Patents Assigned to Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
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Publication number: 20240360392Abstract: The present invention provides a technique that can improve the balance between a peat flavor and other whisky flavors in a low-ethanol concentration whisky highball beverage. Provided is a whisky highball beverage containing a heavy peat whisky and a non-peat whisky, wherein the ethanol concentration is 4% by volume or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicants: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventor: Yoshihisa TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240253967Abstract: Provided is a beer dispensing device not requiring cleaning by using a disposable flexible tube to form a beer passage, and also provided is a device capable of dispensing foam as well as beer, using a single flexible tube. A beverage dispensing device 1 using a combination of tubes 12 having an elastically portion that is elastically deformable as a passage of a beverage 20 comprises a mechanism 32 configured to set the bore of the flexible portion to a first state having a first cross-sectional area or a second state having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area, selectively, and when the bore of the flexible portion is set to the second state, foam is generated from the beverage flowing through the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomohisa MIYATANI, Takashi WADA, Kenji KUSUNOKI, Takuya KOMURA
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Publication number: 20240141265Abstract: A low-alcohol beverage of the present invention is a citrus-savored low-alcohol beverage having an alcohol concentration of 3.0 v/v % or less, the low-alcohol beverage containing 0.1 to 2.5 v/v % gin converted to 100% of alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki HAYASHI, Minori ENDO
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Publication number: 20240101938Abstract: The present invention provides packaged beverage containing an edible aqueous solution and a hydrophobic droplet containing a hydrophobic aroma component, wherein the aqueous solution and the hydrophobic droplet are separated, and also provides a method for producing a packaged beverage in which an edible aqueous solution and a hydrophobic droplet containing a hydrophobic aroma component are separated, the method including: packing the aqueous solution in a container main body and subsequently adding a hydrophobic liquid composition containing a hydrophobic aroma component, or packing the hydrophobic liquid composition in the container main body and subsequently adding the aqueous solution, and then sealing the container main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., Asahi Breweries, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuki FUJIMURA
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Patent number: 11939201Abstract: A replaceable component for a dispense head includes a first pipe disposed to pass through an inside of a dispense head, a pressing portion capable of pressing a valve body of a beverage supply valve in a beverage container, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes a first sealing portion capable of coming in contact with a beverage outlet of the beverage container, and a membrane connected to the first sealing portion and inhibiting a beverage from adhering to the dispense head.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomohisa Miyatani, Tsutomu Maeda, Masanori Yamagishi, Motohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20230365394Abstract: Provided is a liquid supply system with which it is possible to perform quality control of a liquid provided by the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki YAMASHITA, Junichi KITANO, Takashi WADA, Kenji KUSUNOKI, Takashi NISHIO
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Publication number: 20230331538Abstract: There are provided a liquid supply system and a liquid loss reduction method capable of reducing a liquid loss caused when a liquid storage container is replaced. A liquid supply system (101) that transfers a liquid in a storage container (10) through a supply pipe (30), and dispenses the liquid from a dispensing outlet in a dispensing device (50). The liquid supply system includes a spout prevention unit (110) that is installed in the supply pipe, has a predetermined internal volume, and prevents a pressurized gas from being spouted from the dispensing outlet, a liquid-absence detection device (120) that is installed between the storage container and the spout prevention unit, and detects absence of the liquid in the storage container, and a control device (130) that is electrically connected to the liquid-absence detection device, and gives instructions for closing a flow path in the dispensing device in response to the detection of the absence of the liquid in the storage container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki YAMASHITA, Junichi KITANO, Takashi WADA, Kenji KUSUNOKI, Takashi NISHIO
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Patent number: 11780723Abstract: A management apparatus MA includes a pressure sensor 12 configured to detect a pressure of a gas cylinder 110 that supplies carbon dioxide gas to a beverage barrel 120 so as to supply the beverage from the beverage barrel 120 to the beverage server 150, and a control unit 20 configured to notify exchange of the gas cylinder 110 based on an output from the pressure sensor 12.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventor: Naoyuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 11718515Abstract: A liquid sales management device is to be added to a liquid supply system supplying a liquid within a storage container to a dispensing device through a supply pipe with the liquid pressurized in order to cool the liquid in the dispensing device, and dispensing the cooled liquid to a drinking container. The liquid sales management device includes an actual flow rate determining unit that determines an actual measured flow rate of the liquid dispensed into the drinking container from the dispensing device, a cleaning mode detection unit that detects a cleaning mode in the liquid supply system, and a consumption flow rate acquisition unit that determines an actual consumption of the liquid based on the number of cycles of the cleaning mode, a known liquid amount consumed in one cycle of the cleaning mode in the liquid supply system, and the actual measured flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Yamashita, Junichi Kitano, Takashi Wada, Kenji Kusunoki
