2166results about "Packaging fruits/vegetables" patented technology

According to one embodiment, a container comprises a basket and a lid. The basket has a base, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of endwalls. The base, pair of sidewalls, and pair of endwalls are integrally connected. The pair of sidewalls and the pair of endwalls integrally extend outwardly to form a first latching portion. The base forms a concave channel, a first concave region, and a second concave region. The concave channel extends along a major axis of the base. The first concave region extends from the concave channel to one of the pair of sidewalls, and the second concave region extends from the concave channel to the other of the pair of sidewalls. At least one of the sidewalls and endwall intersections forms a wall ventilation aperture. The lid is connected to the first latching portion of the base. The lid has a second latching portion corresponding to the first latching portion of the base. The first and second latching portions are adapted to retain the lid and the basket in a closed relationship.

A microperforated packaging material for use in modifying or controlling the flow of oxygen and carbon dioxide into and/out of a fresh produce container, where the microperforations are specifically tailored in size, location and number for the specific produce. The packaging system specifically tailors microperforated containers and packaging for particular produce to optimally preserve the produce, using a method of making registered microperforations on the packaging material using a CO₂ laser and a sensor mechanism.

A method and an apparatus for communication between a coordinator-based wireless network and a different type of network interconnected through a wired backbone network by means of a wired/wireless connecting device are disclosed. In the method, in order to communicate with a network device connected to a different type of network other than a coordinator-based wireless network, a network device in the coordinator-based wireless network provides a frame containing type information on the different type of network and information on a length of a physical address supported by the different type of network, and a wireless/wired connecting device converts the frame of the coordinator-based wireless network to another type of frame supported by the different type of network, and transmits the converted frame.

Rubber mixtures which contain an organosilane of the general structure ¹R²R³Si—R⁴—Z (I), wherein R¹, R² and R³ independently of one another are H, (C₁-C₄)alkyl, (C₁-C₄)alkoxy or halogen and the number of alkyl groups is ≧1; R⁴ is a linear or branched (C₁-C₁₈)alkylidene group; and Z=H, halogen, SCN, SH or S_x—R⁴—SiR¹R²R³, where x is 2 to 10. The rubber mixtures are useful in molding compositions particularly for tires and tire treads.

The invention encompasses packaging containers and locking features enabling damage resistant closed containers that are suitable for mechanized and automated closing and loading operations.

A collapsible container including a base having a first pair of opposed upstanding members and a second pair of opposed upstanding members, and also including a first pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to the base and orientable between an assembled position and a second position. Each of the first pair of opposed side walls has a recess which mates with and receives a corresponding one of the first pair of opposed upstanding members when in the assembled position. The container further receive a second pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to a corresponding one of the second pair of opposed upstanding members and also orientable between an assembled position and a second position.

A multi-layer pouch assembly consisting of one or multiple inner sealed pouches that contain the ground produce or other product, and a surrounding mesh pouch or bag, acting as a filter for the juice contained in the inner pouches. The outer mesh or gauze pouch which completely envelops or surrounds the inner produce containing pouches has a volume at least equal to the total volume of the inner pouches, to allow for the pressing and expansion of the ground produce when the inner bags are burst by a press platen. Another alternative embodiment employs a third outermost sealable plastic pouch that is capable of holding the gauze bag or pouch, which holds the produce-containing pouches. This outer pouch can be sealed and serves as the package and container for storage in refrigerators or suitable storage facilities.

A container (10) for the packaging of products, more specifically for fruit and vegetable products, includes a container body (12) and a lid (32) for closing the upper opening of the container body (12), which are generally asymmetrical in shape. The container also includes a plurality of side ventilation openings made in the sides of the lid (12). The side ventilation openings (65), that are provided on one side (50) of the lid, are not aligned with the openings provided on the opposite side (48) of the same lid.

A produce packaging system incorporates a tray for receiving a plurality of produce carrying baskets. The baskets each include upper ventilation slots and lower ventilation channels. The lower ventilation channels are formed by arching the bottoms of the baskets to form transversely oriented channels in the bottoms of the baskets configured to enable bi-directional cooling airflow to pass underneath the baskets in at least two transverse directions. Bi-directional airflow is also achieved in the upper portion of the baskets through the ventilation slots. The trays are configured such that, when the baskets are loaded into the trays, the upper ventilation slots and the lower cooling channels are aligned with sets of cooling vents in the trays thereby facilitating efficient cooling of produce contained in the baskets.

The invention is drawn to methods and apparatus for protecting fruits and vegetables, particularly soft-skinned fruits and vegetables, from bruising, crushing and other damage during transport. Preferably, the apparatus of the present invention are designed for transport and protection of individual or small numbers of fruits and vegetables. Methods include methods for protecting fruit and vegetable from damage during transport.

A container adapted for storing and transporting an item having a shape includes a flexible bottom panel which has an upper surface upon which the item is supported, and a lower surface having a plurality of parallel, spaced apart ribs with a relatively thin-walled section between each adjacent pair of ribs. The flexible bottom panel is adapted to conform to the shape of the item resting thereon.

