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Beverage enhancer

  • US 5,714,186 A
  • Filed: 01/04/1996
  • Issued: 02/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for generating a head on a beverage in a sealed container when the container is opened, comprising a substantially hollow capsule having a first aperture, a second aperture remote from the first aperture, and ballast means forming part of or carried by the capsule, the capsule being such that it will float in a liquid with the first aperture above the liquid surface and the other immersed, wherein liquid can enter the capsule through the immersed aperture, the mass of liquid entering the capsule acting to cause the capsule to rotate at least to the extent that the respective conditions of the two apertures are reversed and the interior of the capsule forming with the liquid therein a liquid lock when the latter is rotated, to inhibit the further ingress of liquid, and trap a volume of gas therein which is available to jet into the beverage when the can is opened.

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