US 2014/0110431 A1Published application

Wine extraction and preservation device and method

AssigneeCoravin, Inc.

InventorGregory Lambrecht

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Abstract

Devices and methods are disclosed for extracting fluids from within a container sealed by a cork or septum without removal of the cork or septum or the contamination of the fluid within the container by reactive gases or liquids. Embodiments of the device can include a needle connected to a valve which is in turn connected to a source of pressurized gas for displacing the fluid. Further embodiments of the device can comprise additional components that act to force the needle to be inserted through the cork or septum along a linear path, to aid in preventing buckling of the needle, to clamp the device to the container, to prevent expulsion of the cork or septum from the container, and to guide the needle through a specified region of the cork or septum. This device is particularly suited for the dispensing and preservation of wine.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A wine extraction device for the extraction of wine from within a bottle sealed by a cork, the bottle having a bottom and a top, the device comprising:

a two lumen needle having a gas lumen and a wine lumen, the needle being adapted to penetrate through the cork such that an outlet of the gas lumen and an entrance of the wine lumen are passed through the cork and positioned within the bottle;
a wine exit conduit fluidly coupled to the wine lumen to receive wine exiting the bottle via the wine lumen and to dispense the wine;
a pressurized source of gas;
a valve arrangement including a first valve element that is movable in a first direction toward a plane of the bottom of the bottle with the needle penetrated through the bottle cork to allow flow of gas from the pressurized source of gas to the outlet of the gas lumen, and a second valve element that is movable in a second direction away from the plane of the bottom of the bottle to permit flow of wine into the entrance of the wine lumen and through the wine lumen to the wine exit conduit;
and
a user actuatable element arranged for movement relative to the bottle to cause movement of both the first and second valve elements.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/102,691Filed 11 Dec 2013
Priority: 11 Dec 2003
Published: 24 Apr 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

B67D 1/0412
Apparatus utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on beverages in storage containers: the whole dispensing unit being…
B65B 31/027
Specially adapted for rigid or semi-rigid containers: closed by a stopper
B67D 1/0004
The beverage being a single liquid: the beverage being stored in a container, e.g. bottle, cartridge, bag-in-box, bowl
B67D 1/0082
Dispensing valves: entirely mechanical

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