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Biaxially and monoaxially oriented polypropylene cold seal release film
Assignee: Applied Extrusion Technologies Inc
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Filing: 1994-04-07
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Granted: 1996-02-06
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Expires: 2014-04-07
Abstract
Abstract The invention presents a new use for modified polypropylene films, wherein the films are cold sealable for heat sensitive packaging operations. In a preferred embodiment, the film comprises a laminate having at least one cold seal release layer and a cold seal receptive layer such that when the release layer is adjacent a cold seal cohesive on the cold seal receptive layer, the release layer and the cold seal receptive layer exhibit remarkably low adhesion. Typical cold seal materials include natural and synthetic rubber latex cohesives.
Inventors
- 👤 Andrew F. Wilkie
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-29 14:40
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/08; B32B27/32; C; C08; C08L; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/10; C08L23/12; C08L23/14; C08L23/142; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/50; B32B2307/514; B32B2307/518; B32B2323/00; B32B2323/04; B32B2323/043; B32B2323/10; B32B2439/00; C08L2205/00; C08L2205/03; C08L23/04; C08L23/06; C08L23/18; C08L23/20; C08L2312/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/259; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2813; Y10T428/2817; Y10T428/2826; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31652; Y10T428/31663; Y10T428/31667; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A component of a packaging laminate film, said component having improved cold seal release properties, which comprises a core layer selected from the group consisting of homopolymer isotactic polypropylene, ethylene-propylene random copolymer, and ethylene-propylene block copolymer, and a cold seal release layer on one side of said core, said laminate having a cold seal cohesive on an outer surface of said laminate on a side of the core opposite said cold seal release layer, wherein said cold seal release layer comprises 50 to 80 weight percent of ethylene-propylene random copolymer, wherein the ethylene content of the random copolymer is 2 to 6 weight percent, and wherein the cold seal release layer further comprises 20 to 50 weight percent of a polybutylene-ethylene copolymer, wherein the ethylene content in the polybutylene-ethylene copolymer is about 0.5 to 2.5 weight percent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A component of a packaging laminate film, said component having improved cold seal release properties, which comprises a core layer selected from the group consisting of homopolymer isotactic polypropylene, ethylene-propylene random copolymer, and ethylene-propylene block copolymer, and a cold seal release layer on one side of said core, said laminate having a cold seal cohesive on an outer surface of said laminate on a side of the core opposite said cold seal release layer, wherein said cold seal release layer comprises 50 to 80 weight percent of ethylene-propylene random copolymer, wherein the ethylene content of the random copolymer is 2 to 6 weight percent, and wherein the cold seal release layer further comprises 20 to 50 weight percent of a polybutylene-ethylene copolymer, wherein the ethylene content in the polybutylene-ethylene copolymer is about 0.5 to 2.5 weight percent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The component of claim 1 which is cold sealable at a temperature of less than about 150° F.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The component of claim 1 wherein the film is a monoaxially oriented film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The component of claim 1 wherein the film is a biaxially oriented film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The component of claim 1 wherein at least one side of the film has been corona discharge treated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The component of claim 1 further comprising a non-migratory inorganic slip agent in the skin layer in an amount of 0.1 to 1.0 weight percent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The component of claim 1, said film being an extruded film which exhibits immediate and permanent cold seal release properties without aging of said film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The component of claim 1, wherein the skin layer further comprises Kaolin clay at levels up to about 10,000 parts per million.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The component of claim 1 in the form of roll stock wherein said at least one cold seal release layer is wound so as to be adjacent a cold seal cohesive on said laminate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The component of claim 1 wherein the ethylene content is about 0.5 percent by weight.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
172 words
A method of packaging an article, said method comprising providing, as roll stock, a laminate film wherein said film comprises a core layer selected from the group consisting of homopolymer isotactic polypropylene, ethylene-propylene random copolymer, and ethylene-propylene, ethylene-propylene block copolymer, and a cold seal release skin layer comprising 50 to 80 weight percent of ethylene-propylene random copolymer, wherein the ethylene content of the random copolymer is 2 to 6 weight percent, and wherein the skin layer further comprises 20 to 50 weight percent of a polybutyleneethylene copolymer, wherein the ethylene content is at least about 0.5 weight percent, said skin layer, when in roll stock form, being adjacent a cold seal cohesive, wherein said method comprises the steps: (a) unrolling the laminate film, (b) positioning the laminate film around an article to be packaged, wherein the cold seal cohesive of the film at least partially overlaps itself; (c) applying sufficient pressure to the overlapped portion of the film at a temperature below about 150° F. to thereby seal said film to itself.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
172 words
A method of packaging an article, said method comprising providing, as roll stock, a laminate film wherein said film comprises a core layer selected from the group consisting of homopolymer isotactic polypropylene, ethylene-propylene random copolymer, and ethylene-propylene, ethylene-propylene block copolymer, and a cold seal release skin layer comprising 50 to 80 weight percent of ethylene-propylene random copolymer, wherein the ethylene content of the random copolymer is 2 to 6 weight percent, and wherein the skin layer further comprises 20 to 50 weight percent of a polybutyleneethylene copolymer, wherein the ethylene content is at least about 0.5 weight percent, said skin layer, when in roll stock form, being adjacent a cold seal cohesive, wherein said method comprises the steps: (a) unrolling the laminate film, (b) positioning the laminate film around an article to be packaged, wherein the cold seal cohesive of the film at least partially overlaps itself; (c) applying sufficient pressure to the overlapped portion of the film at a temperature below about 150° F. to thereby seal said film to itself.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 9 whereby the cold seal release skin layer of said film, when contacted with the cold seal cohesive exhibits a release force of 5 to 50 grams per inch.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the film is a monoaxially oriented film.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the film is a biaxially oriented film.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 11 wherein at least one side of the film has been corona discharge treated.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the film further comprises a non-migratory inorganic slip agent in an amount of 0.1 to 1.0 weight percent.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the film is an extruded biaxially oriented film which exhibits immediate and permanent cold seal release properties without aging of the film.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the skin layer of the film further comprises Kaolin clay at levels up to about 10,000 parts per million.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the pressure applied to cold seal the film is from 60 to 100 psi.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the film does not contain migratory release additives.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 11 wherein zero cold seal deadening in the final film is observed.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the ethylene content is about 0.5 to 2.5 percent by weight.
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