The invention provides a fully-automatic apple sleeving machine and a using method thereof. Each net sleeve is pulled out from a net sleeve shell, is unfolded in a box shell, and is completely unfolded in an annular frame; by using a crank sliding block mechanism, a first stepping motor pushes a movement sleeving structure to ascend to hook up the net sleeve which is completely unfolded in the annular frame; the movement sleeving structure pulls the net sleeve which is completely unfolded in the annular frame to descend; a second stepping motor pushes a conveyor to move; and when an apple on the conveyor is positioned right below the movement sleeving structure, the movement sleeving structure ascends and hooks up the net sleeve which is completely unfolded in the annular frame to move down to sleeve the apple. By utilizing the first stepping motor and the second stepping motor, the horizontal movement of the conveyor and the vertical movement of the movement sleeving structure can be coordinated and synchronized, and the efficiency is improved.

Provided is a copper bonding wire formed of a high purity copper of 99.999% or more including at least one of P and Nb within a range between 20 wt ppm and 100 wt ppm and at least one of Zr, Sn, Be, Nd, Sc, Ga, Fr, and Ra within a range between 1 wt ppm and 100 wt ppm. Here, a total content of the added elements is restricted within a range between 20 wt ppm and 200 wt ppm, and a residual amount of the copper bonding wire is a high purity copper of 99.98% or more. As a result, metal squeeze out and chip cratering can be reduced in a general semiconductor chip and a low dielectric semiconductor chip. Also, a short tail of the copper bonding wire occurring during bonding of the copper bonding wire to a lead finger can be reduced.

Novel gas-permeable membranes which are particularly useful in the packaging of fresh cut fruit and vegetables, and other respiring biological materials. The membranes have an O₂ permeability of at least 775,000 ml/m².atm.24 hrs, a P₁₀ ratio of at least 1.3, and a ratio of CO₂ permeability to O₂ permeability (R) of at least 1.5, and are made by forming thin polymeric coatings on microporous polymeric films. Preferred coating polymers are side chain crystalline polymers. Preferred microporous films contain inorganic fillers, particularly such films based on ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene or polypropylene. FIG. 1 illustrates how O₂ permeability and R ratio vary for different coating polymers and microporous films.

A reusable combined multi-part product shipping box and display tray. There are two generally rectangular trays, each defining four sides, with four barrier portions projecting upward from each tray proximate its edges, one barrier portion at about the center of each of the sides, and four corner posts, one projecting up from each corner of the tray. There is also a generally rectangular sleeve defining four sides and four corners, and open ends that are about the same size and shape as the trays, the sleeve adapted to engage with the trays to close its open ends and form a shipping container, the sleeve adapted to sit on the tray inside of and up against the barrier portions, with each corner of the sleeve located outside of and against a corner post, such that the sleeve is tightly engaged with the trays.

A protective food storage container includes a first member and a second member that are engageable with one another, with at least one of the first and second members being corrugated, and with at least a portion of the first and second members engaged with one another being structured to generally depict a food item such as a banana. Another embodiment of a protective food storage container includes a first member, a second member, and a connection member extending between and connecting together the first and second members. At least a portion of the first and second members engaged with one another are structured to generally depict a food item that can be stored therein such as an apple, a peach, a pear, or a bunch of grapes.

Methods for controlling contamination of a food product are provided which utilize a combined treatment comprising thermal surface treatment and introduction of an antimicrobial solution to a food package prior to vacuum sealing the package.

The invention provides an air-adjusting fresh keeping bag and a sterile air-adjusting fresh keeping method. The air-adjusting fresh keeping bag takes tasteless, odourlessness, innocuous resin material as a substrate which is then added and mixed with functional materials and then blown into a homogenous humidity keeping air-adjusting fresh keeping bag enabling the ozone to pass. The sterile air-adjusting fresh keeping method of the invention includes the procedures that: the air-adjusting fresh keeping bag is placed in an ordinary temperature adjustable plant according to the package weight after fruits and vegetables as well as flowers are pretreated; the air-adjusting fresh keeping bag is placed in a ventilated plastic circulating container after being sealed and packaged and then is sent into a sealing house for the ozonic sterilization; the fruits, the vegetables and freshly cut flowers are stored into a refrigerator after the sterilization according to the temperatures required by the storage of the fruits, the vegetables and the freshly cut flowers or is placed into a refrigerator car cabinet for the transportation. The sterile air-adjusting fresh keeping method of the invention is small in investment and convenient in operation and combines the ozonic sterilization and the air-adjusting fresh keeping, the sterilization is thorough and the fresh keeping effect is long-lasting.

The invention discloses a miniaturized apple net sleeve automatic packing machine. The miniaturized apple net sleeve automatic packing machine comprises a frame (I), an apple feeding module (III), a net sleeve feeding module (IV), a net sleeve module (V) and a finished product collection module (VI), wherein the frame (1) is provided with the apple feeding module (III) and the net sleeve module (V), the discharging port of the apple feeding module (III) is opposite to one side of the net outlet of the net sleeve module (V), the other side of the net outlet of the net sleeve module (V) communicates with the finished product collection module (VI) through an apple raceway tilted outwards and downwards, and the finished product collection module (VI) is installed on the frame (I); and the net sleeve feeding module (IV) is arranged above the net sleeve module (V), the net sleeve module (V) is wound on a net sleeve, and the outer surface of an apple is wrapped by the net sleeve through the net sleeve module (V). According to the invention, the miniaturized apple net sleeve automatic packing machine is a miniaturized packing device which aims at filling the market blank and also has high innovation. As the cost of employed workers keeps increasing, the demand of apple growers for automatic equipment keeps growing. Both at home and abroad, the machine has a great market demand and thus has quite large popularization application prospect.