Packaging material for photosensitive materials

Abstract: A packaging material comprises a coextruded multilayer film comprising a high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer and an ethylene copolymer resin film layer having a melt index of higher then that of said polyethylene resin film layer and a density of lower than said polyethylene resin film layer, and a biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer having a density of 7 to 60 µm laminated on said coextruded multilayer film. The packaging material is resistant to curling and to tearing, exhibits the properties necessary for packaging photosensitive material and is suitable for use in automatic bag-making machines.

Description: This invention relates to a packaging material for photosensitive materials such as photographic photosensitive materials. As the packaging material for photographic photosensitive materials, it is necessary that various properties be present such as light-shielding, moistureproofness, gas barrier and physical strength, and various packaging materials have been developed. Some packaging materials are required tearability by hand. Uniaxially stretched film was usually employed for the packaging materials. The inventor has once prepared a packaging material consisting of a laterally uniaxially stretched high density polyethylene film layer, an aluminum foil layer laminated thereon through on adhesive layer and a light-shielding LDPE resin film layer containing carbon black further laminated thereon through an adhesive layer. The tearability of this packaging material was good. However, it was punctured at its corner during packaging or transportation, and therefore, moistureproofness and light-shielding could not been secured. The tearability of the aforementioned packaging materials such as shown in FIGURE 19 was bad, and scissors were necessary for opening. In the case that scissors could not be used, the taking out portion for photosensitive materials was partially sealed by dotted line seal, and in order to secure light-shielding and moistureproofness, the taking out portion was turned and fixed by an adhesive tape. In the case of assembly packaging, since the turned portion was piled on the packaged photosensitive materials, indentations or fogging by impression occurred. The piled packages became voluminous by the turned part to raise transportation cost and corrugated board cost. The compressive strength and dropping strength of the packaging bag became lower, and therefore, the packaging material of FIGURE 19 was only used for gusset bags. DE-A-3624194 discloses a packaging material for photographic materials comprising a coextruded bilayer. It was therefor the object of the invention to provide a packaging material tearable by hand which is excellent in physical strength and heat sealability and which is inexpensive. This object has been achieved with a packaging material for photographic photosensitive materials comprising a coextruded multilayer film layer comprising a high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer having a melt index of 0.2 to 4 g/10 min and a density of more than 0.941 g/cm 3 comprising a high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin as the principal resin and an ethylene-α- olefin copolymer resin having a melt index of 0.1 to 10 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.87 to 0.935 g/cm 3 , and an ethylene copolymer resin film layer, having a melt index of higher than said polyethylene resin film layer and a density of lower than said polyethylene resin film layer, comprising an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer resin having a melt index of 0.5 to 10 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.870 to 0.939 g/cm 3 as the principal component, and a biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer having a thickness of 7 to 60 µm laminated on said coextruded multilayer film layer through an adhesive layer. FIGURE 19 is a sectional view of a conventional packaging material. FIGURES 33 to 40 are sectional views of preferred embodiments of the invention tearable by hand. FIGURES 41 to 43 are plan views of packaging bags formed of the tearable packaging material of the invention. The packaging material according to the present invention comprises a coextruded multilayer film layer comprising a high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer and an ethylene copolymer resin film layer and a biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer. The high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer is composed of HDPE resin as the principal resin mixed with an α-olefin-ethylene-copolymer resin. Various α-olefins are employed for the copolymerization with ethylene, and the L-LDPE resin of ethylene and butene-1 is particularly preferable for blending. The L-LDPE resin is produced by vapor phase method, liquid phase method or modified high pressure method (ionic polymerization method). A preferable L-LDPE