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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Keizo Michihata, Kurashiki, JP;
Nahoto Hayashi, Kurashiki, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki, JP;
Abstract
A fuel container with high fuel barrier properties is provided. The fuel container is a coextrusion blow-molded container made of a layered structure. The layered structure comprises: a barrier layer made of a barrier resin (A) and an inner layer located on an inner side of the container with respect to the barrier layer, the inner layer being made of a thermoplastic resin (B) that is different from the barrier resin (A); wherein the container has a pinch-off part formed in a process of blow molding of a parison made of the layer structure, and wherein the pinch-off part has a cutting face comprising a cutting face of the barrier layer and a cutting face of the inner layer; and wherein the cutting face of the inner layer is covered by a barrier member made of a barrier material (C) that is the same or different from the barrier resin (A).