Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Hollow or container type article – Shrinkable or shrunk
Patent
1993-10-25
1995-08-08
Robinson, Ellis P.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Hollow or container type article
Shrinkable or shrunk
428 351, 428516, 428518, 428520, 428910, 428913, 426125, 426127, B32B 2708, B65D 8572
Patent
active
054397170
ABSTRACT:
Heat-shrinkable films suitable for packaging food articles such as frozen poultry, primal meat cuts, and processed meat products. In one embodiment, the film may be a biaxially stretched monolayer film of a very low density polyethylene copolymer. In another embodiment, the film may be a biaxially stretched multilayer film comprising a first outer layer of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a core layer of a barrier film such as a polyvinylidene chloride copolymer or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, and a second outer layer comprising a blend of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a very low density polyethylene copolymer. The multilayer film is preferably made by coextrusion of the layers. The films are fabricated into bags useful for the aforementioned purposes. The bags have improved toughness.
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Lustig Stanley
Mack Nancy M.
Schuetz Jeffrey M.
Vicik Stephen J.
Dye Rena L.
Richeson Cedric M.
Robinson Ellis P.
Viskase Corporation
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