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Process for forming peelable seals
Assignee: TOWER PRODUCTS Inc A CORP OF
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Filing: 1977-09-14
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Granted: 1978-11-21
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Expires: 1997-09-14
Abstract
Abstract A process for forming peelable seals between a layer of spunbonded olefin material and an unsupported film of polyethylene or to a supported film of a laminated or coated backing, such as polyethylene coated mylar, to form a peel-seal packet, container or pouch. The spunbonded olefin material is first pretreated with a heated die in the areas that are to form the peel-seal with heat and pressure suitable to render uniform surface characteristics to the spunbonded olefin. The heat, pressure and dwell time of the pretreatment are sufficient to reduce the high spots and internal weaknesses of the spunbonded olefin material following which a web of synthetic polymeric material having a heat sealable surface may be peelably sealed by a conventional heat sealing method.
Inventors
- 👤 Louis L. Laske
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D75/00; B65D75/28; B65D75/30; A; A61; A61B; A61B50/00; A61B50/30; A61B2050/005; A61B2050/0065; B31; B31B; B31B2155/00; B31B2155/002; B31B2160/00; B31B2160/10; B31B2170/00; B31B70/00; B31B70/60; B31B70/62; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/19; Y10T156/1911; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/24793; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/681
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for forming peelable seals between uncoated spunbonded olefin sheet material and a synthetic polymeric thermoplastic sheet material while maintaining a substantial portion of said spunbonded olefin sheet untreated and breathable comprising; modifying the surface of the spunbonded olefin sheet in the area of the desired peelable seal by pretreatment with heat and pressure to substantially reduce high spots and internal weaknesses to render the sealing area susceptible to having said synthetic polymeric thermoplastic material peelably joined thereto in said pretreated area by conventional heat-pressure sealing, and peelably sealing said pretreated spunbonded olefin sheet to said synthetic polymeric thermoplastic sheet material by conventional heat-pressure sealing only in said pretreated area, said heat pretreatment raising the temperature of said olefin sheet material adjacent a heating means to about 255° to about 330° F.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for forming peelable seals between uncoated spunbonded olefin sheet material and a synthetic polymeric thermoplastic sheet material while maintaining a substantial portion of said spunbonded olefin sheet untreated and breathable comprising; modifying the surface of the spunbonded olefin sheet in the area of the desired peelable seal by pretreatment with heat and pressure to substantially reduce high spots and internal weaknesses to render the sealing area susceptible to having said synthetic polymeric thermoplastic material peelably joined thereto in said pretreated area by conventional heat-pressure sealing, and peelably sealing said pretreated spunbonded olefin sheet to said synthetic polymeric thermoplastic sheet material by conventional heat-pressure sealing only in said pretreated area, said heat pretreatment raising the temperature of said olefin sheet material adjacent a heating means to about 255° to about 330° F.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said temperature is about 270° to about 330° F.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said pressure is greater than 30 psig.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said pressure is about 30 to 500 psig.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said temperature is about 270° to about 330° F. and said pressure is about 100 to about 300 psig.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said pretreatment is performed with a dwell time of about 0.3 to about 2 seconds.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said temperature is about 270° to about 330° F., said pressure is about 100 to about 300 psig, and the pretreatment is performed with a dwell time of about 0.3 to about 1.3 second.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein higher conditions of temperature and pressure are applied to the edge of the peel-seal area than are applied to the entire peel-seal area.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said seal stops at a distance inward from the edge of said spunbonded olefin sheet material.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said seal is obtained by the sealing die having a recess from the surface at the outside edges so that a weak seal is obtained at the edge.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said synthetic polymeric thermoplastic material is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, a laminate having polyethylene as a surface and a coated or laminated material having a heat sealable surface coating.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said synthetic polymeric thermoplastic material is sheet polyethylene.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the product to be packaged is placed within the pretreated area and said sealing of said pretreated spunbonded olefin to said synthetic polymeric thermoplastic material by conventional heat-pressure sealing seals said product within a peel-seal container.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said pretreatment is performed to three edges of the spunbonded olefin sheet, the fourth edge remaining untreated.
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