Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester film including a virtually particle free polyethyleneterephthalate core layer and a skin layer comprising inorganic and organic fillers disposed on the core layer. The inorganic fillers may include aluminum oxide particles, silicon dioxide, zirconium oxide, titanium dioxide, tin oxide, calcium carbonate, barium sulfate, calcium phosphate, zeolite, hydroxy apatite, aluminum silicate and mixtures thereof. The inorganic fillers may have a particle size of from 0.01 ?m to 0.60 ?m. The organic filler particles may have an average particle size of less than or equal to 1 ?m and may be present in an amount of less than 0.1% by weight, based on the weight of the polyethyleneterephthalate. The skin layer may have a thickness of less than 7 ?m.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 8, 2007
Publication date:
February 14, 2008
Applicant:
Toray Plastics (America), Inc. Lumirror Divison
Inventors:
Nao Yokota, Steven Sargeant, Arron Carroll, Hiroshi Furuya, Thomas Lemanski
Abstract: A process for fabricating a high barrier lamination suitable for the construction of lighter than air materials including providing a thin, two layer thermoplastic film consisting of an amorphous copolyester skin and a high crystalline polyester core; plasma treating the high crystalline polyester core layer to a surface energy of about 50 to about 68 dyne; depositing a metal barrier layer to an optical density of about 2.2 to about 3.2; and extrusion coating a linear low density polyethylene sealant layer on the amorphous copolyester skin layer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 9, 2007
Publication date:
December 13, 2007
Applicant:
Toray Plastics (America), Inc. Lumirror Divison
Inventors:
Steven Sargeant, Gianfranco Chicarella, John Medeiros, Joseph A. Bourgeault, Todd R. Sarnstrom, Paul A. Ansolabehere, Todd Fayne