Abstract: Rotationally molded plastic refuse container with an inner lining formed with an antimicrobial compound, such as silver based biocide, and method of molding the same.

Abstract: A composite pressure vessel includes an endcap with first and second layers. The first layer is a thermoplastic layer and the second layer is a thermoplastic and glass fiber composite layer. A method for making the vessel includes placing commingled thermoplastic and glass fibers in a heated mold to melt the thermoplastic. The molten thermoplastic and the glass fibers are molded into the endcap shape. An outer surface of the pressure vessel is finished in accordance with another aspect of the invention. A pressurizable bladder with an inwardly facing surface is deflated. The outer surface of the vessel is heated to soften the thermoplastic. The pressure vessel is positioned in the bladder so that the inwardly facing surface of the bladder is adjacent to an outer surface of the pressure vessel. The bladder is pressurized to move the bladder inwardly into contact with the adjacent surfaces to each other.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes a vehicle body and at least one reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent. A distribution system receives the fire suppression agent from the reservoir and conducts the agent to at least one location about the vehicle's body in response to the determination by a sensor system and controller that the vehicle has been subjected to a significant impact. The reservoir is protected by a thermal protection barrier applied to the reservoir's outer surface, excluding the base of a pyrotechnic propellant.

Abstract: A packaging comprising a first and second outer part of metallic material, an inner part of non-metallic material made in one piece and comprising a first and second opposed side between which an element can be stored and a hinging part forming at least one hinge connecting said sides and allowing the sides to be rotated relative to each other within an angle so as to open the packaging and adapting the packaging and adapting the packaging for packing in an automated packing machine. At least a part of a perimeter of the first and second outer part is adapted to retain the inner part in order to attach said outer parts to said respective sides of said inner part for covering substantial part of the outer surfaces of the sides.

Abstract: A multilayer article of manufacture including a barrier layer and an oxygen scavenging layer is shown and described.

Abstract: A laminated paperboard package is produced by initially printing graphics by high speed printing on a sheet of clay-coated publication paper. The printed paper is then continuously applied to a surface of cellulosic substrate and bonded to the substrate, preferably through use of starch as an adhesive, to provide a laminated product. The laminated product is then die cut to the desired shape, folded and glued into the configuration of a box or container. A layer of water absorbent, cellulosic fiber material can be bonded to the inner surface of the substrate to prevent moisture from the contained product from seeping outwardly through the substrate to the printed paper.

Abstract: A liner and method of application for use on a metal surface to protect metal structures such as cooling towers, evaporative condensers, and other liquid containing vessels such as tanks from corrosion, leaks, and wear. The liner is an inexpensive apparatus and process comprising a coated metal having a second sealing and bonding layer and a third protective sealing layer. The liner method comprises applying an organic bonding layer onto the galvanized substrate, and applying an elastomeric barrier coating to the bonding layer. The barrier coating material is applied to preseal the seams between adjoining panels assembled to form the basin. The barrier coating is applied to the entire inside of the basin to form a homogenous barrier coating extending out of the basin. The liner edge is isolated from the basin by extending the liner to a point between the basin and an upper section.

Abstract: A spatial molded object includes an inner spatial member having a chamber formed or defined by an outer peripheral wall which includes an outer peripheral surface, and an outer peripheral member having an outer pattern and having one or more openings, the inner spatial member is molded in an inner portion of the outer peripheral member with a material, and the material is filled into the openings of the outer peripheral member for forming one or more spatial patterns on the outer peripheral surface of the inner spatial member and for allowing the outer peripheral member and the inner spatial member to be solidly secured together.

Abstract: A box-like hollow body, particularly a container of various shapes and size, comprising at least an inner hollow body 3 and an outer hollow body 2, interpenetrating with each other so as to create an integral structure with particular characteristics of mechanical resistance and ornamental, and provided with a continuous inner surface without gaps and an outer surface patterned according to zones or sections.

