Heat Sealable Patents (Class 428/347)
  • Patent number: 8415011
    Abstract: A breathable, heat-sealable composite film comprising first and second layers of polymeric material wherein (i) the polymeric material of the first layer comprises copolyester comprising monomeric units derived from one or more diol(s); one or more dicarboxylic acid(s); and one or more poly(alkylene oxide) glycol(s); and (ii) the second layer is a heat-sealable polymeric layer, and a process for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, Dominic Hoy, David Turner
  • Patent number: 8354359
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-sensitive adhesive agent that mainly comprises a thermoplastic resin and a heat-meltable substance capable of melting upon heating, and further comprises swellable mica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Morita, Takehito Yamaguchi, Takayuki Sasaki, Hitoshi Shimbo, Yutaka Kuga
  • Publication number: 20120312711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to generating a film suitable for medical packaging. The film is generated by blown film co-extrusion to form a multi-layer film which has a heat resistant layer, a barrier layer and a heat seal layer. The barrier layer includes a high barrier resin and a branched co-polymer. The high barrier resin has a density of at least 0.963 g/cm3. The barrier layer includes between 25% and 85% high barrier resin. The heat resistant layer may be comprised of polymers, papers and other materials. The heat seal layer, in some embodiments, comprises any of high density polyethylene and medium density polyethylene, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, an additional laminate layer may be affixed to the heat resistant layer of the multi-layer film. The final film is between 3.0 and 3.8 mils in thickness, and has a moisture vapor transmission rate of less than 0.08.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Edward A. Davies, Bradley Abeson, Travis Johnson
  • Patent number: 8329291
    Abstract: A multi-layered composite includes a polymer adhesive layer and a polymer support film layer that becomes intimately incorporated with the polymer adhesive layer upon application of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Timberline Tool, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Green, Willie E. Rochefort, Nicholas Wannenmacher, Kevin Edward Harris, Staci Alix Van Norman
  • Publication number: 20120276377
    Abstract: A cover tape having a temperature at which a heat shrinkage rate in at least one of a machine direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the machine direction is 5% or more between 80° C. to 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Yoshino, Toshihiro Koyano, Daisuke Masaki, Yutaka Matsuki
  • Publication number: 20120248632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive adhesive composition that has thermal press bondability to an adherent after being patterned by exposure and development and enables alkali development, wherein a storage elastic modulus at 110° C. after exposure and further heat curing is not less than 10 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuyuki MITSUKURA, Takashi Kawamori, Takashi Masuko, Shigeki Katogi
  • Patent number: 8273447
    Abstract: A multilayer oriented film comprising at least one layer (a) comprising one or more polyesters and/or copolyesters characterized by a % of crystallinity higher than 15, an adjacent layer (b) comprising one or more polyolefin-based adhesive resins, and a layer (c) comprising one or more co-polyesters characterized by a % of crystallinity lower than 15, is positioned between said two layers (a) and (b) in such a way that one of the two principal surfaces of layer (c) is directly adhered to layer (a) and the other is directly adhered to layer (b). The presence of a co-polyester layer (c) of relatively low % crystallinity positioned between (co)polyester layer (a) and adhesive layer (b) remarkably increases the bond between the two layers (a) and (b) and prevents delamination problems in the oriented structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventor: Roberto Forloni
  • Publication number: 20120237716
    Abstract: Provided are a film for a vacuum heat insulating material which has better gas barrier property as compared with conventional films for a vacuum heat insulating material and which is capable of retaining the excellent gas barrier property even after having been subjected to a folding or deforming process, and a vacuum heat insulating material having a core material hermetically packaged with the film. The film includes a protective layer that is a coextruded and stretched film in which a nylon-based resin, an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a nylon-based resin are laminated in this order, a gas barrier layer, and a heat seal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: OKURA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Fukuzawa, Toshiyuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120216951
    Abstract: An activatable adhesive that is formulated to readily absorb energy from a given radiation source, an activatable adhesive label that incorporates such an activatable adhesive, a system for activating such labels, and related methods and uses are described. The activatable adhesive includes a plasticizer, a tackifier, and an adhesive base polymer that includes butyl acrylate, styrene, methyl methacrylate, methacrylic acid, and acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kourosh Kian, Souphong Lee, Dong-Tsai Hseih, Mark A. Licon, David N. Edwards, Johannes Lenkl, Rishikesh K. Bharadwaj, Prakash Mallya, Kai Li
  • Patent number: 8252456
    Abstract: A battery outer label 1 including a heat-shrinkable resin film such as of polyethylene terephthalate as a base material 2, a printing layer 5 and a protective layer 6 formed on a front surface of the base material 2, and a vapor-deposited metal layer 3 and an adhesive layer 4 formed on a back surface of the base material 2, wherein the battery outer label 1 has a water vapor permeability in the range of 14 to 30 g/m2·24 h.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Mushiga, Yasuhiko Syoji
