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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Ernest Garrett, Woking, GB;
Richard Tomlins, Oxon, GB;
John Robert Coates, Farnham, GB;
Michael John Heywood, Farnborough, GB;
Trevor Dane Hudson, Fleet, GB;
Mark Joseph Kirschner, Morristown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group plc, Windlesham Surrey, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 461 ; 62 521 ; 62 64 ; 62239 ;
Abstract
A container (10) for the storage of perishable foodstuffs is chilled by means of a liquefied gas comprising a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen which when totally vaporised has an oxygen concentration of between 15 and 22%, the remaining concentration being substantially of nitrogen. Such an atmosphere is breathable, and hence avoids the problems associated with non breathable chilling atmospheres.