Ambient filling system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11753288-B2
Application number	US-202117476698-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2021
Priority date	Nov 8, 2016
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods for filling a beverage container with a carbonated fluid at ambient temperature while minimizing foam formation are provided. The carbonated fluid can maintain a laminar flow through the filling machine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of producing a container filled with a carbonized fluid product, the method comprising:
retaining treated water in a water tank and maintaining the treated water at an ambient temperature;
mixing the treated water with a concentrate in a mixing system to create a fluid mixture while maintaining the fluid mixture at the ambient temperature;
injecting the fluid mixture with carbon dioxide to create the carbonized fluid product while maintaining the carbonized fluid product at the ambient temperature;
storing the carbonized fluid product in a carbonized tank while maintaining the carbonized fluid product at the ambient temperature, the carbonized tank being fluidly connected to a filling machine; and
operating the filling machine to fill the container with the carbonated fluid product.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising pumping the treated water to the mixing system while maintaining the treated water at the ambient temperature.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the carbonated fluid product has a laminar flow during the operating the filling machine to fill the container with the carbonated fluid product.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ambient temperature is approximately 15 degrees Celsius.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the concentrate in a concentrate tank.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising fluidly connecting the carbonized tank and the filling machine.

7. A beverage container filling system, comprising:
a water tank to retain water at an ambient temperature;
a carbonized tank filled with carbonized fluid product maintained at the ambient temperature, the carbonized fluid product being formed from the water and a concentrate; and
a beverage container filling device to transport the carbonized fluid product from the carbonized tank into a container,
wherein the beverage container filling system does not cool the carbonized fluid product using a cooling system.

8. The filling system of claim 7 , wherein the carbonized fluid product has a laminar flow when transported into the container with the beverage container filling device.

9. The filling system of claim 7 , wherein the ambient temperature is approximately 15 degrees Celsius.

10. The filling system of claim 7 , wherein the carbonized fluid product is stored in the carbonized tank at the ambient temperature.

11. The filling system of claim 7 , wherein the carbonized tank and the beverage container filling device are fluidly connected.

12. The filling system of claim 7 , wherein water is supplied to the carbonized tank at the ambient temperature.

13. A beverage container filling system, comprising:
a water tank to retain water at an ambient temperature;
a mixing system to mix water and a concentrate to form a fluid mixture;
a carbonized tank filled with carbonized fluid product formed from the fluid mixture and maintained at approximately the ambient temperature; and
a beverage container filling device to transport the carbonized fluid product from the carbonized tank.

14. The filling system of claim 13 , wherein the ambient temperature is approximately 15 degrees Celsius.

15. The filling system of claim 13 , wherein the beverage container filling system does not cool the carbonized fluid product using a cooling system.

16. The filling system of claim 13 , wherein the carbonized tank and the beverage container filling device are fluidly connected.

17. The filling system of claim 13 , wherein the fluid mixture is supplied to the carbonized tank at approximately the ambient temperature.

18. The filling system of claim 13 , wherein the fluid mixture is injected with carbon dioxide such that the fluid mixture is maintained at approximately the ambient temperature.

19. The filling system of claim 13 , wherein the fluid mixture is supplied to the carbonized tank a container at approximately the ambient temperature.

Assignees

• Pepsico Inc

Inventors

• Bulunmaz Enver

Classifications

• B67C3/10 Primary

  preliminary filling with inert gases, e.g. carbon dioxide · CPC title

• B67C3/02 Primary

  Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus · CPC title

• A23L2/54

  Mixing with gases · CPC title

• B67C2003/2677

  by means of a deflector · CPC title

• B67C3/2614

  specially adapted for counter-pressure filling · CPC title