US4985538A
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Shrinkable polyester film
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1987-11-12
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Granted: 1991-01-15
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Expires: 2007-11-12
Abstract
Abstract A shrinkable polyester film having a sufficient shrinkage, a sufficient resistance to solvent for printing ink, a shrinking property not to cause wrinkles, a warm water resistance sufficient for preventing wrinkles, slack and whitening is disclosed herein. The shrinkable polyester film of the present invention may be used as labels for various vessels such as glass bottle, heat-resistant PET bottle and non heat-resistant PET bottle.
Inventors
- 👤 Yujiro Fukuda
- 👤 Shigeo Utsumi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 03:31
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J5/00; C08J5/18; B; B29; B29C; B29C55/00; B29C55/02; B29C55/04; B29C61/00; B29C61/003; B29C35/00; B29C35/02; B29C35/04; B29C35/049; B29K; B29K2067/00; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/02; B29K2995/00; B29K2995/0037; B29K2995/0049; C08J2367/00; C08J2367/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
243 words
A shrinkable monoaxially stretched polyester film which consists essentially of a crystalline polyester and has a birefringence of 0.040 to 0.150, shrinkage of not less than 50% in one direction of either the machine direction or the transverse direction after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100° C., shrinkage of not more than 15% in the other direction after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100° C., shrinkage of not less than 60% in one direction of either the machine direction or the transverse direction after 30 sec treatment in a warm water of 85° C., shrinkage of not more than 15% in the other direction after 30 sec treatment in a warm water of 85° C., and heat of fusion of not less than 2 cal/g, the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component, the dicarboxylic acid component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of terephthalic unit acid or terephthalic acid unit and isophthalic acid unit in the molar ratio of 50/50 to 95/5 and the diol component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of 50 to 97 mol % of ethylene glycol unit, 3 to 50 mol % of neopentyl glycol unit and 0 to 2 mol % of a unit selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol unit and polyethylene glycol unit, the content of each diol unit being selected so that the sum thereof is 100 mol %.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
243 words
A shrinkable monoaxially stretched polyester film which consists essentially of a crystalline polyester and has a birefringence of 0.040 to 0.150, shrinkage of not less than 50% in one direction of either the machine direction or the transverse direction after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100° C., shrinkage of not more than 15% in the other direction after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100° C., shrinkage of not less than 60% in one direction of either the machine direction or the transverse direction after 30 sec treatment in a warm water of 85° C., shrinkage of not more than 15% in the other direction after 30 sec treatment in a warm water of 85° C., and heat of fusion of not less than 2 cal/g, the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component, the dicarboxylic acid component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of terephthalic unit acid or terephthalic acid unit and isophthalic acid unit in the molar ratio of 50/50 to 95/5 and the diol component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of 50 to 97 mol % of ethylene glycol unit, 3 to 50 mol % of neopentyl glycol unit and 0 to 2 mol % of a unit selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol unit and polyethylene glycol unit, the content of each diol unit being selected so that the sum thereof is 100 mol %.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1, wherein the film haze after immersing said film in a warm water at 85° C. for 30 min under a tensioned and fixed condition is not more than 20%.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the unevenness of the thickness of said film in the machine direction and the transverse direction is not more than 30% and the static friction coefficient of said film is not more than 1.2.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1, wherein the shrinking stress of said film in the main shrinking direction is not less than 100 g/mm 2 in air of 100° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1, wherein the breaking strength of said film in the main shrinking direction is not less than 20 kg/mm 2 .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1 wherein the glass transition temperature of the polyester which constitutes said film is not lower than 65° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1, wherein the shrinkage of said film after 2 weeks treatment in an air oven at 40° C. is not more than 3% in both the machine direction and the transverse direction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
207 words
