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AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsRobert W. Burke, II, Albert J. Cahen, Jr., William S. Credle, Jr., Ashis S. Gupta, Richard H. Heenan
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A beverage container suitable for use in outer space comprising a beverage-containing chamber which expands with the introduction of fluid therein and collapses to a negligible volume when beverage is dispensed therefrom. In a first embodiment, the chamber is an elastic bag. In a second embodiment, the chamber is a flexible bag surrounded by a compressible gas. In a third embodiment, the chamber is an accordion-type container. In a fourth embodiment, the chamber is a tube having a rolled tail portion which is naturally biased by the elastic properties of the material from which the tube is formed, to roll up on itself to a negligible volume in the absence of beverage therein and assumes the volume of the beverage as the beverage is introduced.
A method for filling a container with a carbonated beverage in the zero gravity conditions of outer space without the creation of a headspace and for dispensing said carbonated beverage therefrom directly into a consumer's mount, comprising the steps of:
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