Patents Assigned to General Foods Incorporated
  • Apparatus and method for testing for leakages in hermetically-sealed packages
    Patent number: 4517827
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the continuous, non-destructive testing for leaks in generally hermetically-sealed, flexible packages, which is adapted to rapidly detect leakages in vacuum from a plurality of packages contained within a closed case, to ascertain the location of the defective package or packages within the case and to automatically divert the case containing the defective package to a location other than that receiving cases containing all acceptable packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: General Foods Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald A. Tapscott