US4892765A
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Heat-shrinkable laminate film and process to produce the same
Assignee: Kureha Corp
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Filing: 1987-05-22
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Granted: 1990-01-09
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Expires: 2007-05-22
Abstract
Abstract The present invention discloses a heat-shrinkable laminate film which comprises a core layer of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride, two surface layers of a polyamide and an adhesive layer between core and surface layers and is excellent in a barrier property to gaseous oxygen, a barrier property of water vapor, an anti-creep property at a high temperature, an anti-pinhole property, a closely adhering property to meat, safety, an anti-curl property, an anti-creep property in warm water, an anti-delayed recovery property and an anti-peeling off property.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyuki Hisazumi
- 👤 Keisuke Kahara
- 👤 Yoshihiro Matsukura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 07:20
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/08; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/07; B29C48/08; B29C48/09; B29C48/10; B29C48/14; B29C48/147; B29C48/1472; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/21; B29C48/25; B29C48/30; B29C48/32; B29C48/335; B29C61/00; B29C61/06; B29C61/0608; B29C61/0616; B29C61/08; B32B27/30; B32B27/304; B32B27/34; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/12; B29C2791/00; B29C2791/004; B29C2791/007; B29C48/001; B29C48/0018; B29C48/0019; B29K; B29K2027/00; B29K2077/00; B29K2995/00; B29K2995/0037; B29K2995/0072; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/50; B32B2307/514; B32B2307/518; B32B2307/70; B32B2307/702; B32B2307/732; B32B2307/734; B32B2307/736; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1324; Y10T428/1328; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24959; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31562; Y10T428/31573; Y10T428/3158; Y10T428/31725; Y10T428/31739; Y10T428/31743; Y10T428/3175; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31928; Y10T428/31935
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
322 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film consisting of a core layer of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride, two surface layers of a polyamide and a modified copolymer obtained by grafting a copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl carboxylate or an acrylic ester with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or an acid anhydride thereof, a polymeric material obtained by neutralizing said modified copolymer with a metallic compound and a thermoplastic polyurethane as an adhesive layer between each one of said two surface layers and said core layer, and showing the rate of shrinkage of not less than 10% both lengthwise and breadthwise after keeping said film 3 seconds in an atmosphere of 90° C, the rate of delayed recovery of not more than 2% in room temperature and the rate of creep of not more than 20% after immersing said film 10 seconds into a warm water of 80° C with a load of 1 kg/mm 2 , produced by coextruding the copolymer of vinylidene chloride, the polyamide and the adhesive to form a coextruded laminate film and rapidly cooling the thus coextruded laminate film to a temperature of lower than the second order transition point of one of the polyamides, which is lower, but not lower than 30° C below the lower transition point, thereby making said copolymer of vinylidene chloride into an amorphous state and making said polyamide of said two surface layers absorb water so that the rate of absorption of water is from 1 to 5% by weight, biaxially stretching the thus rapidly cooled film at a temperature of from 60 to 100° C, and thereafter, subjecting the thus biaxially stretched film to heat-treatment for not shorter than 2 seconds at a temperature of from 70 to 100° C while making said polymide of the outer surface layer absorb water from 2 to 7% by weight, thereby making said biaxially stretched film shrink from 1 to 15% both lengthwise and breadthwise.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
322 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film consisting of a core layer of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride, two surface layers of a polyamide and a modified copolymer obtained by grafting a copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl carboxylate or an acrylic ester with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or an acid anhydride thereof, a polymeric material obtained by neutralizing said modified copolymer with a metallic compound and a thermoplastic polyurethane as an adhesive layer between each one of said two surface layers and said core layer, and showing the rate of shrinkage of not less than 10% both lengthwise and breadthwise after keeping said film 3 seconds in an atmosphere of 90° C, the rate of delayed recovery of not more than 2% in room temperature and the rate of creep of not more than 20% after immersing said film 10 seconds into a warm water of 80° C with a load of 1 kg/mm 2 , produced by coextruding the copolymer of vinylidene chloride, the polyamide and the adhesive to form a coextruded laminate film and rapidly cooling the thus coextruded laminate film to a temperature of lower than the second order transition point of one of the polyamides, which is lower, but not lower than 30° C below the lower transition point, thereby making said copolymer of vinylidene chloride into an amorphous state and making said polyamide of said two surface layers absorb water so that the rate of absorption of water is from 1 to 5% by weight, biaxially stretching the thus rapidly cooled film at a temperature of from 60 to 100° C, and thereafter, subjecting the thus biaxially stretched film to heat-treatment for not shorter than 2 seconds at a temperature of from 70 to 100° C while making said polymide of the outer surface layer absorb water from 2 to 7% by weight, thereby making said biaxially stretched film shrink from 1 to 15% both lengthwise and breadthwise.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1, wherein said polyamide contains a polymer of ethylene series or a polymer of vinyl alcohol series to the extent not exceeding 50% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of said core layer is 3 to 30 μm, the thickness of each of said two surface layers is 5 to 50 μm and the thickness of said adhesive layer is not less than 1 μm and less than 5 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1, wherein said adhesive layer comprises a copolymer obtained by grafting copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl ester or an acrylic ester with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or the anhydride thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1, wherein said adhesive layer comprises a copolymer obtained by neutralizing said acid-modified polymer with a metallic compound.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1, wherein said adhesive layer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1, wherein the same polyamide is used in the outer and inner surface layers of said film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
A heat-shrinkable laminate film according to claim 1, wherein the polyamide used in the outer surface layer of said film and the polyamide used in the inner surface layer of said film are different from each other.
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