Controlling atmospheres in containers
US5795370A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23B2/712
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A system for controlling the atmosphere within a container, including a plurality of adsorption beds for the selective removal on a cyclical basis and in a predetermined order of at least part of any water vapour, ethylene, carbon dioxide and oxygen components present in the atmosphere in an adsorption phase of the cycle mechanism for controlling the flow of atmosphere within the system and mechanism for desorbing the adsorption beds in accordance with a desorption phase of the cycle.
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