at least
one substrate with an adhesive promoter composition which
includes a fluid carrier that remains present during the cure
of said adhesive composition and an adhesive promoter, i.e.
active, component which is capable of promoting the cure or
enhancing adhesion of said adhesive composition and is
miscible in said fluid carrier. Subsequent to treatment of the
substrate surface with the adhesive promoter composition,
an adhesive composition is applied to at least one of the
substrate surfaces, either the treated surface or the non-
treated surface, and bonding of the substrate surfaces is
effectuated by placing them in contact with each other and
permitting polymerization to occur.
In another aspect of the present invention, an adhesive kit
comprises two parts co-located in a single package whereby
the first part includes an adhesive promoter composition
comprising a fluid carrier which remains present during the
cure of an adhesive composition and a promoter component
which is miscible in said fluid carrier and promotes the cure
and/or adhesion of said adhesive composition; and a second
part which includes an adhesive composition, the cure of
which is promoted by said adhesive promoter composition.
The features and advantages of the present invention will
be more clearly understood by reference to the following
examples, which are illustrative of certain preferred
embodiments, but are not to be construed as limiting the
scope of the present invention.
EXAMPLES
Adhesive promoter compositions of the present invention,
as well as control compositions, were formulated as shown
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in Table 1, below. Compositions 1-14 represent activator
compositions which use the non-volatile fluid carrier of the
present invention.
TABLE 1
ADHESIVE PROMOTER COMPOSITIONS
Active
Component
(% weight) Adhesive Type
Activator Non-volatile ’uid
Composition carrier
1 dipropylene g ycol 0.2 BBTS e 1y cyanoacry a e
dibenzoate (rub aer con aining)
2 dipropylene g ycol 0.2 BBTS e 1y cyanoacry a e
dibenzoate (ge wi 1 si ica)
3 dipropylene g ycol 0.4 BBTS e 1y cyanoacry a e
dibenzoate (rub aer con aining)
4 dipropylene g ycol 0.4 BBTS e 1y cyanoacry a e
dibenzoate (ge wi 1 si ica)
5 dipropylene g ycol 0.5 BBTS e 1y cyanoacry a e
dibenzoate (ge wi 1 si ica)
6 dipropylene g ycol 0.5 BBTS e 1y cyanoacry a e
dibenzoate (wi 1 1ic < OO \I
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O>< NO
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X indicates the fluid had no visible effect on plastic
0 indicates the fluid had a visible effect on plastic, with clouding, etching or
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The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that
the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are
not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope
of the invention and all such modifications are intended to be
included within the scope of the following claims.
What is claimed is:
1. A method of bonding substrate surfaces with an adhe-
sive composition comprising:
treating a surface of at least one of said substrate surfaces
with an adhesive promoter composition comprising a
carrier which remains fluid at room temperature and
present during the cure of said adhesive composition,
said carrier being selected from the group consisting of
acetic esters, benzoic diesters and phthalic esters and
having at least one unsaturated bond present, and an
adhesive promoter component which is capable of
promoting the cure and/or enhancing adhesion of said
adhesive composition and is miscible in said carrier;
applying an adhesive composition to the surface of at least
one of the substrates; and
incorporating said carrier into said adhesive composition
by placing said substrate surfaces in Contact with each
other to prevent release or said carrier from said adhe-
sive composition and to bond said substrate surfaces
together.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid carrier is
selected from the group consisting of an acetic ester of
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C2—C18 alkenyl or aryl alcohol, an acetic ester of C3—C18
allyl alcohols, an acetic ester of C7—C18 alkylaryl alcohol, an
acetic ester of C7—C18 arylalkyl alcohol and mixtures
thereof.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid carrier is
selected from the group consisting of linalyl acetate, diethyl
phthalate, dipropyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, dioctyl
phthalate, phenethyl acetate and mixtures thereof.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid carrier is a
benzoic diester of an alkyl glycol.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the fluid carrier is
selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol
dibenzoate, diethylene glycol dibenzoate, propylene glycol
dibenzoate, dibenzoate, dipropylene glycol dibenzoate and
mixtures thereof.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the adhesive promoter
component is a base.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the adhesive promoter
component is an amine-containing compound.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the amine-containing
compound is selected from the group consisting of N,N-
dimethyl-p-toluidine, t-butyl-2-benzothiazolesulfenamide,
N-oxydiethylene benzothiazole-2-sulfenamide, 2,2'-(p-
tolylimino) diethanol (hydroxyethyl-p-toluidine) and mix-
tures thereof.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the amine-containing
compound is present in amounts of about 0.01% to about
10% by weight.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the amine-containing
compound is present in amounts of about 0.5% to about 10%
by weight.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein said adhesive pro-
moter component is an organometallic substance.
12. A method of bonding substrate surfaces comprising:
a) forming a curable layer between said substrate surfaces,
said curable layer including an adhesive composi-
tion; and (ii) an adhesive promoter composition which
includes an adhesive promoter component and a carrier
for said adhesive promoter component, said carrier
being selected from the group consisting or acetic
esters, benzoic diesters and phthalic esters and having
at least one unsaturated bond present, said carrier being
a plasticizer for said adhesive composition and being
fluid at room temperature; and
b) curing said curable layer between said substrates,
whereby said adhesive promoter composition is incor-
porated into said adhesive composition to plasticize and
promote cure of said adhesive composition and to
prevent release of said carrier from said adhesive
composition.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein said carrier is
selected from the group consisting of an acetic ester of
C3-C1 8 alkyl alcohol, an acetic ester of C3—C18 allyl alcohol,
an acetic ester of C7-C1 8 alkylaryl alcohol, an acetic ester of
C7—C18 arylalkyl alcohol and mixtures thereof.
14. The method of claim 12 wherein said carrier is
selected from the group consisting of linalyl acetate, diethyl
phthalate, dipropyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, dioctyl
phthalate, phenethyl acetate and mixtures thereof.
15. The method of claim 12 wherein said carrier is a
benzoic diester of an alkyl glycol having the formula OH—
(CxH2xO)n—H wherein x is 2-3 and n may be 1-10 provided
the glycol remains fluid at room temperature.
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
PATENT NO. 5,901,213
DATED December 14, 1999
INVENTOR(S) : Ju-Chao Liu
It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is
hereby corrected as shown below:
At column 1, line 6, the printed patent incorrectly reads "This is a continuation ofApplication No....";
the patent should read --This is a continuation of copending Application No...--.
Signed and Sealed this
Twelfth Day of December, 2000
Q. TODD DICKINSON
Arresting Ofiicer
Director of Parents and Trademark:
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