US 11,690,388 B2
Waterless ice crystal nucleator for supercooled beverages
Miyako Sekita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 16/489,427
Filed by THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/020021
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 28, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/160594, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/464,490, filed on Feb. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0008448 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A23L 5/30 (2016.01); A23G 9/04 (2006.01); F25D 31/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); A23L 2/00 (2006.01); A23L 3/005 (2006.01); A23L 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC A23L 2/00 (2013.01) [A23G 9/045 (2013.01); A23L 3/005 (2013.01); A23L 3/32 (2013.01); A23L 5/32 (2016.08); F25D 31/00 (2013.01); F25D 31/007 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); B67D 1/0857 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage nucleator system for a supercooled beverage container having a neck and a closure, comprising:
an ultrasonic device including an ultrasonic transmitter, wherein the ultrasonic device is configured to generate an ultrasonic signal; and
a frame with the ultrasonic device positioned therein;
the frame comprising a beverage container aperture therein,
wherein the beverage container aperture is sized to allow for direct contact between the ultrasonic transmitter and the container such that the ultrasonic signal generated by the ultrasonic device is transmitted by the ultrasonic transmitter directly to the container unaltered to cause ice crystal nucleation within the beverage within the container,
wherein the beverage container aperture is sized for receiving the closure such that the beverage container aperture positions and supports the neck of the beverage container when the beverage container is received within the beverage container aperture, and
wherein the direct contact on the container is on the closure.