Processes for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents

摘要

Techniques are provided for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents. A container is configured for insertion into an apparatus. The container includes a frozen content, a receptacle defining an opening and a cavity for receiving and storing the frozen content, and a closure formed over the opening of the receptacle for sealing the frozen content within the cavity of the receptacle. The receptacle is perforable, and the container is configured for insertion into an apparatus that is configured to create a consumable liquid beverage from the frozen content within the container, such that the frozen content is extracted through a perforation created in the receptacle by the apparatus.

主权项

1. A method of producing a melted food or beverage liquid product from a receptacle containing frozen liquid contents, comprising the steps of:
disposing a receptacle in a chamber of a dispenser, the receptacle having a tapered sidewall and an end layer disposed at an end of the receptacle and defining an inner volume containing a frozen liquid contents, the frozen liquid contents being in a position proximate to the end layer of the receptacle and in contact with at least a portion of the sidewall adjacent to the end layer, and the frozen liquid contents and receptacle defining a void region within the receptacle having no frozen liquid contents; causing the dispenser to perforate the end layer of the receptacle with a first needle at a first position and contact the frozen liquid contents with the first needle, wherein contacting the frozen liquid contents with the first needle dislodges the frozen liquid contents from the portion of the sidewall and displaces the frozen liquid contents away from the end layer and into the void region, the displacement forming a flow path from the void region, around the frozen liquid contents, to the first needle; causing the dispenser to melt the frozen liquid contents in the receptacle to generate a melted food or beverage liquid product; and capturing the melted food or beverage liquid product from the receptacle in a container.