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US 11,311,026 B2Granted
Rapidly cooling food and drinks
AssigneeColdSnap, Corp.
InventorsMatthew Fonte, John Heymans, Nicholas Fonte, Robert Devaney, Ian McGinty, Vincent Weaver, Benjamin Fichera
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Abstract
Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.
Claims30
A method of producing a frozen beverage or frozen confection from a pod containing food or drink, the method comprising:
- filling the pod through a first end with a food or beverage in liquid form and pressurizing a headspace of the pod with nitrogen;
- hermetically sealing the first end of the pod;
- placing the pressurized pod into a sterilization system;
- simultaneously heating and mixing the food or beverage by horizontally shaking the pod such that the food or beverage in liquid form sloshes in the pod;
- inserting the pod into a machine to freeze the food or beverage;
- and
- operating the machine to:
- freeze the food or beverage;
- and
- churn at least some of the nitrogen into the frozen food or beverage to produce the frozen beverage or confection.
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A method of producing a frozen beverage or frozen confection from a pod, the method comprising:
- filling the pod through a first end with a food or beverage in liquid form and pressurizing a headspace of the pod with gas;
- hermetically sealing the first end of the pod;
- placing the pressurized pod into a sterilization system;
- simultaneously heating and mixing the food or beverage by horizontally shaking the pod such that the food or beverage in liquid form sloshes in the pod;
- inserting the pod into a machine to freeze the food or beverage;
- and
- operating the machine to freeze the food or beverage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.