Patents Assigned to The 501 Shipping Corporation of New Zealand
  • Carriage of comestibles and in particular to containers and related means and methods suitable for such purposes
    Patent number: 4716739
    Abstract: A method and means for transporting a quantity of comestibles (preferably at lowered temperatures) where at least continual monitoring of at least the oxygen level of the atmosphere to which the comestible is subjected is carried out. Preferably the carbon dioxide level is also monitored. Automatic adjustment of the oxygen content and carbon dioxide content in response to the monitoring is carried out using a positive infusion of ambient air and the scrubbing of the gas atmosphere to which the comestibles are subjected respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: The 501 Shipping Corporation of New Zealand
    Inventors: Samuel Harris, John R. Lovegrove
  • Carriage of comestibles and in particular to containers and related means and methods suitable for such purposes
    Patent number: 4642996
    Abstract: A method and means for transporting a quantity of comestibles (preferably at lowered temperatures) where at least continual monitoring of at least the oxygen level of the atmosphere to which the comestible is subjected is carried out. Preferably the carbon dioxide level is also monitored. Automatic adjustment of the oxygen content and carbon dioxide content in response to the monitoring is carried out using a positive infusion of ambient air and the scrubbing of the gas atmosphere to which the comestibles are subjected respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: The 501 Shipping Corporation of New Zealand
    Inventors: Samuel Harris, John R. Lovegrove