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Title:
BEVERAGE INFUSION PACKAGES AND MATERIALS THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001041610
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A beverage infusion package (e.g. a tea bag) is formed of porous, fibrous cellulosic material and has a closure seam produced by a mechanical compression action without heat sealing. The porous material contains thermoplastic fibres which are amorphous or are only partially crystalline and which make the package eminently suitable for infusion in a microwave oven. The porous, fibrous material may have a basis weight of 10 to 30 g m<-2> and be comprises of a single wet-laid layer of an admixture of cellulosic fibres and the thermoplastic fibres.

Inventors:
ROSE JOHN EDWARD (GB)
JORDAN ANDREW KEVIN (GB)
WARDLE GLYN A (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2000/004759
Publication Date:
January 17, 2002
Filing Date:
December 13, 2000
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Assignee:
J R CROMPTON LTD (GB)
ROSE JOHN EDWARD (GB)
JORDAN ANDREW KEVIN (GB)
WARDLE GLYN A (GB)
International Classes:
B65D81/00; B65D85/808; D21H27/08; D21H13/14; D21H27/10; (IPC1-7): B65D81/00; D21H27/08
Foreign References:
DE1800032A11969-10-23
US2925171A1960-02-16
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