Abstract: A transparent article includes a continuous polyester matrix having at least one incompatible filler dispersed therein. The incompatible filler provides domains in the polyester matrix, each domain having a particular dimension, thus providing a range of dimensions for the domains in the article. To create haze, the dimensions are within the range of from about 380 nm to about 720 nm. Once the range of dimensions is determined, a light absorbent composition can be found which absorbs light at a range of wavelengths that at least substantially covers the range of dimensions of the domains. In doing so, it has been found that the haze of the article can be substantially masked. Method for producing the article and for masking the haze are also provided.

Abstract: The leather-like sheet substrate of the present invention comprises a fiber-entangled nonwoven fabric that comprises a microfine fiber bundle (A) and a microfine fiber bundle (B) in a blending ratio (A)/(B) of 30/70 to 70/30 by mass and a polymeric elastomer contained in the fiber-entangled nonwoven fabric. The microfine fiber bundle (A) comprises 10 to 100 microfine fibers each of which has a single fiber fineness of 0.5 dtex or less and which are made of an elastic polymer having a JIS A hardness of 90 to 97. The microfine fiber bundle (B) comprises a microfine fiber which has a single fiber fineness of 0.5 dtex or less and which is made of a non-elastic polymer. Because of its excellent stretchability in both the machine and transverse directions and drapeability, the leather-like sheet substrate is particularly suitable as the material for clothing.

Abstract: A package for heating a food product. The package has a tray with a central panel for supporting the food product and a flexible flap containing a layer of microwave insulating material for heating the food product. The flexible flap has independently movable sections, wraps around the food product, and forms an open ended cooking sleeve.

Abstract: A food consumption appliance having a first chamber and a second chamber, where the first chamber contains a liquid and the second chamber contains a dry comestible, where each chamber has an opening into a common mouthpiece so that when the appliance is tipped, the liquid and dry comestible exit into the mouthpiece.

Abstract: A container comprising a polyester composition with enhanced carbon dioxide and oxygen barrier properties is provided. The polyester composition comprises a polyester and a purine derivative. In a particular embodiment, the purine derivative comprises a purine dione, such as caffeine.

Abstract: An injection molded preform for making a stretch blow molded container having an overall stretch ratio of from about 12 to about 16, wherein the overall stretch ratio is a product of a hoop stretch ratio and an axial stretch ratio, wherein the hoop stretch ratio is from about 5.6 to about 6.5, wherein the axial stretch ratio is from about 2.4 to about 2.7, and wherein the preform comprises a CG PET Copolymer having a free blow volume of from about 650 to about 800 ml measured at 100° C. and 90 psi using a 25 gram weight preform designed for a 500 ml container with a maximum diameter of 65 mm and a height of 200 mm from below the container finish and having a hoop stretch ratio of 5.5 and an axial stretch ratio of 2.6. This invention also relates to a method of making such preforms and stretch blow molded containers and methods of making the same.

Abstract: The invention is related to a method for producing a steamed, exploded, and fermented dietary fiber, comprising the steps of: subjecting a hemicellulose-containing plant resource to a steam treatment followed by an explosion treatment (2.5 Mpa, 70 seconds); mixing wheat bran into this steamed and exploded material; adjusting water content of this mixture to about 50%; subsequently preparing koji with the use of a koji fungus; adding water to the koji thus obtained; mixing the steamed and exploded material into a koji dispersion wherein koji is dispersed into water; adjusting water content of this mixture to about 50%; subsequently fermenting the mixture. This method produces a useful material as a food material and a health supplement, by a simple process, with efficiency, and at a low cost.

Abstract: A package assembly encloses a plurality of individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products aligned in a side-by-side array. The package housing encloses the array of product. The package housing has front and back walls for supporting the products therebetween and a closeable cover for closing a product dispensing opening. The package housing further includes a frictional product retention member insertably supported within the package for frictionally retaining the array of product within the package.

Abstract: A packaged aqueous carbonated beverage comprising a container which replaces at least a portion of CO2 that permeates through the container or closure. The container comprises a polyester composition including a polyester suitable for packaging aqueous carbonated beverages and a carbonating agent. The aqueous carbonated beverage is disposed in the container such that the aqueous carbonated beverage has direct contact with the container and a closure seals the beverage in the container. The carbonating agent reacts with water in the carbonated beverage forming CO2 for replacing at least a portion of CO2 that permeates through the container or closure. A corresponding method of packaging an aqueous carbonated beverage is disclosed.

