AU637673B2 – Multi-layer container for dentifrice
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AU637673B2 – Multi-layer container for dentifrice
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Multi-layer container for dentifrice
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AU637673B2
AU637673B2
AU71064/91A
AU7106491A
AU637673B2
AU 637673 B2
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polybutylene terephthalate
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Richard S. Robinson
John Santalucia
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Abstract
A laminated structure which is useful for making tubes for dentifrice tubes is comprised of a structure where the laminate layer which contacts the dentifrice consists of a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene. The other layers can consist of adhesives, paper, foils and the like. A polybutylene terephthalate-polyethylene layer has been found to have a low degree of absorption of flavourant.
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Patent Act 1952 If 7 31 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
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Class Int. Class Application Number Lodged Complete Specification Lodged Accepted Published Priority: 26 February 1990 Related Art Name of Applicant Address of Applicant Actual Inventor Richard S. Robinson S COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 300 Park Avenue,New York, New York, 10022, United States of America Edward A.Tavss, John Santalucia, Address for Service S0.
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F.B. RICE CO., Patent Attorneys, 28A Montague Street, BALMAIN. 2041.
Complete Specification for the invention entitled: MVl-T( Lf;YER CO AIGL.
“COLLAPSIBLE LAMINATB- TBE FOR DENTIFRICE” The following statement is a full description of this invention including the best method of performing it known to us:- It -0 o The present invention relates broadly to a container having a layer of a blend of polyethylene and polybutylene terephthalate. The invention is more particularly concerned with a collapsible dispensing container of laminated construction in the body portion thereof whereby product permeation and absorption, and oxygen absorption, are substantially prevented in all regions of the container structure.
Collapsible tubes formed of metallic and plastic materials have long been known in the packaging field. Extruded metal tubes are inherently 6:00brittle arid repeated use not infrequently results in wall cracks so that product is exuded from a location other than the essentially rigid dispensing orifice. Of the prior art metal tubes, aluminum tubes, while probably being the least brittle, are somewhat limited in their applications since up to the present time it has not been possible to apply to the interior surfaces thereof a completely satisfactory coating. A coating is required to prevent attack and corrosion of the metal by alkaline or acid contents and contamination of the contents by the reaction products.
Notwithstanding the relatively brittle nature of a metal tube, the mentioned internal coating operation requires an additional processing step which necessarily increases the cost of the final- article.
Tubes formed of polyethylene and other plastic materials have enjoyed wide commercial success in the packaging of many products. However, certain products after a time have been note. to deteriorate when contained in polyethylene. Plastics as exemplified by polyethylene are permeable to a degree when employed in the wall thicknesses used in tubular containers.
This results in the essential oils embodied in most dentifrices for -flavoring purposes being reduced in volume during storage of the container, rendering the dentifrice less palatable. Also, the plastic container wall 1B absorbs oxygen over a period of time and ultimately may decompose the .3 3 .3 4 3. product, which has actually been found to be the case with fluoridecontaining toothpastes.
It has been proposed to provide a relatively thin metallic foil barrier between the product and the polyethylene tube body to prevent the mentioned loss of essential oils and the absorption of oxygen. The metallic barrier has been suggested as an interlayer between facing sheets of polyethylene, and the laminate be formed by heat with or without suitable adhesives.
However, while a structure of this general character is effective to prevent some product permeation and oxygen absorption through the tube body, and particularly when the inner thermoplastic layer is a copolymer of an olefin 4040 and a polar group containing monomer with which it is co-polymerizable, there remains the possibility of product deterioration, albeit to a lesser extent.
U.S. Patent 4,243,712 discloses the use of plastic tubes made from polyethylene terephthalate. It is also stated to be a flavor barrier.
However, the main use for the tubes is as a shrink film. There is no disclosure to use of this film with pastes. Further, there is no disclosure 4 of the use of this film to make tubes to hold and dispense dentifrices.
U.S. Patent 4,327,726 also discloses a tube comprised of polyethylene terephthalate. This is similar to a related disclosure in U.S. Patent 4,009,734. In each instance, the polyethylene terephthalate tube is used as a conduit means. It is not used to contain a dentifrice. Further, there is no disclosure in these patents to use a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene.
U.S. Patent 3,295,725 discloses a laminated collapsible dispensing container. This container has a metallic barrier and a polyethylene inner wall. The laminates that are disclosed in this patent make acceptable dispensing tubes, however, their dispensing tubes suffer from a high absorption of flavorant oils.
U.S. Patent 4,595,612 discloses the structure of a toothpaste dispensing tube which has as the inner layer a layer of polyethylene terephthalate. This polyester produces a good tube laminate. However, there is not disclosed the use of polybutylene terephthalate nor the use of a polybutylene terephthalate blend as the inner layer for a toothpaste dispenser.
Canadian Patent 728,525 discloses the use of a metal layer coated with polyethylene for use in making dentifrice dispensing tubes. However, as has been pointed out polyethylene will absorb a large amount of the flavorant 10 oils in a dentifrice composition.
A further disadvantage in a polyethylene surface resides in the inability of the surface to readily receive printing or decorative material.
