Method and device for heat treatment of wooden staves designed to form aromatic inserts
AssigneeHedonis
InventorJacques Schneiderwind
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Abstract
Method for treating wooden staves (5) designed to be subsequently contacted with an alcoholic medium such as wine, so as to provide same with aromas and flavours. The method includes the following steps: lining, at least partly, the inner side of a metal support (2) with the wooden staves (5); performing a thermal treatment of the wooden staves (5) using a cresset (7) arranged at the center of the support (2).
Claims8
A device for treating wooden staves subsequently put into contact with an alcoholic medium, so as to provide the alcoholic medium with aromas and flavors, consisting of a metal support vertically supporting the staves along a cylindrical distribution of axis yy′, which is opened at least partially at upper and lower portions of the metal support at the centre of which a cresset is positioned along the axis yy′, the cresset having fuel which consists of wood.
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