公开(公告)号：US11970686B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US16701481

申请日：2019-12-03

申请人： LG ELECTRONICS INC.

发明人： Youngjoon Kim ,  Daewoong Lee ,  Jinpyo Hong

IPC分类号： C12M1/34 ,  C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10

CPC分类号： C12M41/12 ,  C12C11/006 ,  C12C13/10

摘要： A beverage maker may include a fermentation tank including a space in which a beverage is made, a refrigerant cycle device to cool the fermentation tank, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the fermentation tank, and a controller to drive the refrigerant cycle device to decrease a temperature of the fermentation tank which accommodates a mixture including an ingredient of the beverage to a fermentation temperature while the beverage is being made, to stop driving of the refrigerant cycle device when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first step temperature of a plurality of step temperatures set higher than the fermentation temperature, and to re-drive the refrigerant cycle device after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

公开(公告)号：US20180002648A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15703778

申请日：2017-09-13

申请人： Colorado Brewing Systems, LLC

发明人： Timothy Moore

IPC分类号： C12C7/04 ,  C12C1/02 ,  C12C13/02 ,  C12C11/00 ,  B01D3/00

CPC分类号： C12C7/04 ,  B01D1/0017 ,  B01D3/001 ,  C12C1/02 ,  C12C11/006 ,  C12C13/02

摘要： An electric brewing system uses kettles, strainer buckets, a support frame, and winches to create a multicomponent system for brewing beer. The kettles are containers used to hold and boil brewing beer. Each kettle has a main valve, a recirculation valve, a whirlpool-inducing recirculation pipe, and a heating element. The main valve and the recirculation valve are integrated into the kettle so that beer stored within the kettle can flow through the main valve and the recirculation valve. The whirlpool-inducing recirculation pipe is a uniquely shaped pipe that is mounted onto the kettle. Additionally, the whirlpool-inducing recirculation pipe causes the beer stored within the kettle to produce a whirlpool while brewing. The heating element is mounted within the kettle and is used to increase the temperature of the beer. The kettles and the winches are mounted onto the support frame and the strainer buckets are tethered to the winches.

公开(公告)号：US09719060B1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US13999662

申请日：2014-03-14

申请人： Ian MacLennan ,  Beau Dudley

发明人： Ian MacLennan ,  Beau Dudley

IPC分类号： C12C11/00

CPC分类号： C12C11/006 ,  C12C13/10

摘要： A brewing system for fermenting beer when isolated from any possible micro-biological contamination comprises a first holding frame in a fermentation tank, a second holding frame in a bright beer tank, a water supply subsystem that is effective to measure, filter, and expose incoming water to UV light, a mixing subsystem that is effective to connect fittings or glands clamped onto manifolds of the fermentation and bright beer tanks, and aseptic dry, sealed bags containing dry ingredients of powdered malt extract, beer mixes, hops, and yeast. The brewing system includes a valve for connecting the water supply subsystem to the fermentation tank, and a mechanism for transferring the powdered malt into a disposable second aseptic dry, sealed fermenter bag for fermentation in the fermentation tank to form fermented beer. The disposable fermenter bag has ports on a bottom manifold and is designed to fit into the first holding frame that is insulated and custom controls its temperature. A transfer mechanism directs the fermented beer into a third aseptic bag disposed on a second holding frame inside a bright beer tank in which the fermented beer is conditioned and carbonated. Finally, a dispensing mechanism is connected to the bright beer tank for discharging a consistent contaminant free beer product to serve drinking customers.

公开(公告)号：US09688949B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14485655

申请日：2014-09-12

申请人： PicoBrew, LLC

发明人： William H. Mitchell ,  James B. Mitchell ,  Avi R. Geiger

IPC分类号： C12C7/06 ,  C12C11/00 ,  C12C7/20 ,  C12C1/02

CPC分类号： C12C11/006 ,  C12C1/02 ,  C12C7/06 ,  C12C7/205

摘要： A beer making system may use a detachable vessel to contain liquid during the mashing and boiling steps, and may also be used during the fermentation steps of beer making. The beer making system may recirculate liquid through the vessel, then select between several flow paths during the beer making process. A removable reservoir system having a grain reservoir and several hops or adjunct reservoirs may be selected as a flow path, as well as a bypass flow path. A programmable controller may cause liquid to recirculate through a heater and one of the various flow paths, the sequence, timing, and temperature profile of which are defined in a recipe for a particular beer.

公开(公告)号：US09598665B1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-21

申请号：US13944609

申请日：2013-07-17

申请人： Thomas A. Barnum

发明人： Thomas A. Barnum

IPC分类号： C12C13/10 ,  F16L23/16 ,  C12C11/00 ,  C12G1/036

CPC分类号： C12C13/10 ,  C12C11/006 ,  C12G1/0206 ,  F16L23/167

摘要： The racking arm includes a housing affixable to a tank side wall. A racking shaft extends through the housing with an inlet pipe coupled to an inside end of the racking shaft, with an entrance offset from a rotational axis of the racking shaft. A control arm is affixed to the racking shaft and can be rotated to cause rotation of the racking shaft relative to the housing and to change the entrance to different elevations within the tank. A clearance groove surrounds the inside end of the racking shaft to facilitate cleaning of the inside end of the racking shaft. The arm can interface with an indexing plate to hold the racking shaft fixed with the arm indicating by its position the orientation of the entrance. At least one leak detection port extends through the housing to indicate whether fluid is leaking between the racking shaft and housing.

公开(公告)号：US09376653B1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-28

申请号：US14658109

申请日：2015-03-13

申请人： PicoBrew, LLC

发明人： William H. Mitchell ,  James B. Mitchell ,  Avi R. Geiger

IPC分类号： C12C11/00 ,  C12C7/20

CPC分类号： C12C7/205 ,  C12C1/02 ,  C12C7/06 ,  C12C11/006

摘要： A cascading hops reservoir may have a series of hops or adjunct reservoirs, each having a drain and an overflow. The series of reservoirs may be used by causing flow through a first reservoir, which may cause liquid to flow through the reservoir and through the drain, as well as past an overflow. When a second set of hops or adjuncts may be added, the flow may be introduced to a second reservoir, which may flow through a drain and also overflow into the first reservoir. A series of multiple reservoirs may thus be used to introduce hops or other adjuncts into a brewing cycle in stages, with each additional stage including previous stages in the recirculating flow during the brewing cycle.

摘要翻译： 级联啤酒花储存器可以具有一系列啤酒花或附加储存器，每个储存器具有排水和溢流。 可以通过使第一储存器流过，从而使液体流过储存器并通过排水管，以及通过溢流，可以使用一系列储存器。 当可以添加第二组啤酒花或添加剂时，流可以被引入第二储存器，第二储存器可以流过排水口并且也溢出到第一储存器中。 因此，可以使用一系列多个储存器将啤酒花或其他辅料分阶段引入酿造循环中，每个附加阶段包括在酿造循环期间的循环流中的先前阶段。

公开(公告)号：US20150322389A1

公开(公告)日：2015-11-12

申请号：US14570218

申请日：2014-12-15

申请人： Ryan Anderson

发明人： Ryan Anderson

IPC分类号： C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10

CPC分类号： A47B13/06 ,  A47B7/00 ,  A47B47/047 ,  A47B2037/005 ,  A47J31/0636 ,  A47J31/20 ,  A61B50/10 ,  A61B50/15 ,  A61B2017/00526 ,  B01L9/02 ,  B21D47/04 ,  C12C11/006 ,  C12C13/10 ,  E04B2001/2415 ,  E04B2001/2472 ,  E04C2003/0413 ,  Y10T403/479

摘要： The disclosure concerns a filter assembly adapted for use with a wide mouth carboy in the field of home brewing, and home brewing kits comprising the same. The filter assembly generally includes a carboy lid adapted to engage a fermentation carboy, a mesh filter tube extending from a bottom side of the carboy lid, wherein through an aperture of the lid and into the volume within the mesh filter tube is defined a mesh cavity. Materials can be introduced into the mesh cavity for brewing applications. An agitation probe forms part of the home brewing kit and is used for: (i) agitating the materials within the mesh cavity during a brewing process; (ii) pressing the materials to extract fluids therefrom; or (iii) a combination thereof.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及一种适用于家庭酿造领域中的宽嘴巴的过滤器组件，以及包括该过滤组件的家用冲泡套件。 过滤器组件通常包括适于接合发酵罐的碳瓶盖，从碳瓶盖的底侧延伸的网状过滤管，其中通过盖的孔并进入网状过滤管内的体积限定了网孔 。 可以将材料引入网孔中用于酿造应用。 搅拌探针构成家庭酿造工具的一部分，用于：（i）在酿造过程中搅拌网孔内的材料; （ii）挤压材料以从其中提取流体; 或（iii）其组合。

公开(公告)号：US20150218499A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-06

申请号：US14476531

申请日：2014-09-03

申请人： Metalcraft Fabrication, Inc.