*6O ,I In addition, polyethylene has a memory effect, that is, it does not remain compressed when squeezed, a particular disadvantage for dentifrice tubes.
To counter such lack of compressibility the metal layer must be relatively thick so that its compressibility is imposed oa the plastic.
SHowever, all of this can be overcome through the use of a blend of polyethylene and polybutylene terephthalate. Such a blend has properties superior to those of polyethylene alone or polybutylene terephthalate *-1 alone. The blend exhibits a synergism with regard to a significant decrease in the degree -f absorption of flavorants from liquids and pastes.
I.J*d1 UA R C TlHE NVENTION- It is, therefore, an objective f the present invention to provide a collapsible dispensing container of lami ted wall construction in the body portion which has a decreased degree of flav ant absorption.
Another object of this invention lies in th rovision of a tubular container having a plurality of adherent layers in th body portion, one of said layers providing a barrier to product migration and xygen absorption, such as a metallic foil, and another of said layers being a p yethylene- Sblend. The latter layer being innermo and 1 3 3 T/ 0
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3a SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a multi-layer container comprising an enclosed space, the innermost surfaces of the enclosed space being of a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene.
In a preferred embodiment the present invention provides a collapsible dispensing container of laminated wall construction in the body portion which has a decreased degree of flavorant absorption.
Another preferred embodiment of this invention lies in the provision of a tubular container having a plurality of adherent layers in the body portion, one of said layers providing a barrier to product migration and oxygen absorption, such as a metallic foil, and another of said layers being a polyethylene-polybutylene terephthalate blend. The latter layer being innermost, and *T *o preferably outermost, with different additional laminae sandwiched therein between.
Such additional layers comprise paper and suitable adhesive and bonding agents such as copolymers of ethylene and acrylic acid. The collapsible dispensing container of the present invention may be constructed from the laminated substrate of the present invention by conventional and known apparatuses. Examples of such equipment and methods are shown in U.S.
Patent No. 3,832,964, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The use of a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene has a synergistic effect with regard to the absorption of flavorant oils from liquids and pastes. That is, the absorption of flavorant oils is less when the blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene is used than when either polybutylene terephthalate or polyethylene is used alone, 5 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS S. Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of fragmentary portion of the present laminated substrate.
Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of a collapsible dispensing container embodying the novel composition of this invention, with portions of the body walls being broken away to more fully illustrate the laminated structure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring now first to Fig. 1 of the drawings, a substrate 10 is shown in c:oss-section to reveal the components of the laminate that go to make up the laminated configuration.
The layer 11 is a layer of the blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene. This layer will contact the contained liquid or paste. In most instances, it will be a paste such as a toothpaste. The next layer 12 is an adhesive layer. This adhesive layer bonds the polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene blend layer with a metal foil later 13, such as aluminum foil. The layer 14 is another adhesive layer that secures the other side of the metal foil layer to a paper layer 15. The topmost layer 16 can be of a wide range of materials, but it is preferred that it be constructed of the same material of layer 11. That is, it will be a layer of a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene. The polybutylene terephthalate blend will contain about 80 to 91 percent by weight of polybutylene terephthalate and about 1 to 20 percent by weight of polyethylene, and preferable about 94 to 98 percent by weight of polybutylene terephthalate and 2 to 6 percent by weight of polyethylene.
Essentially any adhesive may be used. Preferred adhesives may be a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, or sodium or zinc salts thereof in a diluent system.
The metal foil is preferably an aluminum foil.
The paper layer is desirably a kraft paper.
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15 The thickness range of each of the layers is as follows: *oo Polybutylene terephthalate-polyethylene blend layer 11 0.5 mils to 3.0 mils, preferably 1.0 mils, Adhesive layer 12–sufficient to assure adherence Metal foil layer 13–0.5 mils to 2.0 mils, preferably 1.0 mils Adhesive layer 14–sufficient to assure adherence Paper layer 15–1.5 mils to 2.5 mils, preferably 2.0 mils, Polybutylene terephthalate-polyethylene layer 16 adheres to the paper layer 15 by means of the application of sufficient heat and pressure to the substrate. In the event the application of heat and pressure is not appropriate, a suitable adhesive is to be employed.
Fig. 2 is an example of the laminated structure of a collapsible container with the layers being demonstrated as in Fig. 1 with layer 11 being innermost and the other layer being of the same materials and in the same order as shown.
Tt is believed, clear from the foregoing, that there is provided a collapsible container structure which substantially reduces the problems heretofore unsolved by the prior art. The laminated substrate and laminated shoulder piece 20 completely eliminate product permeation and oxygen absorption, and this highly desirable result is achieved by the use of low cost materials which preferably are combined into laminated form in the manner indicated in Fig, 2, The outer layer of polybutylene terephthalate-polyethylene blend is a thermoplastic capable of fusion during a side seaming step and adequate protection to the paper and metallic foil interlayer. The art of seaming of a collapsible dentifrice tube of the general type that is disclosed is :00% illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 3,295,725, incorporated herein by reference.
