WO1993015973A1 - Carbonated beverage container - Google Patents
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- WO1993015973A1 WO1993015973A1 PCT/GB1993/000239 GB9300239W WO9315973A1 WO 1993015973 A1 WO1993015973 A1 WO 1993015973A1 GB 9300239 W GB9300239 W GB 9300239W WO 9315973 A1 WO9315973 A1 WO 9315973A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
- B65D85/72—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials
- B65D85/73—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials with means specially adapted for effervescing the liquids, e.g. for forming bubbles or beer head
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- GB-A-1,266,351 describes a system for producing a draught type head when dispensing beer, or other carbonated beverage, from a container such as a can or a bottle.
- the container includes a simple secondary chamber which is charged with gas under pressure either as part of the filling process in which the container is filled with beverage or by pre-charging the inner secondary chamber with gas under pressure.
- the secondary chamber includes a small orifice which is located beneath the surface level of the beverage in the container and the overall arrangement is such that, upon opening the container and so reducing the pressure in it, gas from the secondary chamber is jetted via the orifice into the beverage in the main body of the container so causing shear.
- GB-B-2,183,592 describes a different technique which has recently achieved success in the market place.
- a container containing a carbonated beverage includes, towards its base, a separate hollow insert with an orifice in its side wall.
- beer is deliberately introduced into the inside of the hollow insert through the orifice and the pressures of the inside of the insert and of the main body of the container are thereafter maintained in equilibrium via the orifice.
- the beverage from inside the insert is jetted out through the orifice directly into the beverage in the body of the container and this jet acts to shear liquid in the container with the result that a number of small bubbles are liberated which, in turn, as they rise through the beverage in the container, act as nucleation sites to generate a number of small bubbles throughout the entire contents of the container.
- a container containing a carbonated beverage includes a pod located within the head space above the level of the beverage and containing a gas, the pod including a hole in its lower part above the level of the beverage and means to ensure that only gas is discharged from the pod, the arrangement being such that when the container is closed the pressures of the gas in the pod and in the head space are in equi ⁇ librium, but, as soon as the container is opened to reduce the pressure inside the head space of the container, the gas at super atmospheric inside the pod is jetted out of the hole and into the beverage in the container to cause shear of the beverage and the liberation of small bubbles which accumulate in a surface layer on the beverage, when the beverage is dispensed the small bubbles in its surface layer act to seed the generation of small bubbles through ⁇ out the remainder.
- the means to ensure that only gas is discharged from the pod may include a valve which prevents beverage from entering the pod during filling and subsequent can handling procedures but preferably it comprises a tube surrounding the hole in the lower wall of the pod and extending upwards towards the top of the container closure. This arrange ⁇ ment ensures that, even if some liquid does enter the pod, upon opening of the container, only gas is jetted through the hole and into the beverage. It is desirable to prevent liquid entering the pod and being ejected since we have found that the action of jetting liquid into the surface of a beverage is less controllable than gas for the nucleation of micro-bubbles.
- the hole in the lower part of the pod has a diameter between 0.1 and 2.0 mm and more preferably it has a diameter of substantially 0.9 mm.
- the pod may be formed from two parts which are snap- fitted together, or welded together, in an atmosphere containing a inert gas or, alternatively, may be fitted together after being dosed with a precursor of an inert gas such as dry ice or liquid nitrogen. In this way, after the pod is formed by closing its two parts together, the dry ice or liquid nitrogen evaporates to drive oxygen out of it to ensure that the pod is substantially filled with an inert gas.
- the pod may be formed in substantially the same way as described in our earlier application WO-A-00825 with the pod essentially being formed as an open-topped pod to enable it to be dosed with liquid nitrogen, or solid carbon dioxide, at the same time as dosing the open-topped container and then sealing the open-topped container with a closure which, in turn, either carries with it the second part of the pod or itself closes the open-top of the pod.
- the pod is attached to, or, at least held in place by the top closure of the container. In the former case, the attachment of the pod to the top closure of the container may take place away from a beverage filling line and thus, no separate pod insertion stage is required as part of the beverage filling line.
- the container may have the form of a glass bottle and, in this case the pod substantially fills the head space in the neck of such a container.
- the pod is attached to the closure of such a bottle whether of a screw cap type or a crown cork type so that, upon opening the container the pod is removed from the neck of the bottle with the closure.
- the container may have the form of a metal can and in this case the pod is either fixed to the lid of the container by adhesive or is held in place by being trapped in the seam formed between the lid and the side wall of the container.
- the can When the container has the form of a can preferably the can includes an easy-open feature such as a ring-pull or a stay-on tab. In this case it is important that the presence of the pod does not interfere with the operation of the easy-open feature and essential that the pod is arranged not to interfere with dispensing beverage through the easy-open feature.
