Abstract: A cap of a high-pressure gas tank includes a first member and a second member. The first member is located on the inner side of a liner. The second member is located on the outer side of the liner and is connected to the first member. A rotation restricting structure includes a first rotation restricting portion and a second rotation restricting portion. The first rotation restricting portion is provided on an inner surface of the liner. The second rotation restricting portion is provided on the first member so as to be fitted into the first rotation restricting portion.

Abstract: This invention relates to a unique food preservation system that is used to extend the shelf life of food items by automatically modulating the gas composition within an air-tight container to the optimal atmospheric conditions for the specific food item(s) being stored in these containers. In order to extend the shelf life of food items, the optimal levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen must be maintained within the food storage container at all times. This is accomplished by constant real-time monitoring of the atmosphere within the food storage container and actively as well as passively controlling the atmosphere.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a process for producing a sulfonic acid which is sparingly corrosive, or even non-corrosive, with respect to stainless steels, said process comprising at least the steps of adding at least one nitrite to a sulfonic acid, curing, with stirring, with sparging of the mixture and recovering the low-corrosion sulfonic acid obtained. The invention also relates to the low-corrosion sulfonic acid obtained according to the process of the invention, and also to the use thereof as low-corrosion sulfonic acid.

Abstract: A terminally-functionalized derivative of a cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) compound, a method to form a polymer, and an article of manufacture comprising a polymer derived from the terminally-functionalized CNSL derivative. The terminally-functionalized CNSL derivative has two, three, four, or five reactive functional groups. The polymer is prepared by obtaining CNSL compounds, reacting the CNSL compounds to form the terminally-functionalized CNSL derivative, and polymerizing the terminally-functionalized CNSL derivative.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a surface mount secondary containment system comprising prefabricated pieces that may be assembled to form a wall and adjoining corner with overlapping sections to capture leaks, spillage or the like from a primary liquid container member that may be constructed so that no ground damage and or penetration is done during construction and use.

Abstract: A package with a coating composition deposited on at least a portion thereof is disclosed. The coating composition comprises: (a) a latex polymer comprising the emulsion polymerization product of (i) an emulsion monomer component comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer polymerized in the presence of (ii) a surfactant that is polymerizable with the at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer. Also disclosed is a method for applying the coating composition to the package.

Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed that have good blush resistance, abrasion resistance, blister resistance, hardness, and scratch resistance. In some embodiments, the coating compositions are used to coat substrates such as cans and packaging materials for the storage of food and beverages. Coating compositions of the disclosure may be prepared by mixing an ethylene (meth)acrylic acid copolymer and a phenolic crosslinker. The aqueous dispersion may also include a hydroxyalkylamide crosslinker.

Abstract: An article, comprising a packaging article such as food or beverage container (20), or a portion thereof, that includes a substrate (30, 32) and a coating (34) disposed on at least a portion of the substrate (30, 32). The coating (34) is preferably formed from a coating composition that comprises a latex emulsion having a first-stage copolymer, a second-stage copolymer, and a linkage interconnecting the first-stage copolymer and the second-stage copolymer prior to curing.

Abstract: A reusable, fiber containing pulp product is described that is highly suited for use in the manufacture of paper products. The reusable, fiber containing pulp product provides a mixture of fibers and small, dense polymer/particle fragments. The polymer/particle fragments within the reusable, fiber containing pulp product have a size range and density that facilitates efficient removal of the polymer/particle fragments using pressure screens.

Abstract: A water-soluble film including a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer resin, a plasticizer, an anti-block filler, and a release modifier is disclosed herein. Also disclosed are related packets incorporating the film, and related methods of making and using the film and packets.

