Appeal No. 1996-2901
Application No. 08/072,879
APPENDIX
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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