Resumen de: WO2019213734A1

A biodegradable light wand is provided, the light wand including: a light transmitting tube comprising a natural hydrocolloid, the tube having a sidewall, a second port and a first port, to define a bore; a first bioluminescence tablet which comprises a light producing enzyme and a second bioluminescence tablet which comprises a bioluminescence-generating molecule, both housed in the bore; a bio-plug in the first port, the bio-plug sized to seal the first port, the bio- plug comprising a beeswax, charcoal, sometimes fungal spores, and a substrate; and a cap, the cap sized to seal the second port, the cap releasably located in the second port. Together these components form a biodegradable, non-toxic alternative to plastic chemiluminescent glow sticks.

Resumen de: AU2019257376A1

A container, including a body having a closed end and an open end, the body including at least one cellulose-based material, a beverage material, and a top, coupled to the body such that the beverage material is contained within the body, in which the top and the body remain coupled and remain substantially unchanged in shape when the container is exposed to a temperature of at least 195 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure sufficient to produce an espresso-style beverage from the beverage material contained within the body. u-II -4 0 Ln '-I L(6 r1-4

Resumen de: US2019343912A1

A composition includes a target pharmaceutical or biological agent, a solution containing the target pharmaceutical or biological agent, and substrate that is soluble in the solution. The substrate is capable of being solidified via a solidification process and the solidification process causes the substrate to become physically or chemically cross-linked, vitrified, or crystallized. As a result of the solidification process, particles are formed. The target pharmaceutical or biological agent within the solution retains proper conformation to ultimately produce a desired effect.

Resumen de: WO2014064335A1

The invention provides a biodegradable packaging material, a method of manufacturing the same, as well as products made of the material. There is coextruded onto a fibrous substrate (1) a multilayer coating comprising innermost and outermost layers (2, 4) of a blend comprising 20-95 wt-% of a higher melt index polylactide and 5-80 wt-% of another biodegradable polymer such as polybutylene succinate, and a middle layer (3) containing a lower melt index polylactide alone. The goal is to increase machine speed in coextrusion while maintaining good adhesiveness to the substrate and good heat-sealability of the coating. The products include disposable drinking cups and board trays, as well as sealed carton packages for solids and liquids.

Resumen de: WO2017025256A1

The present invention relates to a printed water-soluble package comprising a bittering agent and a water-soluble substrate enclosing a composition, the water-soluble substrate having an exterior surface with one or more printed regions, wherein the water-soluble package further includes a powder coating including a powdered lubricating agent coated on the exterior surface of the water-soluble substrate, methods of producing such packages and their use, particularly, in detergent compositions packaging, washing dishes and laundering textiles.

Resumen de: US2019335956A1

Devices and systems for containing and dispensing liquids are disclosed. The system includes a basket and a container removably coupled to the basket to facilitate nesting in a basket cavity. The container includes a pump assembly coupled to the container and extending into an interior thereof. The system includes at least one hanger arm coupled to the basket. The at least one hanger arm includes a first section proximate the basket and a second section distal the basket, the second portion including a distal end. A device embodiment includes the container having the at least one hanger arm coupled thereto rather than being coupled to the basket. Embodiments of the disclosure provide versatile liquid containing and dispensing devices and systems having low cost and high longevity, and that facilitate convenient co-location of liquid cleaning and personal hygiene products, and related and associated items and materials, to preferred places of use.

Resumen de: US2019335943A1

A capsule for preparation of a beverage includes a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein. The container includes a code adapted for being identified or read by external reading means, and the code is arranged on the container to be read while the capsule is rotated around an axis of rotation traversing the capsule.

Resumen de: WO2019212722A1

Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin blend and optionally one or more additional components such as plasticizers, fillers, surfactants, and other additives. The PVOH resin blend includes a first copolymer including a first anionic monomer unit and a second PVOH copolymer including a second anionic monomer unit. When the PVOH copolymers are blended in particular proportions and/or selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits maintained film stiffness, and pouch tautness when in contact with liquid pouch contents, maintain acceptable clarity properties, and/or demonstrate acceptable band release without impairing the ultimate solubility of the water-soluble film.

Resumen de: WO2019212723A1

Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin blend and optionally one or more additional components such as plasticizers, fillers, surfactants, and other additives. The PVOH resin blend includes a first copolymer including a first anionic monomer unit and a second PVOH copolymer including a second anionic monomer unit. When the PVOH copolymers are blended in particular proportions and/or selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits maintained film stiffness, and pouch tautness when in contact with liquid pouch contents, and/or maintain acceptable clarity properties, without impairing the ultimate solubility of the water-soluble film.

Resumen de: US2019337277A1

A composite sheet material includes a cover sheet, a substrate and an adhesion promoting layer. The cover sheet has a cover sheet material. The substrate has a substrate material. The adhesion promoting layer is disposed between the cover sheet and the substrate. A first side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the cover sheet has an affinity to bond with the cover sheet material. A second side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the substrate has an affinity to bond with the substrate material.

