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US 4,785,724 AGranted
Apparatus for aerating bottled wine
AssigneeEuromark, Inc.
InventorDomenico A. Vassallo
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Abstract
Apparatus for aerating bottled wine comprises a housing on which the bottle rests, a compressor driven by an electric motor located within the housing, and a delivery tube associated with the compressor and having a distal portion which can be inserted into the bottled wine to aerate it.
Claims5
Apparatus for aerating bottled wine, comprising:
- a housing,
- a compressor driven by an electric motor located in the housing;
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- a delivery tube associated with the compressor and having a distal portion which can be inserted into the bottled wine to aerate it characterized by the combination of the following features:
- (a) the housing has an upper wall for supporting the bottle,
- (b) the delivery tube includes an adjustable height telescopic base portion projecting upwardly from the upper wall, the distal portion having an inverted U shape with an ascending arm lower end of which is releasably connected to the base portion by means of a detachable press fit connection, and a descending arm which can be inserted into the bottle for a substantial part of its length,
- (c) the descending arm of the delivery tube terminates in a delivery bulb having an upwardly-tapered configuration, a tapered lateral surface, and a plurality of outlet apertures solely in said tapered lateral surface,
- (d) a battery for supplying the electric motor is located in the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.