Cooling sealed packages after hot filing and sealing

A method of sealing a foil liner to a hot-filled glass container, comprising:

• aligning a liner engagement surface of a seal head with a liner sealing surface of the container when the container is in an upright position, wherein the liner sealing surface of the container is located above the base of the container, and wherein at least a peripheral margin of the foil liner is disposed between the liner engagement and sealing surfaces of the seal head and the container, respectively, wherein the liner engagement surface contacts the foil liner;
• applying heat between the seal head and the container to heat and attach the foil liner and the liner sealing surface of the container, resulting in a sealed package;
• separating the seal head from the sealed package;
• applying fluid to the foil liner to cool the foil liner and a head space of the sealed package that is between the foil liner and a product packaged in the sealed package;
• inverting the sealed package from the upright position to an inverted position prior to application of fluid onto an outer surface of the base of the container, wherein the inverted position comprises the liner sealing surface of the container being located below a base of the container;
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• applying the fluid onto the outer surface of the base of the container to establish a vacuum within the sealed package and to cool the head space of the sealed package that is disposed between an inner surface of a base of the container and the product packaged in the sealed package.

A method of cooling a hot-filled, sealed package, including a foil liner sealed to a glass container, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) applying a cooling fluid to the foil liner;
• b) inverting the sealed package from an upright position to an inverted position prior to applying the cooling fluid step c);
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• c) applying the cooling fluid to an outer surface of a base of the container to establish a vacuum within the sealed package and cool a head space of the sealed package that is disposed between an inner surface of the base of the container and a product packaged in the sealed package.