US4536362A
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Method for producing longitudinally ribbed plastic film
Assignee: Pactiv LLC
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Filing: 1983-10-06
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Granted: 1985-08-20
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Expires: 2003-10-06
Abstract
Abstract A longitudinally ribbed plastic film is produced by extruding through a pair of die lips, at least one of which is provided with slots which run at an angle to the direction of resin flow across the die lips. Impurities in the resin tend to collect in the slots, and thus in the ribs of the film. This occurs because of the shear stress field created by the slots. A high melt viscosity component of a multi-layer coextrusion behaves in a fashion similar to the impurities and is substantially extruded in the ribs.
Inventors
- 👤 Jack J. Donaldson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 13:47
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/25; B29C48/30; B29C48/305; B29C48/307; B29C48/03; B29C48/07; B29C48/08; B29C48/12; B29C48/001; B29C48/0018; B29C48/13; B29C48/15; B29C48/154; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/21
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A process for extruding a plastic film, comprising: transporting molten resin to an extrusion die inlet; flowing said resin under pressure from said inlet to a narrow outlet, comprising two spaced, substantially planar lips, said resin flowing in a given direction across said lips, one of said lips being interrupted by a plurality of substantially parallel slots, said slots running at an angle to the given direction, and being spaced so that resin flowing in said given direction across said slotted die lip passes across at least one of said slots; drawing said extruded film from said outlet in a direction substantially the same as said given direction to produce an extruded film having ribs formed by said slots extending in the given direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A process for extruding a plastic film, comprising: transporting molten resin to an extrusion die inlet; flowing said resin under pressure from said inlet to a narrow outlet, comprising two spaced, substantially planar lips, said resin flowing in a given direction across said lips, one of said lips being interrupted by a plurality of substantially parallel slots, said slots running at an angle to the given direction, and being spaced so that resin flowing in said given direction across said slotted die lip passes across at least one of said slots; drawing said extruded film from said outlet in a direction substantially the same as said given direction to produce an extruded film having ribs formed by said slots extending in the given direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said slots are disposed at an angle of about 60° to said given direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 1, further comprising collecting impurity particles in the slots, transporting said particles along said slots and extruding said particles in said ribs, substantially all of the impurity particles of the molten resin being collected in said slots.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said slotted die lip has two intersecting sets of parallel slots, running in two different directions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
The process of claim 1, wherein two resins are coextruded as a laminar flow through said die lips, one of said resins having a melt viscosity at least about three times as great as that of the other resin, said higher viscosity resin being present in a relatively greater amount in said slots than in the space between said slots during its flow through said die lips.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said slots run at an angle and are spaced so that said resin passes across at least two of said slots.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process of claim 6, wherein said slotted die lip has a length of about 1/4 inch in said given direction and said slots are at an angle of about 14° to 86° said given direction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 6, wherein said slotted die lip has a length not greater than about two inches and said slots are at an angle of at least about 2° to said given direction.
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