Apparatus and method for separation of air from fluids
OwnerGameel Gabrielinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for separation of air from fluids, whereby a contractable partition, a throat seal, and air vents are provided, which allow an inside portion behind the contractable partition to expand into or contract from an outside portion, increasing or decreasing the side of the inside portion to accommodate changing volumes of beverage, thereby preventing the entry of contaminating air and slowing the loss of carbonation of the remaining beverage.
Claims20
A separation of air from fluids apparatus for reducing carbonation loss in an open and resealed volume of beverage, the separation of air from fluids apparatus comprising:
- (i) a contractable partition adapted to seal off a portion of a container, creating an inside portion and an outside portion within the container, and adapted to expand and contract to accommodate varying volumes of beverage within the inside portion;
- (ii) a throat section of said beverage container, featuring a throat seal adapted to seal off the throat section of the container from communication with the outside portion, such that the entire throat section is in communication with the inside portion behind said contractable partition;
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- (iii) at least one air vent in the container surface corresponding to the outside portion, adapted to allow rapid equilibration of air pressure between the outside portion and ambient air pressure;
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- where, in use, said contractable partition expands or contracts to accommodate varying volumes of beverage within the inside portion while reducing the volume of air space above the beverage, thereby preventing the entry of contaminating air and reducing loss of carbonation.
A method of separating air from fluids for reducing carbonation loss in an open and resealed volume of beverage, the separation of air from fluids method comprising:
- (i) providing a separation of air from fluids apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a contractable partition adapted to seal off a portion of a container, creating an inside portion and an outside portion within the container, and adapted to expand and contract to accommodate varying volumes of beverage within the inside portion;
- (b) a throat section of said beverage container, featuring a throat seal adapted to seal off the throat section of the container from communication with the outside portion, such that the entire throat section is in communication with the inside portion behind said contractable partition;
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- (c) at least one air vent in the container surface corresponding to the outside portion, adapted to allow rapid equilibration of air pressure between the outside portion and ambient air pressure;
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- (ii) using said separation of air from fluids apparatus, where, in use, said contractable partition expands or contracts to accommodate varying volumes of beverage within the inside portion while reducing the volume of air space above the beverage, thereby preventing the entry of contaminating air and reducing loss of carbonation.
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