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Multilayer oxygen barrier packaging film

US6221470A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1998
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A thermoplastic multilayer packaging film has a core layer including ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer; two outer layers, and two adhesive layers each disposed between the core layer and a respective outer layer, characterized in that at least one of the outer layers includes a blend of A, B, and C, wherein component A is a homogeneous or heterogeneous ethylene/alpha olefin copolymer with density comprised greater than 0.915 g/cm.sup.3 and less than 0.925 g/cm.sup.3, component B is a homogeneous or heterogeneous ethylene/alpha olefin copolymer with density greater than or equal to 0.925 g/cm.sup.3, and component C is a homogeneous or heterogeneous ethylene/alpha olefin copolymer with density less than or equal to 0.915 g/cm.sup.3. The use of modified homogeneous ethylene/alpha olefin copolymers with a density of from 0.900 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.908 g/cm.sup.3 as adhesive layers to improve the interlayer adhesion and the sealability properties of films with a core layer comprising an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer or a polyamide and outer layers comprising an ethylene/alpha olefin copolymer is also described.

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