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Three-layered polypropylene films

US4235365A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 1979
Grant dateNov 25, 1980
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Expiry dateOct 1, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31913
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a three-layered polypropylene film consisting of a core layer of biaxially oriented polypropylene sandwiched between ethylene-propylene copolymer layers having a different degree of molecular orientation, shown by birefringence, i.e., birefringence of one copolymer layer is different from that of the other copolymer layer. The film thus prepared has not only a good heat sealing property but also a good resistance against "hot-tack", "blocking", and "scratches". The film can be provided by a process wherein one copolymer layer is biaxially stretched, while the other copolymer layer is uniaxially stretched. Three-layered films of this invention are particularly suited for making bags with lap sealed parts, where lap sealing is a heat sealing method characterized by heat sealing one side of a film with the other side of the film.

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