Patents by Inventor William J. Ristey

William J. Ristey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5851610
    Abstract: A shrink film comprising a biaxially oriented polymer film comprising polypropylene having a machine direction shrinkage and a transverse direction shrinkage that is less than or equal to 50% of the machine direction shrinkage, and wherein the machine direction shrinkage is greater than 15% and the transverse direction shrinkage is less than 10% at about 140.degree. C. The shrink film is formed by a process comprising subjecting a biaxially oriented polymer film to a treatment which comprises the heating the film to a temperature of about 100.degree. C. to 180.degree. C. The heated film is drawn under conditions to extend it by at least 1.05 times its original length in the machine direction. The drawn film is cooled under tension to produce a shrink film having the specified ratio between the machine direction shrinkage and the transverse direction shrinkage in addition to having a kinetic film-to-film coefficient of friction of about 0.05 to 0.40. The shrink film is suitable for wrapping contoured articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Ristey, George A. Senich, William J. Hill, Harry S. Anderson