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 consisting essentially of:
- (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 a 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 less than 10 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, ratio of greater than 4.0, and a peak melting point greater than 100°
C. as measured by a differential scanning colorimeter, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of a 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°
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(b) from 0 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of said composition, of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a weight ratio of ethylene to vinyl acetate from 2.2;
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1 and a melt index of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 minutes.
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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 linear ethylene interpolymer and a high pressure low density polyethylene as a seal layer. Also disclosed is a process for making a pouch for packaging flowable materials using a film structure of a blend of a linear ethylene interpolymer and a high pressure low density polyethylene.
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26 Claims
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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 consisting essentially of:
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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 a 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 less than 10 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, ratio of greater than 4.0, and a peak melting point greater than 100°
C. as measured by a differential scanning colorimeter, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of a 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, of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a weight ratio of ethylene to vinyl acetate from 2.2;
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1 and a melt index of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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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 consisting essentially of; (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 a 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 less than 10 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, ratio of greater than 4.0, and a peak melting point greater than 100°
C. as measured by a differential scanning colorimeter, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of a 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, of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a weight ratio of ethylene to vinyl acetate from 2.2;
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1 and a melt index of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 minutes; and(II) at least one layer of a 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, 7)
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19. A film structure of a polymeric composition for a packaging application consisting essentially of:
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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 a 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 less than 10 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, ratio of greater than 4.0, and a peak melting point greater than 100°
C. as measured by a differential scanning colorimeter, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on 100 weight parts of said mixture, of a 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, of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a weight ratio of ethylene to vinyl acetate from 2.2;
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1 and a melt index of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. 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 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 less than 10 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, ratio of greater than 4.0, and a peak melting point greater than 100°
C. as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, 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, of at least one copolymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a weight ratio of ethylene to vinyl acetate from 2.2;
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1 and a melt index of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 minutes.
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25. 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 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 less than 10 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, ratio of greater than 4.0, and a peak melting point greater than 100°
C. as measured by a differential scanning colorimeter, 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°
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1 and a melt index of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 minutes;(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 (26)
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