Systems methods devices assemblies and apparatuses for vacuumed storage
OwnerPaul Tandhasettiinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for food or other perishables preservation, wherein food or perishables are stored within an at least partially vacuumed environment. A device assembly includes a container and a cover, wherein a pressure monitoring and regulation controller is adapted to operate a gas pumping mechanism to maintain a target sub-atmospheric gas pressure level within the container. The gas pumping mechanism may be in the form of a battery powered air pump, driven by the controller, which includes a container pressure sensor adapted to sense air pressure in the container when the lid is closed over the container opening. The controller is configured to stop pumping the air from the container once a target pressure level in the container is attained.
Claims17
A device for perishables preservation, said device including:
- a container;
- and
- a cover comprising:
- a battery powered air pump to drive air from within said container to its external environment to generate partial vacuum within said container;
- a container pressure sensor to measure the pressure within said container;
- a pressure monitoring and regulation controller configured to stop the operation of said battery powered air pump once a target pressure level in said container is indicated by said container pressure sensor;
- and
- a pressure release mechanism on said cover which when pressed or engaged allows air to flow into said container's chamber through a valve, wherein said pressure release mechanism is an electric mechanism comprising a digital interface, or a communication module or circuitry, to receive and relay an entered code to said pressure monitoring and regulation controller, and wherein said controller verifies the entered code prior to electrically engaging said valve.
A device for perishables preservation, said device including:
- a container;
- and
- a cover comprising:
- a battery powered air pump to drive air from within said container to its external environment to generate partial vacuum within said container;
- a container pressure sensor to measure the pressure within said container;
- a pressure monitoring and regulation controller configured to stop the operation of said battery powered air pump once a target pressure level in said container is indicated by said container pressure sensor;
- and
- wherein said cover further comprises one or more filtering layers, positioned across its bottom side to, at least partially, cover the container's top opening, such that air pumped out of the container by said air pump is pulled through said filtering layers, prior to its release to the outside environment.
A system for perishables preservation, said system including:
- a computerized device application;
- and
- a device including:
- a container;
- and
- a cover comprising:
- a battery powered air pump to drive air from within said container to its external environment to generate partial vacuum within said container;
- a container pressure sensor to measure the pressure within said container;
- a pressure monitoring and regulation controller configured to stop the operation of said battery powered air pump once a target pressure level in said container is indicated by said container pressure sensor;
- a pressure release mechanism to allow air to flow into said container's chamber through a valve, said mechanism comprising
- a communication module or circuitry to receive a code communicated by said computerized device application and relay the communicated code to said pressure monitoring and regulation controller;
- and
- wherein said controller verifies the communicated code, prior to engaging said pressure release mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.