Methods for improving the gas barrier properties of polymeric containers
US4478874A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 1983 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31645
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methods are disclosed for the treatment of food, beverage, and medicine containers and the like, which are made of organic polymeric resins, to greatly increase the gas barrier properties thereof. The containers are ion-plated with a very thin flexible layer of an inorganic oxide.
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