resin of which α-olefin is butene-1, is produced by vapor phase method (Unipole Process), and it has a MI of 0.1 to 10 g/10 minutes, a density of 0.87 to 0.935 g/cm 3 . The content of blended resin is generally less than 50 wt. %, preferably less than 30 wt. %. The MI of the high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer is 0.2 to 4 g/10 minutes, and its density is more than 0.941 g/cm 3 . When the MI is less than 0.2 g/10 minutes, film moldability is bad. Tear strength in longitudinal direction becomes too weak because of high molecular orientation. While, when the MI is beyond 4 g/10 minutes, tearablility becomes insufficient because of poor molecular orientation. In the case that the density is less than 0.941 g/cm 3 , crystallinity becomes insufficient, and molecular orientation is poor. The ethylene copolymer resin film layer is composed of an ethylene copolymer resin as the principal component such as L-LDPE resin, EEA resin, EVA resin, EMA resin, EEA resin and propylene-ethylene block or random copolymer resin, and L-LDPE resin is preferable. A particularly preferable L-LDPE resin has a MI of 0.5 to 10 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.870 to 0.939 g/cm 3 , and α -olefin is 4-methylpentene-1, hexene-1 or octene-1. The MI of the ethylene copolymer resin film layer is higher than the high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer, and the density is lower than that. By using the resin having a high MI, molding troubles such as melt fracture, lumps and furrows are solved, and the load of motor decreases. While, by using the low density resin, heat sealing properties and physical strength are improved. The thickness of the coextruded multilayer film layer is generally 30 to 200 µm, and each layer is preferably more than 20 % of the coextruded multilayer film layer. The biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film for laminating on the coextruded multilayer film layer is stretched 1.5 to 20 times, preferably 3 to 15 times both in longitudinal direction and in lateral direction by a known method such as simultaneous biaxial stretching or successive biaxial stretching. The resin composing this stretched film is polyester resin, polyamide resin, polyethylene resin, polystyrene resin, polypropylene resin, polyvinyl chloride resin, polyvinylidene chloride resin, polyvinyl alcohol resin, binary or more copolymer resins of a monomer of the above resins and other monomers being random or block, and blended resins of the above resins and other resins. These resins are formed into films by T die extrusion, inflation process or the like. The thickness of the biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film is 7 to 60 µm. When the thickness is thinner than 7 µm, wrinkling or rupture are liable to occur. While, when the thickness is thicker than 60 µm, the packaging material becomes to stiff, and bag-making ability and workability are bad. The biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film may be single layer film or coextruded multilayer film. Moreover, the biaxially stretched film may be coated with another resin such as polyvinylidene chloride, silicone or teflon by application or printing or metallized with a metallic membrane layer. Preferably the biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film is provided with a metallic membrane layer having a thickness of from 5,5 nm to 120 nm (55 to 1200Å). The metallic membrane layer may be formed of a pure metal such as Al, Sn, Zn, Co, Cr, Ni, Fe, Cu, etc., alloys thereof, or any other metals of which metallic membrane layer can be made, but aluminum is the most preferable in terms of processing and cost. The thickness of the metallic membrane layer is 5,5 nm to 120 nm (55 to 1200Å). When the thickness is thinner than 5,5 nm (55Å), antistatic property, moistureproofness and light-shielding by this layer become insufficient. While, when the thickness is thicker than 120 nm (1200Å), the degradation of the flexible sheet occurs by the heat of metallizing. The physical strength of the laminated film also falls. In the case of aluminum-metallized membrane, preferable thickness is thicker than 7 nm (70Å) more preferably 8 to 80 nm (80 to 800Å), further more preferably 10 to 60 nm (100 to 600Å). In the case of using a hygroscopic film such as polyamide film, the metallic membrane layer is preferably located on the side of another flexible sheet layer further laminated thereon. Metallization is carried out according to a known method, such as vacuum evaporation, sputtering, ion plating, or electron beam heating. The metallic membrane layer may be formed on one face or both faces of the biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film. In order to improve adhesiveness of the metallic membrane layer to the biaxially stretched film, this film may be provided with an anchor coat layer. The anchor coating agent may be usual one such as polyethyleneimine, polyisocyanate, polyurethane, alkyl