US4013188A
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Induction sealed closure
Assignee: General Foods Corp
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Filing: 1973-03-01
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Granted: 1977-03-22
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Expires: 1993-03-01
Abstract
Abstract A novel membrane-to-closure mouth structure is effected by causing a paraffin-based heat activatable peelable sealing ply on a thin metallic foil to adhere to a sealing face of a closure mouth composed of a polymer such as polyethylene by electromagnetically inducing intense abbreviated heat in the foil and consequent focusing of the heat activation necessary for resin migration under pressure to form a water and gas transmission barrier in a frangible sealing ply structure composed primarily of low tensile strength waxes complemented by tackifying materials.
Inventors
- 👤 George C. Ray
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 10:07
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D77/00; B65D77/10; B65D77/20; B65D77/2024; B65D77/2028; B65D77/2032; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/34; B29C65/36; B29C65/3604; B29C65/3644; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/53; B29C66/534; B29C66/5346; B29C66/53461; B29C66/70; B29C66/72; B29C66/723; B29C66/7234; B29C65/3656; B29C65/3672; B29C65/3676; B29C66/71; B29C66/7232; B29C66/72321; B29C66/72327; B29C66/72328; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31801
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
In an improved hermetically sealed package, an hermetic closure in combination comprising a closure mouth having a closure face, said face having a synthetic organic thermoplastic of a first melting point, and an abutting sealing membrane sealed to said closure face consisting essentially of an electrically conductive foil ply less than 5 mils thick having a frangible paraffin-based wax ply coated thereon, said wax ply having a melting point less than the first melting point and having been heated to above its own melting point but less than said first melting point while in abutting face-to-face pressure contact with said closure face and forming a continuous caulking seal with said face, said wax ply having been caused to flow in the region of abutment and being deformed to caulk the sealing face of the closure, said wax ply having a tackifying agent present in a minor weight percent thereof, the tensile strength of the wax ply being less than 60 psi and less than that of said synthetic organic thermoplastic material of said face whereby the ply is operative to fail in a cleavage pattern in the coating per se.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
In an improved hermetically sealed package, an hermetic closure in combination comprising a closure mouth having a closure face, said face having a synthetic organic thermoplastic of a first melting point, and an abutting sealing membrane sealed to said closure face consisting essentially of an electrically conductive foil ply less than 5 mils thick having a frangible paraffin-based wax ply coated thereon, said wax ply having a melting point less than the first melting point and having been heated to above its own melting point but less than said first melting point while in abutting face-to-face pressure contact with said closure face and forming a continuous caulking seal with said face, said wax ply having been caused to flow in the region of abutment and being deformed to caulk the sealing face of the closure, said wax ply having a tackifying agent present in a minor weight percent thereof, the tensile strength of the wax ply being less than 60 psi and less than that of said synthetic organic thermoplastic material of said face whereby the ply is operative to fail in a cleavage pattern in the coating per se.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The package of claim 1 wherein the wax ply has an ethylene vinyl acetate co-polymer at a minor weight per cent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The package of claim 1 wherein the closure face is a planar surface of a polymeric container.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The package of claim 3 wherein the closure mouth is a neck of a bottle having a flat planar surface at an annular upper extremity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The package of claim 1 wherein the closure face is of polyethylene.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The package of claim 5 wherein the closure face is composed of an annular neck of a polyethylene bottle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The package of claim 1 wherein the foil is between 0.5 and 3 mils thickness.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The package of claim 7 wherein the wax ply coating is 1.2 to 3 mils thick.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The package of claim (10) 8 wherein the paraffin-based wax ply has both a tackifying agent and an ethylene vinyl acetate co-polymer each employed at a minor weight per cent of the wax ply.
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