Abstract: A packaging comprising a first and second outer part of metallic material, an inner part of non-metallic material made in one piece and comprising a first and second opposed side between which an element can be stored and a hinging part forming at least one hinge connecting said sides and allowing the sides to be rotated relative to each other within an angle so as to open the packaging and adapting the packaging and adapting the packaging for packing in an automated packing machine. At least a part of a perimeter of the first and second outer part is adapted to retain the inner part in order to attach said outer parts to said respective sides of said inner part for covering substantial part of the outer surfaces of the sides.

Abstract: Inner containers for household devices in the form of a drum composed of an inner and an outer wall with a shear-resistant connection between the two walls, where both the inner and outer walls have been built up from a thermoplastic. The design of the novel inner container may also be such that the cavity between the inner and outer walls is filled with a filler. A particular thermoplastic used is polypropylene.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting the growth of algae and like organisms in plastic water tanks exposed to sunlight comprises providing an outer tank surface operative to reflect off a substantial portion of sunlight that hits the tank off the outer tank surface; and providing an opaque inner tank layer operative to substantially prevent sunlight passing through the outer tank surface from entering an interior of the tank. A two layer tank is provided comprising a light colored outer layer and a dark sun-blocking inner layer, and is conveniently made by a rotational molding process.

Abstract: The blow molded preform of a laminated wall structure comprises a bulging shoulder portion which has a diameter that widens slightly in the downward direction; a bottom shell portion for molding a bottom, which has been blow molded from a corresponding portion of a parison so as to have a widened and deformed shape; an inner overhang wall portion in any position starting from the opposite side of a neck ring and ending at the upper portion of a bulging shoulder portion, with an inner wall portion having a diameter that widens in the downward direction; and/or a radially widened connecting portion of an arced shape, which has a larger diameter than a barrel portion so that the entire bottom including a bottom shell portion takes a bulging spherical shape.

Abstract: A large-volume container for holding liquid media is composed of two shell-like end parts each having a ring-shaped flat contact surface, and at least one sleeve-like middle part composed of two ring segments and provided with two ring-shaped flat contact surfaces and an opening for filling and emptying. The two end parts as well as the ring segments of the middle part are manufactured by blow molding with an inner layer and an outer layer, are provided with external stiffening ribs formed as chambers, and are connected in the areas of their contact surfaces by an inner and outer weld. The two end parts as well as the ring segments have in the areas of their contact surfaces a circumferential chamber, wherein the contact surfaces have at their circumferential boundary edges backwardly extending inclinations for forming welding grooves between the end parts and/or the ring segments.

Abstract: A packaging comprising a first and second outer part of metallic material, an inner part of non-metallic material made in one piece and comprising a first and second opposed side between which an element can be stored and a hinging part forming at least one hinge connecting said sides and allowing the sides to be rotated relative to each other within an angle so as to open the packaging and adapting the packaging and adapting the packaging for packing in an automated packing machine. At least a part of a perimeter of the first and second outer part is adapted to retain the inner part in order to attach said outer parts to said respective sides of said inner part for covering s substantial part of the outer surfaces of the sides.

Abstract: A liquid container includes an outer wall constituting a casing, an inner wall constituting an inner bladder for accommodating liquid, with the inner bladder having an outer shape substantially equivalent to an inner shape of the outer wall, and the inner bladder having a flexibility and being separable from the casing, and a pinch-off portion where portions of the inner wall are welded to each other and are pinched by the outer wall to be supported by the outer wall. The inner wall includes a thicker portion having a larger thickness than another portion of the inner wall at both sides of the welded portion, and a cavity is provided between an outer surface of the thicker portion of the inner wall and an inner surface of a corresponding portion of the outer wall.

