Laminated film

• US 5,942,298 A
• Filed: 12/05/1996
• Issued: 08/24/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Inventors: Sakaya, Taiichi, Kuroda, Toshiya
• Primary Examiner(s): KILIMAN, LESZEK B
• Application Number:
  US08/759,636
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• Field of Search: 428/325, 428/336, 428/474.4, 428/477.7, 428/480, 428/483, 428/516, 427/36.6, 427/36.7, 427/172, 427/173, 427/189, 427/202
• US Class Current: 428/36.6
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 1/00 Inking and printing with a printer's forme
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 1/10 Intaglio printing ; Gravure printing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1379 Contains vapor or gas barrier, polymer derived from vinyl chloride or vinylidene chloride, or polymer containing a vinyl alcohol unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1383 Vapor or gas barrier, polymer derived from vinyl chloride or vinylidene chloride, or polymer containing a vinyl alcohol unit is sandwiched between layers [continuous layer]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/252 Glass or ceramic [i.e., fired or glazed clay, cement, etc.] [porcelain, quartz, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/265 1 mil or less
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31725 Of polyamide
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31765 Inorganic-containing or next to inorganic-containing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31786 Of polyester [e.g., alkyd, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31797 Next to addition polymer from unsaturated monomers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31913 Monoolefin polymer

Abstract

A laminated film comprising a base film and a layer which contains an inorganic layered compound and a resin and is formed by gravure coating a coating fluid comprising the inorganic layered compound and the resin under the conditions satisfying the following equation:

7<log 2((G/B)×100).sup.2 ×(B+G).sup.2 ×(GM)!<13

wherein G is a rotational speed of a gravure roll (m/min.), B is a rotational speed of a backing roll (m/min.) and GM is a mesh number of a gravure roll, which film has good transparency and gas barrier properties.

Claims

1. A laminated film comprising:

a base film; and

a layer which contains (a) an inorganic layered compound, and (b) a resin, said layer being formed by gravure coating a coating fluid comprising the inorganic layered compound and the resin under the conditions satisfying the following equation (1);

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">7<

log (2((G/B)×

100).sup.2 ×

(B+G).sup.2 ×

(GM))<

13(1)

wherein G is a rotational speed of a gravure roll (m/min.), B is a rotational speed of a backing roll (m/min.) and GM is a mesh number of a gravure roll, wherein the inorganic layered compound is an inorganic compound having a layered structure in which unit crystalline layers are laminated.

2. The laminated film according to claim 1, wherein the conditions in the gravure coating satisfy the following equation (2):

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">10≦

log 2((G/B)×

100).sup.2 ×

(B+G).sup.2 ×

(GM)!≦

12 (2)

wherein G, B and GM are the same as defined above.

3. The laminated film according to claim 1, wherein the conditions in the gravure coating further satisfy the following equation (3):

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">1.1 W<

R<

10,000 W (3)

wherein R is a clearance (μ

m) between the gravure and backing rolls and W is a thickness (μ

m) of the base film.

4. The laminated film according to claim 3, wherein the conditions in the gravure coating further satisfy the following equation (4):

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">1.5 W≦

R≦

1000 W (4)

wherein R and W are the same as defined above.

5. The laminated film according to claim 3, wherein the conditions in the gravure coating further satisfy the following equation (5):

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">2 W≦

R≦

50 W (5)

wherein R and W are the same as defined above.

6. The laminated film according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic layered compound has a particle size of 5 μ

m or less and an aspect ratio of between 50 and 5000.

7. The laminated film according to claim 6, wherein said inorganic layered compound has swelling or cleaving properties in a dispersing medium.

8. The laminated film according to claim 7, wherein said inorganic layered compound is a clay mineral.

9. The laminated film according to claim 6, wherein said inorganic layered compound has an aspect ratio of between 200 and 3000.

10. The laminated film according to claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of said inorganic layered compound to said resin is between 1:

20 and 10;

1.

11. The laminated film according to claim 1, wherein said resin is a resin having 30 to 50 wt. % of hydrogen-bondable or ionic groups.

12. The laminated film according to claim 1, wherein said resin is at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol resins and polysaccharides.

13. The laminated film according to claim 1, wherein said base film is selected from the group consisting of biaxially orientated polypropylene films, biaxially orientated polyamide films and biaxially orientated polyethylene terephthalate films.

14. The laminated film according to claim 1, which has an oxygen permeability of 2 cc/m².day.atm. or less per 1 μ

m of the film thickness when measured at 31°

C. and 61% RH.

15. The laminated film according to claim 14, which has an oxygen permeability of 0.2 cc/m².day.atm. or less per 1 μ

m of the film thickness when measured at 31°

C. and 61% RH.

16. The laminated film according to claim 1, wherein said resin is a resin having 30 to 50 wt. % of at least one group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, amino, thiol, carboxyl, sulfonic acid, phosphoric acid, carboxylate, sulfonate ion, phosphate ion, ammonium and phosphonium groups.