ALTERNATIVE FREEZING METHODS FOR LIQUID FROZEN CONTENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20200178553A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16615753

    申请日:2018-05-30

    申请人: Meltz, LLC

    IPC分类号: A23F5/38 B65D85/804 A23G9/04

    摘要: Methods are described for creating shapes for the frozen liquid contents stored within single-serve pods used in dispensing machines for products such as coffee. Shapes may include freezing a liquid held statically in the pod in various orientations. Methods may include freeze/thaw/refreeze strategies, freezing the liquid while the pod is spinning or tumbling, use of preforms from molds, preforms made with probes, and/or use of preforms that have been formed by extrusion or pressing. In some embodiments, a shape is produced that does not interfere with the entrance of entrance or exit needles projected into the pod by the dispenser and shapes that do not interfere with the flow of a melting/diluting liquid during its transit from entrance to exit needle.

    SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLED HEATING AND AGITATION FOR LIQUID FOOD OR BEVERAGE PRODUCT CREATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200085231A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16389552

    申请日:2019-04-19

    申请人: Meltz, LLC

    摘要: Systems for controlled heating and/or agitation for liquid food or beverage product creation are disclosed. A dispenser for producing a food or beverage liquid product from a frozen contents in a receptacle includes a chamber configured to hold a receptacle containing the contents and a dilution liquid inlet configured to supply a dilution liquid to the interior of the receptacle. The dispenser also includes a perforator configured to perforate the receptacle and form a product outlet from the receptacle for the liquid product and an agitator configured to impart motion to the receptacle and/or the contents in the receptacle that increases a flow path from the liquid inlet to the product outlet taken by at least a portion of dilution liquid, when supplied, relative to a flow path from the liquid inlet to the product outlet taken by the portion of dilution liquid without the imparted motion.

    SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CONTROLLED LIQUID FOOD OR BEVERAGE PRODUCT CREATION
    5.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CONTROLLED LIQUID FOOD OR BEVERAGE PRODUCT CREATION 审中-公开
    控制液体食品或饮料产品创建的方法和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170065121A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-09

    申请号:US15347591

    申请日:2016-11-09

    申请人: Meltz, LLC

    摘要: Systems for and methods of controlling liquid food or beverage product creation are disclosed. A dispenser for producing a food or beverage liquid product from a frozen contents in a receptacle includes a chamber configured to hold the receptacle and a non-diluting heater configured to heat the receptacle and/or the frozen contents within the receptacle; the non-diluting heater does not add liquid to an interior of the receptacle. The dispenser also includes a reservoir configured to contain a liquid. The reservoir includes a reservoir outlet configured to withdraw liquid from the reservoir. The dispenser further includes a product outlet configured to withdraw a food or beverage liquid product from the receptacle and a controller that causes the dispenser to selectively perform at least one of: heating at least one of the receptacle and the frozen contents using the non-diluting heater and withdrawing liquid from the reservoir through the reservoir outlet.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于控制液体食品或饮料产品的系统和方法。 用于从容器中的冷冻内容物生产食品或饮料液体产品的分配器包括:构造成保持容器的室;以及构造成加热容器内的容器和/或冷冻容器的非稀释加热器; 非稀释加热器不会将液体添加到容器的内部。 分配器还包括构造成容纳液体的储存器。 储存器包括构造成从储存器中抽出液体的储存器出口。 所述分配器还包括产品出口,所述产品出口构造成从所述容器中抽出食品或饮料液体产品;以及控制器,其使所述分配器选择性地执行以下中的至少一个:使用所述非稀释剂加热所述容器和所述冷冻内容物中的至少一个 加热器并通过储存器出口从储存器中取出液体。

    Processes for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents
    7.
    发明授权
    Processes for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents 有权
    从冷冻内容物中制造消耗性液体食品或饮料产品的过程

    公开(公告)号:US09538877B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-10

    申请号:US15133331

    申请日:2016-04-20

    申请人: Meltz, LLC

    摘要: Techniques are provided for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents. A container is configured for insertion into an apparatus. The container includes a frozen content, a receptacle defining an opening and a cavity for receiving and storing the frozen content, and a closure formed over the opening of the receptacle for sealing the frozen content within the cavity of the receptacle. The receptacle is perforable, and the container is configured for insertion into an apparatus that is configured to create a consumable liquid beverage from the frozen content within the container, such that the frozen content is extracted through a perforation created in the receptacle by the apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于从冷冻内容物制造消耗性液体食品或饮料产品的技术。 容器被配置成插入到装置中。 容器包括冷冻内容物,限定开口的容器和用于接收和储存冷冻内容物的空腔,以及形成在容器开口上方的封闭件,用于将冷冻容器密封在容器的空腔内。 容器是可穿孔的,并且容器被配置成插入设备中,该设备被配置为从容器内的冷冻内容物中产生消耗性液体饮料,使得冷冻内容物通过设备在容器中产生的穿孔提取。

    Apparatus for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents
    10.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents 有权
    用于从冷冻内容物产生消耗性液体食品或饮料产品的装置

    公开(公告)号:US09516970B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-13

    申请号:US15151731

    申请日:2016-05-11

    申请人: Meltz, LLC

    IPC分类号: A47J31/40 A47J31/44

    摘要: Techniques are provided for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents. A container is configured for insertion into an apparatus. The container includes a frozen content, a receptacle defining an opening and a cavity for receiving and storing the frozen content, and a closure formed over the opening of the receptacle for sealing the frozen content within the cavity of the receptacle. The receptacle is perforable, and the container is configured for insertion into an apparatus that is configured to create a consumable liquid beverage from the frozen content within the container, such that the frozen content is extracted through a perforation created in the receptacle by the apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于从冷冻内容物制造消耗性液体食品或饮料产品的技术。 容器被配置成插入到装置中。 容器包括冷冻内容物,限定开口的容器和用于接收和储存冷冻内容物的空腔,以及形成在容器开口上方的封闭件,用于将冷冻容器密封在容器的空腔内。 容器是可穿孔的,并且容器被配置成插入设备中,该设备被配置为从容器内的冷冻内容物中产生消耗性液体饮料,使得冷冻内容物通过设备在容器中产生的穿孔提取。