US5849419A
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Uniaxially oriented label film with compatibilizer
Assignee: Avery Dennison Corp
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Filing: 1995-05-12
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Granted: 1998-12-15
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Expires: 2015-05-12
Abstract
Abstract Physical properties of extruded, uniaxially oriented films useful in label manufacture and formed from blends of olefinic base materials and soft polar additives such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) are changed in a directionally selective manner that improves abrasion resistance while preserving conformability by use of compatibilizers or coupling agents in the blends. Machine direction strength properties, including stiffness and tensile modulus, increase with little or no degradation of cross-direction elongation, and with limited degradation of cross-direction tensile modulus, both required for good label conformability.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl Josephy
- 👤 Mitchell J. Rackovan
- 👤 Donald F. Kimes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 05:51
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/08; B32B7/00; B29; B29C; B29C55/00; B29C55/02; B29C55/023; B29C71/00; B32B27/18; B32B27/32; C; C09; C09J; C09J123/00; C09J123/02; C09J123/04; C09J123/08; C09J123/10; C09J123/14; C09J123/142; C09J7/00; C09J7/20; C09J7/22; C09J7/24; C09J7/241; C09J7/243; C09J7/29; G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/02; G09F3/08; G09F3/10; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/50; B32B2307/514; B32B2307/516; B32B2519/00; C08; C08L; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/02; C08L2666/04; C09J2301/00; C09J2301/10; C09J2301/16; C09J2301/162; G09F2003/0264; G09F2003/0267; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2848; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A polymeric label die-cut from an extrusion-cast multilayer film uniaxially oriented at a stretch ratio of between 2 and 9 and comprising at least one skin layer and a relatively thick core layer, at least said skin layer comprising a blend of at least one polyolefin and at least one soft polar additive and a compatibilizer, said skin layer comprising between about 30% and 60% by weight soft polar additive, and said core comprising a blend of at least one polyolefin and at least one soft polar additive containing between about 5% and 50% by weight soft polar additive, and an adhesive layer associated with said film for adhering said label to a substrate, provided that the polyolefin or the weight ratio of the soft polar additive in the skin layer is different from the polyolefin or weight ratio of the soft polar additive in the core layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A polymeric label die-cut from an extrusion-cast multilayer film uniaxially oriented at a stretch ratio of between 2 and 9 and comprising at least one skin layer and a relatively thick core layer, at least said skin layer comprising a blend of at least one polyolefin and at least one soft polar additive and a compatibilizer, said skin layer comprising between about 30% and 60% by weight soft polar additive, and said core comprising a blend of at least one polyolefin and at least one soft polar additive containing between about 5% and 50% by weight soft polar additive, and an adhesive layer associated with said film for adhering said label to a substrate, provided that the polyolefin or the weight ratio of the soft polar additive in the skin layer is different from the polyolefin or weight ratio of the soft polar additive in the core layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A label as in claim 1 in which said core layer also comprises a compatibilizer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A label as in claim 1 in which the soft polar additive is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
A label as in claim 3 in which the polyolefin of said blends is selected from the group consisting of propylene homopolymer, polypropylene-polyethylene copolymers and polymer blends thereof with an ethylenic content of less than 10%.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A label as in claim 4, said polyolefin of said blends having an ethylenic content of less than 5% by weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A label as in claim 3, said core layer comprising between about 5% and 15% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, the total thickness of said skin and core layers being less than about 3 mils.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A label as in claim 4, said core layer comprising between about 5% and 15% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, the total thickness of said skin and core layers being less than about 3 mils.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
A label as in claim 5, said core layer comprising between about 5% and 15% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, the total thickness of said skin and core layers being less than about 3 mils.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A label as in claim 4 in which said label film is uniaxially oriented at a stretch ratio of between 4 and 6.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A label as in claim 8 in which said label film is uniaxially oriented at a stretch ratio of between 4 and 6.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A label as in claim 2 in which the soft polar additive is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
A label as in claim 11 in which the polyolefin of said blends is selected from the group consisting of propylene homopolymer, polypropylene-polyethylene copolymers and polymer blends thereof with an ethylenic content of less than 10% by weight.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A label as in claim 12, said polyolefin of said blends having an ethylenic content of less than 5% by weight.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
A label as in claim 11, said core layer comprising between about 5% and 15% by weight, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer the total thickness of said skin and core layers being less than about 3 mils.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
36 words
A label as in claim 12, said core layer comprising between about 5% and 15% by weight, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer the total thickness of said skin and core layers being less than about 3 mils.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
36 words
A label as in claim 13, said core layer comprising between about 5% and 15% by weight, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer the total thickness of said skin and core layers being less than about 3 mils.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
A label as in claim 12 in which said label film is uniaxially oriented at a stretch ratio of between 4 and 6.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A label as in claim 16 in which said label film is uniaxially oriented at a stretch ratio of between 4 and 6.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
A label as in claim 1, the machine direction tensile modulus of said film being greater than about 190,000 psi.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
A label as in claim 15, the cross direction modulus of said film being less than about 100,000 psi.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
13 words
A label as in claim 1 wherein the compatibilizer is a carboxylated polyolefin.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
A label as in claim 3 wherein said core layer comprises about 35% to about 45% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
23 words
A label as in claim 11 wherein said core layer comprises about 35% to about 45% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
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