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Polyester film primed with organic acid salts
Assignee: AMERICA HOECHST Corp A DE CORP
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Filing: 1983-07-11
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Granted: 1984-12-04
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Expires: 2003-07-11
Abstract
Abstract A prime coated oriented polyester film is disclosed wherein the primer coating is applied as an aqueous medium consisting essentially of a material selected from the group consisting of a water soluble alkali metal salt of an unsaturated fatty acid having from about 10 to 18 carbon atoms and mixtures of such salts or a water soluble alkali metal salt of an alkyl sulfate having from about 8 to 18 carbon atoms and mixtures of such salts. Preferred species include sodium oleate and sodium lauryl sulfate. The alkali metal salt priming layer may be applied to the polyester film at any suitable stage during manufacture of the film, i.e., before or during the stretching operations, or after stretching and prior to winding of the film. The resultant primed polyester film is found to provide excellent adhesion to many aqueous or organic solvent based printing inks subsequently applied thereto.
Inventors
- 👤 R. Scott Caines
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-06 15:03
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J7/00; C08J7/04; C08J7/06; C08J7/065; B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/50; B41M5/52; B41M5/5227; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24901; Y10T428/27; Y10T428/273; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
An oriented self-supporting polyester film having a thin continuous primer coating on one or both sides thereof, said coating consisting essentially of a salt selected from the group consisting of: (a) a water soluble alkali metal salt of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms and mixtures of such salts; or (b) a water soluble alkali metal salt of an alkyl sulfate having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, and mixtures of said salts, said primer coating being present at a weight effective to improve the adhesion of printing inks to said film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
An oriented self-supporting polyester film having a thin continuous primer coating on one or both sides thereof, said coating consisting essentially of a salt selected from the group consisting of: (a) a water soluble alkali metal salt of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms and mixtures of such salts; or (b) a water soluble alkali metal salt of an alkyl sulfate having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, and mixtures of said salts, said primer coating being present at a weight effective to improve the adhesion of printing inks to said film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The film of claim I wherein said oriented polyester film is biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The film of claim 2 having a printing ink composition applied directly to said primer coating.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
The film of claim 1 wherein said film is prepared by melt extruding a substantially amorphous polyester film and thereafter orienting the film by stretching in one or two directions and heat setting the film, said primer coating being applied to said film as an aqueous solution prior to stretching in one direction, or subsequent to stretching in one direction but prior to stretching in a mutually perpendicular direction, or subsequent to stretching but prior to winding the oriented film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The film of claim 4 wherein said film is subjected to a corona discharge treatment prior to the application of said primer coating.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The film of claim 4 wherein said primer coating is applied subsequent to stretching in one direction but prior to stretching in a mutually perpendicular direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The film of claim 6 wherein said oriented polyester film is biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The film of claim 7 wherein said primer coating is present at a weight within the range of about 1×10 -8 to 2×10 -5 lbs. per square foot of film surface on a dry weight basis.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The film of claim 8 wherein said primer coating comprises a water soluble alkali metal salt of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The film of claim 9 wherein said primer coating comprises an alkali metal salt of oleic acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The film of claim 10 wherein said primer coating comprises sodium oleate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The film of claim 11 having a printing ink composition applied directly to said primer coating.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
The film of claim 11 wherein said primer coating is present at a dry weight within the range of about 2×10 -7 to 7×10 -6 lbs per square foot of film surface.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The film of claim 8 wherein said primer coating comprises a water soluble alkali metal salt of an alkyl sulfate having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
The film of claim 14 wherein said primer coating comprises sodium lauryl sulfate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
The film of claim 15 wherein said primer coating is present at a dry weight within the range of about 2×10 -7 to 7×10 -6 lbs per square foot of film surface.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
The film of claim 15 having a printing ink composition applied directly to said primer coating.
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