A filament-bearing masking tape extending longitudinally and formed from and including a filament and a base tape having a first edge and a second edge parallel to the first edge. The base tape includes a carrier having upper and lower sides and extending longitudinally with a first adhesive on the lower side having a first adhesive thickness, and a second adhesive having a second adhesive thickness greater than the first adhesive thickness on the upper side, and a release liner attached to the second adhesive. The filament-bearing masking tape is formed by (a) placing the filament on the lower adhesive layer, the filament extending longitudinally, parallel to the first edge of the base tape, at a filament distance from the first edge and closer to the first edge than to the second edge, and (b) folding a first portion of the base tape extending from the filament to the first edge under a second portion of the tape extending from the filament towards the second edge of the base tape so that the first adhesive on the first portion of the base tape contacts and binds to the first adhesive on the second portion of the base tape.

A method of configuring tape for securement to a substrate. The tape has a face ply comprising an upper side and a lower side. The method comprises formulating a liner coating by: (a) creating a mixture comprising a non-toxic remoistenable adhesive and activated coconut carbon filtered water; and (b) adding gypsum to the mixture. The method comprises situating an adhesive on the lower side and covering the hot-melt adhesive on the lower side with the liner coating. The method includes using moisture to dispel the liner coating before the tape is applied to the substrate.

The present disclosure provides an adhesive composition and a surface protective film including the same, which have low low-speed and high-speed peel forces and a high residual adhesion rate.

A roof system comprising a roof substrate, a first membrane including first and second opposed planar surfaces, and a second membrane including opposed first and second planar surfaces, where said second membrane is adhered to said roof substrate through an adhesive disposed on said roof-substrate contacting portion of the first membrane, and where said second membrane is adhered to said first membrane through said adhesive disposed on a lap portion of said second membrane.

A method of making an adhesive article comprises three steps. First, a backing is provided having first and second opposed major surfaces with respective first and second silicone release layers disposed thereon. The second silicone release layer further comprises organic solvent and a compound represented by the formula: R.sup.1 represents a monovalent, divalent, or trivalent hydrocarbon radical having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms or covalent bond. R.sub.f represents a perfluorinated group having from 3 to 5 carbon atoms. X.sup.1 represents NH or a covalent bond. Second, an adhesive layer is disposed onto the first silicone release layer. Third, the adhesive layer is exposed to E-beam radiation within a process chamber containing oxygen to provide a crosslinked adhesive layer. An adhesive article made by the method and the compound are also disclosed. ##STR00001##

Embodiments provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive film having () a poly(meth)acrylimide-based resin film layer and () a pressure-sensitive adhesive agent layer in that order from the surface layer side and having a total light transmittance of 80% or higher. The pressure-sensitive adhesive film may further have () a hard coat layer on the surface layer side of the poly(meth)acrylimide-based resin film layer (). This hard coat layer () may comprise an active energy ray-curable resin composition that contains (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate; (B) 0.2-4 parts by mass of a compound having an alkoxysilyl group and a (meth)acryloyl group; (C) 0.05-3 parts by mass of organic titanium; and (D) 5-100 parts by mass of fine particles having an average particle diameter of 1-300 nm. This active energy ray-curable resin composition may further contain (E) 0.01-7 parts by mass of a water-repelling agent.

A heat transferable label component for a garment or other clothing item or article is disclosed which is preferably produced using all digitally controlled manufacturing methods. The label component comprises a carrier layer, a release layer, an optional primer layer, a color design layer, a transition layer and at least one adhesive layer. The color design layer displays an image on the label, and the transition layer fixates the image and renders it wash and/or wear resistant. The at least one adhesive layer is positioned on the transition layer, and is preferably applied thereto via a selective laser sintering (SLS) process, wherein a powder layer is spread on the surface and fused with a laser. The adhesive layer can be a double layer comprising a white reactive adhesive layer that undergoes a crosslink reaction to become a thermoset and a substantially clear thermoplastic adhesive layer.

A system for applying a protective layer to a substrate, such as an electronic device, includes the protective layer, a dust removal layer on a contact surface of the protective layer, and a release film, or release liner, on a dust removal surface of the dust removal layer. The system may also include an application liner on an outer surface of the protective layer, opposite from the dust removal layer. A dust removal adhesive on the dust removal surface may clean a surface of the substrate to which the protective layer is to be secured. The dust removal layer may include two or more separate or separable sections, as well as pair of adjacent tabs on opposite sides of a boundary between adjacent sections of the dust removal layer. The adjacent tabs may facilitate removal of the adjacent sections of the dust removal layer from the contact surface of the protective layer to facilitate adhesion of the protective layer to the surface of the substrate. Methods for cleaning the surface of an electronic device in connection with securing a protective layer to the surface are also disclosed.

Resilient members having near-surface architectures including microstructures for controlling friction are provided. A film-terminated array of fibrils having a sharp film/fibril juncture exhibits an unexpectedly large enhancement of adhesion, static friction and sliding friction. The enhancement is provided against so rough indenters. A film-terminated array of elongated ridges and valleys unexpectedly exhibits low adhesion, and an unexpectedly large enhancement of sliding friction. The film-terminated ridge/valley design provides an anisotropic structure with direction-dependent frictional properties. The increase in sliding friction force varies as a function of interfibrillar spacing, and corresponds to a mode is in which buckling of the terminal film occurs. The near surface architectures may be designed with varying scales and varying parameters to provide performance characteristics tailored to various applications. By way of example, the film-terminated ridge/valley array may be incorporated in motor vehicles tires to provide low rolling resistance and high sliding friction allow for high-performance braking during vehicle operation.

Embodiments of a method for removing a tattoo through patterned trans-epidermal pigment release includes determining first treatment area of skin of a patient through a primary template including primary apertures, marking the first treatment area of skin of the patient along borders of the primary apertures to outline a grid of primary tegulae, and delivering a tattoo removal fluid to the marked first exposed skin. In an alternate embodiment, a template, which may be adhered to the skin, is used during a microneedling process to create a structured, patterned procedure to remove skin irregularities. The template has a plurality of needle apertures, an adhesive layer, and a release liner. The release liner may be removed, exposing the adhesive layer, so that the template, with the plurality of needle apertures, may be positioned over the skin irregularity.