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Polyester sheet

Assignee: Resonac Holdings Corp

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Filing: 1993-04-20

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Granted: 1994-05-24

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Expires: 2013-04-20

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Abstract

Abstract A sheet formed by using as a main component an aliphatic polyester having a melt viscosity of 1.0×10 3 -1.0×10 6 poises at a temperature of 190° C. and a shear rate of 100 sec -1 , and having a melting point of 70°-190° C. The sheet of the present invention is biodegraded when buried in soil and is excellent in mechanical properties and transparency. The sheet is also superior in non-absorbency of aroma as well as heat-sealability and formability.

Inventors

👤 Mitsuhiro Imaizumi
👤 Masataka Kotani
👤 Haruhiko Kondo
👤 Takeshi Iwasa
👤 Eiichiro Takiyama

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US

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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 19:23

CPC Classifications

C; C08; C08J; C08J9/00; C08J9/16; C08J9/18; B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/10; B32B27/36; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/08; C08G18/0895; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/42; C08G18/4236; C08G18/4238; C08G18/4241; C08G18/4266; C08G18/4283; C08G18/4286; C08G18/48; C08G18/4854; C08G63/00; C08G63/02; C08G63/12; C08G63/16; C08G63/20; C08G63/91; C08G63/914; C08G63/916; C08J5/00; C08J5/18; C08J9/04; C08J9/06; C08J9/12; C08J9/14; D; D01; D01D; D01D5/00; D01D5/42; D01F; D01F6/00; D01F6/58; D01F6/62; D01F6/625; D01F6/70; C08G2101/00; C08G2110/00; C08G2110/0008; C08G2230/00; C08G2250/00; C08J2201/00; C08J2201/02; C08J2201/03; C08J2367/00; C08J2367/02; C08J2375/00; C08J2375/04; C08J2375/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10

Claim 1

Independent Claim 133 words

A polyester sheet comprising an aliphatic polyester having a melt viscosity of 1.0×10 3 -1.0×10 6 poises at a temperature of 190° C. and a shear rate of 100 sec -1 , and having a melting point of 70°-190° C., wherein said aliphatic polyester is obtained by adding from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of diisocyanate to 100 parts by weight of a prepolymer in a molten state, wherein said prepolymer is obtained from a reaction of at least an aliphatic glycol and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the reaction includes (a) succinic acid, or its anhydrides, reacted with 1,4-butanediol, (b) succinic acid, adipic acid, or their anhydrides, reacted with 1,4-butanediol, or (c) succinic acid, or its derivatives, reacted with ethylene glycol, and has a number-average molecular weight of at least 10,000.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 133 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 49 words

A polyester sheet as claimed in claim 1 wherein said sheet has a tensile strength at break of 350 kg/cm 2 or higher with respect to both the MD and TD directions, an extension at break of 200% or higher, and a stiffness of 4,000 kg/cm 2 or higher.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 25 words

A polyester sheet as claimed in claim 1 wherein said sheet is a sheet which is made of the polyester by extrusion followed by stretching.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 35 words

A polyester sheet as claimed in claim 3 wherein said sheet has a tensile strength at break of at least 10 kg/mm 2 and a tear propagation strength of at least 2 kg/cm 2 .

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 29 words

A polyester sheet as claimed in claim 1 wherein said sheet has a d-limonene distribution ratio of 6 or lower and an n-octane distribution ratio of 7 or lower.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 84 words

A polyester sheet as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the aliphatic polyester has a repeated chain structure in which a polyester prepolymer having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 10,000 or more and obtained by reacting the aliphatic glycol, the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and, as a third component, at least one polyfunctional component selected from the group consisting of trifunctional or tetrafunctional polyols, oxycarboxylic acids and polybasic carboxylic acids or acid anhydrides thereof, is combined through a urethane bond.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 38 words

A polyester sheet as claimed in claim 6 wherein the polyester prepolymer contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of trimethylol propane, glycerin and pentaerythritol as the trifunctional or tetrafunctional polyol of the third component.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 41 words

A polyester sheet as claimed in claim 6 wherein the polyester prepolymer contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of malic acid, citric acid and tartaric acid as the trifunctional or tetrafunctional oxycarboxylic acid of the third component.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 51 words

A polyester sheet as claimed in claim 6 wherein the polyester prepolymer contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of trimesic acid, propane tricarboxylic acid, trimellitic anhydride, pyromellitic anhydride, benzophenone tetracarboxylic anhydride and cyclopentane tetracarboxylic anhydride as the trifunctional or tetrafunctional polybasic carboxylic acid of the third component.

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