Patent ID: 9296504
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A23B,A23L,A23V,B65B

Claim Text:
1. A method of packaging a food item by automatically and efficiently distributing a liquid sanitizing agent about the food item during packaging, comprising: positioning a package about a tapered snout-like delivery portion having an exit with a fixed cross-sectional dimension and one or more trim blades, one or more air nozzles, and one or more liquid nozzles, wherein the package is positioned over each of the one or more air nozzles and each of the one or more liquid nozzles; inflating the package at least partially with air dispensed from the one or more air nozzles; coating an interior surface of the package at least partially with a liquid sanitizing agent dispensed from the one or more liquid nozzles; positioning a food item within the package by pushing the food item into the package with a ram; trimming the food item as the food item contacts the one or more trim blades of the exit of the delivery portion; and vacuum sealing the package around the food item.