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Method and apparatus to assist with removing an adhesive system

  • US 9,511,536 B2
  • Filed: 01/18/2006
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system to remove an appliqué

  • comprising;

    an aircraft substrate;

    a multilayer pressure sensitive adhesive placed between an appliqué and

    the aircraft substrate to substantially form a bond between the appliqué and

    the aircraft substrate;

    a releasing agent dispersed in a single layer of the multilayer pressure sensitive adhesive, the single layer located adjacent either the aircraft substrate or the appliqué

    , wherein the releasing agent includes a constituent adapted to be selectively activated to change between a neutral form and an activated form, such that the activated form dissolves the adhesive;

    a heat source operable to heat the releasing agent in order to activate the releasing agent.

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