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Microwave-active tape having a cured polyolefin pressure-sensitive adhesive layer

US5298708A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 7, 1991
Grant dateMar 29, 1994
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2878
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A piece of microwave-active tape which is odor-free and physiologically inert can be adhered to a food package and remains strongly adhered during cooking at temperatures of at least 200.degree. C. The tape has layers of microwave-active material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive which is a polymeric .alpha.-olefin that has been cured to afford a "Peel Value" of at least 5 N/dm and a "Shrink Back" at 220.degree. C. of less than 5%. The tape can have a flexible backing such as a low-adhesion carrier web which can be stripped off from a piece of the tape that has been applied to a microwave food package, or when the backing is heat-resistant, it can be left in place.

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