# US 9,751,743 B2 · Wine dispenser

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- Number: US 9,751,743 B2
- Document ID: US9751743B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/715,084
- Filed: 2015-05-18
- Published: 2015-11-19
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2014-05-16
- Applicants: Napa Technology
- Inventors: Morris Taradalsky; Nick Moezidis
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751743B2

## CPC

- B67D 1/0412: {the whole dispensing unit being fixed to the container}
- B67D 1/0004: {the beverage being stored in a container, e.g. bottle, cartridge, bag-in-box, bowl}
- B67D 1/0885: {Means for dispensing under specific atmospheric conditions, e.g. under inert gas}
- B67D 1/1279: {regulating the flow}
- B67D 1/1252: {Gas pressure control means, e.g. for maintaining proper carbonation (for beer engines B67D1/025)}
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)

## Abstract

A wine dispensing device including a housing holding a gas cylinder. A stem from the gas cylinder extends to the front of the housing and provides gas to a dispense head mounted on a wine bottle. An arm attached to a routing mechanism at the top of the housing allow manipulation of a router on the dispense head. Manipulation by the routing mechanism in a first action purges the gas within the bottle and replaces it with an inert gas. Manipulation by the routing mechanism in a second action dispenses liquid from the bottle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A manually operated liberated wine bottle type dispense system, comprising:
a housing;
a gas source within said housing, said gas source having a supply stem extending into a bay in said housing; and
a manually actuatable drive mechanism mounted on said housing positioned to engage with a dispense head which retains a bottle, wherein said manually actuatable drive mechanism may be positioned in a first position in which it causes said dispense head to allow liquid to flow from the bottle through a dispense head pour spout; and a second position in which gas is purged from said bottle.

### Claim 2

An apparatus for dispensing wine from a wine holding container fitted with a dispense head, the apparatus comprising:
a housing base;
a housing front mounted on said housing base;
a dispense head bay in said housing front, said bay having a pair of opposed slots for slideably receiving said dispense head;
a housing rear mounted onto said housing front, defining an enclosed space;
a housing top secured over said housing front and housing rear;
a gas tank mounted within said enclosed space;
a gas providing stem extending from said tank, through an opening in said housing and into said bay, allowing a gas intake port on said dispense head to receive gas from said gas providing stem when said dispense head is slid into said dispense head bay; and
a mechanical valve rotator positioned below said housing top, said mechanical valve rotator allowing rotation of a rotatable tab on said dispense head, said mechanical valve rotator configured to rotate said valve in a first direction in which gas is purged from a head space in said wine holding container and rotate said valve in said second direction in which wine is dispensed from said container.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said mechanical valve rotator includes an arm extending from a front, upper region of said housing, said arm having a tab engaging head within said housing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said gas tank includes a regulator and a gauge.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said housing includes an upper opening through said housing for said gas stem and a lower opening for a keg tube mount on said dispense head.

### Claim 6

A wine dispenser comprising:
a housing having a base, a body extending from the base, and an overhang extending horizontally beyond the base; and
a bay defined in said overhang:
a pair of opposing, parallel slots located at said bay, said slots allowing tracks on received dispense head to slidably fit into such slots, whereby a wine bottle mounted on said dispense head is held in an alcove defined below said overhang;
a gas tank mounted in a retaining mount within said housing;
a gas supply stem extending from said gas tank into said bay.