  • Publication number: 20120171844
    Abstract: A dicing die bonding film including a bonding layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer adjoining the bonding layer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a storage modulus of about 400 to about 600 kPa at 25° C. and a peel strength of about 200 to about 350 mN/25 mm with respect to the bonding layer as measured according to KS-A-01107 standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Min Kyu HWANG, Ji Ho Kim, Ki Tae Song
  • Publication number: 20120164393
    Abstract: A buffering structure comprises an interface layer, having a first surface and a second surface; a hot melt adhesive layer, being connected with the first surface of the interface layer and being the state of melt after heating for a while so as to adhere to an object; and an absorbing and dispersing layer, being connected with the second surface of the interface layer and being able to absorb vibrations and disperse impact forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Fu-Chieng CHEN
  • Patent number: 8202612
    Abstract: A heat-sealable, peelable, coextruded composite polymeric film comprising a substrate layer of polymeric material having on a surface thereof a heat-sealable layer, wherein said heat-sealable layer comprises a copolyester of least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid, at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and one or more glycol(s); the thickness of said heat-sealable layer is in the range of from about 0.3 to about 3 ?m; and the heat-sealable layer comprises one or more wax(es) is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: William J. Brennan, Stephen William Sankey, Mark Russell Hodgson
  • Publication number: 20120148836
    Abstract: The use of polyelectrolyte complexes as plasticizer barrier is described, in particular those formed from anionic polymer and from cationic polymer, as also are plasticized substrates and production of the same, where the plasticized substrates have been coated with at least one layer which comprises at least one polyelectrolyte complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Thomas Breiner, Dieter Urban, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Axel Weiss, Axel Meyer, Soumyajit Roy
  • Patent number: 8182902
    Abstract: A labeled in-mold shaped article in which an in-mold label having a thermoplastic resin-containing substrate layer and a heat-seal layer that contains a heat-seal resin and a water-soluble binder is stuck to a shaped article and in which the in-mold label does not peel off from the shaped article even when the labeled in-mold shaped article is dipped in water at 40° C. for 4 days. The labeled in-mold shaped article satisfies both label adhesiveness and delabelability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koike, Seiichiro Iida, Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8133560
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to multilayer thermoplastic structures having improved sealability and tearability. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multilayer heat sealant structure having at least three layers that may be coextrusion coated or otherwise laminated to a substrate, such as metallized polymeric material, foil, or other substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne E. Schaefer, Robert J. Blemberg, Roger P. Genske
  • Publication number: 20120034444
    Abstract: A multilayer biaxially oriented polypropylene film is disclosed which comprises at least three layers. The first layer is an outer layer comprising a first polymer which is a homopolymer polypropylene resin having a melting point of at least 155° C. The second layer is a core layer, having a melting point greater than 1500C. The core layer includes a blend comprising a second polymer which is a polypropylene homopolymer having a melting point of at least 155° C. and a third polymer having a melting point no greater than 145° C. The second polymer comprises from 20% to 80% by weight of the core layer while the third polymer comprises from 80% to 20% by weight of the core layer. The last required layer in the film is a sealant layer. The sealant layer comprises a fourth polymer having a melting point no greater than 145° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Dow Globel Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yong Chen, Hongyu Chen, Xiao Bing Yun, Jing Li, Morgan M. Hughes, Rajen M. Patel
  • Patent number: 8097338
    Abstract: An in-mold label comprising an olefinic resin substrate layer (A) having a wetting index (?) of from 34 to 74 mN/m and a heat-sealable resin layer (B) with an antistatic layer having a wetting index (?) of from 30 to 54 mN/m, wherein the absolute value of the initial frictional charge voltage of the substrate layer (A) relative to a sheet offset printing blanket is from 0 kV to 15 kV. This label has good workability in printing, cutting and blanking even in a low-humidity environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Ashikaga, Naohide Ando, Yasuo Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20120006401
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solar cell module protective sheet which has two or more gas barrier films, each provided with a deposited layer formed of an inorganic oxide on at least one surface of a base film, in which a material constituting the solar cell module protective sheet is formed of a material transmitting light rays of a wavelength contributing to the generation of electric power, and the solar cell module protective sheet is used as a front sheet, a solar cell module using the solar cell module protective sheet, and the like. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a solar cell module protective sheet having high dampproofness and enabling stable long-term use of a solar cell when the solar cell module protective sheet is used as a front sheet or a back sheet of the solar cell module, and a solar cell module using the solar cell module protective sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC., LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari Takanashi, Masaru Matsushima
