METHOD FOR ADDING AROMA TO PACKAGED PRODUCT

• Main Authors: HASHIMOTO KOJI, SUGANUMA YOSHINARI, KATO HIROYUKI, TAKATOMI TETSUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.04.2007
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for adding aroma to a packaged product enabling a prescribed amount of aroma to be added to containers for products each continuously transferred and mass-produced. SOLUTION: The method for adding aroma to a packaged product comprises the following process: using a device 1 having a chamber 2 which temporarily stores supplied aroma, and a nozzle 3 discharging the aroma in the chamber 2 toward the container, and in which part of members for comparting the chamber 2 comprises a piezoelectric element 5; applying voltage pulse to the piezoelectric element 5 from a pulse generator 10 to periodically deform the piezoelectric element 5; and discharging a prescribed amount of the aroma through the nozzle 3 in accordance with the change in the capacity of the chamber 2 caused by the deformation so as to add a prescribed amount of the aroma into the container. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT