Methods and Apparatus for Liquid Preservation

    公开(公告)号:US20230407215A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18460641

    申请日:2023-09-04

    申请人: Daniel J. Noblitt

    发明人: Daniel J. Noblitt

    IPC分类号: C12G1/00 A47G19/22

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for liquid preservation according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a vessel and a displacer. The displacer may be disposed in an interior volume defined by an interior surface of the vessel. The displacer may change the volume of the interior volume. An aperture at an apex of the displacer or vessel may allow air to escape from the interior volume as the displacer decreases the volume of the interior volume. An at least partially transparent displacement indicator may be positioned atop the aperture.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF A MEDIUM BY REFRIGERANT VAPORIZATION AND WORKING GAS CONDENSATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230392834A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18335750

    申请日:2023-06-15

    申请人: Thomas U. Abell

    发明人: Thomas U. Abell

    摘要: A system and method of controlling temperature of a medium by refrigerant vaporization, or working gas condensation, or a combination of both, the system including a container, at least one a working gas reservoir having at least one reservoir section that includes a wall with an exterior surface structured to be thermally coupled with a volume of the medium in the container and to provide a volume of medium thermal coverage in the container, a condensation apparatus to provide regulation of working gas condensation in the reservoir, whereby the working gas reservoir forms a vapor space in each of the at least one reservoir section in response to receiving the working gas and to the condensation apparatus regulation of condensation to enable working gas condensation at or near a selected temperature of the volume of medium in the container that is thermally coupled to the respective reservoir section.

    Apparatus for producing sparkling fruit liquor raw material

    公开(公告)号:US11827868B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17531933

    申请日:2021-11-22

    发明人: Ken Miyabe

    IPC分类号: C12G3/024 C12G1/00 C12G1/06

    CPC分类号: C12G3/024 C12G1/00 C12G1/06

    摘要: The present invention provides an apparatus for producing a sparkling fruit liquor raw material, including: a sealed fermentation container for receiving a stock liquid in which a fruit juice-containing fruit raw material and yeast are mixed; and an extraction pipe having an extraction inlet disposed in the fermentation container and an extraction outlet disposed outside the fermentation container. The sparkling fruit liquor raw material is produced by undergoing a sparkling fruit liquor raw material production state St1 configured such that a stock liquid is charged in the fermentation container so that a top surface of the stock liquid is positioned higher than the extraction inlet, and a pressure of carbon dioxide gas generated as fermentation of the stock liquid proceeds is then used to continuously extract, from the fermentation container via the extraction pipe, the sparkling fruit liquor raw material produced as the stock liquid is fermented.

    Oak alternative with internally built in connectors and modified bung to oak wine, beer, spirits, and other liquids

    公开(公告)号:US11643624B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-09

    申请号:US17381712

    申请日:2021-07-21

    申请人: Michael Azar

    发明人: Michael Azar

    摘要: An apparatus for aging a liquid in a container includes: an elongated bung having a top and a bottom, the bottom having a male or female connector; and an elongated wooden piece having a longitudinal axis, an upper end, a lower end, and a side, the upper end having a male or female connector adapted to connect to the male or female connector of the bottom of the elongated bung, whereby the elongated bung and the elongated wooden piece are removably connected by connecting the male or female connector of the bottom of the elongated bung with the male or female connector of the upper end of the elongated wooden piece. The bung may have a first opening, a side with another opening, the first opening being fluidly connected to the another opening by a pathway adapted to transmit a gas from the container through the first opening.

    SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION INTO A FRUIT PROCESSING FACILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20230035642A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17788797

    申请日:2021-05-25

    摘要: The system comprises one or more transportable bioreactors configured with the ability to conduct aerobic fermentation of fruit biomass. This system integrates three functionalities: transportation regulations, fermentation requirements and food safety/quality control requirements. The transportation design features of the system render the bioreactors transportable to a fruit processing facility, wherein they can be filled with fruit biomass. The transportable bioreactor and processes take into account the requirements of the bioreactor functionalities of the system, given the particular deployment specifications of the system tailored for a certain environment and fruit biomass. Moreover, the design of this system conforms to the minimal requirements for the food safety and quality regulations of the jurisdictions in which the ultimate products will be directly and/or indirectly sold (e.g., as a foodstuff, health supplement, and/or a food ingredient). The integration of these three types of functionalities (transport, bioreactor and sanitation) gives rise to a practical solution for addressing the various problems of wasted foodstuffs such as fruit biomass.

    WINE AERATOR AND METHOD OF USING THE WINE AERATOR TO AERATE WINE

    公开(公告)号:US20220347634A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17245227

    申请日:2021-04-30

    IPC分类号: B01F3/04 C12G1/00

    摘要: A wine aerator for expediting the breathing of wine just before serving having a main body 4 in a barrel shape with a flat bottom 20 and a flat top 22, the main body 4 defining a wine aeration chamber 24 where wine mixes with air to aerate the wine, a wine exit tube 6 connected to the wine aeration chamber 24 and extending substantially straight from the flat top 22, the wine exit tube 6 having an exit tube central axis and lying in an wine exit tube plane 34, an exit tube cork 16 is configured to seal the wine exit tube 6 configured to be inserted into and seal the exit tube 6, a wine inlet tube 8 connected to the aeration chamber and extending from a side of the main body 4, the inlet tube 8 is substantially perpendicular to the exit tube 6, a right elbow tube 10 having a first end and a second end, a first opening is connected to the wine inlet tube 8, the right elbow tube 10 bends at 90 degrees, a wine bottle tube 12 connected to the second opening of the right elbow tube 10, the wine bottle tube 12 having a wine bottle tube central axis 35, and the wine inlet tube 8, the right elbow tube 10, the wine bottle tube 12 and the wine bottle tube central axis 35 lying in a wine bottle tube plane, wherein the exit tube plane 34 is perpendicular to the wine bottle tube plane 36; and a wine bottle connector 14 configured to connect a wine bottle opening 32 to the wine bottle tube 12. A method of aerating wine using the wine aerator.