Global Patent Index - EP 0380269 A3

EP 0380269 A3 19910522 - METHOD OF SEALING PLASTICS FOOD CONTAINERS

Title (en)

METHOD OF SEALING PLASTICS FOOD CONTAINERS

Publication

EP 0380269 A3 19910522 (EN)

Application

EP 90300634 A 19900122

Priority

GB 8901419 A 19890123

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0380269A2] A method of treating a food container having a plastics body portion and a lid sealed thereto for the purpose of ensuring that micro-organisms cannot penetrate into the interior of the container through any faults or imperfections in the seal between the lid and the body portion, which method comprises forming a polymeric coating layer over the external surface of the container in such a manner as to encompass completely the join between the lid and the body of the container, the resultant polymeric coating layer being a retortable polymer. The method of the invention provides a substantial reduction in the number of failures of the seal between the lid and body portion of plastics containers for foodstuffs.

IPC 1-7

B65D 65/42

IPC 8 full level

B65D 17/40 (2006.01); B65D 65/42 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 65/42 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0380269 A2 19900801; EP 0380269 A3 19910522; GB 2228247 A 19900822; GB 2228247 B 19920819; GB 8901419 D0 19890315; GB 9001424 D0 19900321

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 90300634 A 19900122; GB 8901419 A 19890123; GB 9001424 A 19900122