IP Library Granted Patent US 10,781,024
Granted Patent B2
US 10,781,024 · App. 16/078,139 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Method for vacuum packing high-purity tin and vacuum-packed high purity tin

Inventors: Toru Imori (Ibaraki, JP); Koichi Takemoto (Ibaraki, JP); Hideaki Fukuyo (Ibaraki, JP); Shiro Tsukamoto (Ibaraki, JP); Takahiro Uchida (Ibaraki, JP); Masatomi Murakami (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
B65D81/2023B65B11/52B65D75/26B65D81/20B65D81/2007
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Patent No.
US 10,781,024
App. No.
16/078,139
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a high-purity tin product that does not contain undesirable carbonaceous impurities as a result of the following: a vacuum-packed high-purity metal article (vacuum-packed high-purity tin article) is obtained by vacuum packaging a high-purity metal (high-purity tin), at least a portion of a surface of a high-purity metal being covered with a fluorocarbon resin sheet; and the vacuum-packed high-purity metal article(vacuum-packed high-purity tin article) is obtained by vacuum packaging, with a vacuum packaging film, the high-purity metal in which at least a portion of a surface is covered with the fluorocarbon resin sheet.

Claims (29)

1. A vacuum-packed high purity metal article comprising a vacuum-packed high purity metal having a purity of at least 99% by weight,

wherein at least a part of a surface of the high purity metal is covered with a fluorocarbon resin sheet; and

wherein the high purity metal with at least a part of the surface covered with the fluorocarbon resin sheet is vacuum-packed by a vacuum packing film;

wherein the vacuum packing film comprises a laminated film having at least one metal vapor deposited layer or at least one metal oxide vapour deposited layer, and

wherein the at least one metal vapor deposited layer or the at least one metal oxide vapor deposited layer is vacuum-packed without being brought into contact with the high purity metal.

2. The vacuum-packed high purity metal article according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon resin sheet comprises a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheet.

3. The vacuum-packed high purity metal article according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon resin sheet has a thickness of from 0.05 to 5.0 mm.

4. The vacuum-packed high purity metal article according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vacuum packing film comprises an Al vapor deposited polyethylene film; and

wherein the Al vapor deposited layer is vacuum-packed without being brought into contact with the high purity metal.

5. The vacuum-packed high purity metal article according to claim 1 , wherein the high purity metal has a substantially columnar shape.

6. The vacuum-packed high purity metal article according to claim 1 , wherein the high purity metal has a surface roughness Ra in a range of from 0.3 to 5.0 μm.

7. The vacuum-packed high purity metal article according to claim 1 , wherein the high purity metal comprises high purity tin.

8. The vacuum-packed high purity metal article according to claim 1 ,

wherein the high purity metal has a substantially columnar shape;

wherein a curved surface on a side portion of the substantially columnar shaped high purity metal is covered with a fluorocarbon resin sheet; and

wherein the substantially columnar shaped high purity metal with the curved surface on the side portion covered with the fluorocarbon resin sheet is vacuum-packed by a vacuum packing film.

9. A method for producing the vacuum-packed high purity metal article of claim 1 , the method comprising the steps of:

covering at least a part of a surface of the high purity metal with a fluorocarbon resin sheet; and

vacuum-packing the high-purity metal with at least a part of the surface covered with the fluorocarbon resin sheet by a vacuum packing film.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the vacuum packing film comprises a laminated film having at least one metal vapor deposited layer or at least one metal oxide vapor deposited layer; and

wherein the at least one metal vapor deposited layer or the at least one metal oxide vapor deposited layer is vacuum-packed without being brought into contact with the high purity metal.

11. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the vacuum packing film comprises an Al vapor deposited polyethylene film; and

wherein the Al vapor deposited layer is vacuum-packed without being brought into contact with the high purity metal.

12. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the step of covering at least a part of the surface of the high purity metal with the fluorocarbon resin sheet comprises covering a curved surface on a side portion of a substantially columnar shaped high purity metal with a fluorocarbon resin sheet; and

wherein the step of vacuum-packing the high-purity metal with at least a part of the surface covered with the fluorocarbon resin sheet by the vacuum packing film comprises vacuum-packing the substantially columnar shaped high purity metal with the curved surface on the side portion covered with the fluorocarbon resin sheet, by the vacuum packing film.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2018
From: IMORI, TORU; TAKEMOTO, KOICHI; FUKUYO, HIDEAKI; TSUKAMOTO, SHIRO; UCHIDA, TAKAHIRO; MURAKAMI, MASATOMI
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046790/0905 →