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US 10,149,487 B2Granted
Supercooled beverage crystallization slush device with illumination
AssigneeSupercooler Technologies, Inc.
InventorDouglas Shuntich
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Abstract
Methods, processes, apparatus, devices, kits and systems for crystallizing liquid to form slush inside of supercooled to below 32 F closed beverage bottles or cans, beverages in fountain dispensers, desserts, and food items by transmitting ultrasonic signals in short time spans, while allowing for optional illuminating the effects when the supercooled liquid is crystallized into slush.
Claims19
A device for crystallizing liquid to form slush inside of supercooled to below 32 F closed beverage bottles, cans or containers, comprising in combination:
- a refrigerator housing closed beverage containers that each contain liquids, the beverage containers being selected from beverage bottles and beverage cans, the refrigerator cools the beverage containers to a temperature below 32 F;
- a base having a top and a bottom configured to be supported on a support surface adjacent to the refrigerator;
- a holder having an upper surface and a lower surface configured to rest on the top of the base, the upper surface configured to support one of the supercooled closed beverage containers with a liquid inside;
- an ultrasonic transducer below the upper surface of the holder, the transducer configured to generate an ultrasonic signal having a pulse duration between approximately 0.1 seconds and less than 2 seconds;
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- a transmission medium between the transducer and the upper surface of the holder, configured to transmit the ultrasonic signal to pass from the transducer and adapted to be passed into the liquid inside the bottle, wherein activating transducer causes the transmission of the ultrasonic signal from the transducer to pass into the beverage container which crystallizes the liquid inside of the beverage container into a slush inside of the beverage container.
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A method for crystallizing liquid inside of closed beverage containers into slush, comprising the steps of:
- providing a cooling device for housing closed beverage containers that each contain liquids;
- cooling the liquids inside of the closed beverage containers to a temperature below 32 F;
- providing a crystallizing device for crystallizing the liquids inside of the containers, to be adjacent to the cooling device;
- providing the crystallizing device with a holder having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- placing one of the closed beverage containers with the liquid inside of the closed container having a temperature below 32 F, on the upper surface of the holder;
- providing an ultrasonic transducer below the upper surface of the holder;
- generating an ultrasonic signal having a duration between approximately 0.1 seconds and less than 2 seconds through the closed beverage container to pass into the liquid inside of the closed container that has been cooled to less than 32 F, and
- crystallizing the liquid inside of the beverage container into a slush inside of the closed beverage container with the generated ultrasonic signal.
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A system for forming slush from liquids inside of closed beverage containers, comprising:
- a cooling device housing closed beverage containers that each contain liquids, the beverage containers being selected from beverage bottles and beverage cans, the refrigerator cools the liquids inside of the beverage containers to a temperature below 32 F;
- a liquid crystallizing device adjacent to the cooling device, the liquid crystallizing device having a holder with an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface supports one of the closed beverage containers with the inside liquid having been cooled to less than 32 F;
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- an ultrasonic transducer below the upper surface of the holder, the transducer configured to generate an ultrasonic signal having a duration between approximately 0.1 seconds and less than 2 seconds, wherein activating the transducer generates the ultrasonic signal having a duration between approximately 0.1 seconds and less than 2 seconds from the transducer to pass into the beverage container which crystallizes the liquid inside of the beverage container into a slush inside of the beverage container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.