Slurry ice containment system and method
OwnerMordechai Einhorninventor
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Abstract
There is provided a slurry ice containment system, and the method of providing same. This involves impeding separation of liquid and ice components of a slurry ice mixture, and more particularly relates to impeding the separation of liquid and frozen components of a slurry food product mixture, such as, for example, a slurry juice. This can be done by providing catches within a container. These catches may be of various size, shape, structure, and position. These catches hold ice crystal volume in various places within the container to assist in preventing the total volume of ice crystal to rise to the top of a container.
Claims13
A container comprising:
- an external base for supporting the container on a support surface;
- a container membrane defining a hollow interior having a storage volume for containing a slurry mixture comprising a liquid component and a frozen component, the container membrane comprising a bottom membrane and a top membrane such that when the external base supports the container on a horizontal support surface, the hollow interior extends vertically from the bottom membrane to the top membrane;
- at least one catch surface for impeding migration of the frozen component of the slurry mixture toward the top membrane, the at least one catch surface being attached to the container membrane and located between the bottom membrane and the top membrane;
- and,
- an inlet/outlet port for providing the slurry mixture to the hollow interior and for draining the slurry mixture from the hollow interior.
A method of containing a slurry mixture, the method comprising:
- supplying a slurry mixture to a hollow interior of a container, the slurry mixture comprising a liquid component and a frozen component, and the interior of the container comprising a bottom membrane and a top membrane;
- supporting the container on a support surface such that the hollow interior extends vertically from the bottom membrane to the top membrane;
- blocking migration of a portion of the frozen component of the slurry mixture toward the top membrane by providing at least one catch surface between the bottom membrane and the top membrane to block the portion of the frozen component from rising toward the top membrane, and to separate the portion of the frozen component from the top membrane by some of the liquid component of the slurry mixture and the at least one catch surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.