MULTILAYER STRUCTURES HAVING ANNULAR PROFILES
First Claim
1. An annular multilayer article having a uniform thickness and comprising overlapped and non-overlapped circumferential areas;
- the non-overlapped area having a microlayer portion with at least one additional layer on a first and second side of the microlayer portion;
the microlayer portion having at least 30 layers;
the microlayer portion having a microlayer structure; and
the layer structure in the overlapped area is doubled the non-overlapped area;
wherein the microlayer structure is maintained in the overlapped area.
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Abstract
Disclosed are multilayer film structures having annular profiles, and methods and apparatus of making the structures disclosed. The annular multilayer articles have a uniform thickness, at least four layers and comprise overlapped and non-overlapped circumferential areas; wherein the layer structure of the non-overlapped area is doubled in the overlapped layer. A method of making the structure includes providing a multilayer flow stream with at least four layers of thermoplastic resinous materials; feeding the multilayer flow stream to a distribution manifold of an annular die to form an annular multilayer flow stream; and removing the annular multilayer flow stream from the annular die to form the annular multilayer structure. Also disclosed is an apparatus, comprising: a feedblock, with optional layer multiplier, that provides a multilayer flow stream of at least four layers to the manifold of an annular die; and an annular die having at least one distribution manifold that extrudes a multilayer flow stream.
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1. An annular multilayer article having a uniform thickness and comprising overlapped and non-overlapped circumferential areas;
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the non-overlapped area having a microlayer portion with at least one additional layer on a first and second side of the microlayer portion; the microlayer portion having at least 30 layers; the microlayer portion having a microlayer structure; and the layer structure in the overlapped area is doubled the non-overlapped area; wherein the microlayer structure is maintained in the overlapped area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An annular multilayer article, the annular multilayer article comprising at least one thermoplastic resinous material, an overlapped area, and a non-overlapped area;
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the annular multilayer article is a multilayer blown film having a uniform thickness with a variance between the overlapped area and the non-overlapped area of less than 5%; the non-overlapped area has a microlayer portion with at least one additional layer on a first and second side of the microlayer portion which encapsulates the microlayer portion; the microlayer portion has at least 30 layers; the microlayer portion has a microlayer structure; the layer structure of the non-overlapped area is doubled in the overlapped area; and the microlayer structure is maintained in the overlapped area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- wherein,
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