CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGE FOR BANANAS

• Main Authors: LOCKARD, LISA, GONZALO, MARQUEZ, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, LUND, DAVID, FORSYTH, KEVIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 11.06.2009
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; STORING; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

A controlled atmosphere package for respiring fruits and vegetables, part icularly for bananas, is disclosed. The package has a convex outer wall and an atmosphere control element that comprises at least one hole in the contai ner bottom which is placed close to the wall opposite the convex wall. A sel ective gas-permeable membrane is attached to the container bottom in such a way that the atmosphere control element is hermetically covered by the membr ane.