Abstract: The sheets (1) and (2) are cut separately in rectangular shapes and with one of their corners recessed (1.2) and (2.4) and the sheet (1) slightly larger than the other one, double, on layer (2.1) an alignment of cylindrical lenses (2.2) which reflect images from the other internal sub-sheet (2.3), the two sheets (1) and (2) are superimposed; they are joined and their rims hooked together, in a tube (3) with the vertical upper recesses; a small flange (1.3) is configured at the top covering the rim of the sheet (2), except for the recess thereof, with one of the ends of the small flange (1.3) overlapping the other; the lip (1.4) is inserted in the stepped piece (4.1) of the bottom (4) of the container; the latter is flanged (4.2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate for automobile parts having a layer A made from a polyamide resin composition containing 70-99 wt % of (a) a specific polyamide polymer, and 1-30 wt % of (b-1) an ethylene copolymer containing an epoxy group and/or (b-2) an ethylene copolymer modified by an acid anhydride, and a layer B made from a resin composition containing (c-1) a polyethylene resin modified by an acid anhydride and/or (c-2) a polyethylene resin containing an epoxy group, wherein the layer A and the layer B are heat-sealed, except when (1) the layer A contains (b-1) alone as the ethylene copolymer and the layer B contains (c-2) alone as the polyethylene resin; and when (2) the layer A contains (b-2) alone as the ethylene copolymer and the layer B contains (c-1) alone as the polyethylene resin. The laminate of the present invention is superior in strength, stiffness and gasoline barrier property that the automobile parts are required to have.

Abstract: A fuel container formed by bonding upper and lower sections, for which both the upper and lower sections are made by thermo-forming a multi-layer sheet that comprises an interlayer of a barrier resin (A) and inner and outer layers of a polyolefin (B), and of which the surface of the innermost layer is coated with a layer of a barrier material (C).

Abstract: A polymeric fuel tank having a first body joined to a second body is constructed having a substantially continuously barrier layer surrounding the tank. The first body has an inner surface terminating at a free edge and a first mating surface adjacent the free edge. A first barrier layer is fixed adjacent the inner surface of the first body. The second body has an inner surface terminating at a free edge and has a second mating surface adjacent to the first mating surface and the free edge of the second body to define a fuel cavity. A second barrier layer is fixed adjacent the inner surface of the second body. At least one weld joint joins the first mating surface to the second mating surface and the first barrier layer to the second barrier layer to provide the continuous barrier layer in the fuel tank.

Abstract: The invention concerns a tank for a fluid product, having a bottom (4) and a resistant side wall (10) composed of juxtaposed prefabricated panels (1) each comprising a wall element (2) covered, on an internal face (22), with a continuous sealing sheet (3) extended by three sections (33, 33?, 34) which cover respectively the lateral sides (23, 23?) and the lower side (24) of the wall element (2) and overlap on the outside of the wall (10). Said panels are placed on a slab (4) covered with a sealing sheet (42) and the adjacent overlapping sections of the sealing sheets (3, 42) covering the set of the panels (1) and the bottom (4) are connected together in a sealed fashion. Such a tank which is easy to build and to maintain, can contain drinking water or a polluting product.

Abstract: The invention provides a low density paperboard material for use in producing an insulated container, and is especially well-suited for making cups. The paperboard material comprises a paperboard web including wood fibers and expanded microspheres, and has a relatively low density ranging from about 6 to about 10 lb/3MSF/mil, a relatively high caliper ranging from about 24 to about 35 mil, and an internal bond strength of at least about 80×10?3 ft-lbf preferably at least 100×10?3 ft-lbf. For applications such as cups the material is also coated on one or both sides with a barrier coating, preferably low density polyethylene, to limit liquid penetration into the web. The low density paperboard material of the invention is convertible for manufacture of containers, particularly cups, and the surface of the low density board may have a Sheffield smoothness of 300 SU or greater.

Abstract: A welding structure for a fuel tank including a resin inner shell and a resin outer shell interposed by a fuel permeation prevention layer such that they are laminated, and a resin component attached to the fuel tank. The resin component includes a body formed from a resin having low permeability to hydrocarbon gases, a packing material having low permeability to hydrocarbon gases which is fixed to the body, and a resin which is insert molded to at least a connecting portion of the body that connects with a connecting portion of the fuel tank, and which can be welded to the fuel tank.

