IP Library Granted Patent US 10,507,632
Granted Patent B2
US 10,507,632 · App. 15/877,587 · Granted Dec 17, 2019

Packaging film

Inventors: Michael Schuhmann (Großhabersdorf, DE); Stefan Sitzmann (Kirchehrenbach, DE); Larissa Zirkel (Erlangen, DE); Harald Gerlacher (Memmelsdorf, DE); Werner Schmidt (Forchheim, DE)
Assignee: INFIANA GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
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Patent No.
US 10,507,632
App. No.
15/877,587
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A packaging film suitable for an outer packaging composed of an optionally release-capable, upstretched, at least monolaminar polyolefin film comprising a) a layer (a) based on a mixture of α) 20-49% by weight of a polypropylene or of at least one propylene copolymer, or combination thereof, and of β) 80-51% by weight of at least one polyethylene or ethylene copolymer, and optionally γ) customary auxiliaries, with a layer thickness of ≤20 μm, on at least one surface of the layer (a) a release coating (b) composed of cured polysiloxane, wherein the tensile strength of the polyolefin film in machine direction is at least 6.5 N/cm, measured according to DIN EN ISO 527-3, and outer packagings produced therefrom.

Claims (23)

1. A wrapper made of an unstretched at least single-layer polyolefin film which optionally has release properties, comprising

a) a layer (a) with thickness from 6 to ≤20 μm,

based on a mixture of α) from 20 to 49% by weight of a polypropylene or of at least one propylene copolymer, or of a combination thereof, and

of β) from 80 to 51% by weight of at least one polyethylene or ethylene copolymer, or of a combination thereof, and

optionally of γ) conventional auxiliaries,

wherein the α) component has a VICAT temperature of at least 130° C., as measured by ASTM D 1525-00, Rate A (50° C./min), Loading 1 (10 N), and

b) optionally on at least one surface of the layer (a) a release coating (b) made of cured polysiloxane

and

c) optionally on at least one uncovered surface of the layer (a) an optionally sealable layer (c) with thickness from 4 to 10 μm made of a thermoplastic polymer with melting point lower by at least 5° C. than the melting point of the layer (a),

wherein the tensile strength of the polyolefin film in machine direction is at least 6.5 N/cm, measured in accordance with DIN EN ISO 527-3.

2. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the layer (a) of the polyolefin film is based on a mixture of from 25 to 45% by weight of the polymer component α) and from 55 to 75% by weight of the polymer component β), based in each case on 100% by weight of the mixture.

3. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the VICAT temperature of the polymer component α) of the layer (a) of the polyolefin film is at least 140° C., as measured by ASTM D 1525-00, Rate A (50° C./min), Loading 1 (10 N).

4. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the layer (a) of the polyolefin film comprises, as polymer component α), at least one propylene copolymer.

5. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the layer (a) of the polyolefin film comprises, as polymer component β), at least one polyethylene selected from the group consisting of low-density polyethylenes (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylenes (LLDPE), metallocene copolymers of ethylene with at least one C 3 -C 8 α-olefin (metallocene PE) and mixtures of at least two of said polymers.

6. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polymer component β) of the layer (a) of the polyolefin film consists of at least one LLDPE or of a mixture of LDPE and LLDPE or of a mixture of LDPE and metallocene PE, where the proportion of the LLDPE and, respectively, of the metallocene polyethylene is at least 15% by weight in the mixture and the melting point of the mixture is ≥113° C.

7. The wrapper as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the tear-propagation resistance of the polyolefin film in machine direction is ≥0.18 N (measured in accordance with DIN 53356).

8. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optionally present surface layer (c) of the polyolefin film is composed of at least one polyethylene or ethylene copolymer, or a combination thereof, with at least one C 3 -C 8 α-olefin.

9. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polyolefin film has a release coating (b) made of a UV-cured or thermally cured polysiloxane.

10. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shrinkage of the polyolefin film in MD and, respectively, CD measured in accordance with DIN 55543 for 100° C. and 1 min in the oil bath is ≤10%.

11. The wrapper as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wrapper is a peelable wrapper.

12. An individually packaged hygiene item packed in the wrapper as claimed in claim 11 .

13. An individually packaged incontinence item, panty liner, or sanitary napkin packaged in the wrapper as claimed in claim 11 .

14. A hygiene product with self-adhesive properties packaged in the wrapper as claimed in claim 11 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: INFIANA GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
To: LOPAREX GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 052403/0904 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2018
From: SCHUHMANN, MICHAEL; SITZMANN, STEFAN; ZIRKEL, LARISSA; GERLACHER, HARALD; SCHMIDT, WERNER
To: INFIANA GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 044698/0118 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2015 009 546 · Jul 28, 2015 · national
DE 10 2015 017 119 · Jul 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2016001296 · Jul 27, 2016
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