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US 2019/0337655 A1Published application
System and method for cooling and distributing a flushing gas to a packaging container
OwnerDavid Nowaczykinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to the distribution of a flushing gas during a packaging process. More specifically, the invention relates to a system and method for cooling and distributing a flushing gas during such a process that utilizes the gas' lower temperature and increased density to both maintain the flushing gases' placement within a packaging container and displace any undesirable gases there-from.
Claims5
A system for cooling and distributing a flushing gas to a packaging container comprising:
- a flushing gas source for providing the flushing gas;
- a flushing gas distribution means in fluid communication with the flushing gas source, the distribution means adapted to flush the packaging container with the flushing gas;
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- a cooling means in temperature communication with the flushing gas, the cooling means located upstream of the distribution means.
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A method for cooling and distributing a flushing gas to a packaging container comprising:
- providing a pressurized flushing gas to a cooling means from a flushing gas source;
- cooling the gas with the cooling means to produce a cooled flushing gas;
- providing the cooled flushing gas to a flushing gas distribution means located proximal the packaging container, the packaging container containing at least an undesirable gas within an interior of the container, and
- distributing the cooled flushing gas to the interior of the container, the flushing gas settling to a bottom of the container's interior and accumulating to displace the undesirable gas from the container's interior.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.