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US 11,753,288 B2Granted
Ambient filling system and method
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorEnver Bulunmaz
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Abstract
Systems and methods for filling a beverage container with a carbonated fluid at ambient temperature while minimizing foam formation are provided. The carbonated fluid can maintain a laminar flow through the filling machine.
Claims19
A method of producing a container filled with a carbonized fluid product, the method comprising:
- retaining treated water in a water tank and maintaining the treated water at an ambient temperature;
- mixing the treated water with a concentrate in a mixing system to create a fluid mixture while maintaining the fluid mixture at the ambient temperature;
- injecting the fluid mixture with carbon dioxide to create the carbonized fluid product while maintaining the carbonized fluid product at the ambient temperature;
- storing the carbonized fluid product in a carbonized tank while maintaining the carbonized fluid product at the ambient temperature, the carbonized tank being fluidly connected to a filling machine;
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- operating the filling machine to fill the container with the carbonated fluid product.
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A beverage container filling system, comprising:
- a water tank to retain water at an ambient temperature;
- a carbonized tank filled with carbonized fluid product maintained at the ambient temperature, the carbonized fluid product being formed from the water and a concentrate;
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- a beverage container filling device to transport the carbonized fluid product from the carbonized tank into a container,
- wherein the beverage container filling system does not cool the carbonized fluid product using a cooling system.
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A beverage container filling system, comprising:
- a water tank to retain water at an ambient temperature;
- a mixing system to mix water and a concentrate to form a fluid mixture;
- a carbonized tank filled with carbonized fluid product formed from the fluid mixture and maintained at approximately the ambient temperature;
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- a beverage container filling device to transport the carbonized fluid product from the carbonized tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.