Beverage container and method of filling it
AssigneesWhitbread PLC, Heineken Technisch Beheer B.V.
InventorJames G. Jamieson
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Abstract
A method of packaging a beverage container includes placing an open-topped secondary chamber with an orifice into an open container before or after the container is filled with a beverage, displacing substantially all of the oxygen from the open container and the secondary chamber, and closing the open container, thereby closing the open-top of the secondary chamber, such that the only communication between the secondary chamber and the inside of the container is via the orifice.
Claims13
A method of packaging a beverage container (10), comprising:
- placing an open-topped secondary chamber (1) having a wall with an orifice (6) into an open container (10) one of before and after the container (10) is filled with a beverage;
- displacing substantially all oxygen from the open-topped container (10) and the open-topped secondary chamber (1);
- and
- closing the open-topped container (10), thereby closing the open-top of the secondary chamber (1) so that the orifice (6) provides the only communication between the secondary chamber (1) and the inside of the container (10).
A holder adapted to hold a beverage, comprising:
- a container (10),
- an open-topped secondary chamber (1) which includes a wall with an orifice (60 such that the inside of the secondary chamber (1) is in communication with the inside of the container (10) via the orifice (6);
- and
- a closure (11) for closing the open top of the secondary chamber (1), at least part of the secondary chamber (1) being engaged between the container (10) and the closure (11) to hold the secondary chamber (1) in place with the open top thereof in sealing engagement with the closure (11).
A beverage holder made by a method comprising the steps of:
- placing an open-topped secondary chamber (1) having a wall with an orifice (6) into an open container (10) one of before and after the container (10) is filled with a beverage;
- displacing substantially all oxygen from the open container (10) and the open-topped secondary chamber (1);
- and
- closing the open container (10), thereby closing the open-top of the secondary chamber (1) so that the orifice (6) provides the only communication between the secondary chamber and the inside of the container (10), to produce the beverage holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.