Abstract: SCR tank (10) for motor vehicles for storing and dispensing aqueous urea solution, comprising a tank shell (16) enclosing a tank volume (18) having fluid delivery opening (20) and a fluid removal opening (in 28), wherein the SCR tank (10) further has a ventilation line (30), through which a gas exchange is made possible between a gas-filled region of the tank volume (18) during operation of the tank and the outer atmosphere of the SCR tank (10), wherein the tank shell (16) toward this end has a gas opening (38), at which the ventilation line (30) terminates or which is penetrated by the ventilation line (30), which is characterized in that in a joint section (52) a ventilation line component (32) contributing to formation of the ventilation line (30) is joined in a materially-bonded manner to a joint surface section (36) of the tank shell (16).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reinforcement layer comprises a preparatory step of preparing to-be-wound fiber, and a formation step of forming an uncured sheet layer including multiple layers of the to-be-wound fiber stacked on an outer circumferential surface. In the formation step, the to-be-wound fiber is wound on the outer circumferential surface in such a manner that, regarding an outer layer of the uncured sheet layer and an inner layer of the uncured sheet layer closer to the outer circumferential surface than the outer layer and adjacent to the outer layer in a stacking direction of the to-be-wound fiber, two end portions of the outer layer are located between two end portions of the inner layer in an axis direction extending along a center axis of a winding target member.

Abstract: A core-stiffened composite product has an interior core and layers of composite laminates sandwiched together about the core. The core-stiffened composite product includes at least one layer of adhesive film containing a visual target spatially scanned by an automated tracking system to produce a dimensionally corrected reference volume to collate successive layers of film as applied to the interior core. The visual target is positioned to assure an as-designed alignment of each applied layer of laminate onto the core to minimize cumulative tolerance build-ups during a laminate layering process. At least one layer of adhesive film remains within the completed composite product.

Abstract: An article, comprising a packaging article such as food or beverage container (20), or a portion thereof, that includes a substrate (30, 32) and a coating (34) disposed on at least a portion of the substrate (30, 32). The coating (34) is preferably formed from a coating composition that comprises a latex emulsion having a first-stage copolymer, a second-stage copolymer, and a linkage interconnecting the first-stage copolymer and the second-stage copolymer prior to curing.

Abstract: A food containing system may include one or more food container liners, such as a first food container liner and/or a second food container liner, and an optional food container. A food container liner may include a side wall bounding a liner cavity. The side wall may have an open top end, an open bottom end, an interior surface, and an exterior surface. A food container may include a container wall bounding a food receiving cavity. The container wall may have an open container top end, a container bottom end, a container interior surface, a container exterior surface, and a base coupled to the container bottom end. A first food container liner may be removably positioned or nested within the food receiving cavity of the food container. A second food container liner may be removably positioned or nested within the liner cavity of the first food container liner.

Abstract: Disclosed is a particle manipulation method including steps of moving particles, which exist in a water-based liquid, into a gelled medium that is insoluble or hardly soluble in the water-based liquid in the water-based liquid, and moving the particles, which exist in the gelled medium, to the outside of the gelled medium. Preferably, the gelled medium is a gel that contains chemically crosslinking polymer. Preferably, the gelled medium has a consistency of 340 to 475. In one embodiment, the movement of the particles existing in the water-based liquid to the gelled medium and the movement of the particles existing inside the gelled medium to the water-based liquid are carried out inside a device, the device being loaded with a plurality of water-based liquids and a gelled medium interposed among the water-based liquids.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for laser-welding sheet metal plates that have an aluminum-silicon containing pre-coat layer. The pre-coated sheet metal plates are arranged one relative to another such that an edge of one of the plates is adjacent to and in contact with an edge of the other one of the plates, and a laser-welded joint is formed along the adjacent edges of the pre-coated plates. In particular the joint is formed absent removing the aluminum-silicon containing layer from along the adjacent edges, such that aluminum from the aluminum-silicon containing layer enters into the melt pool that is formed. Additionally, an alloying material is introduced into the melt pool during forming the laser-welded joint and forms a compound with at least some of the aluminum in the melt pool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing coated can lids from aluminum strip, and is based on the finding that flexible, easily formable coatings having high abrasion resistance result from the use of water-based lacquers containing a copolymer or a copolymer mixture of at least one aliphatic, acyclic alkene with at least one ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid in water-dispersed form, and a curing system. In a preferred embodiment of the method, the application of a primer coating can be dispensed with entirely when water-soluble compounds of the elements Zr and/or Ti in the lacquer are used as the curing system.

