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AssigneeAnheuser-Busch, Incorporated
InventorsTimothy T. Raw, Susan Jones, Matthew Vincent, Tim O'Leary, Donald Hutchinson, Zane Pinckney, Rodney Borger, Paul Cobet, Kendra Brown, Thomas Tweedy, Chester J Grohs, IV
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Abstract
A crown system includes a crown having a top surface and a bottom surface and a liner having a top surface that contacts a bottom surface of the crown. The liner is configured to absorb oxygen in a headspace and includes at least about 2.2 micromoles of sodium sulfite per cubic millimeter in a volume of the liner to a depth of about 0.003 millimeter from a bottom surface of the liner.
Claims21
A method of manufacturing a crown system, comprising:
- creating a crown comprising a top surface and a bottom surface;
- forming a liner that comprises an oxygen scavenger, wherein a top surface of the liner contacts the bottom surface of the crown;
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- printing on a bottom surface of the liner with a pigment-based ink;
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- coupling the crown with the liner to a container containing a beverage, the bottom surface of the liner and the printing being exposed to the beverage.
A method of manufacturing a crown system, comprising:
- providing a crown;
- forming a liner that comprises an oxygen scavenger;
- affixing the liner to the crown;
- printing on a bottom surface of the liner with a food-grade ink;
- coupling the crown with the liner to a container containing a malt beverage, the bottom surface of the liner and the printing being exposed to the malt beverage;
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- pasteurizing the container containing the malt beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.