Process for packing comestibles in a thin walled metal tube

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PACKING A COMESTIBLE WITHIN A THIN WALLED, SELF-SUPPORTING, COLLAPSIBLE METAL TUBE COMPRISING PROVIDING A COLLAPSIBLE TUBE HAVING A SEALED DISPENSING OPENING AT ONE END AND BEING OPEN AT ITS OPPOSITE END, SAID TUBE HAVING A FILM OF ADHESIVE ON ITS INSIDE SURFACE ADJACENT SAID OPEN END, FILLING SAID TUBE THROUGH SAID OPEN END WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID COMESTIBLE TO LESS THAN THE POTENTIALLY MAXIMUM INTERNAL VOLUME OF SAID TUBE, REMOVING FROM THE FILLED TUBE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL NON-CONDENSIBLE GAS, PINCHING FLAT SAID OPEN END WITH SAID ADHESIVE DISPOSED BETWEEN THE OPPOSED FLAT SURFACES OF SAID PINCHED END TO ADHESIVELY BOND SAID SURFACES TOGETHER AND TO HERMETICALLY SEAL THE THUS DEGASSES TUBE, FOLDING SAID BONDED AND SEALED END TOWARD SAID COMESTIBLE TO ELIMINATE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL VOIDS WITHIN THE SEALED TUBE, HEATING THE FOLDED TUBE AND THE COMESIBLE THEREIN TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO PROLONGE THE STORAGE LIFE OF SAID COMESIBLE, AND COOLING SAID FOLDED TUBE AND COMESIBLE, SAID FOLDED TUBE BEING MAINTAINED UNDER AN EXTERNAL PRESSURE AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO ITS INTERNAL PRESSURE AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO ITS INING TO PREVENT BRUSTING OF SAID TUBE DUE TO SAID INTERNAL PRESSURE.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PACKING A COMESTIBLE WITHIN A THIN WALLED, SELF-SUPPORTING, COLLAPSIBLE METAL TUBE COMPRISING PROVIDING A COLLAPSIBLE TUBE HAVING A SEALED DISPENSING OPENING AT ONE END AND BEING OPEN AT ITS OPPOSITE END, SAID TUBE HAVING A FILM OF ADHESIVE ON ITS INSIDE SURFACE ADJACENT SAID OPEN END, FILLING SAID TUBE THROUGH SAID OPEN END WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID COMESTIBLE TO LESS THAN THE POTENTIALLY MAXIMUM INTERNAL VOLUME OF SAID TUBE, REMOVING FROM THE FILLED TUBE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL NON-CONDENSIBLE GAS, PINCHING FLAT SAID OPEN END WITH SAID ADHESIVE DISPOSED BETWEEN THE OPPOSED FLAT SURFACES OF SAID PINCHED END TO ADHESIVELY BOND SAID SURFACES TOGETHER AND TO HERMETICALLY SEAL THE THUS DEGASSES TUBE, FOLDING SAID BONDED AND SEALED END TOWARD SAID COMESTIBLE TO ELIMINATE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL VOIDS WITHIN THE SEALED TUBE, HEATING THE FOLDED TUBE AND THE COMESIBLE THEREIN TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO PROLONGE THE STORAGE LIFE OF SAID COMESIBLE, AND COOLING SAID FOLDED TUBE AND COMESIBLE, SAID FOLDED TUBE BEING MAINTAINED UNDER AN EXTERNAL PRESSURE AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO ITS INTERNAL PRESSURE AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO ITS INING TO PREVENT BRUSTING OF SAID TUBE DUE TO SAID INTERNAL PRESSURE.