Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible intermediate bulk container
- Patent Title (中): 柔性中间散装容器
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Application No.: US12988757Application Date: 2009-04-20
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Publication No.: US08349422B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Zahir Bashir , Ian Macmillan Ward , Glen Peter Thompson , Anthony Paul Unwin
- Applicant: Zahir Bashir , Ian Macmillan Ward , Glen Peter Thompson , Anthony Paul Unwin
- Applicant Address: SA Riyadh
- Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
- Current Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: SA Riyadh
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: EP08007918 20080424
- International Application: PCT/EP2009/002985 WO 20090420
- International Announcement: WO2009/130032 WO 20091029
- Main IPC: B29D22/00
- IPC: B29D22/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to a Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC) having a body made of flexible woven fabric, and integral handling devices, wherein the fabric is woven from opaque oriented polyethylene terephthalate (PET) strips having a density of from 500 to 1300 kg/m3 and a tensile strength of at least 250 MPa.Advantages of said FIBC include directly printability with the usual type of inks, giving excellent contrast and good adhesion, without pre-treatment like a corona- or flame-treatment. The FIBC based on the PET fabric also shows higher gloss; better UV resistance; better mechanical properties, like high tensile strength and creep resistance; favorable abrasion resistance; and higher temperature resistance than a conventional big bag based on polypropylene strips.The invention further relates to such a FIBC based on stress-whitened PET tapes obtained by a special drawing process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110135221A1 Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container Public/Granted day:2011-06-09
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