Beverage container sealing system

US10112750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Anheuser-Busch, LLC · US

Inventors

• Timothy T. Raw · Okawville, US
• Susan Jones · New York, US
• Matthew T. Vincent · Chesterfield, US
• Tim O'Leary · Port Jervis, US
• Donald Hutchinson · El Segundo, US
• Zane Pinckney · Bridgeton, US
• Rodney Borger · Belleville, US
• Paul Cobet · Wildwood, US
• Kendra Bowen · Fenton, US
• Thomas Tweedy · Chesterfield, US
• Chester J. Grohs, IV · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12H1/20
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for sealing a beverage container includes a crown defining a bottom surface. A liner that includes an oxygen scavenger is coupled to the crown such that a top surface of the liner contacts the bottom surface of the crown. The bottom surface of the liner supports printed indicia where the bottom surface of the liner and the printed indicia are exposed to a beverage contained in the beverage container.