  • Patent number: 8080297
    Abstract: The invention provides coated substrates comprising a substrate; and a coating on at least one surface of the substrate comprising vermiculite, polymer capable of forming a film, dispersion agent for the vermiculite in the polymer, said dispersion agent bearing a negative charge, and cross-linking agent. The invention also provides articles coated with such coatings and methods for making the coated substrates and articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: NanoPack, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard S. Kravitz, Fred Levitt
  • Patent number: 8057895
    Abstract: Film composites useful as adhesives for plastic piping are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Timberwolf Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Green, Kenneth D. Cramer, Willie E. Rochefort
  • Patent number: 8057896
    Abstract: A seal and method of manufacture is provided for sealing containers such as bottles, jars and the like. The seal (i.e., closure) is formed with a lower sheet-like structure having a non-foam, heat-distributing layer thereon. The lower structure includes a foil support layer and has a polymer layer, such as a PET layer disposed on its bottom surface. A heat-activated sealant layer is provided under the bottom surface of the PET layer to bond the seal to a container opening. The non-foam, heat-distributing layer is preferably a polyolefin film. Seals in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention also include a top portion, which is only partially bonded (directly or indirectly) to the bottom portion, so as to leave a tab portion extending from the seal. The top portion is advantageously bonded from periphery to periphery of the bottom portion and at or slightly offset from the diameter (middle) of the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Selig Sealing Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Smelko, Robert William Thorstensen-Woll
  • Publication number: 20110274884
    Abstract: Binding element for manufacturing a binding file, whereby this binding element is a semi-finished product out of which the binding file can be made, and whereby this binding element is a flat binding element consisting of a support which is formed of a central strip and two plates on either side of the strip, which support is provided with a covering provided over or around the support and which is provided with hotmelt glue on the outside extending on the outside surface on one side of the binding element and on the edges of the opposite side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: UNIBIND LIMITED
    Inventor: Guido Peleman
  • Patent number: 8048521
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to multilayer thermoplastic structures having improved sealability and tearability. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multilayer heat sealant structure having at least three layers that may be coextrusion coated or otherwise laminated to a substrate, such as metallized polymeric material, foil, or other substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne E. Schaefer, Robert J. Blemberg, Roger P. Genske
  • Publication number: 20110256392
    Abstract: A protective sheet for the back surface of a solar cell module that is lightweight and has excellent water vapor barrier properties. The protective sheet for the back surface of a solar cell module is prepared by laminating a base sheet having excellent electrical insulation properties to at least one surface of an aluminum-iron alloy sheet. The iron content of the aluminum-iron alloy sheet is preferably not less than 0.7 mass % and not more than 5.0 mass %. Moreover, the protective sheet for the back surface of a solar cell module preferably has a fluororesin layer, and even more preferably has a heat-adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Lintec Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunari Takanashi
  • Patent number: 8039070
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable film suitable for forming an easy opening cook-in bag is provided. The film comprises at least five layers, including an inner layer, an inner frangible layer, a barrier layer, an outer frangible layer, and an outer layer. The film is capable of being formed into a bag comprising a lap seal, a top end seal, and a bottom end seal, wherein the seals are heat sealed to a closed condition to contain and protect a product disposed therein. The lap seal, top end seal, and bottom end seal each are able to remain sealed during cook-in conditions. Additionally, the lap seal, top end seal, and bottom end seal each are peelable and easily openable by application of force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Curwood, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Thomas Sawall, Thomas Andrew Schell, Benjamin Ray Stover
  • Patent number: 8021731
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet (10) for use in affixing a badge to a garment comprises a plurality of cutouts (18, 20, 22, 24), each cutout having a shape (19, 21, 23, 25) that approximately matches a shape of a badge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Badge Magic, LLC
    Inventors: David N. Herbig, Christopher A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20110206884
    Abstract: A sheet bonding method includes a closely attaching step and a steam supply step. In the closely attaching step, a thermal adhesive sheet is closely attached to the surface of a workpiece to closely attach an adhesive layer of the sheet to the surface of the workpiece. In the steam supply step, steam is supplied to the space around the workpiece so as to heat the adhesive layer by heat conduction from the steam to bond the thermal adhesive sheet to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: NAVITAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Takashi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20110189421