titanate, polybutadiene, polyolefin, polyester, polyethylene, organic titanate or the like, and the anchor coat layer may be provided by applying the anchor coating agent by means of gravure roll coating, bar coating, dropping coating or the like. The surface of the biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film may be treated by glow discharge, corona discharge, ultraviolet irradiation, ozone treatment, chemical reagent treatment, flame treatment, or the like. A protection layer may be provided on the metallic membrane layer in order to protect die metallic membrane layer. As the resin for the protection layer, acrylic resin, cellulose resins such as cellulose acetate resin, urethane resin, epoxy resin, polyester resin, ionomer resin, EEA resin, various polyethylene resins and various polypropylene resins are usable Wax, gelatin and polyvinyl alcohol are also usable. The thickness of the protection layer is made extremely thin such as thinner than 50 µm, preferably thinner than 5 µm, in order to eliminate stalic electricity effectively. Such a protection layer may be formed by a known solution coating or spray coating. A conductive material such as an antistatic agent, carbon black, a metal powder such as aluminum powder or aluminum paste or carbon fiber may be added to a flexible sheet, a light-shielding layer, an adhesive layer or the protection layer, and thereby, elimination of static electricity is made sure. Any of the aforementioned layers of the packaging material tearable by hand may further be blended with a resin selected from the resins blendable with the HDPE resin other than polyethylene resins and particular ethylene copolymer resins, i.e. L-LDPE resins, EVA resin, EAA resin, EMA resin, and EEA resin. When the packaging material is used for photosensitive materials, a light-shielding material is preferably incorporated into one or more layers of the packaging material so that optical density of the packaging material is more than 7. Suitable light-shielding materials are mentioned below. Suitable content is generally 0.5 to 50 g/m 2 . The light-shielding material is preferably incorporated into the coextruded multilayer film layer. The most preferable light-shielding material is carbon black described below, and the second most preferable light-shielding material is metal powder. The metal powder is excellent in moistureproofness, light-shielding, antistatic property, prevention of temperature elevation under the sunlight, gas barrier and favorable appearance having a high commercial value. As the metal powder, aluminum powder and its paste are preferable. The paste of aluminum powder is produced by adding mineral spirit and a small amount of a higher fatty acid such as stearic acid or oleic acid to form paste at the production of aluminum powder according to a known method such as using a ball mill, a stamp mill or an atomizer. A polyolefin thermoplastic resin such as various polypropylene resins, various polyethylene resins, EVA resin, EEA resin and EAA resin is kneaded together with this aluminum paste under heating, and volatile components mainly mineral spirit are removed by a vacuum pump. This product is used as aluminum paste compound resin or aluminum paste masterbatch resin. The aluminum paste masterbatch resin is preferable because of eliminating bad smell and bad influence upon the photographic photosensitive materials by minimizing the content of mineral spirit in the coextruded film such as less than 0.1 % by weight. For example, the masterbatch containing 40 % by weight of aluminum paste and 1 % by weight of mineral spirit is blended with the LDPE resin to form the coextruded multilayer film layer containing 2 % by weight of aluminum paste. In this case, one part by weight of aluminum paste masterbatch is blended with 19 parts by weight of natural L-LDPE resin, and mineral spirit content of the coextruded multilayer film layer becomes less than 0.05 % by weight since a part of the mineral spirit evaporates during film formation. The aluminum powder includes microflakes produced from aluminum foil which is crushed by a ball mill or a stamp mill, in addition to usual aluminum powder manufactured by atomization, dropping on a rotary disc or evaporation from melted aluminum. Since aluminum powder is unstable, it is stabilized by a known treatment. When the packaging material tearable by hand is used as a transparent packaging material, an antistatic agent or a conductive packaging material is preferably blended into one or more layers. The packaging material tearable by hand may be laminated with a flexible sheet layer. The flexible sheet may be selected from the flexible sheets mentioned below. Preferable flexible sheets are various papers having an areal weight of 20 to 400 g/m 2 , such as unbleached kraft paper, semibleached kraft paper, bleached kraft paper, twisting paper, clupak paper, duostress paper, white board, photographic base paper, pure white roll paper, coated paper, simili and glassine paper, metal