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Heat shrinkable laminate film
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1977-09-14
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Granted: 1979-01-09
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Expires: 1997-09-14
Abstract
Abstract A heat shrinkable film is laminated on a film having less heat shrinkage which can be a metal coated film with an adhesive composition having a relatively low shear strength. The heat shrinkable laminate film forms creases by heat shrinking it.
Inventors
- 👤 Koichi Seino
- 👤 Hiroshi Omura
- 👤 Takayuki Hinuma
- 👤 Jyuzo Hirota
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-25 22:13
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C61/00; B29C61/02; B29C61/06; B29C61/0608; B29C61/0616; B29C61/10; B32; B32B; B32B15/00; B32B15/04; B32B15/08; B32B15/082; B32B15/09; B32B15/20; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/08; B32B27/30; B32B27/304; B32B27/32; B32B27/36; B32B7/00; B32B7/02; B32B7/027; B32B7/028; B32B7/04; B32B7/12; B65; B65D; B65D45/00; B65D55/00; B65D55/02; B65D55/06; B65D55/08; B65D55/0818; B65D55/0854; B67; B67B; B67B5/00; B67B5/03; B67B5/036; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/712; B32B2250/00; B32B2250/24; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/50; B32B2307/514; B32B2307/516; B32B2307/518; B32B2307/70; B32B2307/732; B32B2307/734; B32B2307/736; B32B2323/00; B32B2323/10; B32B2327/00; B32B2327/06; B32B2367/00; B32B2435/00; B32B2435/02; B32B2581/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/24521; Y10T428/24545; Y10T428/24628; Y10T428/24669; Y10T428/24686; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31681; Y10T428/31692; Y10T428/31699; Y10T428/31801
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A heat shrinkable laminate film which comprises a heat shrinkable synthetic resin film and a low shrink film which forms creases or crepes when said laminate is heat shrunk, and which is lamimated on the heat shrinkable film with an adhesive composition having low cohesive force and high melt flowability and an adhesive strength lower than the shrinking force of the heat shrinkable film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
A heat shrinkable laminate film which comprises a heat shrinkable synthetic resin film and a low shrink film which forms creases or crepes when said laminate is heat shrunk, and which is lamimated on the heat shrinkable film with an adhesive composition having low cohesive force and high melt flowability and an adhesive strength lower than the shrinking force of the heat shrinkable film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A heat shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1 wherein said adhesive composition has a shear adhesive strength of less than 3.5 Kg/15 mm width at 60° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A heat shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1 wherein said adhesive composition has a shear adhesive strength of 2.7 to 0.8 Kg/15 mm width at 60° C. and 1.2 to 0.4 Kg/15 mm width at 80° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A heat shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1 wherein said heat shrinkable film or said laminate film is pressed to form crepe pattern before the heat shrinking operation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 1, wherein said low shrink film has a bending resistant weight of 0.5 to 10 g, according to ASTM D2923.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 1, wherein said adhesive composition is an emulsion type composition which is selected from the group consisting of acrylic type polymers, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers and isocyanate type polymers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
57 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 1, wherein said adhesive composition is a pressure sensitive adhesive composition which comprises at least one resin component selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, vinyl acetate resins, natural rubber and synthetic rubbers, and at least one tackifier selected from the group consisting of coumarone resins and alkylphenol resins.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 1, wherein said adhesive composition is applied to the entire surface of one of said heat shrinkable synthetic resin film or said low shrink film, to which adhesive layer the other film is laminated.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 1, wherein said adhesive composition is applied in a discontinuous pattern to one of said heat shrinkable synthetic resin film or said low shrink film, to which adhesive coated film the other film is laminated; such that said laminate forms patterned crepes when heat shrunk.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 1, wherein said heat shrinkable synthetic resin film is one of a uniaxially or biaxially stretched resin film selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride film, polyethylene terephthalate film and polypropylene film.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A heat shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1 wherein said low shrink film is a metal coated film.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 11, wherein said metal coated film is metallized by sputtering.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
64 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 2, wherein said heat shrinkable film has a shrinkage percentage of 40 to 60% at the optimum shrinking temperature, said metal coated film has a heat resistant temperature higher than two times said optimum shrinking temperature, and said adhesive composition has an adhesive strength of from 300 to 500 g/25 mm width at said optimum shrinking temperature.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
52 words
A cap seal which is formed by forming and bonding the heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 13 into a cylindrical shape, fitting said shape on a bottle head, and heat shrinking said heat shrinkable laminate film at a temperature above said optimum heat shrinking temperature but below said heat resistant temperature.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
87 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 13, wherein said heat shrinkable film is a uniaxially stretched polyvinyl chloride film having a shrinking force of 40 kg/cm 2 and a 50% shrinkage in the direction perpendicular to the stretching direction at 95°-100° C; said low shrink film is a biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film one surface of which is coated with aluminum in a thickness of about 0.1μ and having a heat resistant temperature of 200°-220° C. and a shrinkage percentage of 2.5-6% in the stretching direction.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
38 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 15, wherein said adhesive composition is a polyurethane type adhesive having a shear adhesive strength of 1.9 Kg/15 mm width at 60° C. and 0.9 Kg/15 mm width at 80° C.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
38 words
The heat shrinkable laminate film of claim 15, wherein said adhesive composition is an acrylic type adhesive having a shear adhesive strength of 1.9 Kg/15 mm width at 60° C. and 0.7 Kg/15 mm width at 80° C.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
A heat shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1 wherein said heat shrinkable laminate film is bonded to form a cylindrical shape, fitted on a bottle head, and heat shrunk.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
A cap seal which is formed by said heat shrinkable laminate film according to claim 18.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
35 words
A cap seal which is formed by said heat shrinkable laminate film according to claim 18 wherein said adhesive composition has a shear adhesive strength of less than 3.5 kg/15 mm width at 60° C.
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