Patent ID: 9198444
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A23B,A23L,A23V

Abstract:
1. A device for providing the required composition of gas medium in a container for shipping and storage of produce, said device separate from and located outside said container and consisting essentially of a chamber surrounded by an outer wall, a portion of said outer wall made up of a selectively gas-permeable membrane which is in direct communication with the atmosphere which surrounds both the device and the container for shipping and storage of produce, wherein said membrane controls the identity and ratio of gases passing through it from said atmosphere into the chamber, and the contents of said chamber being at substantially atmospheric pressure, and at least two channels, which are structurally adapted such that they can be removably attached to said container, one of which acts to transmit gases from the chamber to the container, and one of which acts to transmit gases from the container to the chamber.