foils having a thickness of 5 to 50 µm, such as aluminum foil, tin foil, zinc foil, lead foil and iron foil, aluminum metallized papers and metallized films such as aluminum metallized thermoplastic resin films. The light-shielding material includes every material capable of shielding visible and ultraviolet lights. Examples of the light-shielding material are various carbon blacks, graphite, an ion oxide, zinc white, a titanium oxide, clay, aluminum powder, aluminum paste, calcium carbonate, mica, barium sulfate, talc, cadmium pigments, chrome yellow, red iron oxide, cobalt blue copperphthalocyanine pigments, monoazo and polyazo pigments, aniline black and various metal fibers. Various carbon black, aluminum powder and aluminum paste from which volatile components are preferable. The form of the light-shielding material prior to blending may be powder, paste, wet state, masterbatch, pellets, etc. Carbon blacks are divided into gas black, oil furnace black, anthracene black, acetylene black, lamp black, vegetable black and animal black according to their origin. Among these, oil furnace carbon black is preferable in terms of light-shielding character, cost and improvement of properties. On the other hand, since acetylene black and Ketschen carbon black have antistatic character, they are also preferable, though they are expensive. The may be blended to the oil furnace black in order to improve its character. Suitable pH of carbon black is at 5 to 9, and suitable mean particle size is less than 200 nm (mµ), particularly 10 to 50 nm (mµ). Particularly, the oil furnace carbon black having pH 6 to 8 and mean particle size of 15 to 30 nm (mµ) is preferable. By using the carbon black of such pH and particle size, a packaging material having the following merits is obtained. That is, the occurrence of fogging is rare, increase or decrease of photosensitivity scarcely happens, light-shielding ability is large, and the lumps of carbon black and pinholes such as fish eye hardly generate. As the method of blending a light-shielding material, the masterbatch method is preferable in points of cost and clear process. The mean particle size of the carbon black is less than 200 nm (mµ). When the mean particle size is beyond 200 nm (mµ), the physical strength such as tear strength of coextruded film lowers. The flexible sheet includes various thermoplastic resin films (which are biaxially stretched) such as various polyethylene films, ethylene copolymer films, polypropylene films, polyvinyl chloride films, polyvinylidene chloride films, polyamide films, polycarbonate films, fluorocarbon polymer films, polyester films and their modified resin films. Other flexible sheets such as a metallized film such as aluminum-metallized film, cellulose acetate film, cellophane, polyvinyl alcohol film, paper, metal foil such as aluminum foil, nonwoven fabric, cross laminated airly fabric, perforated film, foamed polyethylene sheet, foamed polypropylene sheet, foamed polystyrene sheet and foamed polyurethane sheet are also suitable. Preferable flexible sheets are cellophane, cellulose acetate film, uniaxially or biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film, processed films of these films such as coated with a moistureproof or gas barrier layer such as vinylidene chloride layer or metallized. The thickness of the flexible sheet layer is 7 to 60 µm. The coextruded multilayer film may be formed by conventional coextrusion such as T die coextrusion or inflation process. In the packaging material, the biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer, and the coextruded multilayer film layer are laminated through an adhesive layer, other layers may be laminated according to an usual method such as heat sealing (hot bar sealing, flame melt adhesion, hot blast adhesion, impulse heat sealing, supersonic adhesion, etc.), the method using an adhesive (wet laminating, dry laminating, hot melt laminating extrusion laminating etc.) and coextrusion method. Representative adhesives are thermoplastic resin melting adhesives including polyolefin adhesives, hot melting type gum adhesives and solution type adhesives. The polyolefin adhesives include homopolymers and copolymers of olefins such as various polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polybutenes, ethylene-propylene copolymers and L-LDPE, copolymers of an olefin and another monomer such as ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, various ionomers ("SURLYN" Dupont, "Himiran" Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd., etc.) and graft copolymers. The solution type adhesives are divided into adhesives for wet lamination and adhesives for dry lamination. The adhesives for wet lamination are emulsion or latex. Examples of the emulsion-type adhesives are polyvinyl acetate emulsion, the emulsion of vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer, the emulsion of vinyl acetate-acrylate ester copolymer, the emulsion of vinyl acetate-maleate ester copolymer, the