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Patent number: 11697579Abstract: A dispensing head includes a fastening portion fastened to a mouth of a beverage container, a connecting portion to which a gas coupling connected to a gas cylinder via a gas tube is connected, a gas channel configured to cause the connecting portion and the beverage container to communicate with each other, a dispensing portion configured to dispense a beverage injected from the beverage container by a pressure of a gas supplied to the beverage container via the gas channel, and an operation inhibition mechanism configured to inhibit an operation for connecting the gas coupling to the connecting portion in a state in which the fastening portion is not fastened to the mouth.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., TEX E.G., CO. LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurabe, Yoshihiro Kudo, Hirotsugu Hosono, Takahide Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11498825Abstract: A liquid quality management device capable of being added to a liquid supply system supplying a liquid in a storage container to a dispensing device in order to cool the liquid and dispensing the liquid into a drinking container includes: a dispensing sensor; and a control device electrically connected to the dispensing sensor and configured to perform control operation of at least one of a refrigeration machine and a stirring device provided in the dispensing device at the same time when dispensing of the liquid is started.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Yamashita, Junichi Kitano, Yasuhiro Kurabe, Shinsuke Mitsuhata, Takashi Wada, Kenji Kusunoki, Hidetoshi Fukunari, Takuya Komura
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Patent number: 11412763Abstract: The problem of the invention is to provide a malt beverage which has rich feeling, a reduced grain smell, and can also be produced at a low cost. The means for solving the problem is a malt beverage containing ?-cadinene at a concentration of 3-10 ppb.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Tamaki Morishita, Shigekuni Noba, Hiroo Yamaguchi, Daisuke Shibata
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Patent number: 11332357Abstract: A liquid quality management device capable of being added to a liquid supply system which can supply a liquid within a storage container to a dispensing device in order to cool the liquid, and can dispense the liquid to a drinking container. The liquid quality management device includes an actual flow rate preparation unit including a flow rate sensor for determining an actual measured flow rate of the liquid; a dispensing liquid temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the liquid dispensed into the drinking container; and a determination unit electrically connected to the actual flow rate preparation unit and the dispensing liquid temperature sensor, for determining an integrated flow rate of the liquid when the liquid temperature is equal to or higher than a set temperature, and for determining whether or not coolability of the dispensing device is suitable by comparing the integrated flow rate with a determination value.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Yamashita, Junichi Kitano, Takashi Wada, Kenji Kusunoki
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Patent number: 11174147Abstract: There is provided a conversion device (150) configured to convert a manual liquid supply device (20) into an automated liquid supply device, the conversion device comprising an automated operation portion (51) and a mounting plate (110) made of a resin, the mounting plate including a back surface (110b), a front surface (110a), and a liquid discharging portion opening (111) passed through the front and back surfaces, and the conversion device further comprising spacers (120) configured to be interspersed between the front surface of the mounting plate and the automated operation portion, and configured to create a gap between the front surface and the automated operation portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke Mitsuhata, Tomohiro Takahashi, Takashi Wada, Toru Tanaka, Kenji Kusunoki
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Publication number: 20210186060Abstract: The problem of the invention is to provide a malt beverage which has rich feeling, a reduced grain smell, and can also be produced at a low cost. The means for solving the problem is a malt beverage containing ?-cadinene at a concentration of 3-10 ppb.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Tamaki MORISHITA, Shigekuni NOBA, Hiroo YAMAGUCHI, Daisuke SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20210114859Abstract: There is provided a conversion device (150) configured to convert a manual liquid supply device (20) into an automated liquid supply device, the conversion device comprising an automated operation portion (51) and a mounting plate (110) made of a resin, the mounting plate including a back surface (110b), a front surface (110a), and a liquid discharging portion opening (111) passed through the front and back surfaces, and the conversion device further comprising spacers (120) configured to be interspersed between the front surface of the mounting plate and the automated operation portion, and configured to create a gap between the front surface and the automated operation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicants: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke MITSUHATA, Tomohiro TAKAHASHI, Takashi WADA, Toru TANAKA, Kenji KUSUNOKI
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Patent number: 10512277Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an unfermented beer-taste beverage which has an appearance with foam like beer, but does not have the characteristic odor common to beers and non-alcohol beer-taste beverages associated with fermentation; an unfermented beer-taste beverage containing a soybean dietary fiber does not have the characteristic odor common to general beers and non-alcohol beer-taste beverages associated with fermentation; when the beer-taste beverage is poured into a glass or the like, a beer-like foam with a good appearance can be formed; the foam arising from the glass is a fine and minute foam like champagne, and the foam arises linearly; in addition, the beer-like foam makes the mouthfeel smooth, and further provides a texture.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryosuke Kaneko, Shinsuke Ito
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Patent number: 10415006Abstract: A method for producing a beer or a beer-like beverage with a pure and mild hop aroma having a slight raw hop odor, which includes maintaining a hop-mixed liquid in a tank, which liquid contains a hop and a solvent, at a temperature less than the boiling point of the solvent, wherein at least a part of the hop-mixed liquid is withdrawn from the tank, and the liquid is supplied to an empty portion of the tank, again, to circulate the hop-mixed liquid through the tank. Also disclosed is an apparatus for producing the beer or beer-like beverage.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventor: Hisato Imashuku
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Publication number: 20180087011Abstract: A method for producing a beer or a beer-like beverage with a pure and mild hop aroma having a slight raw hop odor, which includes maintaining a hop-mixed liquid in a tank, which liquid contains a hop and a solvent, at a temperature less than the boiling point of the solvent, wherein at least a part of the hop-mixed liquid is withdrawn from the tank, and the liquid is supplied to an empty portion of the tank, again, to circulate the hop-mixed liquid through the tank. Also disclosed is an apparatus for producing the beer or beer-like beverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventor: Hisato IMASHUKU
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Patent number: D883005Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Takahashi, Hideaki Sato