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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1998
Andrew C Harvey, Waltham, MA (US);
Richard W Lusignea, Brighton, MA (US);
Leslie S Rubin, Newton, MA (US);
Superex Polymer, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A flat and nearly mechanically isotropic polymer film or sheet, or a tube, can be formed by laminating two or more films, preferably by coextrusion of a liquid crystal polymer film and a thermoplastic polymer film. A liquid crystal polymer layer may be combined with one or more thermoplastic polymer layer in various arrangements. The liquid crystal, and possibly the thermoplastic as well, may have a controlled molecular orientation. The film may be formed by passing a polymer through a set of two or three tubular rotors which are concentric and have facing surfaces which define inner and outer annular polymer flow channels.