Abstract: A heat protector mounted on a vehicle is provided. The heat protected includes a glass fiber that has a plate shape and includes aerogel immersed therein. Thin films are respectively bonded to both surfaces of the glass fiber, and the thin films have a larger area than the glass fiber and extend from edges of the glass fiber. The extended parts of the thin films are overlapped and folded to form a winding portion that seals the glass fiber.

Abstract: A film for packaging useable with foodstuffs comprising a paperboard or biopolymer base material, a base coat structure, a metallized layer, and a top coat structure. The base coat structure has one or more layers, each having a weight less than or equal to 1% of the base material and of differing chemical composition and the sum is less than or equal to 5% of the structure weight. The metallized layer is on the base coat structure to an optical density of between 2.0 and 4.5. The top coat structure has an outer and an inner layer, with each layer less than or equal to 1% of the weight of the base material and of differing chemical composition. A bag made from such a film is likewise disclosed, as is a film without a metallized layer.

Abstract: Radiation curable coating compositions are disclosed. In some embodiments, the coating compositions are used to coat substrates such as packaging materials and the like for the storage of food and beverages. The coating compositions may have a (meth)acrylate functional polyether polyol prepared by reacting an epoxidized vegetable oil in the presence of a phosphoric acid compound to form an epoxy phosphate, and reacting the epoxy phosphate with a hydroxyl functional (meth)acrylate in the presence of an acid catalyst to form the (meth)acrylate functional polyether polyol.

Abstract: A smart phone carrying case that is capable of cleaning and disinfecting a smart phone touch screen every time the phone is removed from the case is disclosed. The smart phone carrying case includes a pocket, inside of which is a cleaning and disinfecting pad, and further includes a flap that supports a drying pad. The touch screen can be cleaned by wiping it across the cleaning and disinfecting pad when the smart phone is removed from the pocket of the carrying case. The touch screen may then be wiped across the drying pad on the flap before the smart phone is operated by the user.

Abstract: Described are in-mold coated products such as vehicular components, in-mold coating methods, and in-mold coating compositions, involving the use of aqueous acrylic copolymer dispersions, desirably self-crosslinking.

Abstract: A storage aid which is finished with a plant protectant so as to extend the shelf-life of agricultural produce, and to the use of said storage aid. The storage aid includes at least: a. a carrier film and/or a carrier paper, b. a permeable cover layer, the carrier film and the cover layer being joined together by an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer including between 0.1 and 70% by weight of a plant protectant.

Abstract: A container for housing a contact liquid includes a liquid-impregnated surface in contact with a contact liquid. The liquid-impregnated surface includes a first surface having a first roll off angle. A plurality of solid features are disposed on the first surface, such that a plurality of interstitial regions are defined between the plurality of solid features. An impregnating liquid is disposed in the interstitial regions and the interstitial regions are configured such that that the impregnating liquid is retained in the interstitial regions by capillary forces. The impregnating liquid disposed in the interstitial regions defines a second surface having a second roll off angle less than the first roll off angle. The container further includes a nucleation mechanism configured to nucleate and destabilize a film of the contact liquid disposed on the liquid-impregnated surface, such that the film of the contact liquid can be rapidly removed from the container.