    Abstract: Polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide, linear, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting a diamine with a polydiorganosiloxane precursor having oxalylamino groups. The polydioroganosiloxane polyoxamide block copolymers are of the (AB)n type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Audrey A. Sherman, Richard G. Hansen, Wendi J. Winkler, Charles M. Leir, Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek, Karl E. Benson, Mark D. Purgett, Abert I. Everaerts
  • Publication number: 20110189477
    Abstract: A heat transfer label and method for preparing same, the heat transfer label including (a) a support portion and (b) a transfer portion over the support portion, for transfer of the transfer portion from the support portion to an article upon application of heat to the support portion while the transfer portion is placed into contact with the article. The transfer portion includes at least a protective lacquer layer, an ink layer, and an adhesive layer, wherein at least one of the protective lacquer layer, the ink layer, and the adhesive layer is UV-curable. Further, the heat transfer label may additionally include a tie-coat layer, which may be a UV-curable tie-coat layer. Further, each of the plurality of layers of the transfer portion of the heat transfer label may be UV-curable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald L. Miracle, Alexander Craig Bushman, Jean Paul Laprade
  • Publication number: 20110159218
    Abstract: A thermosensitive adhesive label comprising a laminate film of a first film layer and a second film layer, and a thermosensitive adhesive layer on the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate, wherein the Bekk smoothness of the surface of the first film layer side of the laminate film is from 2000 to 20000 seconds, the Bekk smoothness of the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate film is from 800 to 20000 seconds, the contact angle with water of the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate film is from 20 to 80°, and the surface strength of the thermosensitive adhesive layer is from 0.6 to 1.8 kg-cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki KIMURA, Hiromitsu TAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110159220
    Abstract: A thermosensitive adhesive label comprising a laminate film of a first film layer and a second film layer, and a thermosensitive adhesive layer on the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate, wherein the Bekk smoothness of the surface of the first film layer side of the laminate film is from 2000 to 20000 seconds, the Bekk smoothness of the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate film is from 800 to 20000 seconds, the contact angle with water of the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate film is from 20 to 80°, and the surface strength of the thermosensitive adhesive layer is from 0.6 to 1.8 kg-cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki KIMURA, Hiromitsu TAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110133442
    Abstract: A method for increasing adhesion between a security element (e.g., a security strip or band) and a fibrous sheet material such as paper is provided. Also provided by way of this invention is a security element laminated to one or more activatable adhesive films, a fibrous sheet material having such a laminated structure contained on or within a surface thereof, or at least partially embedded therein, and a document (e.g., a security document such as a banknote) made from such a fibrous sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas A. Crane, Giles D. Prett
  • Publication number: 20110104483
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive sheet having both low temperature impact resistance and high temperature adhesiveness. An adhesive sheet is provided, comprising: a core layer having first and second major surfaces, the core layer containing a polymer having a urethane acrylate unit and the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymer being less than 0° C.; and a first curable adhesive layer laminated on the first major surface of the core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Kotaro Shinozaki, Yorinobu Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 7931965
    Abstract: A cover tape for packaging electronic components is formed that causes no contamination of sealing bar due to the outflow of the cushion layer, and attains superior adhesion to the carrier tape. Embodiments include a cover tape, for packaging electronic components heat-sealable to a carrier tape for packaging electronic components, comprising: at least a base layer, a cushion layer formed of resin A, a following layer formed along the heat-seal layer of resin B, and a heat-sealing layer laminated in this order; wherein resin A has a Vicat softening temperature Ta measured in accordance with ISO 306 (rate of temperature increase:50° C./hour, load: 10N),and resin B comprises a linear low density polyethylene and has a Vicat softening temperature Tb measured in accordance with ISO 306 (rate of temperature increase:50° C./hour, load: 10N) satisfying the Relational Expression 1 below; and the thickness of the following layer is not smaller than 2 ?m and not larger than 15 ?m: Ta?Tb?3(° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takaki Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20110091695
    Abstract: A multilayer film for the production of flexible packaging for thermal treatment has a plastic layer as outer layer and a sealable layer as inner layer, and middle layers. The outer layer, the inner layer and the middle layers are coextruded to form a biaxially oriented film, and the multilayer film has a maximum degree of dimensional change of 2% at most when exposed to temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Amcor Flexibles Kreuzlingen Ltd.