Abstract: Laminated multiple layered thermoplastic film structure comprising a single layered extruded portion which is laminated to a coextruded sealant film structure containing a cheese release additive are disclosed. The film structures are useful in the packaging of food products, especially cheese.

Abstract: A casing for the protection of an article contained within the casing is described, the protective casing comprising: at least two casing members which are assemblable to constitute a casing having an internal volume to receive the article, each of said at least two casing members comprising: an outer skin of fiber reinforced plastics material having a plurality of layers of reinforcing fibers in a plastics material matrix; an inner skin of fiber reinforced plastics material having a plurality of layers of reinforcing fibers in a plastics material matrix; a filling of a low density core material in a space between the outer and inner skin members; sealing means disposed in the joint face between said at least two casing members; and fastener means to hold said at least two members together.

Abstract: A container with double layers includes a metallic outer layer having through holes on a surrounding portion, and a plastic inner layer formed directly over an inner side of the outer layer by means of injection molding with a mold; the mold is shaped such that three-dimensional projecting portions are formed over corresponding ones of the through holes of the outer layer to project beyond the outer layer in the injection molding, and that the edges of the three-dimensional projecting portions cover those portions of the outer layer that define the through holes; thus, the layers can't easily separate from, or move relative to, each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an insulated container which provides a high level of safety, which can be manufactured at a low cost, and which is aesthetically attractive and appealing to enjoy a variety of changes.

Abstract: The coated multilayer structure comprising a polymeric base layer, a zero valent material barrier layer, and a top coat on the zero valent material barrier layer, the top coat comprising a soluble compound capable of reducing the permeability of the multilayer structure to gas or vapor. The zero valent material barrier layer can also enhance barrier to UV light. A method for enhancing the gas or vapor barrier properties or the UV light barrier properties of a multilayer polymeric/inorganic structure is also disclosed. According to one embodiment, Si coated polyethylene terephthalate containers are coated with a gas or vapor barrier enhancing top coat. A method for recycling containers coated with a zero valent material barrier layer is also disclosed.

Abstract: A fuel container with high fuel barrier properties is provided. The fuel container is a coextrusion blow-molded container made of a layered structure. The layered structure comprises: a barrier layer made of a barrier resin (A) and an inner layer located on an inner side of the container with respect to the barrier layer, the inner layer being made of a thermoplastic resin (B) that is different from the barrier resin (A); wherein the container has a pinch-off part formed in a process of blow molding of a parison made of the layer structure, and wherein the pinch-off part has a cutting face comprising a cutting face of the barrier layer and a cutting face of the inner layer; and wherein the cutting face of the inner layer is covered by a barrier member made of a barrier material (C) that is the same or different from the barrier resin (A).

Abstract: A container blank comprises at least one substrate layer made of disposable material and at least one film layer disposed substantially over the substrate layer and having at least one portion adapted to shrink away from the substrate layer upon application of heat. The shrunk film layer portion is adapted to thermally insulate the substrate layer located substantially behind the shrunk film layer portion.

Abstract: A plastic barrel, embodied as a bung barrel or a lid barrel, is manufactured as a single-layer container or multi-layer container by extrusion blow molding. The plastic barrel has a barrel body having an inner surface and an outer surface. The barrel body has sections integrated into the barrel body, wherein the sections are made of electrically conducting plastic material and form electric connections between the inner surface and the outer surface of the barrel body so that electric charges of the interior of the barrel can be dissipated to the outer surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions useful as a barrier layer in, for example, packaging products. The compositions generally comprise a blend of (i) a polyester material, preferably an aromatic polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and (ii) a vinyl alcohol material. The blend optionally may further comprise (iii) a polyolefin material (preferably a functionalized polyolefin material, e.g., a BYNEL material); and/or (iv) a polyamide material (preferably an amorphous polyamide material, e.g., a GRIVORY material), that optionally further comprises an oxygen scavenging material. The present invention also provides containers (e.g., containers formed by expansion of preforms) having a multilayered body-forming portion including: a core layer comprising the aforementioned blend, and inner and outer layers of a formable polymer composition. The present invention also provides methods of making such containers.

