Soluble Container Patents (Class 206/524.7)
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Publication number: 20040182049Abstract: A process for heat sealing a water soluble film to a water soluble member, wherein an aqueous composition is applied to at least one of the surfaces of said film and said member before said surfaces are heat sealed together.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventor: Paul John Duffield
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Patent number: 6790817Abstract: The invention is a solid chemical concentrate system of at least two cooperative shapes. The first shape is an inwardly curved bar having an inner opening. The second shape is an insert which is capable of interlocking with the bar by insertion into the bar inner opening. The solid chemical concentrate provides chemical systems having active constituents which may be the same, different but compatible or functionally and chemically incompatible combined within one matrix to provide at least one substantially continuous surface. The system may also comprise an aqueous soluble or dispersible polymeric film cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
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Publication number: 20040172917Abstract: A process for preparing a water-soluble article comprising a water-soluble primary thermoformed component and a water-soluble secondary component attached thereto, which comprises placing the secondary component in the cavity of a thermoforming mould, thereafter placing a primary component in or over the thermoforming mould, forming the primary thermoformed component by thermoforming the primary component in the mould, and removing the article from the mould.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventor: John Paul Duffield
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Publication number: 20040154952Abstract: A water-soluble, injection-moulded container comprising at least one compartment and having a first opening closed by a first film and a second opening closed by a second film, wherein the first film and the second film have different water dissolution characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2003Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventors: Ralf Wiedemann, Marcus Guzmann
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Publication number: 20040144681Abstract: A water-soluble container formed by injection moulding or thermoforming which contains a composition which generates a gas, the composition being retained in the container until the container is dissolved in water, wherein the container has a gas release means.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Ralf Wiedemann, Marcus Guzmann
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Publication number: 20040144682Abstract: A liquid-soluble sealed pouch is disclosed having a pre-measured volume of crystalline form super absorbent polymer (SAP) solidifying agent therein which allows a known volume of liquid waste material to be solidified by the inclusion of a known number of such pouches into the waste material without the user having to directly place the bulk absorbent/solidifying agent therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2004Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventor: Scott Anthony Altmayer
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Publication number: 20040129597Abstract: The present invention provides a rigid, water-soluble container made of an injection moulded poly(vinyl alcohol) and/or a cellulose ether, which container encases a fabric care, surface care or dishwashing composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Daniele Fregonese, Marcus Guzmann, Ralf Wiedemann
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Publication number: 20040118738Abstract: A water-soluble container containing a composition, said container comprising a member having at least two openings positioned on different sides of the member, each opening being closed by a film.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Marcus Guzmann, Geoffrey Robert Hammond
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Publication number: 20040065578Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a polymeric film, the polymeric film comprising a polymeric backbone derived from a polymer which is water soluble, as defined herein, and one or more derivatising groups attached to the backbone, the derivatising group(s) being derived from a material having a ClogP of from 0.5 to 6 and/or being derived from a parent material comprising a C4 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Gavin Bone, Robert Walter Fuss, Craig Warren Jones, Steven Paul Rannard, Michael Stephen White
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Publication number: 20040031717Abstract: A package containing an agrochemical composition which package contains a first sheet of non-planar water soluble or water dispersible material defining a concavity enclosing the agrochemical composition and a second sheet of water soluble or water dispersible material sealed to the first sheet by a continuous closed water soluble or water dispersible seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy
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Publication number: 20040026291Abstract: A container for releasing a chemical additive into a fuel composition comprises a fuel-impermeable casing having a hollow interior and an additive composition comprising at least one fuel soluble additive. The additive is held within the container by at least one fuel-permeable element provided at or near an opening in the casing and is effective to provide for release of additive(s) into the fuel composition. Methods of releasing additives into fuel compositions are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2001Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Joseph C. Drozd, Harold R. Martin, Thomas J. Blakemore, Dennis Kelly, Doug Hudgens
