Beverage container with pre-salted rim and method of production
OwnerBrandon Mauldin, Amy Mauldininventors
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Abstract
A method for producing a beverage container have a rim pre-coated with a flavored solid substance for use with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages utilizes a commercially available butter spreader to coat the rim of the beverage container with a food-grade adhesive. The adhesive-coated rim is then placed in contact with margarita salt or other flavored solid substance and the coated rim is dried.
Claims18
A method of producing a beverage container having a rim pre-coasted with salt using a commercially available butter spreader having a reservoir section and a rotating drum disposed within the reservoir section, the method comprising the steps:
- providing a food-grade adhesive solution in the reservoir section of the commercially available butter spreader so the rotating drum acquires a coating of the food-grade adhesive solution;
- coating the rim of the beverage container by placing the rim of the beverage container in contact with the butter spreader drum and moving the rim against the rotating drum, thereby transferring adhesive solution from the drum to the rim of the beverage container;
- providing a supply of margarita salt in a salt reservoir;
- moving the beverage container downwardly until the coated rim of the beverage container makes contact with the margarita salt and the margarita salt adheres to the coated rim of the beverage container;
- moving the beverage container upwardly away from the margarita salt;
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- drying the coated rim of the beverage container.
A method of producing a beverage container having a rim pre-coated with a flavored solid substance using a commercially available butter spreader having a reservoir section and a rotating drum disposed within the reservoir section, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a food-grade adhesive solution within the reservoir section of the butter spreader so the rotating drum acquires a coating of the food-grade adhesive solution;
- coating the rim of the beverage container by placing the rim of the beverage container and moving the rim against the rotating drum, thereby transferring adhesive solution from the drum to the rim of the beverage container;
- providing a supply of the flavored solid substance within a solid substance reservoir;
- moving the beverage container downwardly until the coated rim of the beverage container makes uniform contact with the solid substance and the solid substance adheres to the coated rim of the beverage container;
- moving the beverage container upwardly away from the solid substance;
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- drying the coated rim of the beverage container.
The method of claim 9 wherein the gelatin is kosher gelatin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.