ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,281, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Niagara Bottling LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).
"Bulk ingredient batching" was invented by Abhishek Shukla (Chino Hills, Calif.) and Steven Kuo-Chuan Chen (Fountain Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production line for bottling a liquid product includes an ingredient preparation and batching system. The ingredient preparation and batching system includes a pre-mix station including a holding tank configured to store a hydrated ingredient. The ingredient preparation and batching system also includes a batch tank fluidly coupled to the pre-mix station and configured to receive a prede...