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US 12,351,786 B1Granted
Barrel apparatus
OwnerRaymond L Grafinventor
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Abstract
A wooden barrel apparatus for aging products includes an inner wooden barrel positioned in an outer wooden barrel. A first volume may be defined within the inner wooden barrel. A second volume may be defined between the inner wooden barrel and the outer wooden barrel. One or more surfaces of the inner wooden barrel and the outer wooden barrel may be charred.
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A wooden barrel apparatus for aging whiskey comprising:
- an inner wooden barrel having a bung hole and a first volume adapted for a first liquid defined by a first end cap, an opposing second end cap, and a plurality of staves, wherein said first end cap is interconnected to said second end cap by said plurality of staves circumferentially positioned in abutting relationship to each other, and wherein one or more interior surfaces of said inner wooden barrel is charred;
- each said stave of said plurality of staves of said inner wooden barrel includes opposing ends;
- wherein said first end cap and said second end cap of said inner wooden barrel includes one or more openings on an interior face thereof, wherein said one or more openings of said interior face of each said first end cap and said second end cap receives said opposing ends of said stave of said plurality of staves, respectively;
- an outer wooden barrel surrounding said inner wooden barrel, said outer wooden barrel having a bung hole, a first end cap, an opposing second end cap, and a plurality of staves interconnecting said first end cap and said opposing second end cap of said outer wooden barrel, and a second volume adapted for a second liquid between said outer wooden barrel and said inner wooden barrel, and wherein one or more interior surfaces of said outer wooden barrel is charred;
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- wherein said first volume is separately aged from said second volume.
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A wooden barrel apparatus for aging whiskey comprising:
- an inner wooden barrel having a bung hole and a first volume adapted for a first liquid defined by a first end cap, an opposing second end cap, and a plurality of staves,
- wherein said first end cap and said second end cap of said inner wooden barrel includes one or more openings on an interior face thereof, and wherein said one or more openings of said first end cap and said second end cap are in a circumferential pattern spaced radially inward from an outer circumference of said first end cap and said second end cap, respectively,
- wherein said first end cap is interconnected to said second end cap by said plurality of staves circumferentially positioned in abutting relationship to each other, wherein said one or more openings of said interior face of each said first end cap and said second end cap receives opposing ends of said stave of said plurality of staves, respectively;
- an outer wooden barrel surrounding said inner wooden barrel, said outer wooden barrel having a bung hole, a first end cap, an opposing second end cap, and a plurality of staves interconnecting said first end cap and said opposing second end cap of said outer wooden barrel, and a second volume adapted for a second liquid between said outer wooden barrel and said inner wooden barrel, and wherein one or more interior surfaces of said outer wooden barrel is charred;
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- wherein said first volume is separately aged from said second volume.
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A wooden barrel apparatus for aging whiskey comprising:
- an inner wooden barrel having a bung hole and a first volume defined by a first end cap, an opposing second end cap, and a plurality of staves,
- wherein said first end cap and said second end cap of said inner wooden barrel includes one or more openings on an interior face thereof, and wherein said one or more openings of said first end cap and said second end cap are in a circumferential pattern;
- wherein said first end cap is interconnected to said second end cap by said plurality of staves circumferentially positioned in abutting relationship to each other, wherein said one or more openings of said interior face of each said first end cap and said second end cap receives at least a portion of opposing ends of each said stave of said plurality of staves, respectively;
- an outer wooden barrel surrounding said inner wooden barrel, said outer wooden barrel having a bung hole, a first end cap, an opposing second end cap, and a plurality of staves interconnecting said first end cap and said opposing second end cap of said outer wooden barrel, and a second volume between said outer wooden barrel and said inner wooden barrel, and wherein one or more interior surfaces of said outer wooden barrel is charred;
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- wherein said first volume is separately aged from said second volume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.