Resumen de: WO2019213347A1

Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin. When the PVOH copolymer are selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits maintained film stiffness, and pouch tautness when in contact with liquid pouch contents, maintain acceptable clarity properties, and/or demonstrates acceptable band release without impairing the ultimate solubility of the water-soluble film.

Resumen de: WO2019211790A1

The process for obtaining plastic material from flours and similar products comprises an extrusion phase (E) for the extrusion of a starting mixture (1), wherein the starting mixture (1) comprises: flour (F) comprising bran (3) present in a concentration by weight, evaluated with respect to the total weight of the flour (F), ranging from 15% to 65%; and - at least one solvent substance (4).

Resumen de: WO2019210823A1

A disposable container containing an oxo-biodegradable material, the manufacturing process therefor is: placing polyethylene granules and oxo-biodegrable granules into a mixer, thoroughly stirring same, and then adding the mixture into a heater, laminating the polyethylene solution to the surface of laminated paper to be processed, passing the paper through a cooler for cooling, feeding the laminated paper into a printing machine, cutting the laminated paper into a container shape by means of a cutter, feeding the container into a device for processing the container to perform a shaping process, and forming a finished container which includes a paper cup, a paper dish, a paper bowl, etc. Plastic particles on the surface of the laminated paper can be first oxidized and then biodegraded; thus the plastic particles are transferred from a high molecular weight to a low molecular weight, and then the plastic particles of a low molecular weight are transferred into water, carbon dioxide, and organic matter by means of microorganisms, so that the disposable container can avoid pollution to the environment and has a green and environmentally friendly effect.

Resumen de: JP2019194303A

【課題】 木材のような風合いと優れた成形性とを有し、かつより環境負荷の少ないサステイナブルな樹脂成形用組成物およびそれを用いた樹脂成形体を提供すること。【解決手段】 本発明の樹脂成形用組成物はトチュウの粉粒体から構成されている。このような組成物は、例えば、トチュウの乾燥体を粉砕して１０μｍから５０００μｍの平均粒子径を有する粉粒体を得ることにより製造され得る。本発明の組成物は、石油系樹脂への依存をより低減することができる、環境負荷の少ないサステイナブルな材料である。【選択図】 図１

Resumen de: EP3564304A1

A water-soluble film that shows a small change between a film hardness at the time of its normal state and a film hardness at high temperature at the time of its forming or immediately after the forming, that has satisfactory formability, and that is excellent in pinhole resistance and bag breakage resistance includes: a polyvinyl alcohol resin (A); and a plasticizer (B), wherein the plasticizer (B) contains a polyhydric alcohol (b1) having a melting point of 80°C or more, a polyhydric alcohol (b2) having a melting point of 50°C or less, and a polyhydric alcohol (b3) having a melting point of more than 50°C and less than 80°C, and wherein a content ratio (X) of the polyhydric alcohol (b3) with respect to a total amount of the polyhydric alcohols (b1), (b2), and (b3) is 15 wt.% or less.

Resumen de: GB2525446A

A composition for use in production of packaging for foods comprises a laminated structure and wherein a least one lamella of paper is coated with at least one lamella of polymer comprising polyethylene (PE). A band produced of the composition together with a net can be useful in the production of a pack for packaging of fruit or other foods. The paper may be uncoated with a thickness of 75 - 85 gsm. The lamella of polymer may be of a thickness of 20 40 microns, and it may at least partly melt during a heat sealing process. The composition may be oxo-degradable, and it may contain 1 3 % of an oxo-degradable additive. The band may be 70 100 mm wide and it may secure a net comprising a tube drawn together and sealed at first and second ends, wherein the band is wrapped around the net and heat sealed to the ends of the net at first and second heat sealing areas. The band may be arranged in a pack such that the polymer side faces the net and paper side faces away from the net. The paper side may be printed.

Resumen de: EP3564151A1

A liquid chemical agent package includes: a package bag obtained by bonding water-soluble films each containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin (A) to each other; and a liquid chemical agent included in the package bag, wherein in a section in a vertical direction relative to bonding surfaces of the water-soluble films, the liquid chemical agent package contains 20 or more inorganic particles each having a particle diameter of 2 µm or more in a sealed sectional portion having a range extending from an interface between the bonding surfaces by ±10 µm in the vertical direction and having a width of 900 µm. The liquid chemical agent package has water solubility but also high adhesiveness of a water-sealed portion and is hence excellent in sealability, and is hardly affected over time from the end of water application to water sealing and hence maintains high sealability.