Abstract: The present invention involves a low permeation pinchoff connection at a pinchoff region having a pinchoff end between first and second formed sheets of a fluid tank. The low permeation pinchoff connection comprises a continuous inner polymeric layer at a pinchoff region having a pinchoff end between the first and second formed sheets. The connection further comprises an outer polymeric layer in side-by-side relationship with the continuous inner polymeric layer. The outer polymeric layer tapers at the pinchoff region to first and second outer polymeric ends at the pinchoff end separating the first and second outer polymeric ends. The connection further comprises a low permeation barrier layer disposed between the continuous inner polymeric layer and the outer polymeric layer. The low permeation barrier layer tapers with the outer polymeric layer at the pinchoff region to first and second barrier ends separated at the pinchoff end to determine a pinchoff gap.

Abstract: A fuel container with a wall of at least two wall shells which are separated at least partially from each other by an air gap between them. The dual shell wall structure helps to substantially improve the mechanical properties of the fuel container. Preferably, each wall shell consists of a plurality of layers of different polymeric or plastic materials. In a preferred embodiment of the invention a four layer co-extruded structure is provided; each shell comprises a layer of high density polyethylene (HDPE), a layer of filler material of treated, recycled plastics material referred to as “re-grind” and a vapor barrier layer of a plastic material substantially impermeable by hydrocarbons. The HDPE-layer may, be one surface layer of each wall shell and the vapor barrier layer is preferably the other surface layer of each wall shell. Depending on the material properties of the vapor barrier layer, an additional adhesive layer may also be necessary for connection with the adjacent layer.

Abstract: The coated multilayer structure comprising a polymeric base layer, an inorganic oxide gas barrier layer on a surface of the polymeric base layer, and a top coat on the inorganic oxide gas barrier layer, the top coat comprising a soluble compound capable of reducing the permeability of the multilayer structure to gas or vapor. A method for enhancing the gas or vapor barrier properties of a multilayer polymeric/inorganic oxide structure is also disclosed. According to one embodiment, SiOx coated polyethylene terephthalate containers are coated with a gas or vapor barrier enhancing top coat.

Abstract: A container with a flange having excellent heat resistance and impact resistance in the lower part of the barrel portion and having excellent transparency in the wall despite the container is formed by molding an amorphous polyester sheet, and a method of producing the same.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for reinforcement of thin wall hollow thermoplastic storage vessels with one or more wraps of continuous fibers. This method requires thermal bonding between the reinforcement fibers and the outer surface of the thermoplastic storage vessel while the interior cavity of the storage vessel is being pressurized. The fiber wraps can also be oriented in spatial directions further resisting internal stress on the storage vessel walls when put in service.

Abstract: A multilayered molded container having at least a moisture-proof layer formed by papermaking which contains a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 90 to 200° C. and a viscosity of 20 to 10000 Pa·s as measured with a capillograph at a shear rate of 100 s−1 and a set temperature of 200° C.

Abstract: The present invention aims to reduce the manufacturing work load of a structure of a liner of a concrete wall. A plurality of liner anchors 10 is constructed longitudinally to one surface of a liner 11, and a plurality of flat bars 14 is constructed transversely to the other surface of the liner 11. Concrete for a reinforced concrete wall is installed using the liner 11 reinforced longitudinally and transversely by the liner anchors 10 and the flat bars 14 as a formwork, and the liner is constructed to the concrete wall by burying the liner anchors 10 to the concrete wall. Thereafter, the flat bars 11 are removed from the liner 14, according to need.

Abstract: An insulated shipping container includes an exterior housing; an interior sleeve; and an intermediate insulating portion, wherein the intermediate insulating portion includes an open cell core material having at least about 95% open cell and a metalized barrier material sealed about the core material in an airtight manner, with a reduced pressure atmosphere in the intermediate portion.

