Adhesive applicator crayons

Abstract

An adhesive applicator crayon comprising a shape-giving base consisting of a gel of a gel-forming salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having from 8 to 36 carbon atoms with a cation selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, ammonia and lower alkylamines, with a liquid selected from the group consisting of water, water-miscible organic solvents and mixtures thereof, and a content of an adhesive component selected from the group consisting of water-soluble and water-dispersible adhesives.

We claim: 
     
       1. An adhesive applicator crayon comprising a shape-giving base consisting of a gel of a gel-forming salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having from 8 to 36 carbon atoms with a cation selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, ammonia and lower alkylamines, in an aqueous liquid selected from the group consisting of water and mixtures of water with water-miscible organic solvents, with a content of from 5% to 40%, based on the total .[.amount of constituents in said crayon.]. .Iadd.of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance.Iaddend., of a film-forming adhesive component selected from the group consisting of water-soluble and water-dispersable adhesives. 
     
     
       2. The adhesive applicator crayon of claim 1 wherein said gel-forming salt is present in an amount of between 2% and 25% by weight, said liquid is present in an amount of between 25% and 80% by weight and said adhesive component is present in an amount of from 5% to 40% by weight, said percentages relating to the total amount of the aforesaid three components. 
     
     
       3. The adhesive applicator crayon of claim 1 wherein said gel-forming salt is present in an amount of between 5% to 8% by weight, said liquid is present in an amount of between 30% to 70% by weight and said adhesive component is present in an amount of from 20% to 35% by weight, said percentages relating to the total amount of the aforesaid three components. 
     
     
       4. The adhesive applicator crayon of claim 1 wherein said aliphatic carboxylic acid having from 8 to 36 carbon atoms is selected from the group consisting of alkanoic acids, alkenoic acids, alkadienoic acids and monohalogenated derivatives thereof. 
     
     
       5. The adhesive applicator crayon of claim 1 wherein said aliphatic carboxylic acid is a fatty acid having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms. 
     
     
       6. The adhesive applicator crayon of claim 1 wherein said gel-forming salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having from 8 to 36 carbon atoms is sodium stearate. 
     
     
       7. The adhesive applicator crayon of claim 1, wherein said film-forming adhesive component is a water-soluble polyvinylpyrrolidone having an average molecular weight of between 500,000 and 900,000. 
     
     
       8. An adhesive applicator crayon comprising a shape-giving base consisting of a gel of a gel-forming sodium salt of a fatty acid having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms in an aqueous liquid selected from the group consisting of water and mixtures of water with water-miscible organic solvents, with a content of from 5% to 40%, based on the total .[.amount of constituents in said crayon.]. .Iadd.of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance.Iaddend., of a film-forming adhesive component selected from the group consisting of water-soluble alkali metal salts of polyacrylic and polymethacrylic acids, water-soluble polyacrylamides, water-soluble mixed polymerizates of acrylamide and N-alkylacrylamides, water-soluble polyvinylpyrrolidone, water-soluble cellulose derivatives, degraded water-soluble starch, water-soluble ethoxylated and propoxylated starch derivatives, water-soluble carboxymethyl starch, water-dispersible phenolic resins, water-dispersible alkyd resins, water-dispersible alkyd resins modified with linseed oil, ricinic acid, castor oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, tall oil and fish oil, water-dispersible acrylated alkyd resins, water-dispersible polyvinyl acetals, polyvinyl acetates, polyvinyl butyrates, polyvinyl ethers, polyvinyl chloride, water-dispersible mixed polymerizates of vinyl chloride and vinylidene chlorides, water-dispersible mixed polymerizates of vinyl esters of fatty acids and water-dispersible polyacrylic acid esters and polymethacrylic acid esters. 
     
     
       9. The process of preparing an adhesive applicator crayon which comprises the steps of forming a gel from a gel-forming salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having from 8 to 36 carbon atoms with a cation selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, ammonia and lower alkylamines, and an aqueous liquid selected from the group consisting of water and mixtures of water with water-miscible organic solvents, melting said gel at a temperature of between 60° C. and 95° C., adding a film-forming adhesive component selected form the group consisting of water-soluble and water-dispersible adhesives in an amount of from 5% to 40%, based on the total .[.amount of constituents in said crayon.]. .Iadd.of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance.Iaddend., cooling and molding said mixture and recovering said adhesive applicator crayon. .Iadd. 10. An adhesive applicator crayon comprising a shape-giving base consisting of a gel of a gel-forming sodium salt of a fatty acid having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, in an amount of between 2% and 25% by weight, based on the total of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance, in an aqueous liquid selected from the group consisting of water and mixtures of water with water-miscible, organic solvents, in an amount of between 25% and 80% by weight, based on the total of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance, with a content of from 5% to 40% based on the total of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance, of a film-forming adhesive component selected from the group consisting of water-soluble alkali metal salts of polyacrylic and polymethacrylic acids, water-soluble polyacrylamides, water-soluble mixed polymerizates of acrylamide and N-alkylacrylamides, water-soluble polyvinylpyrrolidone, water-soluble cellulose derivatives, degraded water-soluble starch, water-soluble ethoxylated and propoxylated starch derivatives, water-soluble carboxymethyl starch, water-dispersible phenolic resins, water-dispersible alkyd resins, water-dispersible alkyd resins modified with linseed oil, ricinic acid, castor oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, tall oil and fish oil, water-dispersible acrylated alkyl resins, water-dispersible polyvinyl acetals, polyvinyl acetates, polyvinyl butyrates, polyvinyl ethers, polyvinyl chloride, water-dispersible mixed polymerizates of vinyl chloride and vinylidene chlorides, water-dispersible mixed polymerizates of vinyl esters of fatty acids and water-dispersible polyacrylic acid esters and polymethacrylic acid esters. .Iaddend..Iadd. 11. The process of preparing an adhesive applicator crayon which comprises the steps of forming a gel from a gel-forming salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having from 8 to 36 carbon atoms with a cation selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, ammonia and lower alkylamines, in an amount of between 2% and 25% by weight, based on the total of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance, and an aqueous liquid selected from the group consisting of water and mixtures of water with water-miscible organic solvents, in an amount of between 25% and 80% by weight, based on the total of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance, melting said gel at a temperature of between 60° C. and 95° C., adding a film-forming adhesive component selected from the group consisting of water-soluble and water-dispersible adhesives, in an amount of from 5% to 40%, based on the total of the gel-forming substance, of the liquid components and of the adhesive substance, cooling and molding said mixture and recovering said adhesive applicator crayon. .Iaddend.