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In-mold label film and method

  • US 6,004,682 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1997
  • Issued: 12/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An oriented polymeric in-mold label film comprising first and second laminae which provide said film with a top layer at a face side of the film and a base layer at a back side of the film, said top layer being ink-printable and said base layer comprising a heat-activatable adhesive, at least said first lamina being hot-stretched and annealed, said first and second laminae being combined to form said film as a linerless self-wound film, the heat shrinkability at each side of the film being balanced to a sufficient extent to limit curling of the film, said wound film being unwindable and processable, as a free self-supporting dimensionally stable film, through a printing press, heat-generating ink drying means, and die-cutting means.

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