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US 6,787,217 B2Granted
Thermoplastic film label composite with a printable, untreated, cavitated surface
AssigneeExxonMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsJo Ann H. Squier, Robert Wayne Osgood, Jr., Karen B. Perez, David Randall Williams
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Abstract
A thermoplastic film label composite that includes an outer skin layer that has a printable, untreated, cavitated surface which may be utilized for printing and affixing the label to a substrate. The invention further provides a film label composite printed on both its front- and back-side, and a method of manufacturing the same.
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A thermoplastic film label composite, comprising:
- (a) a base layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a first cavitating agent, wherein the base layer has a first side and a second side;
- (b) a first skin layer for receiving a glue adhesive, wherein the first skin layer comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a second cavitating agent, the first skin layer has a first side and a second side, and the first skin layer is untreated;
- (c) a second skin layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the second skin layer has a first side and a second sides;
- (d) a first tie layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the first tie layer has a first side and a second side, the second side of she first tie layer is adjacent to the first side of the base layer, and the first tie layer is between the base layer and the first skin layer;
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- (e) a second tie layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the second tie layer has a first side and a second side, the first side of the second tie layer is adjacent to the second side of the base layer, and the second tie layer is between the base layer and the second skin layer,
- wherein thermoplastic film label composite is a biaxially oriented film label composite.
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A thermoplastic film label composite, comprising:
- (a) a base layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the base layer has a first side and a second side and does not comprise a cavitating agent;
- (b) a first skin layer for receiving a glue adhesive, wherein the first skin layer comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a cavitating agent, the first skin layer has a first side and a second side, and the first skin layer is untreated;
- (c) a second skin layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the second skin layer has a first side and a second side;
- (d) a first tie layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the first tie layer has a first side and a second side, the second side or the first tie layer is adjacent to the first side of the base layer, and the first tie layer is between the base layer and the first skin layer;
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- (e) a second tie layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the second tic layer has a first side and a second side, the first side of the second tie layer is adjacent to the second side of the base layer, and the second tie layer is between the base layer and the second skin layers
- wherein the thermoplastic film label composite is a biaxially oriented film label composite.
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A thermoplastic film label composite, comprising
- (a) a base layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a first cavitating agent, wherein the base layer has a first side and a second side;
- (b) a first skin layer for receiving a glue adhesive, wherein the first skin layer comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a second cavitating agent, the first skin layer has a first side and a second side, and the first skin layer is untreated;
- (c) a second skin layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the second skin layer has a first side and a second side;
- (d) a first tie layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the first tie layer has a first side and a second side, the second side of the first tie layer is adjacent to the first side of the base layer, and the first tie layer is between the base layer and the first skin layer;
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- (e) a second tie layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the second tie layer has a first side and a second side, the first side of the second tie layer is adjacent to the second side of the base layer, and the second tie layer is between the base layer and the second skin layer,
- further comprising a primed image on the first side of the first skin layer, and a printed image on the second side of the second skin layer,
- wherein the second side of the second skin layer has been surface-treated and metallized prior to having the image printed thereon.
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A thermoplastic film label composite, comprising:
- (a) a base layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the base layer has a first side and a second side and does not comprise a cavitating agent;
- (b) a first skin layer for receiving a glue adhesive, wherein the first skin layer comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a cavitating agent, the firs:
- skin layer has a first side and a second side, and the first skin layer is untreated;
- (c) a second skin layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the second skin layer has a first side and a second side;
- (d) a first tie layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the first tie layer has a first side and a second side, the second side of the first tie layer is adjacent to the first side of the base layer, and the first tie layer is between the base layer and the first skin layer;
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- (e) a second tie layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the second tie layer has a first side and a second side, the first side of the second tie layer is adjacent to the second side of the base layer, and the second tie layer is between the base layer and the second skin layer,
- further comprising a printed image on the first side of the first skin layer, and a printed image on the second side of the second skin layer,
- wherein the second side of the second skin layer has been surface-treated and metallized prior to having the image printed thereon.
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