Abstract: A surface treatment agent composition for non-chromium steel sheets for removing iron ions without reducing the amount of aluminum ions when subjecting the steel sheet to surface treatment by means of cathodic electrolysis using a surface treatment agent containing aluminum ions as the main component; and a method for producing a surface-treated steel sheet using the composition. A surface-treated steel sheet exhibiting high corrosion resistance, a surface-treated steel sheet with an organic coating, and a can lid, can body and seamless can produced using the surface-treated steel sheets. A surface treatment agent composition for steel sheets contains aluminum ions, fluorine ions and polycarboxylic acid and is used as the surface treatment bath used for forming a surface treatment coating film on the surface of the steel sheet by cathodic electrolysis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a closure liner composition comprising a mixture (or blend) of a thermoplastic polymer, an oxygen barrier polymer, and a particulate oxygen scavenging material. The oxygen barrier polymer preferably comprises polyisobutylene. The particulate oxygen scavenging material preferably is selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal salt of sulfite, ascorbate, isoascorbate, and a mixture of two or more of these materials. The closure liner composition may be used to fabricate a liner for a closure (e.g., a metal crown used to cap a bottle) that provides superior oxygen reduction properties and improved shelf life.

Abstract: A barrier-film forming apparatus that forms a barrier film on an inner face of a container having a concave or convex portion as a processing target, including: a dielectric member having a cavity sized to enclose the container, an external electrode covering an outer circumference of the dielectric member, an exhaust unit installed on an end face of the external electrode on a side where a mouth of the container is located, with an insulating member interposed therebetween, and depressurizing inside of the container through an exhaust pipe, an internal electrode inserted from a side of the exhaust pipe and also serving as a gas blowout unit that blows out medium gas for generating a barrier film into the container, and an electric-field applying unit that applies an electric field for generating exhaust between the external electrode and a ground electrode.

Abstract: Compositions including chlorinated propenes and a phenolic antioxidant are described herein.

Abstract: A lubrication oil fine-tuning device includes a tank having a nano electromagnetic wave coating coated on the outside of the tank. The nano electromagnetic wave coating fine-tunes the lubrication oil particles and the lubrication oil is circulated between parts to smooth the operation of the parts and saves expense of the fuel.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to containers having liquid-impregnated surfaces disposed on their interior surfaces. The liquid-impregnated surfaces may compose an arrangement of solid and/or semi-solid features, defining one or more interstitial regions therebetween, and an impregnating liquid preferentially wetted to those regions. The containers may be designed to contain a product that is intended for human or animal consumption. The solid and/or semi-solid features and the impregnating liquid collectively define a secondary surface (e.g., substantially parallel to the interior surface on which the liquid-impregnated surfaces are disposed) and may include materials which are non-toxic. In particular, non-toxic liquid-impregnated surfaces of the disclosure may be configured for use in food, drugs, health and/or beauty product applications.

Abstract: An isolation apparatus for transporting and storing objects or human remains. The apparatus is formed of a flexible, foldable, opaque, generally box-like enclosure fabricated of a fiber reinforced plastic film, and welded together to form a sealed, air-tight and/or liquid-tight enclosure. A gas and liquid sealing zipper is positioned along three of four sides of the enclosure, thereby allowing the apparatus to open in a clamshell or suitcase-like manner, for easy access to the interior of the enclosure. An NBC and/or a CBRN filter can be mounted to the apparatus to allow for release of pressure from within the enclosure. An interior liner made of chemical protective fabric can be placed within the enclosure for additional chemical containment.

Abstract: A can (1), in particular for conditioning foodstuff, includes a body composed of a bottom element (2) which is prolonged by a lateral wall (3), the interior surface (9) of the body being at least in part made of tin, the tin surface (9) being partially covered with a coat of protective lacquer (10) to prevent the contact between the tin surface (9) and the foodstuff, the lacquerless tin surface, the “exposed”, being intended to come into contact with the foodstuff in order to set free the tin. The exposed tin surface is constituted of a plurality of “exposed” tin zones (11), which are separated, ones from the others, by lacquered zones (12), the exposed tin zones (11) being distributed on the height of the lateral wall (3), in particular to limit the aesthetic impact due to chemical action of the foodstuff on the exposed tin zones (11).