    Inventors: Markus Bevilacqua, Rico Menard, Andrea Della Torre, Noemi Bertolino
  • Patent number: 7913895
    Abstract: A wrapping paper for a roll having two opposed roll ends, the wrapping paper includes: a paper layer; and at least one exposed strip having adhesive properties. The at least one exposed strip is proximate to a side edge of the paper layer and covers at least a portion of one of the roll ends when wrapped around the roll. A method for wrapping a roll having a pair of spaced roll ends and an outer roll surface extending between the roll ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Cascades Conversion, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Scott Bowden, Denis Aumais, Michel Labbé
  • Patent number: 7910203
    Abstract: A selectively metallized heat transfer label for transfer to a substrate includes a support portion having a carrier layer and a release layer applied to the carrier layer, and a transfer portion including a protective layer applied to the release layer, a metallizable layer applied to the protective layer, a metal layer applied to the metallizable layer, a metal transferring adhesive layer applied to the metal layer and configured to adhere to both the metal layer and the desired substrate and a non-metal transferring ink layer applied to the metal layer and configured to adhere to the desired substrate but not to the metal layer. When heat and pressure are applied to the carrier, the metal transferring adhesive adheres to both the metal layer and the substrate while the non-transferring ink layer adheres only to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Michael B. Colella, Paul Giusto, Eileen M. Norris
  • Publication number: 20100323193
    Abstract: A base member including a bonding film comprises a substrate; and the bonding film provided on the substrate. The base member is capable of bonding to an opposite substrate (object) through the bonding film. Such a bonding film contains a Si-skeleton constituted of constituent atoms containing silicon atoms and elimination groups bonded to the silicon atoms of the Si-skeleton. The Si-skeleton includes siloxane (Si—O) bonds. The constituent atoms are bonded to each other. Further, a crystallinity degree of the Si-skeleton is equal to or lower than 45%. Furthermore, in a case where energy is applied to at least a part region of the surface of the bonding film, the elimination groups existing on the surface and in the vicinity of the surface within the region are removed from the silicon atoms of the Si-skeleton so that the region develops a bonding property with respect to the opposite substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhide Matsuo, Kenji Otsuka, Kazuo Higuchi, Kosuke Wakamatsu
  • Publication number: 20100294551
    Abstract: There are provided an adhesive for connecting a circuit to be interposed between substrates having circuit electrodes thereon opposed to each other and to electrically connect the circuit electrodes on the substrates opposed to each other to the pressurizing direction under pressure, wherein the adhesive contains a compound having an acid equivalent of 5 to 500 KOH mg/g, and an adhesive for connecting a circuit to be interposed between substrates having circuit electrodes opposed to each other and to electrically connect the electrodes on the substrate opposed to each other to the pressurizing direction under pressure, wherein the adhesive comprises a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, and a glass transition temperature of the first adhesive layer after pressure connection is higher than the glass transition temperature of the second adhesive layer after pressure connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Satoyuki Nomura, Tohru Fujinawa, Hiroshi Ono, Hoko Kanazawa, Masami Yusa
  • Publication number: 20100279110
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide film coated with a vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture, wherein: on at least one side of a biaxially stretched polyamide film, a vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture layer in which no thermal crosslinking agent is copolymerized is formed by coating without through an intermediary of a primer layer; the vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture is a mixture including two or more vinylidene chloride copolymers; and one of the vinylidene chloride copolymers has a crystal melting point of 170° C. or higher and 210° C. or lower and is contained in an amount of 25 to 45 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by mass of the vinylidene chloride copolymer mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kuwata, Takayoshi Okuzu
  • Patent number: 7811669
    Abstract: There are provided a gas barrier laminated film, which is transparent while possessing excellent gas barrier properties and, at the same time, has excellent impact resistance, and a process for producing the same. The gas barrier laminated film comprises a base material, a vapor deposited film of an inorganic oxide provided on the base material, and a gas barrier coating film provided on the vapor deposited film. The gas barrier laminated film is characterized in that the base material on its side where the vapor deposited film is provided, has been subjected to pretreatment or primer coating treatment, and the gas barrier coating film has been formed by coating a gas barrier coating liquid onto the inorganic oxide film and then heating the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Norio Akita, Ayumi Shibata, Daidou Chiba, Koichi Mikami, Hisashi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7799399
