Aseptic mik shake product and method of producing same

• US 3,084,052 A
• Filed: 02/20/1959
• Issued: 04/02/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George F. Mclaughlin
• Original Assignee: George F. Mclaughlin
• Inventors: Mclaughlin, George F.
• Application Number:
  US03/794,494
• Time in Patent Office: 1,502 Days
• US Class Current: 426/316
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/045 of slush-ice, e.g. semi-frozen beverage
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/20 the products being mixed with gas, e.g. soft-ice

Claims

1. A METHOD OF PREPARING A MIKE SHAKE FOR CONSUMPTION COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:

PROVIDING A LIQUID MILK SHAKE MIX;

PARTIALLY FILING AN OPEN TOP CONTAINER WITH SAID LIQUID MIX TO A LEVEL GENERALLY BETWEEN 50-70% OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF THE CONTAINER;

FILLING THE HEAD SPACE BETWEEN THE LIQUID LEVEL OF THE MIX AND THE TOP OPENING OF THE CONTAINER WITH A NON-OXIDIZING GAS AT SUBSTANTIALLY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

HERMETICALLY SEALING THE TOP OPENING OF THE CONTAINER;

CHILLING THE CONTAINER AND CONTENTS TO SUBSTANITIALLY BELOW ROOM TEMPERATURE;

VIGOROUSLY SHAKING THE CHILLED CONTAINER TO CAUSE THE NON-OXIDIZING GAS TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE LIQUID MIX AS AN AERATI*G GASEOUS OVERRUN BUT WITHOUT INCREASING THE INTERNAL GAS PRESSURE WITHIN SAID SEALED CONTAINER;

THEN OPENING THE CONTAINER FOR SUBSTANTIALLY IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION AFTER SHAKING.