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US 10,946,348 B1Granted
Dispenser for beverage bottle
OwnerRaffaele Virgilio, Timothy M. Bottgerinventors
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Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing a beverage from a beverage bottle, especially for dispensing wine from a wine bottle and facilitating the aeration of the dispensed wine while it is being poured to shorten the time normally devoted to breathing the wine. An open lesser end of the dispenser inserts into the neck of a wine bottle and preferably seals therein. A valve may be closed to temporarily preserve the wine in the bottle for later aeration while dispensing.
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A dispenser for dispensing a beverage from a beverage bottle having a necked opening, the dispenser comprising:
- (a) a hollow frustoconical body having a sidewall and an interior surface, the frustoconical body having a first end and a second end, the first end having less diameter than the second end, the first end being open and defining an open lesser end with a beverage inlet port, the second end having more diameter than the first end and being closed to define a closed greater end, the open lesser end being adapted to be inserted into the necked opening of the beverage bottle;
- (b) a pour path within the frustoconical body leading from the open lesser end to a distal end adjacent to the closed greater end;
- (c) a gas inlet port within the sidewall of the frustoconical body leading to the pour path, the gas inlet port being situated between the open lesser end and the closed greater end of the frustoconical body;
- (d) a beverage outlet port within the sidewall of the frustoconical body connected to the distal end of the pour path, the beverage outlet port being situated adjacent the closed greater end of the frustoconical body;
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- (e) a valve situated along the pour path between the open lesser end of the frustoconical body and the gas inlet port, the valve having a first open position and a second closed position, the first open position maintaining the pour path leading from the beverage inlet port to the beverage outlet port, the second closed position interrupting the pour path leading from the beverage inlet port to the beverage outlet port;
- (f) an agitation plate positioned inside the frustoconical body across the pour path between the valve and the gas inlet port;
- (g) wherein when the valve is placed in the valve's first open position and the bottle is inverted, the beverage passing through the pour path to the beverage outlet port is subjected to turbulent flow by the agitation plate to break the beverage into discrete portions and then exposed to a gas passing through the gas inlet port to the pour path to comingle with the beverage traveling through the pour path;
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- (h) wherein when the valve is placed in the valve's second closed position, the beverage contained inside the bottle is not exposed to the gas.
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A method of dispensing wine from a freshly uncorked wine bottle, the wine bottle having an open neck having an interior surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a dispenser, the dispenser having:
- (i) a hollow frustoconical body having a sidewall and an exterior surface, the frustoconical body having a first end and a second end, the first end having less diameter than the second end, the first end being open and defining an open lesser end with a beverage inlet port, the second end having more diameter than the first end and being closed to define a closed greater end with the open lesser end being adapted for insertion into the open neck of the wine bottle;
- (ii) a pour path within the frustoconical body leading from the open lesser end to a distal end adjacent to the closed greater end;
- (iii) a gas inlet aperture within the sidewall of the frustoconical body leading to the pour path, the gas inlet port being situated between the open lesser end and the closed greater end of the frustoconical body and permitting entry of air existing outside the dispenser;
- (iv) a beverage outlet port within the sidewall of the frustoconical body connected to the distal end of the pour path, the beverage outlet port being situated adjacent the closed greater end of the frustoconical body;
- (v) a valve situated along the pour path between the open lesser end of the frustoconical body and the gas inlet port, the valve having a first open position and a second closed position, the first open position maintaining the pour path leading from the beverage inlet port to the beverage outlet port of the frustoconical body, the second closed position interrupting the pour path leading from the beverage inlet port to the beverage outlet port;
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- (vi) an agitation plate positioned inside the frustoconical body across the pour path between the valve and the gas inlet port;
- (b) inserting the open lesser end of the wine dispenser into the neck of the wine bottle;
- (c) inverting the wine bottle such that wine from the freshly uncorked wine bottle passes through the beverage inlet port into the pour path-extending to the beverage outlet port, and while passing through the pour path the wine is subjected to turbulent flow by the agitation plate to break the wine into discrete portions and then exposed to air passing into the pour path from the gas inlet port;
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- (d) wherein the wine from the freshly uncorked wine bottle is aerated such that breathing time period is reduced.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.