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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7478583 | Beverage A draught beverage (170) which may be alcoholic or non-alcoholic, for example a lager or cider in an open-topped drinking vessel or glass (172). The beverage comprises a water content and dissolved gas content. The draught beverage is dispensed from a ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7416642 | System for cooling a heated juice by partial low-pressure evaporation A system for cooling a heated juice by partial low-pressure evaporation, the system includes a vat with at least two compartments that are connected to each other through a variably positioned shutter element, where the juice is subjected to decreasing pressure redu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7353750 | Auxiliary sprinkling and recirculation device for wine-making tanks A sprinkling device, particularly for processes for making wine from red grapes, which can be associated with a fermentation and/or storage tank in order to recirculate the wine must that is being fermented from the base region to the top region of the fermentation ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7299745 | Horizontally positionable vertical wine press A juice press as used in the production of wine for removing liquids from solids, having a horizontally positionable press frame that allows a vertical press mechanism to be rolled to a first position for interference-free loading of a press basket with material to ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284480 | Centering unit for a silk-screen printing device A centering system for a screen printing apparatus includes a platform for the placement of a plate to be printed, abutment wheels arranged on the platform, longitudinally adjustable servo shafts, beams, and a stationary frame on which the beams are arranged. The wh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7231868 | Wine pomace extraction apparatus and method The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for wine pomace extraction from wine processing tanks in a manner so as to minimize maceration of the wine pomace so as not to taint wine entrained within the pomace. In the present invention, wine pomace is m... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228789 | Beverage container A beverage container for a carbonated beverage includes a floating hollow insert (1) comprising an upper moulding (2) and a lower moulding (3) defining a chamber for containing gas, a first one-way duck-bill type valve (4) integrally form... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7107894 | Device to magnetically treat beverages The present invention is a device to magnetically treat beverages by fastening to a beverage container. The present invention is preferably a magnetic fastener constructed and arranged to be attached to the neck of a wine bottle. The magnetic fastener comprises two ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6814992 | Anaerobic fermentation method and apparatus A method and apparatus for monitoring a liquid undergoing anaerobic fermentation in a vessel is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an airlock containing a fluid for sealing the vessel and an electrical circuit operatively arranged to pass a current through the fluid... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6748849 | Bittering of beer Iso-α-acids and reduced iso-α-acids in their free acids states are converted into mobile resins by the addition of concentrated solutions of alkali metal hydroxides. The products may be used in brewing for the bittering of beer and are most effectively used in an ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6715404 | Sprinkler unit for fermenting system A sprinkler for a fermenting system comprises a nozzle having an inlet opening and an outlet opening with a support arm having a first end attached to the nozzle. The support arm is shaped in a fashion to position a second end of the support arm substantially center... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6629490 | Smart wine brewery equipment Smart brewery equipment mainly comprises a frame, at least a storing barrel, a ferment tun and a distilling barrel, where the ferment tun has a ferment cask with a filter and a compression apparatus. The compression apparatus is employed to secure air sea... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6561078 | Device for separating and removing kraeusen from beer during fermentation A device for separating and removing kraeusen from fermenting beer. The device includes a pan having a circular bottom wall with a peripheral side wall extending upwardly therefrom. In the center of the bottom wall is a cone-shaped recess that serves as a... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6490965 | Airlock assembly supporting bloop detection device An airlock assembly for allowing fermentation gasses to escape from a sealed fermentation vessel and preventing ambient gasses from entering the fermentation vessel and including a structure for producing electrical signals that can be used to detect said... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6336394 | Device for the feeding of mash A device for the feeding of mash into a lauter tun is provided with a mash pump, a main pipe (12) which is connected to the mash pump and at least two partial stream pipes (6) which connect the main pipe (12) to a feed opening (19) in the lauter tun (2) i... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6279457 | Fermentation tank, particularly for making red wine A fermentation tank particularly for plants for making red wine is described and comprises a main tank for holding the must, an upper tank disposed above the main tank, apparatus for periodically supplying a portion of the must from the bottom of the main... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6125736 | Fermenter The present invention relates to a fermenter consisting of a vat provided internally with a diaphragm designed to retain the gas bubbles produced by fermentation and release them when they have reached a large size. The diaphragm consists of a concave sur... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5970846 | Brewery installation A buoyant brewery installation, in particular a small-sized brewery installation mounted on a buoyant body, wherein a water conditioner, brewery apparatus, the tanks for fermentation and storing and other items necessary to produce beer are completely arr... