Abstract: An activator means for use in activating or re-activating adhesive and sealant compositions that have been pre-applied to a bonding surface prior to mating said bonding surface said means having a plurality of features for directly acting upon the pre-applied composition.

Abstract: An activator means for use in activating or re-activating adhesive and sealant compositions that have been pre-applied to a bonding surface prior to mating said bonding surface said means having a plurality of features for directly acting upon the pre-applied composition.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in activating or re-activating adhesive and sealant compositions that have been pre-applied to a bonding surface prior to mating said bonding surface, said apparatus having a plurality of features for directly acting upon the pre-applied composition.

Abstract: An activator means for use in activating or re-activating adhesive and sealant compositions that have been pre-applied to a bonding surface prior to mating said bonding surface said means having a plurality of features for directly acting upon the pre-applied composition.

Abstract: An insulating beverage cup is produced with an air containing film layer disposed on an inner surface of a food or beverage paper stock. The air containing film layer is extruded or laminated to the paper stock. An additional extruded or laminated layer is applied between the air containing film layer and paper stock layer. The insulating coating layer decreases the energy transfer between the beverage and the user's hands allowing the user to hold onto the cup for an extended period of time without causing user discomfort or pain. The exterior surface of the beverage cup remains highly printable and predisposed to high quality graphics.

Abstract: A coated paper stock having high moisture vapor barrier characteristics and ingredient compatible with recycling and repulping is disclosed comprising a substrate coated on at least one surface with a subcoat. The subcoat comprises a hydrolyzed amphoteric vegetable protein at at least 11 weight percent based on weight of the subcoat. A top coat is coated over said subcoat. The top coat consists essentially of a water-based dispersion of a film forming vinyl addition polymer, conjugated diene polymer or copolymer of either polymer, such as acrylic polymers, acrylic copolymers, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, styrene acrylate copolymers, styrene butadiene copolymers, polyvinylidene chloride and polyvinylidene chloride copolymers. The top coat is substantially free of mineral pigments that interfere with the moisture vapor barrier characteristics. The vegetable protein is preferably a hydrolyzed amphoteric soybean protein with an average molecular weight less than 400,000 Daltons.

Abstract: Beverage or food containers made from sheet material, and methods of making such containers. Such container comprises a layer of paperboard and an expanded foam layer applied as a coating in a liquid carrier, and affixed to a paperboard base layer. The expanded foam has a remote surface preferably defined by intermingled peaks and valleys. The sheet material can include a protective cover layer overlying the remote surface. Such cover layer can comprise paper, plastic film, or foamed thermoplastic. The sheet material can include a heat seal layer, with the heat seal layer overlying, and in surface-to-surface contact with, the foam layer such that the foam layer is between the paperboard and the heat seal layer. Preferred composition for the foam layer is PVDC or AMM.

Abstract: An insulating beverage or food container or sleeve is produced with a foam layer disposed on an inner surface of a paper stock. A polymer shrink film layer is arranged in a position along an inside surface of the beverage container. The foam layer is sandwiched between the polymer shrink film layer and the paper stock and decreases the energy transfer between the beverage and the user's hands allowing the user to hold onto the container for an extended period of time without causing user discomfort or pain. The polymer shrink film layer is produced from a shrink film polymer having a percent shrink in the range of 30% or less, and more particularly a percent shrink range of 5 to 10%.

Abstract: An insulating beverage or food container or sleeve is produced with a foam layer disposed on an inner surface of a paper stock. A polymer shrink film layer is arranged in a position along an inside surface of the beverage container. The foam layer is sandwiched between the polymer shrink film layer and the paper stock and decreases the energy transfer between the beverage and the user's hands allowing the user to hold onto the container for an extended period of time without causing user discomfort or pain. The polymer shrink film layer is produced from a shrink film polymer having a percent shrink in the range of 30% or less, and more particularly a percent shrink range of 5 to 10%.

Abstract: An insulating beverage cup or sleeve is produced with a foam layer disposed on an inner surface of a food or beverage paper stock. A polyethylene film layer is arranged in a position between a paper stock layer and an inside surface of the beverage container. The foam layer decreases the energy transfer between the beverage and the user's hands allowing the user to hold onto the cup for an extended period of time without causing user discomfort or pain, e.g. greatly extends the hold time of the paper cup. The exterior surface of the beverage cup remains highly printable and predisposed to high quality graphics both before and after cup manufacture.

Abstract: An insulating beverage or food container or sleeve is produced with a foam layer disposed on an inner surface of a paper stock. A polymer shrink film layer is arranged in a position along an inside surface of the beverage container. The foam layer is sandwiched between the polymer shrink film layer and the paper stock and decreases the energy transfer between the beverage and the user's hands allowing the user to hold onto the container for an extended period of time without causing user discomfort or pain. The polymer shrink film layer is produced from a shrink film polymer having a percent shrink in the range of 30 % or less, and more particularly a percent shrink range of 5 to 10%.

Abstract: An insulating beverage cup or sleeve is produced with a foam layer disposed on an inner surface of a food or beverage paper stock. A polyethylene film layer is arranged in a position between a paper stock layer and an inside surface of the beverage container. The foam layer decreases the energy transfer between the beverage and the user's hands allowing the user to hold onto the cup for an extended period of time without causing user discomfort or pain, e.g. greatly extends the hold time of the paper cup. The exterior surface of the beverage cup remains highly printable and predisposed to high quality graphics both before and after cup manufacture.

Abstract: Sheet material especially for beverage and food containers, and methods of making. The sheet material comprises a layer of paperboard and expanded, preferably non-syntactic, foam layer applied as an unexpanded coating, preferably about 1-76 microns thick, in a liquid carrier, to the paperboard layer. The expanded foam has a remote surface preferably defined by intermingled randomly-spaced peaks and valleys. The coating is preferably sufficiently continuous to prevent a user's finger from touching the substrate, and sufficiently insulating that a person can hold a container of 100 degree C. liquid, having sidewalls made from the sheet material, without discomfort. A cover layer can overlie the foam. The substrate can include a heat seal layer, with the paperboard between the heat seal layer and the expanded foam layer; or with the foam layer between the heat seal layer and the paperboard. Preferred composition for the foam layer is PVDC or AMM.

Abstract: Beverage and food containers made from sheet material, and methods of making such containers. Such container comprises a layer of paperboard and an expanded foam layer applied as a coating in a liquid carrier, and affixed to a paperboard substrate layer. The expanded foam has a remote surface preferably defined by intermingled peaks and valleys. The sheet material can include a protective cover layer overlying the remote surface. Such cover layer can comprise paper, plastic film, or foamed thermoplastic. The sheet material can include a heat seal layer, with the paperboard substrate layer between the heat seal layer and the expanded foam layer. Preferred composition for the foam layer is PVDC or AMM.

Abstract: An insulating beverage cup is produced with an air containing film layer disposed on an inner surface of a food or beverage paper stock. The air containing film layer is extruded or laminated to the paper stock. An additional extruded or laminated layer is applied between the air containing film layer and paper stock layer. The insulating coating layer decreases the energy transfer between the beverage and the user's hands allowing the user to hold onto the cup for an extended period of time without causing user discomfort or pain. The exterior surface of the beverage cup remains highly printable and predisposed to high quality graphics.