IP Library Granted Patent US 7,727,620
Granted Patent B2
US 7,727,620 · App. 10/599,526 · Granted Jun 1, 2010

Heat-shrinkable layered polyolefin film, heat-shrinkable label, and container with the label attached thereto

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Patent No.
US 7,727,620
App. No.
10/599,526
Granted
Jun 1, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film having excellent firmness (stiffness at ordinary temperature) of film, resistance to fingerprint bleaching, shrink finishability, transparency and regeneration additivity, with a small natural shrinkage and accurately separable by specific gravity, can be provided by, in a laminated film provided with a surface layer (I) and an intermediate layer (III), forming the surface layer (I) with a mixed resin of cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (A) with a Tm of 80° C. or higher but no greater than 125° C. as a main component, and, forming the intermediate layer (III) with a resin composition having as a main component a cyclic olefin series resin, preferably a mixed resin composition of a cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (C) with a Tm exceeding 125° C. but no greater than 140° C., as a main component.

Claims (38)

1. A heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film, comprising at least five layers, including two surface layers (I), plus at least three intermediate layers formed from intermediate layer (II) and intermediate layer (III), wherein said film has a heat shrinking ratio upon immersion in hot water at 80° C. for 10 seconds of 20% or more in the main shrinking direction of the film, and further wherein each said layer (I), (II), and (III) comprises as a main component the following constituents:

Surface layer (I): a mixed resin of a cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (A) in a mass ratio of 90/10 to 50/50;

Intermediate layer (II): a polyethylene series resin (B) whose crystal melting peak temperature (Tm) is no greater than 125° C., as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); and

Intermediate layer (III): a cyclic olefin series resin,

wherein said film comprises a layer arrangement of (I) layer/(II) layer/(III) layer/(II) layer/(I) layer or (I) layer/(III) layer/(II) layer/(III) layer/(I) layer.

2. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 1 , wherein any one layer, or two or more layers among said surface layer (I), intermediate layer (II) and intermediate layer (III) further comprise a molecular compound (D) in a proportion of one part by mass or more but no greater than 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of resin constituting each layer.

3. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 2 , wherein said low molecular compound (D) is at least one species selected from the group consisting of liquid polybutene, liquid polybutadiene, liquid polyisoprene, liquid hydrogenated polybutadiene, liquid hydrogenated polyisoprene and liquid paraffin.

4. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 1 , wherein the specific gravity is less than 1.00.

5. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 1 , wherein the specific gravity is 0.98 or less.

6. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 1 , wherein the specific gravity is 0.97 or less.

7. A heat-shrinkable label comprising the heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 1 and a printer layer formed on one side or both sides of the film, the specific gravity of the label being less than 1.00 after the print layer has been formed.

8. A unit comprising the heat-shrinkable label as recited in claim 7 and a container fitted with the label.

9. A heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film, comprising at least five layers, including two surface layers (I), plus at least three intermediate layers formed from intermediate layer (II) and intermediate layer (III), wherein each said layer (I), (II), and (III) comprises as a main component the following constituents:

Surface layer (I): a mixed resin of a cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (A) with a crystal melting peak temperature (Tm) of 80° C. or higher but no greater than 125° C., as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), in a mass ratio of 90/10 to 50/50;

Intermediate layer (II): a polyethylene series resin (B) whose crystal melting peak temperature (Tm) is no greater than 125° C., as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); and

Intermediate layer (III): a mixed resin of a cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (C), whose crystal melting peak temperature (Tm) exceeds 125° C. but is no greater than 140° C., as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), in a mass ratio of 95/5 to 50/50,

wherein said film comprises a layer arrangement of (I) layer/(II) layer/(III) layer/(II) layer/(I) layer or (I) layer/(III) layer/(II) layer/(III) layer/(I) layer.

10. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 9 , wherein the crystal melting peak temperature (Tm) of the polyethylene series resin (A) is 90° C. or higher but no greater than 125° C., as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).

11. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 9 , wherein any one layer, or two or more layers among said surface layer (I), intermediate layer (II) and intermediate layer (III) further comprise a molecular compound (D) in a proportion of one part by mass or more but no greater than 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of resin constituting each layer.

12. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 9 , wherein the specific gravity is less than 1.00.

13. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 9 , wherein the specific gravity is 0.98 or less.

14. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 9 , wherein the specific gravity is 0.97 or less.

15. A heat-shrinkable label comprising the heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 9 and a printer layer formed on one side or both sides of the film, the specific gravity of the label being less than 1.00 after the print layer has been formed.

16. A unit comprising the heat-shrinkable label as recited in claim 15 and a container fitted with the label.

17. A heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film, comprising at least five layers, including two a surface layers (I), plus at least three intermediate layers formed from intermediate layer (II) and intermediate layer (III), wherein said film has heat shrinking ratio upon immersion in hot water at 100° C. for 10 seconds of 60% or more in the main shrinking direction of the film, and a maximum shrinking stress in the main shrinking direction of the film upon immersion in silicon oil at 80° C. for 10 seconds of 10 MPa or less, and further wherein each said layer (I), (II), and (III) comprises as a main component the following constituents:

Surface layer (I): a mixed resin of cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (A) with a crystal melting peak temperature (Tm) of 80° C. or higher but no greater than 125° C., as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), in a mass ratio of 90/10 to 50/50;

Intermediate layer (II): a polyethylene series resin (B) with a crystal melting peak temperature (Tm) of no greater than 125° C., as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); and

Intermediate layer (III): a mixed resin of a cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (C) with a crystal melting peak temperature (Tm) exceeding 125° C. but no greater than 140° C., as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), in a mass ratio of 90/10 to 60/40,

wherein said film comprises a layer arrangement of (I) layer/(II) layer/(III) layer/(II) layer/(I) layer or (I) layer/(III) layer/(II) layer/(III) layer/(I) layer.

18. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 17 , wherein the ratio of thickness of said intermediate layer (III) is 25% or more but no greater than 75% with respect to the thickness of the entirety of the film.

19. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 17 , wherein the ratio of thickness of said intermediate layer (III) is 35% or more but no greater than 75% with respect to the thickness of the entirety of the film.

20. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 17 , wherein modulus of elasticity in tensile is 1200 MPa or more in the direction orthogonal to the main shrinking direction of the film, as measured according to JIS K7127.

21. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 17 , wherein any one layer, or two or more layers among said surface layer (I), intermediate layer (II) and intermediate layer (III) further comprise a molecular compound (D) in a proportion of one part by mass or more but no greater than 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of resin constituting each layer.

22. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 17 , wherein the specific gravity is less than 1.00.

23. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 17 , wherein the specific gravity is 0.98 or less.

24. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 17 , wherein the specific gravity is 0.97 or less.

25. A heat-shrinkable label comprising the heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film as recited in claim 17 and a printer layer formed on one side or both sides of the film, the specific gravity of the label being less than 1.00 after the print layer has been formed.

26. A unit comprising the heat-shrinkable label as recited in claim 25 and a container fitted with the label.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 31, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043746/0912 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2006
From: YAMADA, TAKEYOSHI; TANIGUCHI, KOUICHIROU; MIYAZAKI, HIDEYASU
To: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 018387/0216 →