Abstract: [Object] To provide a coating material composition having excellent coating workability used particularly for a coating material of interior surfaces of beverage cans and food cans, with which not only crystallization of a coating which causes workability degradation is suppressed but also internal stress can be suppressed and stretchability can be imparted to the coating. [Solution] A thermosetting resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a polyester resin composition and 1 to 100 parts by weight of a resole-type phenolic resin (C), the polyester resin composition containing a polyester resin (A) having a glass transition temperature (hereinafter referred to as Tg) of 0° C. or more and a polyester resin (B) having a Tg less than 0° C., in which the weight ratio [(A)/(B)] is 95/5 to 60/40.

Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer, for use in coating compositions. Containers comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers are also provided. The invention further provides powder coating compositions including the polymer, which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water-based coating system that can be used to form a durable, abrasion resistant, tough, protective coating on a wide range of substrates, including the underbody of transport vehicles, storage units, and the like. The coating composition includes an asphaltic component and advantageously has excellent adhesion properties when coated onto metal surfaces, including the underbody of transport vehicles, storage units and the like. The coating system is particularly effective for protecting metal or metal-containing substrates forming the underbody of an intermodal cargo container. The resultant coatings are flexible and impact resistant.

Abstract: A polyester-carbamate polymer and coating compositions containing the polymer are provided. The polyester-carbamate polymer preferably includes a polyester-carbamate backbone and one or more blocked isocyanate groups. A coating composition is provided that preferably includes the polyester-carbamate polymer and a thermoplastic dispersion. In a preferred embodiment, the coating composition is an organosol.

Abstract: Compositions for coating food or beverage containers comprising a resinous binder and 10 to 30 percent by weight of a polysilicone resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to encapsulated activated carbon and a method of preparing the same to protect the structure of the activated carbon and preserve the odor absorbing capability of the activated carbon particles. Particularly, the present invention is directed to a polymer article having odor absorption capabilities comprising a film comprising a matrix polymer and activated carbon particles at least partially encapsulated with a non-water soluble amorphous polymer, wherein the non-water soluble amorphous polymer is incompatible with the matrix polymer. The polymer article can be a bag.

Abstract: A chelating system for inclusion in a composition at least stored in a polymer lined metal passivated steel container which provides for stability of both the composition and the container. The composition preferably is a cleaning composition including a color-changing dye or indicator. The chelating system provides for stable storage of the composition through preventing degradation of the dye/indicator over an extended storage time. The chelating system included in the composition has a low affinity for the passivation metal on the steel container which provides for stability of the polymer liner present over the passivation layer and, thus, provides for the stability of the container. A preferred combination is a cleaning composition including (a) tetrasodium iminodisuccinate as the chelant and (b) a pH sensitive color-changing dye/indicator, in combination with a PET-lined chromium passivated tin-free steel container.

Abstract: In a packaging pouch made of a flexible mono or multilayer film for packaging viscous jelly and/or gravy matrix food, in which a thermo cycle such as retort, pasteurization, hot filling or aseptic conditions are applicable, the surface of a layer of the film forming the pouch inner walls or a surface coating on the film being in contact with food comprises a substance having the effect that the surface tension of the layer or the surface coating on the layer is 24 mN/m or less and the pouch inner walls being in contact with food exhibit easy flow properties.

Abstract: The present invention is an elastic (mechanically stretchable), sanitizing pouch configured to receive and hold an Electronic Device of a predetermined configuration. The elasticity of the fabric used maximizes surface contact with the Electronic Device and the closeness of the fabric of the invention with the outside surfaces of the Electronic Device. A liftable and removable cover flap on the front of the invention is used to hold and access the inside of the invention. The back of the invention includes at least one pocket. The invention further includes a pull tab to help lift an Electronic Device out of the invention. While inside the invention, the silver ions are released in the fabric and inhibit the colonization of bacteria, viruses and fungus on the Electronic Device.

