Appeal No. 2002-0195
Application No. 09/174,977
APPENDIX II
30. In a sealed container which contains a product which
may be deleteriously affected by oxygen and which contains
oxygen and carbon dioxide as a result of a carbon dioxide flush
and which has a high moisture content, a stable composition for
absorbing oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide comprising by
weight an iron-based component in an amount of between about 15%
and 60%, a carbon dioxide releasing component in an amount of
between about 8% and 50%, a solid electrolyte material, a dry
acidifying component, and a dry water-attracting component
for attracting moisture from said high moisture content
and providing such moisture to both said solid electrolyte
material and said dry acidifying component to thereby activate
said solid electrolyte material to combine with said iron-based
component to absorb oxygen and also activate said acidifying
component to combine with said carbon dioxide releasing component
to cause it to release carbon dioxide, said activation of said
solid electrolyte material and said dry acidifying component
occurring only after said dry water-attracting component adsorbs
sufficient of said moisture from said container thus avoiding
premature activation of said oxygen-absorbing component and
said carbon dioxide releasing component.
31. A composition for absorbing oxygen and releasing
carbon dioxide in a high moisture environment which contains
oxygen and carbon dioxide as a result of a carbon dioxide flush
comprising by weight an iron-based component in an amount of
between about 15% and 60%, a carbon dioxide releasing component
in an amount of between about 8% and 50%, a solid electrolyte
material, a dry acidifying component, and a dry water-
attracting component for stabilizing said composition against
premature absorption of oxygen and premature generation of
carbon dioxide until it adsorbs moisture from said high
moisture environment and provides said moisture to both said
solid electrolyte material and said dry acidifying component
to thereby activate said solid electrolyte material to combine
with said iron-based component to absorb oxygen and to also
activate said dry acidifying component to combine with said
carbon dioxide releasing component to cause it to release
carbon dioxide.
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