emulsion of acrylic copolymer and the emulsion of ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer. Examples of the latex-type adhesives are natural rubber latex, styrene-butadiene rubber latex, acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber latex and chloroprene rubber latex. Examples of the adhesives for dry lamination are isocyanate adhesive and polyurethane adhesive. Adhesives for hot melt lamination where paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene-ethylacrylate copolymer and etc. are blended, pressure-sensitive adhesives, temperature-sensitive adhesives and ultraviolet rays-setting adhesive may also be employed. Melting point of the adhesive employed is preferably lower than 5°C from die melting point of the layers to be joined in order to laminate without bad influence upon the layer to coated by a thermal melting adhesion. The thickness of the adhesive layer formed by extrusion laminating using a thermoplastic resin is usually 6 to 50 µm, preferably 10 to 20 µm in the case of the packaging material according to the present invention. A lubricant is preferably blended into various layers of the packaging material in order to improve film moldability, slipping character, processibility and the like. Examples of commercial lubricants suitable for the present invention include; Silicone lubricant; "SHINETSU SILICONE" (Shinetsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) "TORAY SILICONE" (Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.) Oleic acid amide lubricants; "ARMOSLIP-CP" (Lion Akzo Co., Ltd.), "NEWTRON" and "NEWTRON E 18 (Nippon Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.), "AMIDE-O (Nitto Kagaku K.K.), "DIAMID O-200" and "DIAMID G-200" (Nippon Kasei Chemical Co., Ltd.) Erucic acid amide lubricants; "ALFLOW P-10" (Nippon Oil and Fats Co., Ltd.) Stearic acid amide lubricants; "ALFLOW S-10" (Nippon Oil and Fats Co., Ltd.), "NEWTRON 2" (Nippon Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.), "DIAMID 200" (Nippon Kasei Chemical Co., Ltd.) Bis fatty acid amide lubricants; "BISAMIDE" (Nitto Kagaku K.K.), "DIAMID-200 BIS" (Nippon Kasei Chemical Co., Ltd.), "ARMOWAX-EBS" (Lion Akzo Co., Ltd.) Alkylamine lubricants; "ELECTROSTRIPPER TS-2", "ELECTROSTRIPPER TS-3" (Kao Corp.) Suitable content of the lubricant is 0.01 to 1 wt. % so as not to affect bad influence upon photographic photosensitive materials. Various additives may be added to one or more of the above layers. Examples of the additives are descried below. Two or more lubricants may be blended to use. The number of carbon atom of the fatty acid amide lubricants suitable for the invention is 8 to 50, preferably 15 to 35. (1) Plasticizer; phthalic acid esters, glycol esters, fatty acid esters, phosphoric acid esters, etc. (2) Stabilizer; lead compounds, cadmium compounds, zinc compounds, alkaline earth metal compounds, organic tin compounds, etc. (3) Antistatic agent; cation surfactants, anion surfactants, nonion surfactants, ampholytic surfactants, etc. (4) Flame retardant; phosphoric acid esters, phosphoric acid ester halides, halides, inorganic materials, polyols containing phosphor, etc. (5) Filler; alumina, kaolin, clay, calcium carbonate, mica, talc, titanium oxide, silica, etc. (6) Reinforcing agent; glass lobing, metallic fiber, glass fiber, glass milled fiber, carbon fiber, etc. (7) Coloring agent; inorganic pigments (Al, Fe 2 O 3 , TiO 2 , ZnO,CdS, etc.), organic pigments, dyes, etc. (8) Blowing agent; inorganic blowing agents (ammonium carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), organic blowing agents (nitroso compounds, azo compounds), etc. (9) Vulcanizing agent; vulcanization accelerator, acceleration assistant, etc. (10) Deterioration preventing agent; ultraviolet absorber, antioxidant, metal deactivator, peroxide decomposing agent, etc. (11) Nucleating agent; organic nucleating agents (di-substituted benzilidene sorbitol,etc.), inorganic nucleating agents, etc. (12) Coupling agent; silane compounds, titanium compounds, chromium compounds, aluminum compounds, etc. (13) Various thermoplastic resins, rubbers The packaging material of the invention is suitable for packaging silver halide photographic photosensitive materials, diazo photographic photosensitive materials, photosensitive resins, self-developing type photographic materials and diffusion-transfer type photographic materials, etc. This packaging material is also usable for packaging foods such as chocolate, margarine, miso, wine and beer, medicines, dyes and other chemical materials such as developing solution and mordants for dying and the like. This packaging material is particularly suitable for the moistureproof light-shielding double sheet bag for photographic photosensitive materials of which quality is degraded by a small amount of a gas, light or moisture. Package form may be usual, and includes a single-sheet flat bag, a double-sheet flat bag, a square bottom bag, a self-standing bag, a single-sheet gusset bag, a