Containers comprising polyester compositions which comprise 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol

• Main Authors: PECORINI, THOMAS, JOSEPH, CRAWFORD, EMMETT, DUDLEY, KEEGAN, MICHAEL JAMES, CONNELL, GARY, WAYNE, PORTER, DAVID, SCOTT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.12.2010
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING

Described are bottle(s) comprising polyesters comprising (a) a dicarboxylicacidcomponent comprising terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.