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US 11,015,155 B2Granted
Fermenter
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJinpyo Hong, Daewoong Lee
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Abstract
A fermenter may include a fermentation container having a fermentation space in which a beverage is fermented and a first gas passage communicating with the fermentation space, and a fermentation lid opening and closing the fermentation container and having a second gas passage. When the fermentation lid closes the fermentation container, a gas chamber communicating with each of the first gas passage and the second gas passage is provided between the fermentation container and the fermentation lid.
Claims18
A fermenter comprising:
- a container having a first space in which a beverage is fermented and a first passage communicating with the first space;
- a lid opening and closing the container and having a second passage, wherein a second space communicating with the first and second passages is provided between the container and the lid when the lid closes the container;
- a third passage provided in the container and communicating with the first space in the container;
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- a fourth passage provided in the lid and communicating with the third passage when the lid closes the container.
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A fermenter comprising:
- a container having a space in which a beverage is fermented, and a first container passage communicating with the space;
- an outer lid seated on the container;
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- an inner lid which rotates with respect to the outer lid and having a first lid passage, wherein a chamber communicating with the first container passage and the first lid passage is provided between the container and the lid when the lid closes the container;
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- a lock provided on the inner lid that couples to the container when the inner lid rotates.
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A fermenter comprising:
- a tank having an opening;
- a pack including beverage making materials, a first space, and a first gas passage that communicates with the first space, wherein the pack is inserted into the tank through the opening;
- a lid opening and closing the opening and having a second gas passage, wherein a second space communicating with each of the first gas passage and the second gas passage is defined between the pack and the lid when the lid closes the opening;
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- a protrusion extending upward on the pack within the second space or communicating with the second space, wherein an inner surface of the protrusion defines a third space such that the third space is also provided within the second space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.