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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Anheuser-busch, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Mark de la Rosa, Warners, NY (US);
Rich Petrie, South Canastota, NY (US);
Carl Grass, Ste. Genevieve, MO (US);
Al Morgan, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Anheuser-Busch, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 35/30 (2006.01); A23L 2/46 (2006.01); A23L 2/56 (2006.01); A23L 3/02 (2006.01); B65B 27/04 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/22 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 35/30 (2013.01); A23L 2/46 (2013.01); A23L 2/56 (2013.01); A23L 3/02 (2013.01); B65B 27/04 (2013.01); B65B 65/006 (2013.01); B67C 3/22 (2013.01); B67C 7/00 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); B65B 2220/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention allows a beverage manufacturer to package variety packs of beverages while it is filling various beverages. The improved system that carries out the method includes an onsite accumulator that eliminates the long-standing practice of packaging variety packs at a separate location from where the beverages are packed.