Patent ID: 8024912

Claim:
A method of bagging/enclosing a plurality of pallet-borne pluralities of containers containing perishables in a process for sealing an open plastic bag/enclosure to a plastic sheet on a pallet base to provide a gastight container for said perishables, comprising: Automatically positioning each of said plurality of pallet-borne pluralities of containers, one at a time, with a plastic sheet atop said pallet and with the margins of said plastic sheet extending beyond the edges of said pallet, below an automatic bag/enclosure delivery system; Automatically folding and sealing the plastic sheet margins upwardly against the sides of the containers above the pallet; Automatically stretching said bag/enclosure over the top and sides of said pallet-borne plurality of containers to position the mouth of the bag/enclosure over the upwardly folded, sealed margins of the plastic sheet; Automatically piercing said bag/enclosure and delivering inside said bag/enclosure a modified gaseous atmosphere suitable for preservation of said perishables; and sealing the overlapping margin of the plastic sheet to the opening of the bag/enclosure.