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Patent number: 6607696Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus for delivery of a gas, e.g., carbon dioxide and/or chlorine dioxide, and methods of its use and manufacture. The apparatus includes an envelope, and a sachet within the envelope that contains reactant, which generates a gas in the presence of an initiating agent, e.g., water. The envelope allows release of the gas from the envelope. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes an envelope and a partition that separates two reactants within the envelope. The envelope allows an initiating agent into the envelope and release of the gas generated by the reactants in the presence of the initiating agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2000Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Selective Micro Technologies, LLCInventors: Richard A. Hamilton, John J. Warner
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Publication number: 20030136701Abstract: A laundry composition contained within a pouch wherein the pouch can stand on its own without the need for a reinforced base. The pouch is formed from a flexible material and contains a laundry composition in at least two phases. One of the phases, together with the fold, forms a base upon which the pouch can stand without additional support. The phase that assists in forming the pouch base is a solid. Processes for making the inventive laundry pouch are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2001Publication date: July 24, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA,Inventors: Edward John Giblin, Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Corinne M. Saso, Richard Thomas Chalmers
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Publication number: 20030080017Abstract: A package which comprises a hazardous chemical dissolved or dispersed in a liquid or gel contained in a water soluble or water dispersible laminated film. The laminated film construction provides improved resistance to puncture or breakage thereby providing an improved containerization system for toxic or hazardous products.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 1995Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: DAVID B. EDWARDS, WILLIAM J. MCCARTHY, LEONARD E. HODAKOWSKI, CHI-YU R. CHEN, SAMUEL T. GOUGE, PAUL J. WEBER
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Publication number: 20030066779Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag packaging system composed of a bag sealable to contain a liquid, in which the bag is composed of a continuous outer water soluble film and an inner continuous protective film layer that allows storage therein of a liquid that would chemically or physically react with the water soluble film but is prevented from doing so by the presence of the continuous protective film layer on the inner portion of the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Armand J. Desmarais, Henry E. Knoop, Lawrence C. Dull, Jean A. Raymond
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Publication number: 20020189967Abstract: A package comprised of at least one compounding ingredient for unvulcanized rubber contained in a very thin, low softening point film having a relatively high resistance to tear (Elmendorff MD tear values, in a range of about 215 to about 350 grams and TD tear value in a range of about 350 to about 630 grams, at about 23° C.) comprised of an ultra low density polyethylene which is required to contain calcium carbonate. The invention also relates to compounding rubber with such a package and to rubber compositions prepared thereby. The invention further relates to rubber products of such rubber compositions including tires with components thereof, particularly tire treads, as well as industrial products such as hoses and belts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.Inventors: James Robert McCandless, Bharat Kanchanlal Kansupada
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Patent number: 6484879Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag packaging system composed of a bag sealable to contain a liquid, in which the bag is composed of a continuous outer water soluble film and an inner continuous protective film layer that allows storage therein of a liquid that would chemically or physically react with the water soluble film but is prevented from doing so by the presence of the continuous protective film layer on the inner portion of the bag.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1997Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignees: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., MonoSol, LLCInventors: Armand J. Desmarais, Henry E. Knoop, Lawrence C. Dull, Jean A. Raymond
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Patent number: 6471401Abstract: A laminated film includes an outer-layer-film, a water-soluble film, and an intermediate layer interposed between the outer-layer-film and the water-soluble film. The intermediate layer contains high-pressure polyethylene oxidized to a prescribed degree on a surface thereof contiguous to the water-soluble film. The outer-layer-film and the intermediate layer adhere fast to each other. The intermediate layer and the water-soluble film directly contact each other and adhere so weakly to each other as to be peelable.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2000Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Kyodo Shiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiaki Tokita
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Patent number: 6451394Abstract: Asphalt is packaged in containers having breakage means, such as short notches, long channels, wedges or molded parts, to allow for easy breakage into smaller portions for ease of handling and feeding into kettles. Asphalt is also packaged so as to improve cold flow of the block while simultaneously reducing fumes at the kettle. The containers have various features to enhance processability and handleability, including a handhold portions and/or scooped portions.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1998Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jorge A. Marzari, David C. Trumbore
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Patent number: 6440508Abstract: A laminated film includes an outer-layer-film, a water-soluble film, and an intermediate layer interposed between the outer-layer-film and the water-soluble film. The intermediate layer contains high-pressure polyethylene oxidized to a prescribed degree on a surface thereof contiguous to the water-soluble film. The outer-layer-film and the intermediate layer adhere fast to each other. The intermediate layer and the water-soluble film directly contact each other and adhere so weakly to each other as to be peelable.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2000Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: Kyodo Shiko Co.Inventors: Yoshiaki Tokita, Takahiro Takagi
