A rug tab is provided. The rug tab can include a support material, having an upper side and a lower side; an upper adhesive layer applied on the upper side of the support material; and a lower adhesive layer applied on the lower side of the support material. The rug tab can be designed such that (i) an upper adhesive layer sheer force is at least 25% greater than a lower adhesive layer sheer force, (ii) an upper adhesive layer peel force is at least twice a lower adhesive layer peel force, or (iii) both options (i) and (ii), where the force values are measured one hour after application of a respective upper or lower adhesive layer to a target surface. A method of stabilizing a rug and a kit for stabilizing a rug using the rug tabs are also provided.

An apparatus, comprising; a piece of material having a first end and a second end and a first side and second side, wherein the piece of material has a predetermined length and width of approximately, an adhesive member having a first side and a second side, wherein each side has adhesive properties, and the adhesive member is attached distal to the first end of the piece of material on the first side, a removable cover, detachably secured to the adhesive member exposed side, and at least one tie attached to the to the second end of the piece of material.

A swelling tape for filling a gap, a method of manufacturing the swelling tape for filling a gap, a method of filling a gap, an electrode assembly and a secondary battery are provided. For example, the swelling tape can be applied inside a gap in which a fluid exists so as to fill the gap by becoming a 3D form, and can be useful at anchoring a subject in which the gap is formed, as necessary.

An insulating tape having a mica layer, a reinforcing layer having a filler and a fiber reinforcing material laminated on the mica layer, and a cellulose derivative layer laminated on the reinforcing layer is provided. One or more hydroxyl groups in the glucose units of the cellulose derivative are substituted with a functional group such as CH.sub.2CH.sub.2OH or (CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O).sub.pH (where p is any repeating number up to 50). The weight per unit area of the mica ranges from 100 g/m.sup.2 to 200 g/m.sup.2. The filler has a maximum particle size of 100 m or smaller and a weight per unit area ranging from 10 g/m.sup.2 to 50 g/m.sup.2. The insulating tape is useful to form a stator coil insulating layer with high thermal conductivity, with no outflow of a filler to the exterior during production of the stator coil, and with enhanced bonding strength.

Described herein is a liner comprising a sorbent material entrapped in a non-woven fiber matrix, wherein the liner comprises a first and a second major surface; and a first adhesive layer contacting the first major surface of the liner, wherein the first adhesive layer comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive.

Described herein is a backing comprising a sorbent material entrapped in a non-woven fiber matrix, wherein the backing comprises a first and a second major surface; and a first adhesive layer contacting the first major surface of the backing, wherein the first adhesive layer comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive.

A method of printing a single ply transparent or pigmented cellulose film having a top surface and a bottom surface in a high temperature printer: said method including: (a) coating the bottom surface of the single ply transparent or pigmented cellulose film with a layer pressure sensitive adhesive and coating said top surface of said cellulose adhesive with a functional top coating while controlling the moisture content of the cellulose film at between 4.5 and 6.5 wt % water, based on the weight of the cellulose layer; (b) laminating a lay flat liner onto the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive to form a laminated single ply transparent or pigmented cellulose film; and (c) passing the laminated single ply transparent or pigmented cellulose film through a laser printer to affix printed indicia to the laminated single ply transparent or pigmented cellulose film.

Handheld items, such as musical instruments, often have a cylindrical handle for a user to hold while using the item. If the handheld item is then handed to another user for subsequent use, the first user's perspiration, germs, dirt and other unsanitary particles may remain on the handle and thereby be transferred to the subsequent user. The present invention avoids this situation by providing a disposable handle wrap that may be removably attached to a handle of an item during a user's use of the item. After the user is done with his or her use of the item, the disposable handle wrap may be removed so that the user's unsanitary particles are not transferred to a subsequent user of the handheld item.

An exemplary embodiment of the herein disclosed disposable handle wrap apparatus may comprise: a wrap body formed of a non-toxic material and having a height of approximately 9 inches, a width of approximately 7 inches, and an adhesive strip spanning the width; and an adhesive strip cover removably attached to the wrap body.

The invention relates to a method for obtaining a release liner and to release liner comprising a primer layer and a cellulose based support layer, the primer layer comprising an organic compound having one or more functional vinylic groups, the organic compound comprising an acetal connecting a first moiety and a second moiety, the first moiety comprising nanofibrillar cellulose having functional hydroxyl groups and the second moiety comprising an organic fragment, the organic fragment comprising at least one functional vinylic group.

A process for binding a top substrate to a base substrate is disclosed, in which (a) a liquid optically clear photo-curable adhesive is applied onto the top side of the base substrate, (b) the liquid optically clear photo-curable adhesive is partially cured by exposure to electromagnetic radiation comprising a wavelength ranging from 200 nm to 700 nm, (c) the top substrate is attached on the partially cured adhesive layer of step (b), (d) the adhesive is fully cured by exposure to electromagnetic radiation comprising a wavelength ranging from 200 nm to 700 nm.