Packaging with pressure driven oxygen egress
AssigneeTyson Foods, Inc.
InventorsRobert Ty Baublits, Harry Y. Chu
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Abstract
Food preservation can include depositing dry ice and food within packaging. The packaging can include a flexible liner defining a wall aperture and an internal chamber. The internal chamber can receive the deposited dry ice and food and have an internal atmosphere. The packaging can include a check valve mounted to the flexible liner and covering the wall aperture. The check valve can be configured to occupy: (i) a closed state blocking fluid communication between the internal chamber and ambient via the wall aperture and (ii) an open state enabling fluid flow from the internal chamber, through the wall aperture, and into ambient.
Claims22
A method of preserving food comprising:
- depositing dry ice and food within a packaging, the packaging comprising:
- (a) a flexible liner defining a wall aperture and an internal chamber, the internal chamber receiving the deposited dry ice and food, the internal chamber having an internal atmosphere;
- (b) a check valve mounted to the flexible liner and covering the wall aperture, the check valve configured to occupy:
- (i) a closed state blocking fluid communication between the internal chamber and ambient via the wall aperture and (ii) an open state enabling fluid flow from the internal chamber, through the wall aperture, and into ambient;
- closing the packaging by forming a seal across the flexible liner, wherein the dry ice sublimates within the closed packaging, pressurizes the liner, and causes the check valve to occupy the open state;
- allowing fluid within the internal chamber to vent through the open check valve until pressure within the liner stabilizes with ambient, thus causing the check valve to occupy the closed state.
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A food package comprising:
- packaging comprising:
- a flexible liner defining a wall aperture and an inner chamber;
- a check valve mounted to the flexible liner over the wall aperture;
- dry ice disposed within the inner chamber;
- food disposed within the inner chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.