Filling Aluminum Cans Aseptically
AssigneeColdSnap, Corp.
InventorMatthew Fonte
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Abstract
Methods of manufacturing shelf stable pods containing food or drink to be rapidly cooled, include inserting a mixing paddle into an aluminum can through an open end of a body of the can and sterilizing the can and mixing paddle at temperatures below a stress relief temperature of the can in a first aseptic chamber. The method also includes filling the can with a sterilized food or drink in the aseptic chamber, sealing a sterilized base of the can to the open end of the body of the can with a food-safe adhesive to create a hermetic seal, removing the can from the first aseptic chamber while maintaining the hermetic seal outside the first aseptic chamber, and mechanically seaming the base to the can.
Claims36
(canceled)
A method of aseptically filling a can with ingredients for producing a food or drink, the method comprising:
- sterilizing a sealed can, the sealed can comprising:
- an aluminum body having a sidewall extending from a domed end of the aluminum body to an open end of the aluminum body;
- a spout disposed on the domed end of the aluminum body;
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- a base seamed to the aluminum body and covering the open end of the aluminum body;
- and
- after sterilizing the sealed can:
- aseptically filling the can with the ingredients for producing the food or drink through the spout;
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- aseptically sealing the ingredients within the can.
A can for ingredients for producing a food or beverage, the can comprising:
- an aluminum body having a sidewall extending from a domed end of the aluminum body to an open end of the aluminum body, the domed end defining a first opening that extends through the domed end;
- a spout disposed on the domed end for aseptically filling the can with the ingredients through the first opening on the domed end;
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- a base seamed to the aluminum body and covering the open end of the aluminum body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.