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AssigneeVin Valet, Inc.
InventorsJohne Phelps, Daniel N. O'Connor, Justin R. Lydon
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The present invention relates to an apparatus for preserving and dispensing wine or champagne. The apparatus provides a housing having a container support for holding wine or champagne bottles, a plurality of removable stoppers for insertion in the bottles, a nitrogen generator for generating a nitrogen rich gas from air, a nitrogen storage tank for storing the generated nitrogen rich gas, a cooling system for cooling certain bottles and dispensers for providing wine or champagne from the bottles to a user. The nitrogen generator draws in ambient air, adsorbs the oxygen from the air and stores nitrogen rich gas in the nitrogen storage tank. The nitrogen storage tank supplies the nitrogen rich gas to the bottles for preserving the wine or champagne. The stoppers include a nitrogen line and a supply line. The nitrogen line communicates nitrogen rich gas into the bottles and the supply line communicates wine or champagne from the bottles to the dispensers.
A nitrogen generator for generating nitrogen rich gas from ambient air for a wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus having a housing for holding at least one wine or champagne container, said nitrogen generator comprising:
A nitrogen rich gas source for a wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus including a housing adapted to receive at least one wine or champagne container, at least one dispenser connected to the housing, at least one liquid communication line connected to the dispenser and adapted to be fluidly connected to said wine or champagne container, and at least one nitrogen communication line connected to the nitrogen rich gas source and adapted to be fluidly connected to the wine or champagne container to direct nitrogen rich gas from the nitrogen rich gas source into the wine or champagne container to preserve wine or champagne in the wine or champagne container, wherein the nitrogen rich gas source comprises:
A nitrogen rich gas source for a wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus including a housing adapted to receive at least one wine or champagne container, at least one dispenser connected to the housing, at least one liquid communication line connected to the dispenser and adapted to be fluidly connected to said wine or champagne container, and at least one nitrogen communication line connected to the nitrogen rich gas source and adapted to be fluidly connected to the wine or champagne container to direct nitrogen rich gas from the nitrogen rich gas source into the wine or champagne container to preserve wine or champagne in the wine or champagne container, wherein the nitrogen rich gas source comprises:
An inert gas generator for generating an inert gas for a wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus having a housing for holding at least one wine or champagne container, said inert gas generator comprising:
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