Patent ID: 9695343
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: C08L,C09J

Claim:
1. A method of preparing an adhesive comprising: providing a hot melt mixing apparatus; providing an elastomeric (meth)acrylate random copolymer; providing a discontinuous fibrous material; adding the elastomeric (meth)acrylate random copolymer, and separately adding the discontinuous fibrous material to the hot melt mixing apparatus to prepare a hot melt processable mixture; mixing the hot melt processable mixture to form a hot melt blend; removing the blend from the hot melt mixing apparatus; and forming a hot melt processable pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the discontinuous fibrous material has a length of 6 mm or less and a denier between 0.6 and 3.0; and wherein the discontinuous fibrous material is selected from the group consisting of: polyethylene terephthalate (PET), nylon, polylactic acid, cellulose fibers, and chicken feather fibers.