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B29C 48/00 - Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor 4
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C08L 3/02 - Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin 4
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1.

STARCH BASED PACKING MATERIAL AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE MATERIAL

      
Application Number 18607932
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-03-18
First Publication Date 2024-07-04
Owner NewStarch Solutions, LLC (USA)
Inventor Niles, Matthew H.

Abstract

A processing system for producing starch based expanded products useful as packing material for shipping, packaging and insulating applications. In a first step, dense pellets or granules are formed from starch and a plasticizing agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The starch in the pellets is generally formed, for example with an extruder, into a thermoplastic or thermosetting form for further processing. The pellets generally have an individual density of at least about 70 lbs./cubic foot and a small size for convenient delivery for the second processing step. The second process step is based on the expanding of the material from an extruder with water and using a dwell time. The process is designed such that a less expensive single screw extruder is suitable for extruding the expanded material. The starch based pellets are convenient for shipping closer to the end use location.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C08L 3/02 - Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin
  • B29C 48/00 - Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C 48/08 - Flat, e.g. panels flexible, e.g. films
  • B29C 48/345 - Extrusion nozzles comprising two or more adjacently arranged ports, for simultaneously extruding multiple strands, e.g. for pelletising
  • B29C 48/40 - Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die using screws surrounded by a cooperating barrel, e.g. single screw extruders using two or more parallel screws, e.g. twin screw extruders
  • B29C 48/92 - Measuring, controlling or regulating
  • B65D 81/09 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using flowable discrete elements of shock-absorbing material, e.g. pellets or popcorn

2.

STARCH-BASED PACKAGING MATERIAL, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME

      
Application Number 17734308
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-05-02
First Publication Date 2023-11-02
Owner NewStarch Solutions, LLC (USA)
Inventor
  • Niles, Matthew H.
  • Bartels, L. Ronald

Abstract

Starch-based packaging material and methods for making the material are described. The starch-based packaging material can comprise layers of expanded starch with a cellulosic web disposed between the layers. The expanded starch can be formed by extruding starch with water which acts as an expanding agent and causes the starch to expand resulting in an extrudate having a density of no more than about 5 lbs/ft3. An apparatus and methods for post-processing the expanded starch are described wherein the expanded starch is extruded as a tube that enters a funnel and is advanced forward by forced air. The tube passes over a blade where the tube is slit and subsequently opened up into a sheet by a second supply of forced air. The sheet then exits the funnel and can be calendered as well as stacked with subsequent lamination.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65D 65/40 - Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes
  • B32B 5/18 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by features of a layer containing foamed or specifically porous material
  • B32B 29/00 - Layered products essentially comprising paper or cardboard
  • B32B 3/28 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids characterised by a layer comprising a deformed thin sheet, e.g. corrugated, crumpled
  • B32B 37/00 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding
  • B29C 48/00 - Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C 48/08 - Flat, e.g. panels flexible, e.g. films
  • B29C 48/32 - Extrusion nozzles or dies with annular openings, e.g. for forming tubular articles

3.

Starch pellets for sheet extrusion and methods for forming the pellets

      
Application Number 17150427
Grant Number 11945942
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-01-15
First Publication Date 2021-05-06
Grant Date 2024-04-02
Owner NewStarch Solutions, LLC (USA)
Inventor Niles, Matthew H.

Abstract

A processing system for producing starch based expanded products useful as packing material for shipping, packaging and insulating applications. Generally, two processing steps for forming materials are involved. In a first step, dense pellets or granules are formed from starch and a plasticizing agent, such as a plasticizing polymer, for example, polyvinyl alcohol. The starch in the pellets is generally formed, for example with an extruder, into a thermoplastic or thermosetting form for further processing. The pellets generally have an individual density of at least about 70 lbs./cubic foot and a small size for convenient delivery for the second processing step. The second process step is based on the expanding of the material from an extruder with water as the expansion agent in which the dwell time in the extruder is short. The process is designed such that a less expensive single screw extruder is suitable for extruding the expanded material. The starch based pellets are convenient for shipping closer to the end use location.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C08L 3/02 - Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin
  • B29C 48/00 - Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C 48/08 - Flat, e.g. panels flexible, e.g. films
  • B29C 48/40 - Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die using screws surrounded by a cooperating barrel, e.g. single screw extruders using two or more parallel screws, e.g. twin screw extruders
  • B29C 48/92 - Measuring, controlling or regulating
  • B65D 81/09 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using flowable discrete elements of shock-absorbing material, e.g. pellets or popcorn
  • B29C 48/345 - Extrusion nozzles comprising two or more adjacently arranged ports, for simultaneously extruding multiple strands, e.g. for pelletising

