Heat-shrinkable polyester film and package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9944012-B2
Application number	US-201615559738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2016
Priority date	Mar 25, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film in which the differences in physical properties in the width direction are reduced even if the film has a small thickness. The heat-shrinkable polyester film has a main shrinkage direction in a width direction of the film and has (1) a thickness of 6-27 μm; (2) a maximum value of the molecular orientation angle of 5 degrees or less; (3) a hot-water shrinkage at 90° C. in the width direction of the film 40-85%; (4) a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the hot-water shrinkage at 90° C. in the width direction of the film of 2% or less; and (5) a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the maximum shrinkage stress at 90° C. in the width direction of the film of less than 0.3 MPa.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat-shrinkable polyester film which has a main shrinkage direction in a width direction of the film and satisfies following requirements (1) to (5):
(1) the film has a thickness of 6 μm or more and 27 μm or less;
(2) when a width of 800 mm in the film of 800 mm or more in width is divided into eight to obtain samples, and a molecular orientation angle of the film is determined for each of the samples, a maximum value of the molecular orientation angle is 5 degrees or less;
(3) when a width of 800 mm in the film of 800 mm or more in width is divided into eight to obtain samples, a hot-water shrinkage at 90° C. in the width direction of the film determined for each of the samples is 40% or more and 85% or less;
(4) when a width of 800 mm in the film of 800 mm or more in width is divided into eight to obtain samples, a hot-water shrinkage at 90° C. in the width direction of the film is determined for each of the samples, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the hot-water shrinkage at 90° C. in the width direction of the film is 2% or less; and
(5) when a width of 800 mm in the film of 800 mm or more in width is divided into four to obtain samples, and a maximum shrinkage stress at 90° C. in the width direction of the film is determined for each of the samples, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the maximum shrinkage stress at 90° C. in the width direction of the film is less than 0.3 MPa.

2. A package formed by covering at least a part of an outer periphery of an object to be packaged with a label obtained from the heat-shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1 and then shrinking the label on the covered object by heat.

3. The heat-shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1 , wherein when an absorbency ratio is measured at 17 spots with a pitch of 50 mm in the width direction of 800 mm in the film of 800 mm or more in width, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of an absorbency ratio of an absorbency at 1340 cm −1 to an absorbency at 1410 cm −1 (1340 cm −1 /1410 cm −1 ) determined for the 17 spots by polarized ATR method is 0.05 or less.

4. The heat-shrinkable polyester film according to claim 3 , wherein when a thickness is measured across a width of 800 mm in the film of 800 mm or more in width, and an average value of the thickness is taken as Tave, a maximum value of the thickness is taken as Tmax, and a minimum value of the thickness is taken as Tmin, an irregularity of thickness in the width direction expressed by a following equation is 1% or more and 13% or less:
Irregularity of thickness (%)={( T max− T min)/ T ave}×100.

5. A package formed by covering at least a part of an outer periphery of an object to be packaged with a label obtained from the heat-shrinkable polyester film according to claim 4 and then shrinking the label on the covered object by heat.

6. A package formed by covering at least a part of an outer periphery of an object to be packaged with a label obtained from the heat-shrinkable polyester film according to claim 3 and then shrinking the label on the covered object by heat.

7. The heat-shrinkable polyester film according to claim 1 , wherein when a thickness is measured across a width of 800 mm in the film of 800 mm or more in width, and an average value of the thickness is taken as Tave, a maximum value of the thickness is taken as Tmax, and a minimum value of the thickness is taken as Tmin, an irregularity of thickness in the width direction expressed by a following equation is 1% or more and 13% or less:
Irregularity of thickness (%)={( T max− T min)/ T ave}×100.

8. A package formed by covering at least a part of an outer periphery of an object to be packaged with a label obtained from the heat-shrinkable polyester film according to claim 7 and then shrinking the label on the covered object by heat.

Assignees

• Toyo Boseki

Inventors

• Haruta Masayuki
• Tabota Norimi

Classifications

• B29K2067/00

  Use of polyesters {or derivatives thereof}, as moulding material · CPC title

• B29C63/0065

  Heat treatment · CPC title

• B32B27/36

  comprising polyesters · CPC title

• B29C55/08 Primary

  transverse to the direction of feed · CPC title

• B32B7/12

  using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties · CPC title