Abstract: The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a pharmaceutical container formed, at least in part, of a glass composition which exhibits a reduced propensity to delaminate, i.e., a reduced propensity to shed glass particulates. As a result, the presently claimed containers are particularly suited for storage of pharmaceutical compositions and, specifically, a pharmaceutical solution comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient, for example, daclizumab (ZENAPAX®).

Abstract: This invention provides a food container which can be manufactured cheaply by using inexpensive general PET resin or further inexpensive PET resin for fiber or recovered PET flakes, and nevertheless, which has a high heat resistance up to 250° C., and the container is obtained by adding a chain extender and a compatibilizer and talc to PET resin, charging the mixture into an extruder 30 having two or more vent holes, degassing under a condition where the PET resin is melted with heating by sucking at a high vacuum of ?99.99 kPa or lower from the vent holes 33, 34, thereafter, forming a sheet by extrusion molding, pressure-forming with vacuum the sheet by a thermoforming machine, forming the container by keeping in a mold at 100-220° C. The container has a total of the content of crystal portion represented by the following formula and the content of talc being 25% by weight or more.

Abstract: A combination micro-filtration halogen apparatus safely delivers drinking water by metering doses of concentrated aqueous iodine into a filtered water supply contained within a chamber. Untreated water is poured into the water filter column that allows for gravity to force the water through filters and the filtered or purified water depending on the filters is stored within a lower chamber of the column for disinfection. An aqueous iodine roller metering system controls the amount of iodine dispensed from an aqueous iodine container to the filter column. Turning the roller mechanism accurately meters a selected dose of concentrated aqueous iodine from the iodine container into the lower chamber of the water column. The active residual iodine disinfectant kills microbes in the filtered or purified water making it safe to consume and prevents recontamination. The iodinated drinking water also provides for essential daily human micronutrient requirements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder useful in coating end uses. The binder preferably includes an aqueous polymer dispersion and a vinyl polymer. The binder is useful in packaging coatings, including coatings for use on food or beverage cans, or a portion thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container comprising a container body having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface contains silicon oxide; and the silicon oxide containing inner surface is at least partially modified with a fluorine containing compound, wherein the fluorine containing compound is chemically bonded to the silicon oxide of the container body via at least one Si—O—Si bond.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to articles, devices, and methods for inhibiting or preventing the formation of scale during various industrial processes. In certain embodiments, a vessel is provided for use in an industrial process, the vessel having a textured, liquid-impregnated surface in contact with a mineral solution, wherein the liquid-impregnated surface comprises a matrix of features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain an impregnating liquid lubricant therebetween or therewithin, wherein the impregnating lubricant has a low surface energy density, and wherein the spreading coefficient Sos(w) of the impregnating lubricant (subscript ‘o’) on the substrate (subscript ‘s’) in the presence of the salt solution (subscript ‘w’) is greater than zero, such that the impregnating lubricant fully submerges the textured substrate.

Abstract: A liquid container according to an aspect of this invention is a liquid container which is packaged with a packaging body, in which the liquid container has a containing chamber in which liquid which temporarily generates gas by a chemical change of contained components is contained, the hydrogen penetration amount of a member partitioning the containing chamber is 0.0001 ml/cm2·day·atm or more and 0.01 ml/cm2·day·atm or lower per day, the hydrogen penetration amount of the packaging body is equal to or larger than the hydrogen penetration amount of the member partitioning the containing chamber, and the vapor penetration amount of the packaging body is lower than the vapor penetration amount of the member partitioning the containing chamber.

Abstract: An oxygen-scavenging composition is provided that includes an oxygen-scavenging component and an oxidation catalyst. In preferred embodiments, the oxygen-scavenging composition includes a thermoplastic polymer that may optionally include the oxygen-scavenging composition as a portion thereof. In preferred embodiments, the composition is suitable for use in packaging articles.