发明人： Charles Frye ,  Tom Sage

IPC分类号： C12C11/00

CPC分类号： C12C11/006 ,  Y10T29/49826

摘要： The apparatus includes a fermentation tank of a type including a cylindrical tank shell and a downwardly-directed frustoconical tank bottom affixed to a bottom edge of the cylindrical tank shell. An upwardly-directed frustoconical support positioned below the cylindrical tank is configured to have a centrally located aperture for receiving and supporting a lower portion of the tank bottom. The tank includes an outer cylindrical sleeve configured to receive the cylindrical tank shell, tank bottom, and support to form a tank assembly, wherein the assembly includes an annular gap between the tank shell and sleeve, and a cavity between the sleeve, tank bottom, and support. Rigid foam insulation is then filled within the annular gap and cavity to provide structural rigidity to the assembly as well as insulative properties to maintain the stored liquid at a desired temperature.

摘要翻译： 该装置包括一种发酵罐，其类型包括圆柱形罐壳和固定在圆柱形罐壳的底部边缘上的向下定向的截头圆锥形罐底。 位于圆柱形容器下方的向上定向的截头圆锥形支撑件构造成具有居中定位的孔，用于接收和支撑罐底部的下部。 该罐包括外圆柱形套筒，其构造成接收圆柱形罐壳体，罐底部和支撑件以形成罐组件，其中组件包括罐壳和套筒之间的环形间隙，以及套筒，罐底部之间的空腔， 和支持。 然后将刚性泡沫绝缘体填充在环形间隙和空腔内，以为组件提供结构刚度以及将所储存的液体保持在期望温度的绝缘性能。

公开(公告)号：US20070266713A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-22

申请号：US11579118

申请日：2005-03-18

申请人： Vladimir Matveev ,  Yury Artamonov ,  Andrei Peshkin ,  Pavel Yakovlev

发明人： Vladimir Matveev ,  Yury Artamonov ,  Andrei Peshkin ,  Pavel Yakovlev

IPC分类号： F25B21/00

CPC分类号： C12H1/22 ,  C12C11/006 ,  C12H1/16

摘要： The invention relates to a food industry. For provision of a temperature technological regime a unit for after-fermentation and/or storing, and/or transportation, and/or dispense of beer contains a cooling unit being capable to provide cooling of liquid entering a cooling jacket, the cooling jacket is mounted inside a protective housing or disposed outside the protective housing and rigidly connected with it. Il.1 sheet.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及食品工业。 为了提供温度技术制度，用于发酵后和/或储存，/或运输和/或分配啤酒的单元包含能够提供进入冷却套的液体的冷却的冷却单元，所述冷却套被安装 在保护外壳内部或者设置在保护壳体的外面并与其刚性连接。 Il.1表。

公开(公告)号：US5364639A

公开(公告)日：1994-11-15

申请号：US95499

申请日：1993-07-26

申请人： Ian M. MacLennan ,  Clifford B. Hewson

发明人： Ian M. MacLennan ,  Clifford B. Hewson

IPC分类号： C12C11/00 ,  C12C11/04

CPC分类号： C12C13/10 ,  C12C11/006

摘要： A method for making beer includes use of a pressure vessel having a size to fit in a usual home refrigerator. With the assembly of the invention, it is possible for the domestic fermenting of a fermentable liquid mixture for making beer under pressure and chilled conditions. The pressure vessel defines a closed fermentation chamber for containing a bath having an amount of fermentable liquid beer mixture effective to provide a pressurized atmosphere above the surface of the bath within the closed fermentation chamber during the fermenting process. A pressure relief valve maintains the pressure within the fermentation chamber at a level sufficient to provide safety conditions during the fermentation process. An output discharge mechanism includes a spigot and a float used to remove from the bath beer located adjacent the surface of the bath to draw beer from the pressurized vessel while a pressurized atmosphere remains in the vessel. The essence of the invention is that all of the fermentation process steps are effected in a single closed pressurized vessel without having to filter or provide separate carbonation after the fermentation process is completed.

摘要翻译： 制造啤酒的方法包括使用具有适合于普通家用冰箱的尺寸的压力容器。 通过本发明的组装，可以将家用发酵液体混合物发酵制成压力和冷冻条件下的啤酒。 压力容器限定封闭的发酵室，用于容纳具有一定量的可发酵液体啤酒混合物的浴，其有效地在发酵过程中在封闭的发酵室内在浴表面上提供加压气氛。 压力释放阀将发酵室内的压力保持在足以在发酵过程中提供安全条件的水平。 输出排放机构包括插座和浮子，用于从位于浴表面附近的浴中取出啤酒，以便在加压气体保持在容器中的同时从加压容器中抽取啤酒。 本发明的实质是所有的发酵工艺步骤都在单一的封闭的加压容器中进行，而不需要在发酵过程完成之后过滤或提供单独的碳酸化。