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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1994
Lawrence G Carns, Plain City, OH (US);
Takehito Ohashi, Marysville, OH (US);
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A process for providing aroma in a container for a product such as instant coffee. Empty, open-topped containers are conveyed one after the other to beneath an aroma spraying station which contains at least one spraying nozzle. Once an open-topped container is positioned substantially beneath a spraying nozzle, the spraying nozzle is activated and aroma is dispensed into the open top of the container while the open-topped container continues to be conveyed. The aroma is dispensed in the form of fine droplets to coat the inner side walls of the open-topped container. The spraying is then discontinued while the open-topped container is still beneath the spraying nozzle. The container may then be transferred to a filling station where product may be filled into the container. In this way, aroma may be incorporated into a product at production rates of 200 to 500 containers per minute.