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Methods for improving the gas barrier properties of polymeric containers

US4478874A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 1983
Grant dateOct 23, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2003

Classification

  • 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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