Claims
- 1. A method for absorbing moisture from food within a container comprising:
forming the container with a plurality of sheets of paper; and embedding carbon additives within one of the plurality of sheets of paper.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the carbon additives include charcoal.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the carbon additives include one of activated charcoal and activated carbon.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the paper is one of a linerboard, a containerboard, and a corrugated boxboard.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of sheets of paper is made from a mixture of pulp, water, and the carbon additives.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of sheets is corrugated.
- 7. The method of claim 1, wherein two of the plurality of sheets are embedded with the carbon additives.
- 8. The method of claim 1, wherein three of the plurality of sheets are embedded with the carbon additives.
- 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sheets include an inner sheet and a corrugated sheet, the inner sheet having perforations and the corrugated sheet having the embedded carbon additives.
- 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of embedding carbon additives includes blade coating.
- 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the blade coating includes use of a flexible blade.
- 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the blade coating includes use of one of a paper making machine and an off-machine coater.
- 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of embedding carbon additives includes bath coating.
- 14. The method of claim 1, where the step of embedding carbon additives includes surface siezing coating.
- 15. A process for manufacturing a container for housing food comprising:
forming a sheet of paper with embedded carbon additives by mixing pulp, water, and the carbon additives; and forming a boxboard with a plurality of sheets of paper to house the food.
- 16. The process of claim 15, wherein the step of forming a box includes using a plurality of sheets of paper forming linerboards, including at least an inner linerboard and an outer linerboard.
- 17. The process of claim 15, further including adding perforations to the inner linerboard.
- 18. The process of claim 15, further including corrugating one of the plurality of sheets of paper.
- 19. The process of claim 15 wherein the step of forming a sheet of paper includes blade coating.
- 20. The process of claim 19, wherein the step of forming a sheet of paper includes use of one of a paper making machine and an off-machine coater.
- 21. The process of claim 15, wherein the step of forming a sheet of paper includes bath coating.
- 22. The process of claim 15, wherein the step of forming a sheet of paper includes surface siezing coating.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims priority benefits to provisional application serial No. 60/445,673 filed on Feb. 7, 2003. This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 10/140,755 filed on May 7, 2002, the disclosure of which in its entirety is incorporated by reference herein.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60445673 |
Feb 2003 |
US |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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10140755 |
May 2002 |
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10774925 |
Feb 2004 |
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