double-sheet gusset bag, a film sheet, inner lining for a moistureproof box and a leader paper. The bag-making may be carried out according to the known adhesion method of plastic films, such as flame melt adhesion hot blast adhesion, hot plate adhesion, impulse heat sealing, fusing, supersonic adhesion or high frequency sealing. The bag-making may also be carried out by the method using an adhesive such as gum adhesive, hot melt adhesive, solution adhesive, pressure-sensitive adhesive or heat-sensitive adhesive. In the packaging material according to the present invention, which is tearable by hand, the combination of the coextruded multilayer film layer and the biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer makes tearability by hand well, and it secures heat sealing properties, physical strength, moistureproofness, wear resistance and bag-making ability for automatic bag-making machine. The curling of the packaging material is also little. EXAMPLES Representative packaging materials of the invention tearable by hand are illustrated in FIGURES 33 to 40. The packaging material of FIGURE 33 consists of a coextruded multilayer film layer 27a consisting of a light-shielding high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer 28a and a light-shielding ethylene copolymer resin film layer 29a and a biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer 30 laminated on the high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer 28a through an adhesive layer 5. The packaging material of FIGURE 34 is the same as the packaging material OF FIGURE 33 except that the biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer 30 is provided with a modified layer 31 on the side of the adhesive layer 5. The packaging material of FIGURE 35 consists of the coextruded multilayer film layer 27a of FIGURE 33, a metal foil layer 9 laminated on the ethylene copolymer resin film layer 29a of the coextruded multilayer film layer through an adhesive layer 5 and a biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer 30 further laminated thereon through an adhesive layer 5. The packaging material of FIGURE 36 is the same as the packaging material of FIGURE 34 except that the coextruded multilayer film layer 27a is provided with an intermediate layer 6, that no light-shielding material is added to the high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer 28, and that the flexible sheet layer 30 is laminated on the side of the ethylene copolymer resin film layer 29a. The packaging material of FIGURE 37 is the same as the packaging material of FIGURE 34 except that the flexible sheet layer 30 is laminated on the side of the ethylene copolymer resin film layer 29a. The packaging material of FIGURE 38 is the same as the packaging material of FIGURE 34 except that no light-shielding material is added to the high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer 28. The packaging material of FIGURE 39 is the same as the packaging material of FIGURE 35 except that the coextruded multilayer film layer 27 does not contain a light-shielding material. The packaging material of FIGURE 40 is the same as the packaging material of FIGURE 33 except that the coextruded multilayer film layer 27a is provided with an intermediate layer 6. Examples of the packaging bags made of the packaging material of the invention tearable by hand are illustrated in FIGURES 41 to 43. The packaging bag of FIGURE 41 is a three-sided fin seal bag, and made by turning the packaging material. Two adjoining sides 32, 34 other than the turned side are heat-seated, and photosensitive materials 33 are inserted into the bag through the opening. Then the remaining side 32 is heat-seated, and a V-shaped notch 34 is formed near the end of one side 32 so as to tear in the longitudinal direction (MD). The packaging bag of FIGURE 42 is the same as the packaging bag of FIGURE 41 except that the bottom side of the bag is turned. The packaging bag of FIGURE 43 is a four-sided fin seal bag. First, three sides 32 are heat-sealed, and photosensitive materials 33 are inserted into the bag through the opening. Then, the remaining side 32 is heat-sealed, and a V-shaped notch 34 is formed so as to tear in the longitudinal direction. The heat-sealed portion is made broad around the notch 34 as a reinforced part 35. Various properties were measured as to the packaging materials of the invention IX to XI, a comparative packaging material III and conventional packaging materials IV to VII, and the results are shown in Table 3. The packaging material of the invention IX corresponds to the packaging material of FIGURE 34, and composed of the following layers. Biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer 30: Polyester resin film Thickness; 12 µm Modified layer 31: Aluminum vacuum metallized membrane Thickness; 40 nm (400 Å) Adhesive layer 5: LDPE resin extrusion laminate adhesive layer Thickness; 15 µm Coextruded multilayer film layer 27a: Thickness; 70 µm Formed by inflation molding