Patent ID: 8915093

Claim:
An apparatus for storing, preserving and dispensing perishable and degradable food and goods comprising: a) a rigid housing; b) at least one modular unit disposed in said housing for holding items; c) at least one container or bag within the modular unit, the at least one container or bag being constructed to contain perishable and degradable food and goods; d) means operatively connected to said modular unit for creating a predetermined partial vacuum level within the modular unit and then concurrently allowing the pressure to increase within said modular unit; [e) a valve, separate from the vacuum means, in communication with the modular unit automatically allowing the pressure in the modular unit to increase after a predetermined partial vacuum level is created;]and f) means for sealing and maintaining said partial vacuum within the modular unit, wherein said container or bag includes a one-way valve such that when a partial vacuum is created within the modular unit a partial vacuum is also created within the container or bag and retained within the container or bag when the pressure in said modular unit is increased.