Oxygen scavenging composition for multilayer preform and container
US5759653A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31797
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An oxygen scavenging composition, method of making the same, and multilayer container structures thereof which enable accelerated activation of the oxygen scavenging property and/or barrier layers to prevent depletion of the oxygen scavenging property. In making a container wall, or a precursor thereof such as a preform, a base polymer is used including post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PC-PET) and an oxygen scavenger. A resulting multilayer package wall may include an oxygen scavenging core layer and an inner layer of a material having a high oxygen barrier condition prior to product filling, and a second lower oxygen barrier condition after product filling. The inner layer thus allows oxygen entrapped in the container during product filling to be transmitted through the inner layer and absorbed by the core oxygen scavenging layer, in order to increase the product shelf life.
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