Method and apparatus for Korsakovian dilution

A Korsakovian dilution apparatus for processing at least one bottle by impregnating the inner wall of said at least one bottle with a tincture and repeatedly filling said at least one bottle with a predetermined amount of fluid, agitating said at least one bottle to dissolve a portion of said tincture into said fluid to produce a solution, and emptying said solution from said bottle for a predetermined number of cycles, said Korsakovian dilution apparatus comprising:

• bottle clamping means for securing said at least one bottle;
• fluid supply means for selectively supplying said at least one bottle with said predetermined amount of fluid;
• shaking means selectively imparting a shaking motion to said bottle clamping means such that a portion of said tincture dissolves in said fluid to produce said solution;
• solution intake means selectively operable to draw said solution from said at least one bottle;
• automatic control means sequentially controlling said fluid supply means, said shaking means, and said intake means to repeatedly produce said solution from said predetermined amount of said fluid;
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• automatic counting means counting the number of cycles of operation controlled by said automatic control means.