ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,638, issued on March 4, was assigned to ASAHI INDUSTRY CO LTD. (Aichi, Japan).
"Degasifier" was invented by Shuhei Tsujimoto (Aichi, Japan), Toru Nakanishi (Aichi, Japan) and Shusuke Kinoshita (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a compact degasifier that can degas a packaging bag that is smooth on the inside, without inserting a nozzle into the bag opening. Suction ports are formed facing each other, with a packaging bag interposed therebetween, on pressing surfaces that hold the packaging bag, of a pair of rubber seals that grip the packaging bag. The degasifier is configured such that an air passage is formed t...