machine High density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer 28a: HDPE resin 68 wt. % (MI; 0.4 g/10 minutes, Density; 0.964 g/cm 3 ) L-LDPE resin 25 wt. % (α-olefin; 4-methylpentene-1, MI; 2.1 g/10 minutes, Density; 0.920 g/cm 3 ) LDPE resin 4 wt. % (MI; 2.4 g/10 minutes, Density; 0.923 g/cm 3 ) Carbon black 3 wt. % Thickness; 35 µm Ethylene copolymer resin film layer 29a: L-LDPE resin 96.9 wt. % (α-olefin; 4-methylpentene-1, MI; 2.1 g/10 minutes, Density; 0.920 g/cm 3 ) Carbon black 3 wt. % Phenol antioxidant 0.05 wt. % Oleic acid amide lubricant 0.05 wt. % Thickness; 35 µm The packaging material of the invention X corresponds to the packaging material of FIGURE 34, and it has the same composition as the packaging material of the invention IX except that the biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer 30 is formed of a polypropylene resin film containing 0.5 wt. % of a metal salt of imidazoline type ampholytic surfactant as antistatic agent having a thickness of 20 µm, and that the modified layer 31 is a polyvinylidene chloride resin layer containing 90 wt. % of vinylidene chloride having thickness of 1 µm. The packaging material of the invention XI corresponds to the packaging material of FIGURE 35, and composed of the following layers. Biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer 30: Polyester resin film Thickness; 12 µm Two adhesive layers 5: The same as the packaging material of the invention IX Metal foil layer 9: Aluminum foil Thickness; 7 µm High density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer 28a: HDPE resin 60 wt. % (MI; 1.2 g/10 minutes, Density; 0.954 g/cm 3 ) L-LDPE resin 36.9 wt. % (α-olefin; butene-1, MI; 2.0 g/10 minutes, Density; 0.920 g/cm 3 ) Carbon black 3 wt. % Phenol antioxidant 0.05 wt. % Oleic acid amide lubricant 0.05 wt. % Thickness; 35 µm Ethylene copolymer resin film layer 29a: The same as the packaging material of the invention IX The comparative packaging material III is the laminated film composed of a bleached kraft paper layer having an areal weight of 35 g/m 2 , an aluminum foil layer having a thickness of 7 µm and a HDPE resin inflation film layer composed of 97 wt. % of HDPE resin having a MI of 0.4 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.964 g/cm 3 and 3 wt. % of carbon black having a thickness of 70 µm laminated in this order each through a LDPE resin extrusion adhesive layer having a thickness of 15 µm. The conventional packaging material IV is the laminated film composed of an aluminum foil layer having a thickness of 7 µm and two uniaxially stretched HDPE resin film layers composed of 95.5 wt. % of HDPE resin having a MI of 0.4 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.964 g/cm 3 and 4.5 wt. % of carbon black and having a thickness of 45 µm laminated on both face of the aluminum foil layer each through a LDPE resin extrusion adhesive layer having a thickness of 10 µm. The conventional packaging material V is the laminated film composed of a bleached kraft paper layer having an areal weight of 35 g/m 2 , an aluminum foil layer having a thickness of 7 µm and a L-LDPE resin film layer composed of 97 wt. % of L-LDPE resin of ethylene and 4-methylpentene-1 having a MI of 2.1 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.920 g/cm 3 and 3 wt. % of carbon black having a thickness of 70 µm laminated in this order each through a LDPE resin extrusion adhesive layer having a thickness of 15 µm. The conventional packaging material VI is the laminated film composed of a bleached kraft paper layer having an areal weight of 35 g/m 2 , an aluminum foil layer having a thickness of 7 µm and a LDPE resin film layer composed of 97 wt. % of LDPE resin having a MI of 2.4 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.923 g/cm 3 and 3 wt. % of carbon black having a thickness of 70 µm laminated in this order each through a LDPE resin extrusion adhesive layer having a thickness of 15 µm. The conventional packaging material VII is the laminated film composed of a LDPE resin film layer composed of 67 wt. % of LDPE resin having a MI of 2.4 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.923 g/cm 3 , 30 wt. % of polyisobutylene rubber and 3 wt. % of carbon black having a thickness of 50 µm, a bleached kraft paper layer having an areal weight of 35 g/m 2 , an aluminum foil layer having a thickness of 7 µm and another LDPE resin film layer composed of 97 wt. % of LDPE resin having a MI of 2.4 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.923 g/cm 3 and 3 wt. % of carbon black having a thickness of 50 µm, laminated in this order each through a LDPE resin extrusion adhesive layer having a thickness of 15 µm. The LDPE resin used in the foregoing LDPE resin extrusion adhesive layers is LDPE resin having a MI of 5.1 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.919 g/cm 3 , and the carbon black used in the foregoing layers is oil furnace carbon black having a mean particle size of 2.1 nm (mµ) and a pH of 7.7. The