Polyester packaging films producing a peelable seal
AssigneeEastman Chemical Company
InventorsKathleen Diane Greer, James Edward Rhein, Hubertus Jacobus Wilhelmus Moolenaar, Scott Ellery George, Richard Leon McConnell
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Abstract
A heat sealable packaging film producing a peelable seal is formed from a blend of 99 to 75 weight percent of a copolyester and 1 to 25 weight percent of an epoxy-containing impact modifying polymer. The copolyester has a diacid component of at least 50 mole percent terephthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, or mixtures thereof and diol component of about 90 to 35 mole percent ethylene glycol and 10 to 65 mole percent of at least one of diethylene glycol or 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol.
Claims13
A heat sealable packaging film producing a peelable seal formed from a blend, the blend comprising:
- (A) about 99 to about 75 weight percent of a copolyester comprising:
- i. diacid residues of at least about 50 mole percent terephthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, or mixtures thereof;
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- ii. diol residues of about 90 to about 35 mole percent ethylene glycol and about 10 to about 65 mole percent of at least one of diethylene glycol or 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol;
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- (B) about 1 to about 25 weight percent of an impact modifying polymer selected from copolymers and terpolymers having the respective general formulas E/Y and E/X/Y wherein:
- X represents residues derived from
- wherein R1 is alkyl of up to about 8 carbon atoms and R2 is hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl, and X constitutes about 1 to about 30 weight percent of terpolymer E/X/Y;
- Y represents residues derived from glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, allyl glycidyl ether or 3,4-epoxy-1-butene, and Y constitutes about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent of copolymer E/Y and terpolymer E/X/Y;
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- E represents ethylene residues that constitute the remainder of the copolymer or terpolymer;
- wherein copolyester component A is based on 100 mole percent diacid residues and 100 mole percent diol residues and the weight percentages are based on the total weight of components A and B.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.