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US9248943B2 · 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 Brown · Fenton, US
• Thomas Tweedy · Chesterfield, US
• Chester J. Grohs, IV · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 18, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A crown system includes a crown having a top surface and a bottom surface and a liner having a top surface that contacts a bottom surface of the crown. The liner is configured to absorb oxygen in a headspace and includes at least about 2.2 micromoles of sodium sulfite per cubic millimeter in a volume of the liner to a depth of about 0.003 millimeter from a bottom surface of the liner.