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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Donn Bede Hawthorne, Victoria, AU;
Carlton and United Breweries Limited, Southbank, AU;
Abstract
The invention provides a container ( ) for separately containing a first flowable material ( ) and a second flowable material ( ) until mixing of the first and second flowable materials is desired comprising: (i) a first chamber ( ) containing the first flowable material and having a first head space ( ) comprising gas at a pressure greater than or equal; to atmospheric pressure; (ii) a second chamber ( ) containing the second chamber ( ) containing the second flowable material, the second flowable material containing gas, and optionally, the second chamber comprising a second head space ( ) containing gas at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure; (iii) means for reducing the pressure in the first chamber; (iv) means ( ) for transferring gas between the first and second chambers; and (v) means for transferring the second flowable material into the first flowable material when the pressure in the first chamber is reduced.