Supercooled beverage nucleation and ice crystal formation using a high-pressure gas
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsAlan Lee HAWKINS, Ryan WEST
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a beverage nucleator system that can initiate ice crystal nucleation by application of a directed flow of pressurized gas to the exterior of the fluid container containing a supercooled beverage. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a beverage nucleator system for a supercooled beverage container which may include a frame having a beverage container aperture for receiving a beverage container therein and a gas outlet positioned within the beverage container aperture for directing a flow of pressurized gas at a beverage container received therein.
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A method of providing an iced beverage product, comprising:
- receiving a supercooled beverage in a beverage container such that a body of the beverage container is adjacent a gas outlet;
- directing a flow of pressurized gas at the body of the beverage container to cause ice crystal nucleation within the beverage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.