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US 6,663,809 B1Granted
Wireless polymeric twist tie
AssigneeBedford Industries, Inc.
InventorsThomas E. Haddock, Jeffrey S. Maltas, Terry L. Langland, Fern P. Burmeister
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Abstract
A twist tie, the twist tie incorporating a thermoplastic copolyester.
Claims36
A method of making a twist tie, the method comprising:
- preparing a composition, the composition comprising a thermoplastic copolyester;
- shaping the composition to form the twist tie, the shaping comprising extruding a ribbon;
- and
- cooling the ribbon in a fluid medium to solidify the composition.
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The method of claim,wherein the thermoplastic copolyester is a glycol-modified or acid-modified copolyester that comprises a terephthalic group.
A method of making a twist tie, the method comprising:
- preparing a composition, the composition comprising a thermoplastic copolyester and an ethylene-based copolymer, the ethylene-based copolymer being ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene acrylic acid, ethylene ethyl acrylate, ethylene methyl acrylate, or any of these in any combination;
- and
- shaping the composition to form the twist tie.
A method of making a twist tie, the method comprising:
- preparing a composition, the composition comprising a thermoplastic copolyester;
- and
- shaping the composition to form the twist tie, the twist tie exhibiting an elongation at breakage of about 100 percent or more, a tensile strength at yield of about 7,000 psi or more, and a tensile strength at breakage of about 8,000 psi or more, when analyzed according to the ASTM D-638-99 standard.
A method of making a twist tie, the method comprising:
- preparing a composition, the composition comprising a thermoplastic copolyester;
- and
- shaping the composition to form the twist tie, the twist tie exhibiting an elongation at breakage of about 300 percent or more, a tensile strength at yield of about 8,000 psi or more, or a tensile strength at breakage of about 10,000 psi or more, when analyzed according to the ASTM D-638-99 standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.