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US 10,501,259 B2Granted
Control of bubble size in a carbonated liquid
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsLee M. Nicholson, Peter S. Given, Prasad V. Joshi, Wei Liu, Denise H. Lefebvre, Marcin Jankowiak
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Abstract
Cans, bottles and/or other containers used to hold a carbonated beverage can include internal features to promote and/or control bubble formation.
Claims17
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a container having an internal surface defining an internal volume;
- a carbonated liquid beverage sealed within the internal volume;
- a closed outlet located on the beverage container, the outlet configured for opening and positioned on the container so as to permit draining of the beverage from the internal volume through the outlet after opening of the outlet;
- and
- a baffle located within the beverage container, wherein
- the baffle is attached to portions of the internal surface and defines a passage separated from a remainder of the internal volume, wherein the passage has a volume less than the remainder of the internal volume, and
- a fluid path between the outlet and the remainder of the internal volume extends through the passage.
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An article of manufacture, comprising
- a container having a base, a sidewall and a top, wherein internal surfaces of the base, sidewall and top define an internal volume, and wherein at least the base internal surface is formed from a first material;
- a carbonated liquid beverage sealed within the internal volume;
- a closed outlet located on the container, the outlet configured for opening so as to permit draining of the beverage from the internal volume through the outlet after opening of the outlet;
- and
- a plurality of discrete nucleating elements embedded in the internal base surface and exposed to the beverage, wherein
- each of the discrete nucleating elements is formed from a second material, the second material is different from the first material,
- each of the discrete nucleating elements is configured to promote nucleation upon opening of the outlet,
- wherein the container is a bottle, the first material is a first plastic, the second material is a second plastic, and the discrete nucleating elements comprise particles of the second plastic.
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An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a container having a base, a sidewall and a top, internal surfaces of the base, sidewall and top defining an internal volume;
- a carbonated liquid beverage sealed within the internal volume;
- and
- a nucleating structure located within the internal volume and extending upward from the internal surfaces of the base, the nucleating structure including a plurality of surfaces exposed to the beverage, at least one of the nucleating structure exposed surfaces having nucleation surface features thereon, the nucleation surface features comprising at least one of scratches or roughened regions,
- wherein:
- the container is a bottle;
- the base internal surface is formed from a first material;
- and
- the nucleating structure is formed from a second material that is different from the first material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.