ADHESIVE TAPE HAVING SHAPED EDGE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
An adhesive tape comprising a transparent or semi-transparent substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one non-linear shaped masking edge, the bottom surface of the substrate having an adhesive layer applied thereto, and a liner affixed to the adhesive layer. The shaped masking edge of the adhesive layer has a treatment material applied thereto. The liner is optionally a split liner. The method for making the adhesive tape having a shaped edge comprises obtaining a tape comprised of a transparent or semi-transparent substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one non-linear shaped edge, the bottom surface of the substrate having an adhesive layer applied thereto, and applying a liner to the adhesive layer on the bottom surface of the substrate to form a combined tape structure.
1 . A method of making an adhesive tape, the method comprising:
obtaining a tape comprised of a transparent or semi-transparent substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one non-linear shaped edge, the bottom surface of the substrate having an adhesive layer applied thereto, and
applying a liner to the adhesive layer on the bottom surface of the substrate to form a combined tape structure.
2 . The method of making according to claim 1 , wherein the tape is a masking tape.
3 . The method of making according to claim 1 , wherein the shaped edge has a masking edge.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising applying a treatment material to the at least one non-linear shaped edge of the tape substrate.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the treatment material is applied to the adhesive layer at the at least one non-linear shaped edge of the tape substrate.
6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the treatment material is in a form of particulate matter, granules, gel, dispersion, coating or solution.
7 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the treatment material is a lipophilic agent, flocculating agent, or a combination thereof.
8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the lipophilic agent is a lipophilic polymer, lipophilic resin, or lipophilic particulate.
9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the flocculating agent is a calcium carbonate, talc clay, silica, PTFE, silicone, aluminum chlorohydrate, multivalent salt, an acidic polymer, or an ionic polymer.
10 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the flocculating agent is inorganic, organic, or contains iron and aluminum or a combination thereof.
11 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the treatment material is an absorbent material.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the absorbent material is a super absorbent polymer (SAP).
13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive is acrylic, butyl rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate, hot melt, natural rubber, nitrile, silicone rubber, styrenic block copolymer (SBC), microsphere, synthetic rubber, polyurethane (PU) adhesive, or a combination thereof.
15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein application of the liner to the adhesive tape is by lamination.
16 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the liner is transparent, semi-transparent, or opaque.
17 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the liner covers a majority of the adhesive.
18 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising treating the combined tape structure with a treatment material.
19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein only the adhesive comes in direct contact with treatment material.
20 . The method according to claim 18 , further comprising removing the liner.
21 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shaped edge is in a shape of a wave, chevron, scallop, zig-zag, dentil, diamond, star, moon, letter or number.
22 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the liner is a split liner.
23 . The method according to claim 22 , further comprising creating a visible center line by removal of a half of the split liner.
24 . A method of making an adhesive tape for masking, the method comprising:
obtaining a tape for masking comprised of a transparent or semi-transparent substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an adhesive layer applied to the bottom surface,
cutting the tape to form at least one non-linear shaped masking edge of the tape, and
applying an edge treatment material to the at least one non-linear shaped masking edge of the tape.
25 . An adhesive tape comprising:
a transparent or semi-transparent substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one non-linear shaped masking edge, the bottom surface of the substrate having an adhesive layer applied thereto, and
a liner affixed to the adhesive layer.
26 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein the adhesive tape is a masking tape.
27 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein the shaped edge has a masking edge.
28 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein at least one non-linear shaped masking edge of the tape substrate comprises a treatment material.
29 . The adhesive tape according to claim 28 , wherein the treatment material is applied to the adhesive layer at the at least one non-linear shaped masking edge of the tape substrate.
30 . The adhesive tape according to claim 28 , wherein the treatment material is in a form of particulate matter, granules, gel, dispersion, coating or solution.
31 . The adhesive tape according to claim 28 , wherein the treatment material is a lipophilic agent, flocculating agent, or a combination thereof
32 . The adhesive tape according to claim 31 , wherein the lipophilic agent is a lipophilic polymer, lipophilic resin, or lipophilic particulate.
33 . The adhesive tape according to claim 31 , wherein the flocculating agent is a calcium carbonate, talc clay, silica, PTFE, silicone, aluminum chlorohydrate, multivalent salt, an acidic polymer, or an ionic polymer.
34 . The adhesive tape according to claim 31 , wherein the flocculating agent is inorganic, organic, or contains iron and aluminum or a combination thereof.
35 . The adhesive tape according to claim 28 , wherein the treatment material is an absorbent material.
36 . The adhesive tape according to claim 35 , wherein the absorbent material is a super absorbent polymer (SAP).
37 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein the adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
38 . The adhesive tape according to claim 36 , wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive is acrylic, butyl rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate, hot melt, natural rubber, nitrile, silicone rubber, styrenic block copolymer (SBC), microsphere, synthetic rubber, polyurethane (PU) adhesive, or a combination thereof.
39 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein the liner is transparent, semi-transparent, or opaque.
40 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein the liner covers a majority of the adhesive.
41 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein only the adhesive is treated with the treatment material.
42 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein the shaped edge is in a shape of a wave, chevron, scallop, zig-zag, dentil, diamond, star, moon, letter or number.
43 . The adhesive tape according to claim 25 , wherein the liner is a split liner.
44 . The adhesive tape according to claim 43 , wherein a visible center line is formed by removal of a half of the split liner.
45 . An adhesive tape comprising:
a transparent or semi-transparent substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one non-linear shaped masking edge, the bottom surface of the substrate having an adhesive layer applied thereto, and
a treatment material applied to at least one non-linear shaped masking edge of the tape substrate.