However, the outer layer of polybutylene terephthalate-polyethiylene *seeS blend may be eliminated if the foil barrier is of sufficient thickness to resist damage, and by allowing a thermoplastic material into the overlap side seam during the sealing when such a system is employed.
Further, the outer layer may be paper in a three-ply laminate form of paper, foil and thermoplastic. The outermost and innermost layers are the same. The folded edges of the tube produced from the substrate Is 0 conveniently heat bonded. A suitable adhesive can be used when heat bonding is not possible, This modif ication is in addition to the af orementioned four-ply laminates. It is contemplated that suitable adhesives will be employed between the laminae whenever necessary. Like structures can be employed for the shoulder piece, cap, neck, rod, piston and in the construction of dispensing valves for such containers, particularly in conjunction with the interior portions exposed to the contained dentifrice, and, again, where required, compatible adhesives would be employed.
Various modifications of the invention have been disclosed herein, and these and other changes can be made without departing from the novel concepts of the instant contribution. Additionall.y, when cast as a f ilm on 6 the interior surfaces of fiber drums used for the storage of flavored dentifrice, the material will retard flavor loss into the drums, thereby extending storage life.
The blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene will contain from about 80 to 99 percent by weight polybutylene terephthalate to 1 to percent by weight polyethylene, and preferably about 94 to 98 percent by weight polybutylene terephthalate and 2 to 6 percent by weight of polyethylene. The blend is formed by heating a mixture of polybutylene to a melt and forming a blend. This blend is then extruded to form the film for the particular layers.
The following tables show the synergistic effect of a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene versus the use of polybutylene terephthalate alone or polyethylene alone. That is, it would be expected too* a. that the blend combination would have properties between those of the two V. 15 components. However, the blend combination is superior to either of the fee blend components used alone. The evaluations in these tables were conducted by encapsulating a sample of a dentifrice paste and of a flavor oil in an enclosure of each polymer and of the polymer blends and after three weeks at 90″F determining the amount of flavorant absorbed by the particular film, In each instance, the film is the same thickness.
Table I Ca 25 Adsorption Of Flavor From k Dentifrice Paste Absorption PBT 0.80 0.02 PBT 3% low density polyethylene 0.70 0.02 PBT 3% medium density polyethylene 0.67 0.03 PBT 3% high density polyethylene 0.66 0.02 Low density polyethylene 2.80 0.07 PBT is polybutylene terephthalate Table II Absorption of Neat Flavor Oil Absorption PBT 0.60 0.03 PBT 3% low density polyethylene 0.44 0,07 PBT 3% medium density polyethylene 0.38 0.02 PBT 3% high density polyethylene 0.30 0.03 Low density polyethylene 4.53 1.05 In these tables, it is clear that the blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene has a synergistic effect over the use of polybutylene terephthalate or polyethylene alone. This is the case whether the blend contains low density, medium density or high density polyethylene.
Such synergism is unexpected. It would be expected that the values for the blend would fall between those of the components. However, this did not e*9p tt occur. The blend is superior to either of the components.
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1. A multi-layer container comprising an enclosed space, the innermost surfaces of the -enclosed space being of a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene.
2. A multi-layer container as in claim 1 wherein adjacent to said innermost surfaces is a layer of a metal foil.
3. A multi-layer container as in claim 2 wherein said metal foil is aluminum foil.
4. A multi-layer container as in claim 2 wherein adjacent to said metal foil layer is a layer of paper.
A multi-layer container as in claim 4 wherein adjacent to said layer of paper is a layer of a thermoplastic.
6. A multi-layer container as in claim 5 wherein adjacent to said layer of paper is a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene.
7. A multi-layer container as in claim 1 wherein said polybutylene terephthalate constitutes from about 88 to 99 percent by weight of said polybutylene terephthalate- polyethylene blend.
8. A multi-layer container as in claim 7 wherein said polybutylene terephthalate constitutes from about 94 to 98 percent by weight of said polybutylene terephthalate- polyethylene blend.
9. A multi-layer container as in claim 2 wherein between said metal foil layer and said polybutylene terephthalate layer there is a layer of adhesive.
A multi-layer container as in claim 4 wherein between said metal foil layer and said paper layer there is a 30 layer of adhesive.
11. A multi-layer container having layers of material wherein the first and innermost layer is a layer of a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyetnylene, the second layer is aluminum foil, the third layer is paper 35 and the outermost layer is a thermoplastic. Q *1 0 S 00 S 00 00 0 00 *0 0 0 0 0 S SO S*~ 10
12. A multi-layer container as in claim 11 wherein said metal foil is aluminum foil.
13. A multi-layer container as in claim 11 wherein said outermost layer is a layer of a blend of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene.
14. A multi-layer container as in claim 11 wherein between said innermost layer of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene and metal foil there is an adhesive. A multi-layer container as in claim 11 wherein between said metal foil layer and said paper layer there is an adhesive. DATED this 23rd day of March 1993 COLGATE-PALMOLIVF COMPANY Patent Attorneys for the Applicant: F.B. RICE CO. *oe *Ioo *o .T en.i S CI& C *4 C *S
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