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Flexible high speed filling line for personalized beverage package mixes with dispensing needles

A thermoplastic, micro-volume technology for dispensing devices, special dispensing devices, packaging, etc., which can solve the problems of time-consuming and reluctance of bottlers to produce small batches of a given product

Active Publication Date: 2020-06-30
THE COCA-COLA CO
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[0003] However, as the number of different beverage products continues to grow, bottlers face increasing downtime as fill lines need to change from one product to the next
This changeover can be a time consuming process as the tank, pipes and filler hopper must be flushed with water before refilling with the next product
As a result, bottlers may be reluctant to produce small batches of a given product due to the downtime required between production runs

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[0021] Referring now to the drawings, like numerals designate like elements throughout the several views, figure 1 An example of a fill line 100 as may be described herein is shown. Fill line 100 can dispense many different types of beverages or other types of fluids. In particular, fill line 100 may be used with diluents, micro-dosing, macro-dosing, and other types of fluids. Diluents typically include fresh water (still or still), carbonated water, and other fluids.

[0022] In general, bulk formulations can have a reconstitution ratio ranging from full strength (undiluted) to about six (6) to one (1 ), but usually less than about ten (10) to one (1 ). As used herein, the term "reconstitution ratio" refers to the ratio of diluent (eg, water or carbonated water) to beverage ingredients. Thus, a bulk with a 5:1 reconstitution ratio refers to a bulk that will be dispensed and mixed with five parts of diluent for every bulk in the finished beverage. Many bulk formulations ca...

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Abstract

The present application provides a micro-ingredient tower for filling a container with a number of different micro-ingredients. The micro-ingredient tower may include a number of micro-ingredient containers therein and a nozzle head. The nozzle head may include a number of dispensing needles therein such that each of the dispensing needles doses a micro-ingredient into the container.

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technical field [0001] The present application and resulting patent relate generally to high speed beverage container filling lines, and more particularly to filling lines capable of filling beverage containers with any number of different beverage brands and flavors in any desired order to create a personalized beverage package mix. Additionally, the high speed beverage container fill line may include a plurality of dispensing needles for dosing ingredients into the container. Background technique [0002] In general, beverage bottles and cans are filled with beverage via a batch process on a filling line. Beverage ingredients (usually concentrate, sweetener, and water) are mixed in the blending area, followed by carbonation, if desired. The finished beverage product is then pumped into the filler hopper. As the container advances along the fill line, the container is filled with the finished beverage product via the fill valve. The container can then be capped, labeled,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B67D1/00B67D1/08
CPCB67C3/208B67D1/0016B67D1/0043B67D1/0801B67D2001/0827B67D1/0021B67D1/0041B67D1/0044B67D1/0888B67D2210/00089B67D2210/0012
Inventor 阿尼什·梅塔格雷格·卡彭特马穆奴尔·拉赫曼曼纽尔·I·加西亚
Owner THE COCA-COLA CO