Abstract: An ink tank producing a stable negative pressure regardless of material used is provided. In the ink tank, inner and outer walls include a bonding region having a bonding force distribution. With this arrangement, since the inner wall separates from the outer wall as ink in the ink tank is being guided out, the area of a non-bonding region increases.

Abstract: A substrate protected by a polymeric lining wherein passageways are provided between the lining and the substrate for channeling of fluids which may penetrate through the lining to the substrate surface. In one embodiment the lining is formed to provide for passages between the lining and the substrate. Mesh attached to the substrate provides for securement of the lining to the substrate by at least partial embedment of the mesh within the lining. Wire spacers are positioned between the mesh and the substrate to separate portions of the lining from the substrate surface and form passageways for channeling fluid which may penetrate the lining. In another embodiment a vessel includes a network of spacers forming a generally parallel array of passageways and at least one passageway transverse to the parallel array of passageways.

Abstract: A double-wall fuel container of plastic material is composed of at least two shell portions which are welded together. The half-shell portions are each in the form of double-wall blow moldings, with a gap being kept free at least in a region-wise manner between the walls of the blow moldings.

Abstract: An ink tank producing a stable negative pressure regardless of material used is provided. In the ink tank, inner and outer walls include a bonding region having a bonding force distribution. With this arrangement, since the inner wall separates from the outer wall as ink in the ink tank is being guided out, the area of a non-bonding region increases.

Abstract: A container blank comprises at least one substrate layer made of disposable material and at least one film layer disposed substantially over the substrate layer and having at least one portion adapted to shrink away from the substrate layer upon application of heat. The shrunk film layer portion is adapted to thermally insulate the substrate layer located substantially behind the shrunk film layer portion.

Abstract: An electronic system fire containment and suppression apparatus that can include but is not limited to at least one PCB-localized fire containment and suppression structure which can include at least one printed circuit board (PCB) guide rail having at least one intumescent-paint-coated aperture. A communication device, such as a network router or switch, wherein the electronic system fire containment and suppression apparatus is deployed. A method of deploying the electronic system fire containment and suppression apparatus in a communication device. A method of manufacturing the electronic system fire containment and suppression apparatus.

Abstract: A first embodiment of the packing film is a four-layered laminate film in which the following films are laminated in that order: a first oriented plastic film formed as an outer surface layer and provided with a first coarse surface portion, an aluminum foil or paper sheet, a second oriented plastic film provided with a second coarse surface portion which is overlapped with the first coarse portion, and a non-oriented plastic film formed as an inner surface layer. A second embodiment of the packing film is a three-layered laminate film in which the following films are laminated in that order: an oriented plastic film formed as a first surface layer and provided with a coarse surface portion, an aluminum foil, and a non-oriented plastic film formed as an inner surface layer. The oriented plastic film forming the outer surface layer is backed at its coarse surface portion by a thin surface layer and laminated to the aluminum foil through a binder layer.

Abstract: A disposable cup comprises a side wall having an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least one air pocket formed on the inner surface. The air pockets are formed by shrink film being adhered to the inner surface in at least one pattern and adapted to pull away from the inner surface in accordance with the pattern upon application of heat at a temperature range sufficient to cause the formation of air pockets. The formed air pockets thermally insulate a portion of the outer cup surface located directly behind the air pockets.

Abstract: A multiple layer reusable plastic container is disclosed. The multiple layer structure includes at least one layer of recycled or highly economic material and at least one outer layer made from either virgin resin or a more aesthetically appealing material to provide a multiple layer reusable container that is economical to manufacture in terms of material costs but yet has an acceptable outward appearance. The recycled or economical layer may be coated on both sides with virgin resin to provide an improved inner and outer appearance to the reusable container and also qualify the inner surface as an appropriate food contacting surface.

Abstract: A composite bowl has a seamless, one-piece, stainless steel inner body with a covering or outer body formed of a flexible and resilient frictional material. The outer body has an enlarged bead around the rim of the bowl and the stainless inner body is rolled around the bead.