Patent ID: 8683776

Claim:
A method for providing a desired atmosphere within a sealed enclosure, wherein at least one product is disposed within the sealed enclosure, the method comprising: evacuating air from the sealed enclosure through at least one conduit to create a first predetermined pressure within the sealed enclosure, wherein the evacuating is controlled by a controller programmed with target parameters, set-points and/or operating instructions to provide a desired atmosphere within the sealed enclosure; injecting a predetermined quantity of at least one substance into the sealed enclosure through the at least one conduit, wherein the injecting of the substance is controlled by the controller in accordance with the target parameters, set-points and/or operating instructions, wherein the at least one substance is applied to, coats, is absorbed into, or infuses into the at least one product, and wherein the evacuating facilitates the application to, coating of, absorption into, or infusion into the at least one product by the at least one substance; monitoring the atmosphere inside the sealed enclosure by sampling the atmosphere and comparing at least one sampled parameter to the target parameters, set-points and/or operating instructions; and maintaining and/or adjusting the atmosphere inside the sealed enclosure based on the monitoring, wherein the maintaining and/or adjusting of the atmosphere is controlled by the controller in accordance with target parameters, set-points and/or operating instructions.