Magnetic substrates, compositions and method for making the same

Abstract

A process of making a magnetic assembly having at least one magnetic layer and at least one printable substrate layer including the steps of providing a magnetic composition comprising about 70 wt-% to about 95 wt-% of at least one magnetic material and about 5 wt-% to about 30 wt-% of at least one thermoplastic binder, forming the magnetic composition into a magnetic layer, and directly applying the magnetic composition at an elevated temperature in molten form to a printable substrate layer, and to the magnetic composition and any articles made therefrom.

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       61 . A note pad, the note pad comprising a plurality of sheet articles, each sheet article comprising: 
 at least one printable substrate layer which is paper; and    at least one magnetic layer disposed on the at least one printable substrate layer, the magnetic layer comprising a magnetic hot melt composition, the magnetic hot melt composition comprising about 75 wt-% to about 95 wt-% of a magnetic material and about 5 wt-% to about 25 wt-% of a thermoplastic hot binder, the magnetic layer has equivalent dimensions of length and width to said substrate layer;    and wherein;    the sheet articles are stacked into a pad and bound at one end with an adhesive composition.    
   
   
       62 . The note pad of  claim 61  wherein said sheet articles are bound into a pad using a perfect binding wherein the adhesive is applied to an edge of the stacked sheets.  
   
   
       63 . The note pad of  claim 61  wherein said thermoplastic binder is selected from copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate and mixtures thereof.  
   
   
       64 . The note pad of  claim 61  wherein said magnetic hot melt composition comprises about 80 wt-% to about 95 wt-% of said at least one magnetic material and about 5 wt-% to about 20 wt-% of said at least one thermoplastic binder.  
   
   
       65 . The note pad of  claim 61  wherein said magnetic hot melt composition comprises about 85 wt-% to about 95 wt-% of said at least one magnetic material and about 5 wt-% to about 15 wt-% of said at least one thermoplastic binder.  
   
   
       66 . The note pad of  claim 61  wherein said magnetic layer has a thickness of about 50μ to about 510μ thick.  
   
   
       67 . The note pad of  claim 61  wherein said magnetic layer as a thickness of about 50μ to about 305μ.