4.

SHEETS OF STARCH BASED PACKING MATERIAL, STARCH PELLETS FOR SHEET EXTRUSION AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE PELLETS AND SHEETS

      
Application Number US2018051564
Publication Number 2019/060313
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-09-18
Publication Date 2019-03-28
Owner NEWSTARCH SOLUTIONS, LLC (USA)
Inventor Niles, Matthew, H.

Abstract

A processing system for producing starch based expanded products useful as packing material for shipping, packaging and insulating applications. Generally, two processing steps for forming materials are involved. In a first step, dense pellets or granules are formed from starch and a plasticizing agent, such as a plasticizing polymer, for example, polyvinyl alcohol. The starch in the pellets is generally formed, for example with an extruder, into a thermoplastic or thermosetting form for further processing. The pellets generally have an individual density of at least about 70 lbs/cubic foot and a small size for convenient delivery for the second processing step. The second process step is based on the expanding of the material from an extruder with water as the expansion agent in which the dwell time in the extruder is short. The process is designed such that a less expensive single screw extruder is suitable for extruding the expanded material. The starch based pellets are convenient for shipping closer to the end use location.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C08J 9/16 - Making expandable particles
  • C08L 3/02 - Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin
  • C08L 29/04 - Polyvinyl alcohol; Partially hydrolysed homopolymers or copolymers of esters of unsaturated alcohols with saturated carboxylic acids

5.

Sheets of starch based packing material, starch pellets for sheet extrusion and methods for forming the pellets and sheets

      
Application Number 16133037
Grant Number 10920043
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-09-17
First Publication Date 2019-03-21
Grant Date 2021-02-16
Owner NewStarch Solutions, LLC (USA)
Inventor Niles, Matthew H.

Abstract

A processing system for producing starch based expanded products useful as packing material for shipping, packaging and insulating applications. Generally, two processing steps for forming materials are involved. In a first step, dense pellets or granules are formed from starch and a plasticizing agent, such as a plasticizing polymer, for example, polyvinyl alcohol. The starch in the pellets is generally formed, for example with an extruder, into a thermoplastic or thermosetting form for further processing. The pellets generally have an individual density of at least about 70 lbs./cubic foot and a small size for convenient delivery for the second processing step. The second process step is based on the expanding of the material from an extruder with water as the expansion agent in which the dwell time in the extruder is short. The process is designed such that a less expensive single screw extruder is suitable for extruding the expanded material. The starch based pellets are convenient for shipping closer to the end use location.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C08L 3/02 - Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin
  • B65D 81/09 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using flowable discrete elements of shock-absorbing material, e.g. pellets or popcorn
  • B29C 48/00 - Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C 48/08 - Flat, e.g. panels flexible, e.g. films
  • B29C 48/92 - Measuring, controlling or regulating
  • B29C 48/40 - Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die using screws surrounded by a cooperating barrel, e.g. single screw extruders using two or more parallel screws, e.g. twin screw extruders
  • B29C 48/345 - Extrusion nozzles comprising two or more adjacently arranged ports, for simultaneously extruding multiple strands, e.g. for pelletising

6.

NEWSTARCH SOLUTIONS

      
Serial Number 87019203
Status Registered
Filing Date 2016-04-29
Registration Date 2017-07-11
Owner NewStarch Solutions LLC ()
NICE Classes  ? 17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials

Goods & Services

Biodegradable non-paper packaging and shipping buffers for physical and thermal protection of items during shipping