- the pod does not cover the entire under surface of the lid of the can and is arranged to be absent from a portion of the lid immediately beneath the easy-open feature.
- the pod may be temporarily attached to the inside of the lid by an adhesive which breaks down on contact with a beverage or on the application of heat, for example, during a pasteurisa ⁇ tion step.
- the pod is arranged to be firmly attached to the lid during the lid handling and container closing process but, subsequently, after the container is filled and sealed, this bond between the pod and the closure is arranged to be broken down.
- the pod is also connected to the container by, for example, a protruding lip which is caught in the seam between the closure and the container so that, upon opening the container the pod can hinge about its protruding lip to allow the pod to be displaced from beneath the easy open feature and thereby allow a beverage to be dispensed from the inside of the can, whilst, at the same time, the pod is securely held by the lip being held in the seam.
- the pod is accommodated entirely within the head space above the level of the beverage in the container and foam formation within the container can be controlled to a lower level than with submerged systems.
- a standard size container can be used and the containers can be filled with generally conventional canning or bottling machinery operating at high speed. Since this system does not rely on the use of an interference fit between a submerged insert and the container it is not likely to become dislodged with abuse during handling and storage. Furthermore there is a substantial saving of material previously used to form the flanges of the submerged insert.
- Figure 2 is a section through the first example
- Figure 3 is an under plan of a second example of pod
- Figure 4 is a cross-section through a second example
- Figure 5 is an under plan of a third example
- Figure 6 is a cross-section through the third example
- Figure 7 is a cross-section through a completed can containing a third example of pod
- Figure 8 is an under plan of a fourth example of pod showing it attached to a lid of a container
- Figure 9 is a side elevation through the fourth example of pod attached to its lid.
- Figure 10 is a cross-section through a completed can showing the fourth example of pod in place;
- Figure 11 is a cross-section similar to Figure 10 showing the stay-on tab being opened;
- Figure 12 is a view similar to Figure 10 with the stay-on tab fully opened;
- Figure 13 is a cross-section through a top of a can showing a fifth example of pod
- Figure 14 is a diagram of a can sealing machine
- Figures 15A to E are a series of cross-sections through the top of a bottle showing the filling sequence of assembly of a pod;
- Figures 16A and B are scrap radial sections showing the connection between the two parts of the pod shown in Figure 15;
- Figure 17 is a diagram of a filling plant for carrying out the operation shown in Figures 15A to E;
- Figure 18 shows an alternative pod for use in a bottle; and.
- Figure 19 shows a further example of pod for use in a bottle.
- a carbonated beverage container such as a can or bottle containing beer for example stout, an ale, or lager includes a pod made of plastics material. The pod lies wholly within the head space within the container above the level of the beverage.
- the first few examples are systems where the beverage container is formed as a can 1 having a lid 2 with an easy- open feature in the form of a stay-on tab 3.
- the stay-on tab includes a shield portion 4 the periphery of which is defined by a weakened zone to enable the shield portion 4 to break free from the remainder of the lid 2 and pivot downwards into the inside of the can 1 upon opening the easy-open feature 3.
- FIG. 1 shows a lid 2 before it is seamed on to the body of the can 1.
- a cup-shaped plastics pod 6 is fitted into the inside of the countersink portion of the lid 2 and fixed in place by a bead 7 of glue or by heat sealing the upper rim of the cup-shaped pod 6 to the underside of the lid 2.
- the pod In plan the pod is generally C-shaped with its re-entrant portion fitting around the shield portion 4 of the easy-open feature 3. In this way the pod 6 does not in any way interfere with the operation of the easy-open feature 3.
- Figures 3 and 4 show an alternative arrangement again illustrating the lid 2 before it is seamed onto body of a can 1.
- the pod 6 is formed as a closed plastics moulding having both a top wall 8 and a bottom wall 9.
- the pod 6 also includes a flange 10 extending outwards from the periphery of the pod 6 which, in use, is trapped into the seam formed between the rim of the lid 2 and the top of the body of the can 1. Once the flange 10 is trapped into the seam the pod 6 is held fixed into position.
- the pod 6 may also be glued onto the lid 2 to provide at least a temporary bond to ensure that it is not displaced during handling and seaming operations.
- the pod 6 is generally C-shaped in plan and fitted with the re-entrant portion in register with the shield portion 4 of the easy-open feature 3.
- the third example shown in Figures 5 and 6 is generally similar to the second example except that it does not include the flange 10 and is, instead, simply stuck onto the lid 2 by a band of glue 7 or a heat seal.
