Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Kurarav Co., Ltd.

Satoshi Hirofuji

Akimasa Aoyama

Taichi Negi

Junnosuke Yamauchi

Takeshi Moritani

Hidemasa Oda

Toshiaki Sato

Takuji Okaya

Syuji Kawai

Tohei Moritani

Nobuo Tanaka

Kiyoshi Yonezu

Makio Tokoh

Tetsuya Katayama

Shigeyuki Harita

Susumu Fukutome

Yukio Ozeki

Toshio Tsuboi

Masao Uetsuki

Sumio Itamura

Syukiti Kawamura

Keiji Matsumura

Yasuhira Takeuchi

Kenji Okuno

Hiromichi Nakano

Purging agent and purging method

A multi-layer construction film is prepared by co-extrusion coating a molten multilayered polymer which satisfies the relationship: 0.08.ltoreq..eta.E/.eta.A.ltoreq.8, which comprises at least one layer (A) of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and having an ethylene content of 20-60 mol %, and a melt index of .eta.Eg/10 min., and at least one adhesive resin layer (B) of ethylene polymer having a melt index of .eta.Ag/10 min. and a density of not more than 0.9 g/cm.sup.3, onto a plastic film (C) in a manner that layer (B) is laminated adjacent to plastic film (C).

Method for the production of a multi-layer construction film

A resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) having an ethylene content of 20 to 60 mol % and a water-swellable phyllosilicate, said water-swellable phyllosilicate being dispersed in the EVOH with a basal spacing satisfying the following condition (I)

Resin composition

This invention provides an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition having specific flow characteristics in the relationship between the heating time and the extrusion rate measured with a capillary rheometer (Koka Flow Tester), and a multilayered structure utilizing the same. From the EVOH composition according to the present invention, can be obtained a molded article, particularly a multilayered structure, having an excellent appearance; more particularly, in a continuous melt molding operation over a long period, a molded article, particularly a multilayered structure, having an excellent appearance can always be obtained without worsening the appearance with running time.

Multilayered structure containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol layer

A heat shrinkable film or multilayered film comprising at least one layer comprising an EVOH (A) having an average ethylene content of 20 to 60 mol % and an areal shrinkage when immersed in hot water at 90.degree. C. for 1 minute of at least 10% and having thermal characteristics satisfying the following condition (i)

Heat shrinkable film and multilayered film

Provided are compositions comprising a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 to 80 mol % and a saponification degree of vinyl acetate component of at least 95 mol %, said composition containing 20 to 200 ppm as converted to alkali metal of an alkali metal acetate, 30 to 250 ppm of acetic acid, and 5 to 500 ppm as converted to phosphate ion of phosphoric acid or an alkali metal hydrogenphosphate, and having a content ratio of acetic acid/alkali metal acetate of 0.1 to 1 and the flow characteristic that the extrusion rate does not substantially increase for at least 10 hours in the relationship between the heating time and the extrusion rate with a capillary rheometer (Koka Flow Tester) at at least one temperature 10.degree. to 80.degree. C. above the melting point. Also provided are multilayered containers comprising as the innermost layer a layer formed by the use of the above composition, and packages comprising such containers containing a liquid article or paste article.

Multilayered container

An aqueous dispersion comprising a dispersoid of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 15 to 65 mole % and a dispersion stabilizer of a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer having an ionic group and having an ethylene content of 10 to 70 mole % and a saponification degree of at least 80%. According to the present invention, aqueous dispersions with high solid concentration and having excellent stability during storage or upon use. The film obtained by applying and then drying the aqueous dispersion has excellent gas barrier properties.

Aqueous dispersion and substrate coated with the same

A multi-layer construction film comprising at least one layer (A) of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and having an ethylene content of 20-60 mol %, and a melt index of .eta. Eg/10 min., at least one adhesive resin layer (B) of ethylene polymer and having a melt index of .eta. Ag/10 min. and density of not more than 0.90 g/cm.sup.3, and a plastic film (C) wherein the layer (B) is laminated adjacent to the plastic film (C), which satisfies the following formulas.

Multi-layer construction film

A screen of reflection-type operable with linearly polarized imagewise rays of light projected thereon for presenting a projected image, carried by the linearly polarized imagewise rays of light (8), to viewers occupying a position in front of the screen. The screen comprises a polarizing film (6) having first and second surfaces, a metal layer (4) formed on the second surface of the polarizing film (6) for reflecting the linearly polarized imagewise rays of light (8), and an indentation structure formed on both of the metal layer (4) and the polarizing film (6) for reflecting the imagewise rays of light (8) uniformly at a desired angle of reflection. The linearly polarized imagewise rays of light (8) enter the polarizing film (6) through the first surface thereof while the linearly polarized rays of light (8) have a plane of vibration of an electric field or a magnetic field in a direction required to exhibit a maximum light transmissivity. The screen may also be operable with a bundle of imagewise rays of light (8) projected from a projector (1) in the form of a cone of light as spherical waves onto the screen or a bundle of imagewise rays of light (8) projected from a projector as plane or approximately plane waves onto the screen.

Reflection-type screen

A multilayered container comprising an intermediate layer of a resin composition (A) which comprises 50-95% by weight of a specific EVOH, and 50-5% by weight of an inorganic filler, and inner and outer layers of a moisture resistant thermoplastic resin (B), at least the body wall part of the container comprising multiplicity of regions in which substantially 2-dimensional thin layers of the inorganic filler extend parallel with the wall surface and laminated with each other, said layer of said resin composition (A) having a specific moisture permeability. The multilayered container can readily be prepared by thermoforming from the corresponding multilayered structure. Food packages obtained by filling the multilayered container of the present invention with food, sealing it and then sterilizing the package under a condition where heat and moisture act at the same time as in retorting are resistant against impermeation of oxygen that would deteriorate the food contained therein, thus exhibiting excellent storage capability, and have good container appearance.

Multilayered container and package utilizing the same

Composition

Methylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition

A hot drawn multilayered structure including a layer of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition containing 70 to 95 wt % of EVOH having an ethylene content of 25 to 60 mol % and a saponification degree of at least 90%; and 5 to 30 wt % of an aliphatic copolymer polyamide containing capramide as a main structural unit, having a ratio of the number of methylene gorups to the number of amide groups satisfying the equation:

Process of vacuum-air pressure drawing of a laminate containing an

Provided are multilayered structures comprising at least 2 layers consisting of a layer of a composition (C) comprising 50 to 95 wt % of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and 50 to 5 wt % of a thermoplastic polyester (B) comprising at least 50 mol % of isophthalic acid base on the total moles of carboxylic acid component and 0.1 to 30 mol % of 1,3-bis (.beta.-hydroxyethoxy)benzene and/or diethylene glycol based on the total moles of diol component, and a layer of a thermoplastic resin (D), said (A) and (D) satisfying the following relationship (I):

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Satoshi Hirofuji