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US 5,311,811 AGranted
Brewing container
OwnerRon D. Kuzykinventor
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Abstract
A brewing container particularly for use in the making of beer, wherein the container includes a container lid received upon an uppermost end of the container, having an annular flange, with the annular flange including securement rods arranged for reception through the flange for fixed securement of the lid to the flange. An outlet valve mounted in adjacency to the floor of the container permits selective flow of fluid from within the container subsequent to brewing procedure.
Claims3
A brewing container, comprising,
- a floor, the floor including a side wall extending form the floor terminating in a container entrance spaced from the floor, wherein the container entrance includes an annular flange radially directed into the container entrance from the side wall, and
- a lid plate arranged for securement to the flange, and securement means for securing the lid plate to the flange, and
- the securement means includes an annular array of securement rods fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the flange, and the lid plate including an annular array of lid apertures, wherein each of said lid apertures is arranged for coaxial alignment with one of said securement rods, and an annular sealing gasket interposed between the lid plate and the flange, wherein the sealing gasket includes an annular array of gasket apertures, wherein each of said gasket apertures is arranged for alignment with one of said lid apertures and one of said securement rods, and each of the securement rods having a fastener mounted to said each of the securement rods for securing the lid plate and the gasket to the annular flange, and
- a pressure indicator head mounted to the lid plate, and
- an outlet conduit directed into the side wall in adjacency to the floor, and a valve mounted to the outlet conduit exteriorly of the container, the valve including an actuator lever, the actuator lever including an axle fixedly mounted to the actuator lever, the axle directed into the valve, and a flexible conduit mounted to the outlet conduit within the container, with the flexible conduit having a conduit first end secured to the outlet conduit, and a conduit second end, the conduit second end including a buoyant head, with the conduit second end directed through the buoyant head, and the buoyant head including a filter screen head extending over the buoyant head and the conduit second end.
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