Appeal No. 2002-0195
Application No. 09/174,977
APPENDIX III
1. A method of removing oxygen from a container having a
product and a high moisture environment and wherein oxygen was
previously flushed out of said container and replaced by a gas
containing carbon dioxide and wherein some oxygen may have
remained and into which additional oxygen may have entered
comprising the steps of providing a container, placing a product
which produces a high moisture environment into said container,
flushing the container with carbon dioxide to remove other gases
from said container, sealing said container, and inserting into
said container which has a high moisture environment after said
flushing step and before said sealing step a mixture of an
oxygen-absorbing component for absorbing oxygen from said
container, a carbon dioxide generating component for generating
carbon dioxide in said container, an acidifying component for
activating said carbon dioxide generating component, and a dry
water-attracting component for stabilizing the mixture against
premature oxygen absorption and premature carbon dioxide
generation before the mixture has been placed into said high
moisture environment in said container and thereafter attracting
moisture from the high moisture environment and supplying said
moisture to said oxygen-absorbing component and said carbon
dioxide generating component to thereby activate said oxygen-
absorbing component to absorb said oxygen and also activate said
acidifying component to combine with said carbon dioxide
generating component to cause it to generate carbon dioxide.
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