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Patent number: 6360432Abstract: A water soluble thermoplastic wiring board spacer for temporarily supporting an electrical component in fixed spaced relation to a printed wiring board which comprises a toroidally shaped spacer composed of a water soluble injection molded thermoplastic material. The material is preferably a polymer and the preferred polymer is a blend of partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol resin and fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol resin. The spacer has a melting temperature determined by the ratio of partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol resin to fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol resin and a solubility rate in water determined by the ratio of partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol resin to fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol resin. The spacer can have a plurality of spaced apart ridges and recessed surfaces on a surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Gyanendra Gupta
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Publication number: 20010054567Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag packaging system composed of a bag sealable to contain a liquid, in which the bag is composed of a continuous outer water soluble film and an inner continuous protective film layer that allows storage therein of a liquid that would chemically or physically react with the water soluble film but is prevented from doing so by the presence of the continuous protective film layer on the inner portion of the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 1997Publication date: December 27, 2001Inventors: ARMAND J. DESMARAIS, HENRY E. KNOOP, LAWRENCE C. DULL, JEAN A. RAYMOND
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Publication number: 20010032794Abstract: A packaging box, for a golf ball, is formed by folding a packaging sheet comprising a decomposable laminate material consisting of a polylactic acid-containing polymer film and a sheet of paper laminated with the polylactic acid-containing polymer film. A portion corresponding to a window is cut out from the paper, and the window is covered with the polylactic acid-containing polymer film laminated on the paper. The window is formed straddlingly on two or three planes such that the polylactic acid-containing polymer film covering the window is bent perpendicularly at a boundary between the planes adjacent to each other. A raised portion is formed on the packaging sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2001Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: Kazuhisa Fushihara, Kuniyasi Horiuchi, Norio Yoshiga, Jun Takagi
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Patent number: 6280528Abstract: An improved method and/or process for preparing and handling formulations useful in metal treatment baths which includes packaging formulations useful in preparing and/or replenishing aqueous-based baths in water soluble pouches or containers. The present invention includes the selection of components effective in treating metallic surfaces, which may be blended and effectively stored in containers or pouches consisting of polyvinylalcohol film. The present invention reduces the necessity or frequency of personal hand contact by workers with these blends.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Cortec CorporationInventors: Margarita Kharshan, Boris A. Miksic, Clifford Cracauer III, Michael Hobday
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Patent number: 6244746Abstract: A laminated film includes an outer-layer-film, a water-soluble film, and an intermediate layer interposed between the outer-layer-film and the water-soluble film. The intermediate layer contains high-pressure polyethylene oxidized to a prescribed degree on a surface thereof contiguous to the water-soluble film. The outer-layer-film and the intermediate layer adhere fast to each other. The intermediate layer and the water-soluble film directly contact each other and adhere so weakly to each other as to be peelable.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1997Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Kyodo Shiko Co.Inventors: Yoshiaki Tokita, Takahiro Takagi
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Patent number: 6204223Abstract: An agrochemical composition packaged in a water soluble or water dispersible sachet is taught. The agrochemical composition is comprised of water-soluble, agrochemically active agent, water and an agent to minimize water loss through the walls of the sachet, wherein the is an ester of an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or arylalkyl acid; an ester or a naturally occurring oil; or a mineral or a synthetic oil; provided that the agent is not dibutylphtalate.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1998Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventors: Peter Holmes, Richa Shaunak, Rowena Roshanthi Landham, Rupert Heinrich Sohm
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Patent number: 6193058Abstract: A liquid dispensing bag has a sealed concentrate pouch and a mixing pouch, the concentrate pouch having a fluid tight seal separating the concentrate pouch from the mixing pouch, and the concentrate pouch containing a base material at a first concentration. Upon the introduction of diluent into the mixing pouch, and upon the rupturing of the fluid tight seal, the concentrate pouch and the mixing pouch will be in communication with each other, and the diluent and the base material can mix to form a solution in which the concentration of the base material will be at a second, lesser concentration than the first concentration.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1999Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Canberra CorportionInventors: R. Bruce Yacko, Jeffrey C. Gayer, Edward L. Mueller, John A. Wiegand