Patent ID: 6308826
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A packaging system for powdered, crystalline, or granular cakable compounds and mixtures thereof to retard caking of the compound, the packaging system comprising:(a) a moisture impermeable container defining an enclosure, the enclosure having a volume of at least 5 gallons;(b) means for sealing the container;(c) a cakable compound located within the enclosure, the cakable compound in the enclosure having a volume, the volume of the compound being less than the volume of the enclosure to define a void space in the enclosure; and(d) a desiccant, the desiccant being placed in the void space;at least one of the desiccant and the cakable compound being contained in a moisture permeable bag to physically separate said desiccant from said compound.