Pouches for packaging flowable materials
First Claim
1. A pouch containing a flowable material, said pouch being made from a film structure with at least one seal layer of a polymeric composition comprising:
- (A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of at least one homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer characterized as having;
(a) a melt flow ratio, I10 /I2 ≧
5.63;
(b) a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, defined by the equation;
Mw/Mn≦
(I10 /I2)-4.63, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and
(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer.
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Abstract
An environmentally friendly polymer film pouch made from a polyethylene film structure for the packaging of flowable materials, for example milk, including, for example, a pouch made from a monolayer or multilayer film structure such as a two-layer or a three-layer coextruded film containing at least one layer of a blend of a substantially linear ethylene polymer or a homogeneously branched ethylene polymer and a high pressure low density polyethylene as a seal layer. Also disclosed is a process for making the pouch for packaging flowable materials using a film structure described hereinabove.
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1. A pouch containing a flowable material, said pouch being made from a film structure with at least one seal layer of a polymeric composition comprising:
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(A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of at least one homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer characterized as having;(a) a melt flow ratio, I10 /I2 ≧
5.63;(b) a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, defined by the equation;
Mw/Mn≦
(I10 /I2)-4.63, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 47)
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2. A pouch containing a flowable material, said pouch being made from a multilayer film structure comprising:
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(I) a layer of polymeric composition comprising; (A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of linear ethylene of at least one homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer characterized as having;(a) a melt flow ratio, I10 /I2 ≧
5.63;(b) a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, defined by the equation;
Mw/Mn≦
(I10 /I2)-4.63, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer. (II) at least one layer of linear ethylene copolymer interpolymerized from ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin in the range of C3 -C18 and having a density from 0.916 to 0.940 g/cm3 and a melt index of from 0.1 to 10 g/10 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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20. A pouch containing a flowable material, said pouch being made from a film structure with at least one seal layer of a polymeric composition comprising:
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(A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 49)
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21. A pouch containing a flowable material, said pouch being made from a multilayer film structure comprising:
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(I) a layer of polymeric composition comprising; (A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer.(II) at least one layer of linear ethylene copolymer interpolymerized from ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin in the range of C3 -C18 and having a density from 0.916 to 0.940 g/cm3 and a melt index of from 0.1 to 10 g/10 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 27)
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41. A process for preparing a pouch containing a flowable material comprising forming a film structure by either blown tube extrusion or cast extrusion, forming the film structure into a tubular member and transversely heat-sealing opposite ends of the tubular member, said tubular member comprising a film structure for a pouch container with at least one seal layer of a polymeric composition comprising:
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(A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of at least one homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/∝
-olefin interpolymer characterized as having;(a) a melt flow ratio, I10 /I2 ≧
5.63;(b) a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, defined by the equation;
Mw/Mn≦
(I10 /I2)-4.63, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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42. A process for preparing a pouch containing a flowable material comprising forming a film structure by either blown tube extrusion or cast extrusion, forming the film structure into a tubular member and transversely heat-sealing opposite ends of the tubular member, said tubular member comprising:
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(I) a layer of polymeric composition comprising; (A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of at least one homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer characterized as having;(a) a melt flow ratio, I10 /I2 ≧
5.63;(b) a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, defined by the equation;
Mw/Mn≦
(I10 /I2)-4.63, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer. (II) at least one layer of linear ethylene copolymer interpolymerized from ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin in the range of C3 -C18 and having a density from 0.916 to 0.0940 g/cm3 and a melt index of from 0.1 to 10 g/10 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A process for preparing a pouch containing a flowable material comprising forming a film structure by either blown tube extrusion or cast extrusion, forming the film structure into a tubular member and transversely heat-sealing opposite ends of the tubular member, said tubular member comprising a film structure for a pouch container with at least one seal layer of a polymeric composition comprising:
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(A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer. - View Dependent Claims (46, 50)
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45. A process for preparing a pouch containing a flowable material comprising forming a film structure by either blown tube extrusion or cast extrusion, forming the film structure into a tubular member and transversely heat-sealing opposite ends of the tubular member, said tubular member comprising:
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(I) a layer of polymeric composition comprising; (A) from 10 to 100 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of high pressure low density polyethylene having a density from 0.916 to 0.930 g/cm3, a melt index of less than 1 g/10 minutes and melt strength greater than 10 cN as determined using a Gottfert Rheotens unit at 190°
C.; and(B) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ultra low density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, a high pressure low density polyethylene, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer.(II) at least one layer of linear ethylene copolymer interpolymerized from ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin in the range of C3 -C18 and having a density from 0.916 to 0.0940 g/cm3 and a melt index of from 0.1 to 10 g/10 minutes.
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