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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elisabeth Sjoberg, Lund, SE;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; A21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426410 ; 426418 ; 426486 ; 426413 ; 426128 ; 53432 ; 53433 ; 53434 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for deoxygenating a food product and packing it. This method includes the steps of supplying one or more products to an evacuation chamber, evacuating oxygen from the chamber for deoxygenating the chamber and the product or products, injecting protective gas into the chamber to replace at least part of the oxygen evacuated from the product and chamber with protective gas, and transferring the products to a packing unit and sealing it in a package. The invention also relates to an apparatus for such as purpose and to deoxygenated food package.