US4946720A
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Containers for filthy matter
Assignee: Nichigo Film KK
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Filing: 1988-12-15
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Granted: 1990-08-07
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Expires: 2008-12-15
Abstract
Abstract A container for filthy matter particularly suited for use as a bag for collecting waste matter discharged through the artifical anus is essentially made of a single-layer or multilayer packaging material comprising an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsukasa Oishi
- 👤 Toshio Marui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 16:57
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/08; A; A61; A61F; A61F5/00; A61F5/44; A61F5/445; B32B27/12; B32B27/30; B32B27/306; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; B32B5/022; A61F2005/4402; B32B2439/00; B32B2439/40; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1334; Y10T428/1341; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31935; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/674; Y10T442/678
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
A bag for the collection of waste material discharged from an artificial anus, said bag comprising an opening portion, a sealed portion and a multilayer packaging material, said multilayer packaging material consisting of at least three layers, wherein: (a) an inside layer consists of an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer which is soluble in water only at a temperature not lower than 55° C., having a 10% Young's modulus value of not more than 2×10 3 kg/cm 2 as measured at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity, and wherein the oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer has an oxyalkylene group content of 1-80 percent by weight; (b) a middle layer consists of a film layer of another polymer, and (c) an outside layer consists of a nonwoven fabric material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
130 words
A bag for the collection of waste material discharged from an artificial anus, said bag comprising an opening portion, a sealed portion and a multilayer packaging material, said multilayer packaging material consisting of at least three layers, wherein: (a) an inside layer consists of an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer which is soluble in water only at a temperature not lower than 55° C., having a 10% Young's modulus value of not more than 2×10 3 kg/cm 2 as measured at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity, and wherein the oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer has an oxyalkylene group content of 1-80 percent by weight; (b) a middle layer consists of a film layer of another polymer, and (c) an outside layer consists of a nonwoven fabric material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
129 words
A bag for the collection of waste material discharged from an artificial anus, said bag comprising an opening portion, a sealed portion and a multilayer packaging material, said multilayer packaging material consisting of at least three layers, wherein: (a) an outside layer consists of a nonwoven fabric; (b) a middle layer consists of an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer which is soluble in water only at a temperature not lower than 55° C., having a 10% Young's modulus value of not more than 2×10 3 kg/cm 2 as measured at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity, and wherein the oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer has an oxyalkylene group content of 1-80 percent by weight, and (c) an inside layer consists of a film layer of another polymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
129 words
A bag for the collection of waste material discharged from an artificial anus, said bag comprising an opening portion, a sealed portion and a multilayer packaging material, said multilayer packaging material consisting of at least three layers, wherein: (a) an outside layer consists of a nonwoven fabric; (b) a middle layer consists of an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer which is soluble in water only at a temperature not lower than 55° C., having a 10% Young's modulus value of not more than 2×10 3 kg/cm 2 as measured at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity, and wherein the oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer has an oxyalkylene group content of 1-80 percent by weight, and (c) an inside layer consists of a film layer of another polymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
142 words
In a bag for the collection of waste material discharged from an artificial anus, said bag comprising an opening portion, a sealed portion and multilayer packaging material, wherein said multilayer packaging material consists of at least three layers, the improvement comprising the use of a multilayer packaging material consisting of: (a) an inside layer consisting of an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer which is soluble in water only at a temperature not lower than 55° C., having a 10% Young's modulus value of not more than 2×10 3 kg/cm 2 as measured at 20° C. and 50C. relative humidity, and wherein the oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer has an oxyalkylene group content of 1-80 percent by weight; (b) a middle layer consisting of a film layer of another polymer, and (c) an outside layer consisting of a nonwoven fabric material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
142 words
In a bag for the collection of waste material discharged from an artificial anus, said bag comprising an opening portion, a sealed portion and multilayer packaging material, wherein said multilayer packaging material consists of at least three layers, the improvement comprising the use of a multilayer packaging material consisting of: (a) an inside layer consisting of an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer which is soluble in water only at a temperature not lower than 55° C., having a 10% Young's modulus value of not more than 2×10 3 kg/cm 2 as measured at 20° C. and 50C. relative humidity, and wherein the oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer has an oxyalkylene group content of 1-80 percent by weight; (b) a middle layer consisting of a film layer of another polymer, and (c) an outside layer consisting of a nonwoven fabric material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
142 words
In a bag for the collection of waste material discharged from an artificial anus, said bag comprising an opening portion, a sealed portion and multilayer packaging material, and wherein said multilayer packaging material consist of at least three layers, the improvement comprising the use of a multilayer packaging material consisting of: (a) an outside layer consisting of a nonwoven fabric; (b) a middle layer consisting of an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer which is soluble in water only at a temperature not lower than 55° C., having a 10% Young's modulus value of not more than 2×10 3 kg/cm 2 as measured at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity, and wherein the oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer has an oxyalkylene group content of 1-80 percent by weight, and (c) an inside layer consisting of a film layer of another polymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
142 words
In a bag for the collection of waste material discharged from an artificial anus, said bag comprising an opening portion, a sealed portion and multilayer packaging material, and wherein said multilayer packaging material consist of at least three layers, the improvement comprising the use of a multilayer packaging material consisting of: (a) an outside layer consisting of a nonwoven fabric; (b) a middle layer consisting of an oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer film layer which is soluble in water only at a temperature not lower than 55° C., having a 10% Young's modulus value of not more than 2×10 3 kg/cm 2 as measured at 20° C. and 50% relative humidity, and wherein the oxyalkylene group-containing vinyl alcohol copolymer has an oxyalkylene group content of 1-80 percent by weight, and (c) an inside layer consisting of a film layer of another polymer.
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