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Coating paper with copolyester

US5294483A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 1992
Grant dateMar 15, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31935
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of providing a thin copolyester coating on paper wherein the coating has good peel strength which comprises extruding a film of copolyester onto paper to form a coated sheet and passing the paper through a nip formed by a pair of cooperating chill and pressure rolls, wherein the copolyester consists essentially of repeat units from terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, about 1.5-20 mol % of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic glycol having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and 0 to about 1.0 mol % of a polyfunctional branching agent. Also disclosed is the coated paper prepared by this method.

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