Paperboard with improved wet tear strength
AssigneeDuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
InventorsSteven R. Cosentino, Christine Creegan, Stephen K. Franzyshen, Wesley K. Seiverd
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Abstract
A paperboard composite for use in packaging applications includes paperboard adhered to a backing structure, providing enhanced wet tear strength. The backing structure includes an oriented polymer film and a reinforcing scrim, bonded together by a thermal bonding layer. In one embodiment of the invention, the parts of the backing structure are of similar chemical composition, thereby facilitating recycling of scraps and other waste.
Claims19
A composite paperboard structure comprising a backing structure adhered to a paperboard layer, said backing structure consisting of:
- a) an oriented polymer film layer;
- b) a thermal bonding polymer layer adjacent and substantially coextensive thereto, said thermal bonding polymer layer having a thickness between 10% and 40% of a combined thickness of the oriented polymer film layer and the thermal bonding polymer layer;
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- c) a reinforcing scrim polymer layer adjacent and substantially coextensive with the thermal bonding polymer layer.
A container comprising a plurality of walls defining a cavity for containing an article, wherein at least one of said plurality of walls comprises a composite paperboard structure comprising a backing structure adhered to a paperboard layer, said backing structure consisting of:
- a) an oriented polymer film layer;
- b) a thermal bonding polymer layer adjacent and substantially coextensive thereto, said thermal bonding polymer layer having a thickness between 10% and 40% of a combined thickness of the oriented polymer film layer and the thermal bonding polymer layer;
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- c) a reinforcing scrim polymer layer adjacent and substantially coextensive with the thermal bonding polymer layer;
- wherein the oriented polymer film layer, the thermal bonding polymer layer, and the reinforcing scrim polymer layer each individually comprise a synthetic condensation polymer,
- the synthetic condensation polymers each comprising, in polymerized form:
- 1) a) a carboxylic acid or a mixture of carboxylic acids, and b) either i) a diamine or a mixture of diamines, or ii) a diol or a mixture of diols, or
- 2) an ω-amino -acid having more than 2 carbon atoms, or a mixture of such amino acids,
- wherein, for the backing structure taken as a whole,
- at least 90 mol % of a combined total amount of the carboxylic acid or the mixture of carboxylic acids in the synthetic condensation polymers is the same carboxylic acid,
- at least 90 mol % of a combined total amount of the diamine or the mixture of diamines in the synthetic condensation polymers is the same diamine,
- at least 90 mol % of a combined total amount of the diols or the mixture of diols in the synthetic condensation polymers is the same diol, and
- at least 90 mol % of a combined total amount of the amino acid or the mixture of amino acids in the synthetic condensation polymers is the same amino acid.
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