packaging bag shown in FIGURE 42 was used for test. Evaluation in Table 3 were carried out as follows: A very excellent B excellent C practical D having a problem E impractical Testing methods were as follos: Melt Index; ASTM D-1238 Density; ASTM D-1505 Thickness; JIS P-8118 Wear Resistance: Products were placed in the bag, and the bag was sealed. The bag was put in a decorated box, and the decorated boxes were placed in a corrugated board box. The corrugated board box was vibrated by a vibrator under the conditions of JIS Z-0200, level II (vertical vibration for 30 minutes and horizontal vibration for 30 minutes), and the abrasion degree of the surface of the packaging material was observed. Tearability: Judged by the tearability from the notched portion by hand and the state of torn part. Heat sealing Properties: Judged by heat sealing strength, hot tack properties, seal ability of contraries, tolerance of heat sealable temperature, etc. Breaking Strength: 1 kg of sand was put in the bag, and sealed. The bag was dropped from 1 m height, and the breaking strength was judged by the breaking degree of the bag. Light-Shielding: A photographic film of ASA 100 was put into the bag made by each exemplified film, and then the bag was completely sealed. This bag was exposed to the light of 80,000 luxes for one hour, and the light-shielding character was estimated by the fogging degree of the photographic film. Optical Density: The optical density of the packaging material measured by a photometer ("FSD-103" manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., detectable maximum optical density is 4.0.) Moisture Permeability: JIS Z-0208 Elapsed Heat Seal Strength: The heat seal strength of the same sample under the same heat sealing conditions was measured after 1 hour and 1 month of the heat sealing, and the elapsed heat seal strength was judged by the lowering degree and unevenness of the heat sealing strength of the sample after 1 month. Film Moldability: Each sample film was formed by an inflation film molding machine, and the film moldability was judged by bubble stability, and the generation degrees of wrinkling, furrow, lumps and melt fracture. Folding Quality: Each sample film molded by inflation process was cut into a square piece of 10 cm x 10 cm, and turned at a diagonal line into triangle, and the folding quality was judged the return angle immediately thereafter. Right-Reverse Judgement: Distinguishability of the right surface and the reverse surface of the packaging material under a safety light.

Claims: A packaging material for photographic photosensitive materials comprising a coextruded multilayer film layer comprising a high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin film layer having a melt index of 0.2 to 4 g/10 min and a density of more than 0.941 g/cm 3 comprising a high density high crystallinity polyethylene resin as the principal resin and an ethylene-α- olefin copolymer resin having a melt index of 0.1 to 10 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.87 to 0.935 g/cm 3 , and an ethylene copolymer resin film layer, having a melt index of higher than said polyethylene resin film layer and a density of lower than said polyethylene resin film layer, comprising an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer resin having a melt index of 0.5 to 10 g/10 minutes and a density of 0.870 to 0.939 g/cm 3 as the principal component, and a biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer having a thickness of 7 to 60 µm laminated on said coextruded multilayer film layer through an adhesive layer. The packaging material of claim 1 wherein the resin composing said biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer is selected from the group consisting of polyester resin, polyamide resin, polyethylene resin, polystyrene resin, polypropylene resin, polyvinyl chloride resin, polyvinylidene chloride resin, polyvinyl alcohol resin, binary and more copolymer resins of a monomer of the above resins and other monomers being random and block and blended resins of the above resins and other resins. The packaging material of claim 1 which contains 0.5 to 50 g/m 3 of a light-shielding material. The packaging material of claim 1 wherein said biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film layer is stretched 1.5 to 20 time both in longitudinal direction and in lateral direction. The packaging material of claim 4 wherein said biaxially stretched thermoplastic resin film is provided with a metallic membrane layer having a thickness of 5,5 to 120 nm (55 to 1200 Å). The packaging material of claim 1 wherein said adhesive layer is an extrusion laminate adhesive layer having a thickness of 10 to 20 µm.

Inventors: AKAO MUTSUO, KOMATSU TAKUICHI, AKAO, MUTSUO, KOMATSU, TAKUICHI
Applicants: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD, FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Application year: 1988
Main classification: B32B7
IPC codes: B32B7, B32B27, G03C3, B65D65