A shrinkable monoaxially stretched polyester film which consists essentially of a crystalline polyester and has a shrinkage of not more than 30% in one direction of either the machine direction or the transverse direction after 5 sec treatment in a warm water at 75° C., a shrinkage of not more than 10% in the other direction after 5 see treatment in a warm water at 75° C., and a specific (maximum) shrinkage (the neck-in rate) of not more than 20% in the other direction after 5 see treatment in a warm water at 75° C., the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component, the dicarboxylic acid component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of terephthalic acid unit or terephthalic acid unit, and isophthalic acid unit in the molar ratio of 50/50 to 95/5 and the diol component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of 50 to 97 mol % of ethylene glycol unit, 3 to 50 mol % of neopentyl glycol unit and 0 to 2 mol % of a unit selected from the group consisting of diethyIene glycol unit and polyethylene glycol unit, the content of each diol unit being selected so that the sum thereof is 100 mol %.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
207 words
A shrinkable monoaxially stretched polyester film which consists essentially of a crystalline polyester and has a shrinkage of not more than 30% in one direction of either the machine direction or the transverse direction after 5 sec treatment in a warm water at 75° C., a shrinkage of not more than 10% in the other direction after 5 see treatment in a warm water at 75° C., and a specific (maximum) shrinkage (the neck-in rate) of not more than 20% in the other direction after 5 see treatment in a warm water at 75° C., the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component, the dicarboxylic acid component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of terephthalic acid unit or terephthalic acid unit, and isophthalic acid unit in the molar ratio of 50/50 to 95/5 and the diol component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of 50 to 97 mol % of ethylene glycol unit, 3 to 50 mol % of neopentyl glycol unit and 0 to 2 mol % of a unit selected from the group consisting of diethyIene glycol unit and polyethylene glycol unit, the content of each diol unit being selected so that the sum thereof is 100 mol %.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 8, wherein the birefringence of said film is not less than 0.050.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
202 words
A shrinkable monoaxially stretched polyester film which consists essentially of a crystalline polyester and has a shrinkage of not less than 30% in one direction of either the machine direction or the transverse direction after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100° C., a shrinkage of not more than 10% in the other direction after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100° C., an elongation at break of 1 to 100% in the other direction, and a heat of fusion of not more than 8 cal/g, the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of a dicarboxylic acid treatment and a diol component, the dicarboxylic acid component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of terephthalic acid unit or terephthalic acid unit and isophthalic acid unit in the molar ratio of 50/50 to 95/5 and the diol component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of 50 to 97 mol % of ethylene glycol unit, 3 to 50 mol % of neopentyl glycol unit and 0 to 2 mol % of a unit selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol unit and polyethylene glycol unit, the content of each diol unit being selected so that the sum thereof is 100 mol %.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
202 words
A shrinkable monoaxially stretched polyester film which consists essentially of a crystalline polyester and has a shrinkage of not less than 30% in one direction of either the machine direction or the transverse direction after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100° C., a shrinkage of not more than 10% in the other direction after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100° C., an elongation at break of 1 to 100% in the other direction, and a heat of fusion of not more than 8 cal/g, the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of a dicarboxylic acid treatment and a diol component, the dicarboxylic acid component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of terephthalic acid unit or terephthalic acid unit and isophthalic acid unit in the molar ratio of 50/50 to 95/5 and the diol component of the crystalline polyester consisting essentially of 50 to 97 mol % of ethylene glycol unit, 3 to 50 mol % of neopentyl glycol unit and 0 to 2 mol % of a unit selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol unit and polyethylene glycol unit, the content of each diol unit being selected so that the sum thereof is 100 mol %.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
46 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 10, wherein the shrinkage of said film after 2 weeks treatment in an air oven at 40° C. is not more than 3% in the main shrinking direction and the transverse direction, and the birefringence is 0.040 to 0.120.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
60 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the specific (maximum) shrinkage (the neck-in rate) of said film after 5 sec treatment in warm water at 75° C. is not more than 10% in the direction perpendicular to the main shrinking direction and the breaking strength of said film is not less than 3 kg/mm 2 .
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The shrinkable polyester film according to claim 10, wherein the mean surface roughness of said film is 0.005 to 0.1 μm.
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