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Sargeant, Gianfranco Chicarella, John Medeiros, Joseph Anthony Bourgeault, Todd Richard Sarnstrom, Paul Andrew Ansolabehere, Todd Fayne
  • Publication number: 20100227128
    Abstract: The invention relates to an edge trim for pieces of furniture, comprising a molten film. In order to improve a generic edge trim such that the same is more versatile and can especially be mounted on a wider selection of surfaces, the molecular structure of the molten film contains both polar and non-polar parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Uwe Krämer, Peter Glaser
  • Publication number: 20100224529
    Abstract: Heat-shrinkable polyester films comprising a base film having a shrink in each direction of less than 5% at 100° C. and of at least 5% at 150° C. and at least a heat-sealable coating on at least one surface of the base film are disclosed. The film is heat-sealable and peelable in particular to polyester containers. The invention further relates to packages comprising a container, a product and the heat-shrinkable polyester film sealed onto the container. The packages are suitable for use with ready-prepared foods, so-called “ready-meals”, which are intended to be warmed in a microwave or in a conventional oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Roberto Forloni
  • Patent number: 7785764
    Abstract: Provided is an image transfer material, comprising an optional support material, and a non-woven or woven fiber web layer, wherein the fiber web is impregnated or coated with a image receiving formulation. The fiber web layer is optionally attached to the support with an adhesion layer. Also provided is a heat transfer process wherein after imaging, the fiber web and adhesion layer are peeled from the optional support material and placed, preferably image side up (when imaged), on top of a receptor element. Alternatively, the fiber web and adhesion layer are peeled and then optionally imaged prior to being placed on the receptor element. Then, an optional non-stick sheet is placed over the imaged fiber web (if placed imaged side up) and heat is applied to the fiber web or the non-stick sheet, if present. The adhesion layer then melts and adheres the imaged web layer to the receptor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Scott A. Williams
  • Publication number: 20100213193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite for packaging material with a symmetrical structure that consists of plastic/aluminum/plastic. The invention also relates to a container covering with a symmetrical composite structure that consists of polyester/aluminum/polyester, whereby polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is advantageously used as polyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: CONSTANTIA HUECK FOLIEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Helmlinger, Andreas Fischer
  • Patent number: 7771555
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a low-cost tape having excellent gas-barrier properties which is suitable as a strip tape for liquid food containers. Also disclosed is such a tape. Specifically disclosed is a strip tape including an intermediate layer composed of a drawn polyester film, a band-like coating film of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer which is formed on a surface of the intermediate layer in the central zone of the strip tape in the transverse direction, non-coated bands formed on both sides of the coating film, and heat-sealing outermost layers composed of a low-density polyethylene or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventor: Peter Frisk
  • Publication number: 20100196705
    Abstract: A method of repairing a composite component having a damaged area including: laying a composite patch over the damaged area; activating the shape memory polymer resin to easily and quickly mold said patch to said damaged area; deactivating said shape memory polymer so that said composite patch retains the molded shape; and bonding said composite patch to said damaged part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Hood, Sean Patrick Garrigan, Frank Auffinger, III, Tat Hung Tong, Benjamin John Vining, Richard Douglas Hreha, Thomas Joseph Barnell
  • Publication number: 20100178496
    Abstract: A transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive product for optical use, a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive laminate for optical use and a manufacturing method thereof, which afford, upon affixing, stable peeling site selectivity between release sheets and both faces of a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive product, and which accomplish, in a stable and easy manner, peeling site selectivity on both faces of the transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive product during rework involving re-affixing. The transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive product for optical use has an adhesive face (a) and an adhesive face (b) of dissimilar tackiness, and is formed of an addition reaction-type silicone gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: TAICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Masuda, Yoriko Nakata, Hidetomo Kawai