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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Inventors:
Aleksey Bakharev, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Herriot Moise, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Min Feng Zheng, Flushing, NY (US);
Assignee:
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 21/43 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/41 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/2226 (2013.01); G01N 7/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/43 (2013.01); G01N 33/004 (2013.01); G01N 33/14 (2013.01); G01N 21/4133 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2232 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2282 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2285 (2013.01);
Abstract
Carbon dioxide levels in an open-container beverage are measured by transferring a quantity of the beverage to a vessel. A closure is secured onto the vessel to form an enclosed volume containing the beverage. A probe is inserted through the closure to contact the beverage, and a sample is transferred from the vessel to a measurement instrument to determine the carbon dioxide level. The methods allow for significantly greater precision and reliability in measuring carbonation levels of open-container beverages relative to currently available techniques.