Resumen de: EP3564306A1

A water-soluble film includes: a polyvinyl alcohol resin (A); and a plasticizer (B), wherein the plasticizer (B) contains a polyhydric alcohol (b1) having a melting point of more than 50°C and 100°C or less, a polyhydric alcohol (b2) having a melting point of 50°C or less, and a polyhydric alcohol (b3) having a melting point of more than 100°C. The water-soluble film has a high tensile strength and a high tensile elongation, and does not cause bleed-out before the formation of a package.

Resumen de: CN110325576A

本文公开了包含基于碳水化合物的高分子材料的物品，及用于形成该物品的方法。该物品可具有改善的可持续性、生物降解性、提升的强度、和/或其他各种有利的特征。该基于碳水化合物的高分子材料可由一种或多种淀粉、塑化剂(例如甘油)、及水形成。该基于碳水化合物的高分子材料可具有非常低的晶体特征，因此可为实质上非晶的(例如，具有不超过20％、不超过10％、低于10％等的晶体)。该基于碳水化合物的高分子材料可与非生物可降解的塑料混合，而使得那些塑料材料现在生物可降解，其可使该膜或其他物品的强度提升，其可与可持续性高分子材料(例如，生物PE等)混合用于增加可持续性(例如达到90％或更高)等。

Resumen de: CA3003989A1

The idea as an abstract thought is being able to make a coffee cup or pot using a bag or pouch on a string the exact same way you would make a tea that comes as a tea bag. I have furthered the application so that the coffee tea bag approach can have a string or not and it does not include a picture as this design can be any shape or size. The absolute thought is a tea bag coffee approach (coffee beans in a bag/pouch all different flavours and labeled if needed).

Resumen de: FR3080626A1

La présente invention concerne une composition comprenant de 40 à 90 % en poids d'au moins un (co)polyester biodégradable rigide, de 10 à 49 % en poids d'au moins un (co)polyester biodégradable flexible et de 0,5 à 10 % en poids d'un polymère de vinyle caractérisée en ce que la différence des températures de fusion entre les deux (co)polyesters biodégradables présentant des températures de fusion les plus éloignées est inférieure à 25°C, la différence des indices de fluidité à chaud entre les deux (co)polyesters biodégradables présentant les indices de fluidité à chaud les plus éloignés est inférieure à 5g/10min. Elle concerne aussi un procédé de préparation par extrusion-filage et également les articles obtenus à partir de cette composition notamment les engins de pêche et les géotextiles.

Resumen de: AU2018260374A1

A compostable lid for sealing a capsule containing coffee in particular, consisting of a multilayer article comprising at least: a non-woven, the fibers of which contain at least 50% by weight of biodegradable fibers, a support consisting of a vegetable parchment, at least one oxygen barrier layer.

Resumen de: JP2019189706A

【課題】 長期保管したフィルムで包装体を形成する際のカールが軽減され、それ故、位置ずれが起こりにくく、生産性に優れたものであり、かつ液体洗剤などの液体を包装して包装体とした状態であっても経時で面積変化率が小さいため、水溶性フィルムの張りを損なわず、更には、低温での耐衝撃性に優れているため、寒冷地においても包装体の耐破袋性が良好である水溶性フィルムを提供することを目的とするものである。【解決手段】 ポリビニルアルコール系樹脂（Ａ）および可塑剤（Ｂ）を含有してなる水溶性フィルムであって、上記可塑剤（Ｂ）が、融点が５０℃以下である多価アルコール（ｂ１）およびトリメチロールプロパン（ｂ２）を含有し、上記多価アルコール（ｂ１）およびトリメチロールプロパン（ｂ２）の合計量（Ｘ）が、ポリビニルアルコール系樹脂（Ａ）１００重量部に対して２７．５〜５５重量部であり、かつ上記合計量（Ｘ）に対するトリメチロールプロパン（ｂ２）の含有割合（Ｙ）が、５０〜９５重量％であることを特徴とする水溶性フィルム。【選択図】なし

Resumen de: WO2018123893A1

Provided is a liquid drug packaging body that, in addition to water solubility, has high adhesiveness of a water sealing section, excellent sealing properties, and little ageing impact from after water application to water sealing, is capable of maintaining high sealing properties, and has: a packaging body comprising a water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (A), that is bonded together; and a liquid drug encased in the packaging body. In a cross section of the vertical direction relative to the water-soluble film bonding surface, the liquid drug packaging body contains at least 20 inorganic particles having a particle diameter of at least 2 µm, within a range from the interface of the bonding surface of ±10 µm in the vertical direction and a width of 900 µm.

Resumen de: WO2018123894A1

Provided is a water-soluble film that, in addition to having excellent mechanical properties such as high tensile strength and high tensile elongation, does not bleed out prior to packaging body formation and contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (A) and a plasticizer (B). The plasticizer (B) contains: a polyhydric alcohol (b1) having a melting point greater than 50°C and no more than 100°C; a polyhydric alcohol (b2) having a melting point of no more than 50°C; and a polyhydric alcohol (b3) having a melting point greater than 100°C.