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B - Operations, Transporting

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B65D 81/03 (2006.01) B65D 81/26 (2006.01) D04H 1/42 (2006.01) D04H 1/56 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2163650

A method and article for protecting a container that contains a fluid. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a container (12) that holds a fluid and that has first and second ends, a side, and a length; (b) providing a conformable nonwoven web (13, 13') that contains at least 5 weight percent microfibers based on the weight of fibrous material in the nonwoven web, the conformable nonwoven web having a length in at least one dimension that is substantially greater than the length of the container; and (c) wrapping the conformable nonwoven web at leat one full turn about the container such that (i) the container forms an axis about the web is wrapped and (ii) first and second portions of the nonwoven web project axially from the first and second ends of the container. The article includes a conformable sleeve (10) having a tubular body (11) that has an opening (16) sized to permit a container (12) to enter the interior of the conformable sleeve. A nonwoven web (13, 13') containing microfibers is employed in the tubular body of the sleeve to protect the container and sorb fluid which would leak from the container in the event of a failure.

L'invention concerne un procédé et un article servant à la protection d'un récipient de fluide. Le procédé comprend les étapes suivantes: a) il est fourni un récipient (12) renfermant un fluide et ayant une première et une seconde extrémité, un côté ainsi qu'une longueur; b) il est fourni un tissu non tissé ajustable (13, 13') constitué d'au moins 5 pour cent en poids de microfibres calculés sur la base du poids des matières fibreuses dans le tissu non tissé, ledit tissu non tissé ayant sur au moins un de ses côtés une dimension sensiblement supérieure à la longueur du récipient; et c) il est fait au moins un tour complet autour du récipient avec ledit tissu non tissé de manière que (i) le récipient forme un axe autour duquel le tissu a été enroulé et (ii) les première et seconde portions du tissu non tissé saillent dans l'axe des première et seconde extrémités du récipient. L'article comprend un manchon ajustable (10) constitué d'un corps tubulaire (11) ayant une couverture (16) dimensionnée pour permettre audit récipient (12) d'être introduit dans ledit manchon. Un tissu non tissé (13, 13') contenant des microfibres est utilisé dans le corps tubulaire du manchon pour protéger le récipient et absorber le fluide qui pourrait s'échapper de celui-ci en cas d'accident.

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