Methods for creating an enclosure, a regulated atmosphere, and functional treatments for perishable products
AssigneeRLMB Group, LLC
InventorsR. Craig Bowden, Dung Doan, John Williams, Robert Herdeman
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Abstract
A method for creating a modified atmosphere in a sealed enclosure includes placing a bottom sheet on a bottom surface of a package, to be enclosed inside the sealed enclosure, on a pallet, placing a top sheet on a top surface of the package, placing a manifold on the top sheet, below the bottom sheet, or both on the top sheet and below the bottom sheet, and applying a side sheet such that the bottom sheet, the top sheet, and the side sheet form the sealed enclosure. The method further includes injecting at least one treatment, gas, or substance into the sealed enclosure through the manifold, and removing the manifold.
Claims31
A method for creating a modified atmosphere in a sealed enclosure, the method comprising:
- placing a bottom sheet on a bottom surface of a package to be placed on a pallet and to be enclosed inside the sealed enclosure;
- placing a top sheet on a top surface of the package;
- placing a manifold on the top sheet, on the bottom sheet, or both on the top sheet and on the bottom sheet, the manifold having a nozzle portion extending along a surface of the package;
- applying a side sheet, the side sheet covering the nozzle portion of the manifold extending along the surface of the package, the bottom sheet, the top sheet, and the side sheet forming the sealed enclosure;
- injecting at least one treatment, gas, or substance into the sealed enclosure through the nozzle portion of the manifold;
- removing the nozzle portion of the manifold;
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- forming a seal between the side sheet and at least one of the top sheet or the bottom sheet at one or more interfaces from which the nozzle portion of the manifold is removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.