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Aseptic and liquid food packaging with aqueous multibarrier coatings and methods of making same

a multi-barrier coating, aseptic and liquid technology, applied in packaging, packaging paper, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of poor oxygen barrier performance about 75 percent relative humidity, poor oxygen barrier performance, and inability to meet the requirements of liquid packaging, etc., to achieve the effect of improving the barrier characteristics, manufacturability or other functions

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-10-08
GPCP IP HLDG LLC
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is directed to aqueous coating compositions for use in packaging materials for aseptic and liquid packaging. The invention provides a packaging material with at least two layers that function as barriers, including an oxygen gas barrier and a water vapor barrier. The layers can be applied to a substrate and can be coated simultaneously or sequentially. The substrate can include paper or paperboard. The first layer can be made of an acrylic latex dispersion and the second layer can be made of polyvinyl alcohol. The method of manufacturing the packaging material involves providing a substrate, applying the coating compositions, and forming a plurality of barrier layers on the substrate. The invention provides a more effective barrier against oxygen and water vapor, and can be used for a variety of packaging materials.

Problems solved by technology

Indeed, while a thin dispersion coated layer of PVOH or EVOH or a similar polymer may be suitable for packaging of dry products in a dry environment, such a layer is not ideal for liquid packaging unless encapsulated by water-vapor and liquid impervious layers.
As such, a barrier layer including polyvinyl alcohol or copolymers thereof typically include additives, cross-linking agents, multivalent cations, and / or platy fillers; however, even with such additives, the oxygen barrier performance about 75 percent relative humidity is generally poor.
In addition, crosslinking the polymer or including additives to improve the moisture resistance makes processing more difficult and more expensive and also may run afoul of existing food safety regulations for food packaging.
Moreover, the crosslinking and inclusion of additives may affect pot life and therefore manufacturability.
Water-based polyurethanes can also have good oxygen barrier properties, but lack high gas and moisture vapor barrier under high humidity conditions.
For example, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2005 / 0084686 generally discloses aqueous gas barrier coatings that include dispersed polyurethane resins and layered inorganic materials, but the disclosure is limited to a one-coat system on the surface of the substrate or within a laminate system.
However, such metallized substrates are typically expensive and, because of their low flexibility, are commonly used as an intermediate layer of a laminated structure.
In fact, there are few known aseptic packaging materials or liquid packaging materials that do not include a foil laminate and those known are typically difficult to process because they require expensive co-extruded layers or are much thicker than foil laminates and, thus, more expensive to produce.
However, as generally discussed above, melt extrusion coating complicates processing of the packaging and increases the expense.
However, as discussed above, such liquid film coating applications only exist in single water-based barrier layer coatings in combination with melt extruded or laminated layers.

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[0068]A solid bleached sulfate pre-coated with a composition including calcium carbonate and styrene-acrylate binder was used as the underlying substrate. The substrate was coated with an aqueous dispersion as shown in Table 2 below. Each coating layer was applied using a Meyer rod having the size designated in Table 2. After each coating, the layer was dried by forced air in a box oven at 200° F.

[0069]Moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) was measured via the wet cup technique with the coated layers (if present) oriented toward the liquid-filled water receptacle and placed in standard Tappi conditions.

TABLE 2Example 1Comp. Ex. AComp. Ex. BComp. Ex. CBottom LayerALD1—PVA2ALD1Meyer Rod Size152515Middle LayerPVA2——ALD Meyer Rod Size2515Top LayerALD1———Meyer Rod Size15MVTR60644635 57(g / m2 / day)1Joncryl ® 74-A from BASF Corporation.2Selvol ® Polyvinyl Alcohol 21-205 Solution from Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC.

[0070]As shown above, the composition and method ...

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Coating System with Heat-sealable Layer Over Oxygen Barrier

[0074]An uncoated paper substrate was used as the underlying substrate. A first layer of polyvinylidene chloride (Diofan® B 204 from Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC) was applied to the substrate with the wet and dry thicknesses shown in Table 1 via a Meyer rod having a size of 15. The layer was then dried by forced air in a box oven at 200° F. A second layer including a polyolefin dispersion (Hypod® 9105 from Dow Chemical Company) was then applied over the first layer with a wet and dry thickness of shown in Table 1 via a Meyer rod having a size of 15 and dried in the same manner as the first layer. The resulting coated substrate was visually inspected and found to be defect-free and smooth.

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Coating System with Heat-sealable Layer Over Light-Blocking Layer

[0075]A solid bleached sulfate pre-coated with a composition including calcium carbonate and styrene-acrylate binder was used as the underlying substrate. The substrate was then coated with a mixture of a polyvinyl acetate dispersion and a carbon-black dispersion as shown in Table 4 below. The mixture was applied at the wet and dry thicknesses shown in Table 1 using a Meyer rod having a size of 12. After coating, the light-blocking layer was dried by forced air in a box oven at 200° F. A polyolefin dispersion was then applied over the first layer at the wet and dry thicknesses shown in Table 1 using a Meyer rod having a size of 15 and dried in the same manner as the first layer.

TABLE 4Example 4Bottom LayerPolyvinyl Acetate Disperson120 gCarbon-Black Dispersion24.5 g Meyer Rod Size12Top LayerPolyolefin dispersion3Meyer Rod Size151SUNBOND ™ 3410 from Omnova Solutions, Inc.2Aquablak ® 8328 from Solution Dispersions3Hypod ...

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Abstract

Coatings for packaging materials and, more specifically, aqueous coatings for paperboard substrates and methods of applying the coatings. The aqueous coatings may include light blocking particles.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention is directed to coatings for a variety of aseptic and liquid food packaging materials that provide improved total barrier properties for long-term storage. More specifically, the present invention is directed to aqueous coatings for packaging for foods and liquids and methods of applying the coatings. The aqueous coatings may include light blocking particles.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Various materials have been used for the packaging of foods, liquids, and other materials that need protection from handling, moisture, water (liquid and vapor) oxygen, and light. Conventional barrier layers or films that are intended to reduce or inhibit the permeation of vapor typically include polyolefins, polyesters, polyvinylidene chloride, acrylic polymers, styrene acrylate, styrene butadiene, polyurethanes, polyamides, and metallic foils (aluminum). Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) and copolymers such as ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) are k...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D65/42D21H21/36D21H19/82D21H19/84D21H19/24D21H19/38D21H23/56
CPCD21H19/826B65D2565/387D21H19/38D21H5/22D21H19/828D21H19/84D21H19/24D21H5/003D21H19/824B65D65/42B65D2565/382D21H17/63D21H19/12D21H19/20D21H19/82D21H27/10
Inventor FORTIN, LORI JEANNE
Owner GPCP IP HLDG LLC