- the pod 6 includes an aperture 11 in its lower wall 9 and a tube 12 sealed to the inside of the lower wall 9 and surrounding the aperture 11.
- the tube 12 extends upwards towards the lid 2.
- the lid 2 together with the pod 6 is treated to ensure that all of the oxidising gas is removed from the inside of the pod 6 before the lid 2 is applied to the body of a can 1.
- the body of the can 1 is filled with beer 13 in a conventional can filling machine and then the head space 14 dosed with liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide, again in a conventional fashion.
- the lid 2, together with the pod 6 is then seamed onto the top of the body of the can and as the liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide evaporates builds up a pressure inside the can of between 1.5 and 4 atmospheres. Evaporated liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide builds up in the head space 14 and passes into the inside of the pod 6 via the hole 11.
- the pressure inside the pod 6 is exactly the same as that in the head space 14.
- the filled cans are then subjected to a pasteurisation process before being distributed.
- the initial opening of the easy open feature 3 vents the head space 14 to the atmosphere so that the pressure within the head space 14 is rapidly reduced to atmospheric.
- the pressure inside the pod 6 is still very much in excess of atmospheric pressure and this causes gas to be jetted through the hole 11.
- the jet of gas penetrates several centimetres into the beer 13 giving a mechanical shock to the beer 13 and also causing shear in it. This shear in the beer cause the release of small bubbles of carbon dioxide and nitrogen and the gas that is jetted into the beer together with any gas from the head space that is entrained with the jet also results in the formation of bubbles in the beer 13.
- the pod 6 has a closed circular configuration with a projecting lip 15.
- the lip 15 is captured in the seam formed between the lid 2 and the body of the can 1 as the can is filled and sealed.
- the pod 6 is also adhered to the lid 2 by glue 7.
- the glue is of a type which is broken down on exposure to the beer 13 or to, for example, the temperatures attained during the pasteurisation step.
- a channel (not shown) is also provided between the outside of the top wall 8 of the pod 6 and the lower face of the lid 2. Oxidising gas is again removed from the inside of the pod 6 as described above before the lid 2 is seamed onto the body 1 of a full container as shown in Figure 10.
- the provision of the tube 12 surrounding the hole 11 in the bottom wall of the pod 6 ensures that only gas is jetted through the hole 11 during opening of the container. Should any beer be forced into the inside of the pod 6, for example, during filling or pasteurising steps this naturally falls to the bottom of the pod 6 and so is prevented from being jetted out of the pod 6 by the tube 12.
- the pod 6 is provided with a valve which acts to prevent beer ever being forced into the pod 6.
- This example is generally similar to the fourth example in that it is generally circular and includes a lip 15 which is captured in the seam formed between the lid 2 and the body of the can 1 and acts as a hinge during opening of the can.
- the tube 12 is extended upwards to meet a rounded seating 16 formed on the top wall 8 of the pod 6.
- the lower wall 9 is made sufficiently thin for it to act as a pressure responsive diaphragm and preferably the pod is made from a gas permeable material such as low density polyethylene.
- the nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas in the head space above the beer 13 in the can diffuses through the lower wall 9 of the pod 6 to increase the pressure inside the pod 6 until it is super atmospheric and an equilibrium is established between the gas in the pod and that in the head space.
- the can Upon opening the can it operates in substantially the same way as the fourth example and, as soon as the pressure in the head space of the can has been vented, the pressure subsisting inside the pod 6 being, super atmospheric, causes the lower wall 9 to bow downwards and outwards.
- This removes the top of the tube 12 from its seating 16 and thus allows the gas at super atmospheric pressure from inside the pod 6 to be vented via the tube 12 and the orifice 11 so that it forms a jet which then penetrates the surface of the beer 13 again in exactly the same way as*has been described with reference to the above examples.
- the pods can be made in two parts or, for example, when the first example of pod is attached to the lid, the pod can be dosed with an inert gas precursor such as liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide. If the pod is dosed and assembled immediately before being seamed onto the can the inert gas drives substantially all of the oxygen out of the pod immediately before they are seamed onto the can.
- an inert gas precursor such as liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide.
- FIG 14 shows diagrammatically a typical can filling arrangement.
- a steam of cans A are fed to a rotary filling station B in which they are filled with a predetermined volume of beer. They then pass along beneath a liquid nitrogen dosing station C and thence to a standard seaming machine H where the lids are applied to the open tops of the cans before the closed and sealed cans leave a stream I.
- a bag of lids 2 with attached pods 6 are loaded into hopper D from which they are fed to a turn table E.
- the lids and pods circulate around the turn table E they are subjected to a series of evacuation and inert gas charging steps before being fed along a closed inert gas filled path G to an end feed star forming part of the seaming machine H.
