Reversible Closure System for Sealing Articles Such as Pouches, Bags, Packs or the Like, Having Two Bonding Strips

Abstract

Reversible closure system for sealing articles such as pouches, bags, packs or the like, having two bonding strips, each having a top and a bottom face, the bonding strips each having a carrier whose bottom face is coated with an adhesive, the adhesive containing expanded microballoons in a fraction of 1% to 40%, in particular 5% to 30%, very particularly 10% to 20% by weight, the top face of each of the bonding strips being located on the article to be sealed, and, to seal the article, the bottom faces of each of the two bonding strips being married.

Description

Claims

1. Reversible closure system for sealing an article, said reversible closure system comprising two bonding strips, the bonding strips each having a top and a bottom face, the bonding strips each having a carrier whose bottom face is coated with an adhesive, the adhesive comprising expanded microballoons in a fraction of 1% to 40% by weight, the top face of each of the bonding strips being located on the article to be sealed, and the bottom faces of each of the two bonding strips being capable of being married to seal the article.

2. Reversible closure system according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive is composed of natural rubber, of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, of butyl rubber, of styrene-butadiene rubber or of a blend of the said rubbers or the adhesive is an acrylate adhesive from solution or an acrylate dispersion.

3. Reversible closure system according to claim 1 wherein the adhesive is blended with one or more additives selected from the group consisting of aging inhibitors, crosslinkers, light stabilizers, ozone protectants, fatty acids, resins, plasticizers, vulcanizing agents, electron beam curing promoters and UV initiators.

4. Reversible closure system according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive is filled with one or more fillers selected from the group consisting of carbon black, zinc oxide, silica, silicates and chalk.

5. Reversible closure system according to claim 1, wherein the carrier layer is crosslinked wholly or partly chemically or physically by means of ionizing radiation.

6. Reversible closure system according claim 1, wherein the adhesive comprising expanded microballoons has a thickness of 20 μm to 500 μm.

7. Reversible closure system according to claim 1, wherein the carrier has adhesion promoters in order to improve the adhesion of the adhesives.

8. Reversible closure system according to claim 1, wherein the carrier is selected from the group consisting of a polymeric film, a paper, a woven fabric, a nonwoven, a release paper or a release film.

9. Reversible closure system according to claim 1, wherein the microballoons at 25° C. have a diameter of 3 μm to 40 μm, and/or after temperature exposure, have a diameter of 5 μm to 200 μm.

10. Reversible closure system according to claim 1, wherein the two bonding strips are fastened by means of a self-adhesive compound, a heat-sealing compound, a thread or a liquid adhesive to the article to be sealed.

11. A method for sealing an article, said method comprising providing an article comprising a reversible closure system according to claim 1, and marrying the bottom faces of the two bonding strips to seal the article.

12. Method according to claim 11, wherein the article is a pouch, bag, pack or the like.