Patent · US Expired

Treatment of the interior surfaces of resinous enclosure members

US4615914A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 7, 1985
Grant dateOct 7, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08J7/14
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Plastic containers are treated to provide increased barrier properties to organics and gases such as oxygen by treating the interior surface of the container with SO.sub.3 gas. The SO.sub.3 gas is provided by inserting a solid pellet of poly-SO.sub.3 into the container and evaporating the SO.sub.3 such as with microwave energy. A solid neutralizing agent such as ammonium carbonate is then placed into the container and evaporated with microwave energy to form ammonia which neutralizes the sulfonic acid groups on the surface interior of the container.

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