Abstract: A hydrogenated copolymer-containing laminate comprising a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, and a hydrogenated copolymer composition layer which is laminated on and bonded to the substrate layer through the adhesive layer, the hydrogenated copolymer composition layer comprising a hydrogenated copolymer (I), and a rubbery polymer (II), wherein the hydrogenated copolymer (I) is obtained by hydrogenating a conjugated diene/vinyl aromatic compound copolymer, the hydrogenated copolymer (I) having the following characteristics (1) to (4): (1) a vinyl aromatic monomer unit content of from more than 50% by weight to 90% by weight, (2) a content of a vinyl aromatic polymer block of not more than 40% by weight, (3) a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, and (4) a hydrogenation ratio of 70% or more, as measured with respect to the double bonds in conjugated diene monomer units.

Abstract: The invention relates to: a label for in-mold forming having excellent suitability for delabeling which comprises a thermoplastic resin film base layer (I) and a heat-sealable resin layer (II) and in which the heat-sealable resin layer (II) has an adhesion strength as measured at 23° C. of 300 gf/15 mm or higher and an adhesion strength as measured at 90° C. of 290 gf/15 mm or lower; and a labeled resin container having the label bonded thereto.

Abstract: Described are blood therapy containers comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.

Abstract: Described are intravenous components comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.

Abstract: Described are bottles comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.

Abstract: An elastic nonwoven composite that contains an elastic film laminated to one or more nonwoven web materials is provided. The composite is formed by passing the film through a nip to bond the film to the nonwoven web material(s). Concurrent with bond formation, apertures are also formed in the elastic film. The apertures are of a size sufficient to provide a desired level of texture, softness, hand feel, and/or aesthetic appeal to the composite without having a significant adverse effect on its elastic properties. Aperture and bond formation are accomplished in the present invention by selectively controlling certain parameters of the lamination process, such as film content, bonding pattern, degree of film tension, bonding conditions, etc.

Abstract: A gas barrier layered product including a base material and a layer stacked on a surface of the base material, wherein the layer is formed of a composition including: a hydrolyzed and condensed product of a compound (L) containing a metal atom to which a group selected from a halogen atom and an alkoxy group is bonded, and a compound (A) in which an organic group selected from a halogen atom, a mercapto group and a hydroxyl group is further bonded to the metal atom; a neutralized product of a polymer containing a functional group selected from a carboxyl group and a carboxylic anhydride group, wherein at least 40 mol % of a —COO— group contained in the functional group has been neutralized with a metal ion having a valence of two or more; and a compound (D) bonded to both the —COO— group and a group on the surface of the hydrolyzed and condensed product of the compound (L). A method for producing the gas barrier layered product.

Abstract: A composite sheet comprising at least one layer each of a substrate layer (layer A) made of a polystyrene resin and an ABS resin as the main components, a reinforcing layer (layer B) made of an ABS resin as the main component, and a surface layer (layer C) made of, as the main component, a polystyrene resin which contains a conductive filler, wherein the surface on at least one side is the above surface layer (layer C) is useful for a conductive composite sheet which has a small difference in physical properties between the machine and transverse directions and has high rigidity and folding endurance and which can easily be thermally formed into a tray or an embossed carrier tape.

Abstract: Oxygen scavenging materials incorporated into or attached to a package such as a gable-top or rectangular carton, used to package foods, beverages or other oxygen sensitive materials, and thereby increase shelf-life by decreasing oxygen in the headspace of the package, and decreasing oxidation of the packaged product.

Abstract: A multi-layer device having a plurality of primary layers for protecting an object includes a first primary layer formed from a first ceramic material. A second primary layer is positioned over the first primary layer, the second primary layer being formed from a first plastic material. A third primary layer is positioned over the second primary layer, the third primary layer being formed from metal. A fourth primary layer is positioned over the third primary layer, the fourth primary layer being formed from a second plastic material. A fifth primary layer is positioned over the fourth layer, the fifth primary layer being formed from a second ceramic material. A sixth primary layer is positioned over the fifth primary layer. The sixth primary layer includes a plurality of sub-layers, with each sub-layer being formed as a plurality of secondary layers, and with each secondary layer being a composite polymer-fabric.

Abstract: A stretched cellulose ester film produced by stretching after film forming employing a cellulose ester including a polyester polyol obtained from (a) a glycol having an average carbon atom number of 2 to 3.5 and (b) a dibasic or an anhydrous dibasic acid having an average carbon number of 4 to 5.5, wherein the stretched cellulose ester film exhibits retardation value Ro in the range of 30 to 200 nm, and a retardation value Rt in the range of 70 to 400 nm, Ro and Rt are each defined by specific Formulas (1) and (2).