Method and apparatus for ripening fruit
CA 2113230 C · Owner: Hartley, Gerald · Inventors: Hartley, Gerald
Overview
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In a banana ripening room, pallets of boxes of fruit are stacked in individual locations defined by a support structure, in two spaced apart rows separated by an aisle and in two superimposed tires. The aisle defines a volume into which air is introduced under pressure by fans in an overhead space separated from the room by a false celing. All the gaps between adjacent pallets and structural members are sealed by rubber flaps, an efficient seal being obtained when boxes are used which are designed for use in pressurised ripening systems. The flaps are attached along one edge to structural members and free at their other edges to conform to the contours of the pallet loads, thereby ensuring …
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- Filed January 11, 1994 and granted February 16, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 11, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 11, 2016.
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