Vacuum food storage system
OwnerJames Breeninventor
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Abstract
A vacuum food storage system comprising: (a) a storage container open at its top or front and suitable for containing fruit, vegetables or cold cuts; (b) a lid to cover the open top or front of the storage container and having an air-tight gasket surrounding its perimeter adjoining the open top or front of the storage container; (c) an electrical vacuum pump for evacuating the air from the storage container to a preset pressure when fruit, vegetables or cold cuts are placed in the storage container and the lid is securely seated on the open top or front of the storage container; and (d) mechanism for releasing the vacuum when it is desired to remove fruit, vegetables or cold cuts from the storage container.
Claims14
A vacuum food storage system comprising:
- (a) a storage container open at its top or front and suitable for containing fruit, vegetables or cold cuts;
- (b) a lid to cover either the open top or front respectively of the storage container and having an air-tight gasket surrounding its perimeter adjoining the open top or front of the storage container;
- (c) an electrical vacuum pump for evacuating air from the storage container to a preset pressure when fruit, vegetables or cold cuts are placed in the storage container and the lid is securely seated on the open top or front of the storage container;
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- (d) means attached to the storage container for releasing the vacuum when it is desired to remove fruit, vegetables or cold cuts from the storage container.
A vacuum food storage system comprising:
- (a) a storage container open at its top or front and suitable for containing fruit, vegetables or cold cuts;
- (b) a lid to cover the open top or front of the storage container and having an air-tight gasket surrounding its perimeter adjoining the open top or front of the storage container;
- (c) means for evacuating air from the storage container to a preset pressure when fruit, vegetables or cold cuts are placed in the storage container and the lid is securely seated on the open top or front of the storage container;
- (d) means for releasing the vacuum when it is desired to remove fruit, vegetables or cold cuts from the storage container;
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- (e) pressure sensing means that communicates with the evacuated storage container and that automatically turns on the vacuum means when the pressure within the storage container is above a preset limit, but does not turn on the vacuum means when the lid is open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.