Oxygen scavenging system for a container
View Patent ↗A container having a hydrogen generator and catalyst disposed or otherwise incorporated in components of the container. The container further comprises a system for providing at least a portion of the hydrogen generator and/or catalyst in an area defined within the closure of the container for improved performance.
1. A container comprising:
a body having an interior volume and a finish;
a closure member configured to engage the body, the closure member including a foil seal;
a hydrogen generator generating molecular hydrogen;
a catalyst catalyzing a chemical reaction between the hydrogen and oxygen; and
an insert member in communication with the interior volume, the insert member containing at least one of the hydrogen generator, the catalyst, and a chemical component for chemical reaction with either the hydrogen generator or the catalyst, wherein the insert member is a lamination connected to the closure member, the lamination including a barrier member, the hydrogen generator, the catalyst, and the chemical component.
2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the insert member is encapsulated in the foil seal.
3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the insert member is printed on the foil seal.
4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the insert member is formed with the foil seal, the foil seal having a pull tab and a circumferential ring.
5. The container of claim 1 , wherein the lamination is connected to the body.
6. The container of claim 5 , wherein the lamination is laminated to the foil seal.
7. The container of claim 5 , wherein the lamination is coupled to the foil seal.
8. The container of claim 1 , wherein the foil seal is induction welded to the finish.
9. The container of claim 1 , wherein the closure member is a foil and the lamination is laminated to the foil.
10. The container of claim 1 , wherein the closure member is a foil seal and the lamination is laminated to the foil seal.
11. The container of claim 1 , wherein the closure member is a foil and the lamination is coupled to the foil.
12. The container of claim 1 , wherein the closure member is a foil seal and the insert member is laminated thereto, the foil seal having a pull tab and a circumferential ring.
13. A container comprising:
a body having an interior volume and a finish;
a closure member configured to engage the body, the closure member including a foil seal;
a hydrogen generator generating molecular hydrogen;
a catalyst catalyzing a chemical reaction between the hydrogen and oxygen; and
an insert member in communication with the interior volume, the insert member containing at least one of the hydrogen generator, the catalyst, and a chemical component for chemical reaction with either the hydrogen generator or the catalyst;
wherein the insert member is a lamination having a barrier member, the hydrogen generator, the catalyst, and the chemical component; and
wherein the lamination is connected to the closure member.
14. The container of claim 13 , wherein the insert member is laminated to the foil seal.
15. The container of claim 13 , wherein the insert member is coupled to the foil seal.
16. The container of claim 13 , wherein the insert member is encapsulated within the foil seal.
17. The container of claim 13 , wherein the foil seal has a pull tab and a circumferential ring.
18. The container of claim 13 , wherein the foil seal is induction welded to the finish.