- the sixth example is for a draught-in-bottle system which is especially suited to beers such as lager which are usually served at a lower temperature and at a higher gas content, around 2.0 v/v, than ales or stouts.
- Bottles can withstand higher internal pressures than cans which above 6 to 6.5 bar tend to "peak" with resulting distortion of the can. Such pressures can be anticipated when beers containing around 2.0 v/v carbon dioxide are put into packages which are then further pressurised with nitrogen.
- a screw topped bottle 20 is initially filled with beer on a conventional rotary filling machine and its neck detail is shown in Figure 15A.
- the head space in the neck of the bottle 20 is then purged with an inert gas as indicated by the arrows in Figure 15B or the beer made to foam by jetting a small volume of liquid into its top surface to remove all of the oxidising gas from the head space of the bottle.
- the pod 6 having a generally cylindrical form and an upper flange 21 is inserted into the head space in the neck of the bottle 20.
- the pod 6 has an open-top, a hole 11 in its lower wall and a tube 12 sealed to the lower wall around the hole 11 and extending upwards.
- Liquid nitrogen 30 is dosed into the pod 6 and then a cap 22 complete with plastic wad liner 23 is placed over the neck of the bottle and crimp rolled onto screw threaded formations 24 on the neck of the bottle to close the bottle.
- the plastic wad liner 23 forms a seal with the flange 21 at the top of the pod 6 to close the pod 6 and to seal the bottle.
- the liquid nitrogen 30 evaporates it firstly removes all of the oxygen from the pod 6 before it is closed by the cap 22 and also provides pressurisation for the bottle 20.
- the cap 24 Upon opening the bottle by unscrewing the cap 24 this releases the pressure in the head space above the beer 13 and results in the super atmospheric pressure from within the pod 6 being jetted via the inside of the tube 12 and the hole 11 into the beer 13.
- the screw cap 22 is completely removed it carries with it the pod 6 so allowing the beer 13 to be dispensed from the neck of the bottle.
- Figures 16A and B show in greater detail how the flange 21 of the pod 6 is engaged with the packing wad 23 as the cap 22 is rolled around the thread finish of the bottle 24.
- Figure 17 illustrates a typical rotary filling machine with a stream of bottles P being applied to a rotary filling station Q where they are filled with beer and from there fed to a second rotary carousel R where the pods 6 are inserted.
- the bottles then travel under a liquid nitrogen dosing station S and finally to a rotary cap applying and crimping station T.
- FIG. 18 An alternative two-part form of pod for use with a bottle is shown in Figures 18 and 19.
- This system is designed for use with a conventional crown type bottle closure 25.
- the pod 6 is formed in two parts.
- a first, lower part 26 which includes the hole 11 and tube 12 which is arranged to snap-fit onto an upper part 27 which also includes a protruding flange 28 which acts as a gasket between the crown cap 25 and the top rim of a bottle neck.
- the upper part 27 is pre-assembled with the crown 25 and then the lower part 26 is dosed with liquid nitrogen 30.
- the two parts are assembled, inserted in the bottle neck and then the crown cork 25 is crimped onto the neck of the bottle in a conventional fashion. Crimping the crown 25 onto the bottle also ensures that the crown 25 tightly engages the flange 28 to ensure that when the crown cap is removed from the bottle it carries with it the pod 6.
- the pod 6 is again formed in two parts, a first lower part 26 which includes the hole 11 and tube 12 and which is arranged to snap-fit onto a second upper part 27.
- the lower part carries the flange 28 which acts as a gasket between the crown cap 25 and the top rim of the bottle neck.
- the upper part 27 is pre-assembled with the crown 25.
- the lower part 26 is inserted in the bottle neck supported by the flange 28.
- the crown cap 25 together with the upper part 27 of the pod is pushed downwards on top of the lower part 26 to snap-fit the two parts together.
- the crown 25 is crimped onto the bottle in a conventional fashion. Again crimping of the crown 25 onto the bottle also ensures that the crown 25 tightly engages the flange 28 to ensure that when the crown cap 25 is removed from the bottle it also carries with the the pod 6.
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DE69305496T DE69305496D1 (en) | 1992-02-07 | 1993-02-05 | CONTAINER FOR CARBONATED DRINKS |
AU34590/93A AU659533B2 (en) | 1992-02-07 | 1993-02-05 | Carbonated beverage container |
CA002128625A CA2128625A1 (en) | 1992-02-07 | 1993-02-05 | Carbonated beverage container |
EP93903246A EP0624140B1 (en) | 1992-02-07 | 1993-02-05 | Carbonated beverage container |
JP5513875A JPH07503440A (en) | 1992-02-07 | 1993-02-05 | carbonated drink container |
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