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US 12,221,257 B1Granted
Bottle pressure seal with environmental data logging
AssigneeGrand Cru Vault, LLC
InventorPaul Anderson
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Abstract
A bottle pressure seal with environmental data logging that is coupled to a bottle and that seals the atmospheric pressure outside of the bottle so that the internal pressure of the bottle and cork are maintained at whatever pressure they came into equilibrium with regardless of the external pressure outside of device and bottle. In the event of air travel, where the pressure can be on the order of 2500 to 3500 meters, the internal pressure of the bottle and the pressure on the cork remains at the initial pressure at the time that the device was placed on the bottle.
Claims11
A bottle pressure seal device with environmental data logging, comprising:
- a cap configured to fit over an opening of a bottle and further configured to house
- at least one battery;
- a printed circuit board;
- a microcontroller mounted on said printed circuit board coupled with said at least one battery wherein said microcontroller or said printed circuit board comprises memory;
- environment sensors that detect environmental data, said environmental sensors comprising
- a pressure sensor coupled with said microcontroller;
- a temperature sensor coupled with said microcontroller;
- a humidity sensor coupled with said microcontroller;
- a pressure seal comprising:
- a gasket that is configured to engage a neck of a bottle and said cap;
- a clamp configured to engage said gasket and said cap and seal atmospheric pressure into a chamber away from a cork in said neck of said bottle, wherein said atmospheric pressure outside of the bottle is sealed and internal pressure of the bottle and the cork are maintained at an initial pressure said bottle and said cork came into equilibrium with at a time when said bottle pressure seal device is placed on said bottle, regardless of the atmospheric pressure outside of said bottle pressure seal device and said bottle, in order to maintain the internal pressure that is exhibited on said cork of said bottle and in order to prevent changes in said internal pressure;
- wherein said pressure sensor, said temperature sensor and said humidity sensor are configured to sense pressure level, temperature level and humidity level within said cap between said cap and said pressure seal;
- wherein said microcontroller is configured to log said pressure level, said temperature level and said humidity level within said cap, between said cap and said pressure seal, in said memory,
- said pressure level, said temperature level, said humidity level and the cork in the bottle are tied directly to said bottle and said bottle pressure seal device.
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A bottle pressure seal device with environmental data logging, comprising:
- a cap configured to fit over an opening of a bottle and further configured to house
- at least one battery;
- a printed circuit board;
- a microcontroller mounted on said printed circuit board coupled with said at least one battery wherein said microcontroller or said printed circuit board comprises memory;
- environment sensors that detect environmental data, said environmental sensors comprising
- a pressure sensor coupled with said microcontroller;
- a temperature sensor coupled with said microcontroller;
- a humidity sensor coupled with said microcontroller;
- a pressure seal comprising
- a gasket that is configured to engage a neck of a bottle and said cap;
- a clamp configured to engage said gasket and said cap and seal atmospheric pressure into a chamber away from a cork in said neck of said bottle, wherein said atmospheric pressure outside of the bottle is sealed and internal pressure of the bottle and the cork are maintained at an initial pressure said bottle and said cork came into equilibrium with at a time when said bottle pressure seal device is placed on said bottle, regardless of the atmospheric pressure outside of said bottle pressure seal device and said bottle, in order to maintain the internal pressure that is exhibited on said cork of said bottle and in order to prevent changes in said internal pressure;
- wherein said pressure sensor, said temperature sensor and said humidity sensor are configured to sense pressure level, temperature level and humidity level within said cap between said cap and said pressure seal;
- wherein said microcontroller is configured to log said pressure level, said temperature level and said humidity level within said cap, between said cap and said pressure seal, in said memory,
- said pressure level, said temperature level, said humidity level and the cork in the bottle are tied directly to said bottle and said bottle pressure seal device;
- wherein
- said bottle pressure seal device is connected directly to the bottle via a bottle identifier, wherein said bottle identifier comprises a QR code, a serial code or a laser engraved identifier on the bottle, or
- said memory comprises an image of the bottle configured to be taken near a time that the bottle pressure seal device is placed on the bottle to ensure that the bottle that is first connected to the bottle pressure seal device is a same bottle;
- and
- wherein said environmental data from said environmental sensors is uploaded to one or more of a computer, a mobile device and a database, and wherein data in said memory of said bottle pressure seal device is cleared.
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