Method for extracting beverage from a bottle
AssigneeCoravin, Inc.
InventorsMike Rider, Richard J. White
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Abstract
Devices and methods for extraction of a beverage from a beverage bottle, such as a wine bottle, using an extraction device. The bottle may be supported by a bottle support sleeve that surrounds all but the neck and closure at the bottle opening. The extraction device may be secured to the neck and a needle, such a a pair of needles or a two-lumen needle, may be inserted through the closure to inject pressurized gas into the bottle and to remove beverage from the bottle by the needle. The support sleeve may support the bottle during beverage extraction, e.g., by compressing the bottle exterior.
Claims16
A method of extracting a beverage from a bottle having a neck with an opening closed by a closure, comprising:
- providing the bottle in a bottle support sleeve such that only the neck and the closure are exposed outside of the sleeve and all remaining portions of the bottle are located in and covered by the bottle support sleeve, the bottle support sleeve being constructed and arranged to support portions of the bottle below the neck during extraction of beverage from the bottle and to vent any pressure introduced into the bottle that escapes through the bottle and into the support sleeve;
- securing a beverage extractor to the neck of the bottle;
- inserting a needle of the beverage extractor through the closure such that a distal end of the needle is positioned inside of the bottle;
- injecting pressurized gas into the bottle via the needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve;
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- extracting beverage from the bottle via the needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve.
The method of claim 8, wherein the step of enabling comprises the beverage extractor recognizing a machine readable identifier of the bottle support sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.