Heat-sealable and shrinkable multi-layer polymeric film
US8394470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/15
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An open-ended tube comprising walls of a heat-sealable multi-layer polymeric film, wherein said film comprises an outer shrinkable substrate layer and an inner heat-sealable layer, wherein said substrate layer has a degree of shrinkage in the longitudinal dimension of the tube of about 0% to about 50% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., and a degree of shrinkage in the transverse dimension of the tube of 5 to about 70% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C.; and use thereof in the manufacture of packaging for a container suitable as a receptacle for a ready-prepared ovenable meal.
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