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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Diageo Ireland, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Stephen Geoffrey Price, Derbyshire, GB;
Amy Heintz, Dublin, OH (US);
Adeline Lay Kuen Koay, Essex, GB;
Assignee:
Diageo Ireland, Dublin, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/73 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 3/04 (2006.01); A47G 19/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/73 (2013.01); A47G 19/2233 (2013.01); B65B 3/04 (2013.01); B65B 7/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage container or package that includes an internal surface for promoting nitrogen bubble nucleation and growth. The surface incorporates a plurality of nanoscale structures, e.g. between 6 and 100 nanometers in size. Most preferably the structures are pits, greater than 15 nm in depth/height. Upon opening the container filled with a Nitrogen (and carbon dioxide) supersaturated beverage, a foaming effect occurs which provides a desirable head of fine bubbles when transferred to a drinking glass.