US 12,240,637 B2
Food container evacuation system comprising a food container evacuation module and food containers therefor
Marco Filippo Batavia, Lucca (IT); Ginevra Della Porta, Milan (IT); Andrea Cadelli, Cusago (IT); and Andrea Conte, Milan (IT)
Assigned to SAES Getters S.p.A., Lainate (IT)
Appl. No. 18/567,896
Filed by SAES GETTERS S.P.A., Lainate (IT)
PCT Filed Jun. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/065743
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/258774, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000015143 (IT), filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262552 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 31/04 (2006.01); B65D 81/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 31/047 (2013.01) [B65D 81/2038 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food container evacuation module comprising a case with a top portion and a bottom portion, the case containing a vacuum pump with a suction head, wherein in the bottom portion of said case there are means for coupling said suction head with an evacuation valving means located on the lid of a container, wherein the weight of said vacuum pump is comprised between 100 g and 600 g and its pumping flow rate is at least 0.2 l/min at a residual pressure of 20000 Pascal, the case being inscribable in a box with a height comprised between 10 cm and 25 cm, a width comprised between 5 cm and 15 cm, and a depth comprised between 3 cm and 7 cm, and wherein two circular protrusions, whose diameter is comprised between 10 mm and 80 mm and whose height is comprised between 3 mm and 50 mm being are present at the bottom of the case and not taken into account for the dimensions of the box.