WO2026128381 - MULTI-PACKAGING CARRIER BASED ON POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED POLYOLEFINS
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Publication Number
WO/2026/128381
Publication Date
18.06.2026
International Application No.
PCT/US2025/058613
International Filing Date
08.12.2025
Title **
[English]
MULTI-PACKAGING CARRIER BASED ON POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED POLYOLEFINS
[French]
SUPPORT D'EMBALLAGE MULTIPLE BASÉ SUR DES POLYOLÉFINES RECYCLÉES POST-CONSOMMATION
Applicants **
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Inventors
SAMARAS, Christopher J.
NIKAFSHAR, Saeid
Priority Data
19/410,890
05.12.2025
US
63/734,055
14.12.2024
US
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Quotation for National Phase entry
| Country | Stages | Total | |
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| China | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2226 | |
| EPO | Filing, Examination, Granting | 10656 | |
| Japan | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2307 | |
| South Korea | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2413 | |
| USA | Filing, Examination, Granting | 4740 |
Total:
22,342
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Abstract[English]
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers, such as soft drink and other beverage containers, is formed from a polymer composition which in based entirely or almost entirely on a post-consumer recycled polymer blend, a compatibilizer, and a slip agent. The compatibilizer homogenizes and reduces rheological disparities between the recycled polyethylene components and the impurities present in the post-consumer recycled polymer blend and provides the carrier with improved strength, high-speed stretch, and elastic recovery during and after the rigorous installation process used to combine the flexible carrier with the containers. The slip agent helps prevent the container carrier from sticking to the containers after the installation process. By bringing the physical properties of the recycled polymers closer to those of otherwise similar virgin polymers, the flexible earner enables the use of higher amounts of post-consumer recycled polymer than have previously been used successfully in this process.[French]
L'invention concerne un support souple pour transporter une pluralité de récipients, tels qu'une boisson non alcoolisée et d'autres récipients de boisson, qui est formé à partir d'une composition polymère qui, en se basant entièrement ou presque entièrement sur un mélange de polymères recyclés post-consommation, un agent de compatibilité et un agent de glissement. L'agent de compatibilité homogénéise et réduit les disparités rhéologiques entre les composants de polyéthylène recyclés et les impuretés présentes dans le mélange de polymères recyclés post-consommation et fournit au support une résistance améliorée, un étirement à grande vitesse et une récupération élastique pendant et après le processus d'installation rigoureux utilisé pour combiner le support flexible avec les récipients. L'agent de glissement aide à empêcher le support de récipient de coller aux récipients après le processus d'installation. En rapprochant les propriétés physiques des polymères recyclés de ceux des polymères vierges autrement similaires, l'oreillette flexible permet l'utilisation de quantités plus élevées de polymère recyclé post-consommation que celles qui ont été précédemment utilisées avec succès dans ce procédé.