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5950524 | Airlock assembly supporting a filter cartridge An airlock assembly for allowing fermentation gasses to escape from a sealed fermentation vessel and preventing ambient gasses from entering the fermentation vessel and including structure for supporting an activated charcoal filter, or other filter mediu... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5778762 | Lauter tun A lauter tun comprising a plurality of lauter pipes which are arranged with their openings in the bottom portion of the lauter tun in evenly distributed fashion over the bottom surface, which end in a collecting vessel positioned at a lower level than the... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5656180 | Process for the obtention of must from bunches of grapes comprising at least one phase of centrifugation of the bunch itself A process for the obtention of must from bunches of grapes, comprising at least one phase of centrifugation of the said bunch, capable of bringing about separation of the must from the pomace prior to subjecting the must to fermentation.... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5543087 | Multi-function fluid treatment system and method for using the same A multi-function fluid treatment system which can filter liquids or diffuse gases into liquids. To achieve filtration, the system includes a housing with multiple, closely-spaced filter cartridges therein. The cartridges are connected to a drive system wh... | 08/06/1996 |
| 4891236 | Method for tartar separation An externally cooled cylindrical vessel has a draft tube centered in the lower half thereof. A continuous circulation seeded with tartars crystals includes a fast downward flow through the draft tube and a slow upward flow outside the draft tube. The circ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4816407 | Production of low-ethanol beverages by membrane extraction Low-ethanol wines and other alcoholic beverages are produced by treating ordinary alcoholic beverages with novel membrane extraction methods. Semipermeable membrances and extraction fluids comprising either of a non-toxic, water-immiscible organic solvent... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4812232 | Apparatus for decreasing the alcohol content of alcohol-containing beverages, particularly wine and sparkling wine In a method for decreasing the alcohol content of alcohol-containing beverages, particularly wine or sparkling wine, according to the reverse osmosis process, extract substances are added to the dealcoholized beverage. In order to avoid addition of foreig... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4793243 | Supplementary wort removal device in lauter tuns A supplementary wort removal device in lauter tuns is provided, in order to avoid tight and solidly constructed discharge pipe assemblies with check valves for the wort, and the supplementary wort removal device preferably has a plurality of annularly seg... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4775538 | Preparation of alcohol free wine An alcohol free wine beverage is produced by diluting a table wine with demineralized water and feeding the diluted wine to a centrifugal film evaporator where alcohol is stripped from the wine to produce an alcohol free wine base. The wine base is then m... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4773315 | Control arrangement for a vinegar fermentation process A control arrangement for a two-stage submerged vinegar fermentation process for producing vinegar with a high acetic acid concentration of more than 15% is disclosed. The fermentation system includes a main fermentation tank and a secondary fermentation ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4699642 | Purification of carbon dioxide for use in brewing A process is disclosed for producing substantially pure liquid carbon dioxide, and subsequently re-evaporating the substantially pure liquid carbon dioxide to produce substantially pure gaseous carbon dioxide from impure carbon dioxide gas which is produc... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4570534 | Reduced alcohol wine and its manufacture A system and method of reducing the alcohol content of wine by exposing an original wine product to an elevated temperature in a centrifugal film evaporator and removing therefrom a liquid phase reduced alcohol wine and a vapor phase of relatively high pr... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4512251 | Rapid breathing, degassing and storage device for wine Disclosed is a method and apparatus for the fast breathing of still wines, in particular red wines. A vacuum is applied to a container which contains, or into which is being introduced, wine. To this purpose an open wine container may merely be placed wit... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4460608 | Separation of accumulated deposits from alcoholic beverages by freezing A process and vat are disclosed for removing impurity deposits such as fermentation residues, lees and crystallized potassium bitartrate in the preparation of alcoholic beverages such as sparkling wines. After fermentation in a closed standing up vat, fer... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4405652 | Preparation of wine having a low calorie content and a reduced alcohol content The alcohol content of an original wine is reduced to produce a low calorie wine having the character of the original wine by evaporating alcohol from the wine in a centrifugal film evaporator. In the evaporator, a thin film of wine is formed by centrifug... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4206237 | Method of cooling beer within a fermentation tank A method of cooling beer, wherein beer contained in a cylindrical fermentation tank of a large capacity and undergoing a fermentation process extending from the beginning of fermentation to the termination of fermentation, is cooled by employing cooling j... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4201792 | Production of sherry wine A process and apparatus for maturing sherry wine in which the multiplicity of casks conventionally used in the respective maturation stages are replaced by respective single containers, preferably sub-divisions of a single large vessel.... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4112829 | Apparatus for purifying carbon dioxide vapors of fermenting liquids A condenser, connected to receive carbon dioxide and vapors from a liquid fermenting in a container, comprises reflux tubes with baffles in a unit cooled to about -50° C, whereby the vapors condense, reflux and are collected in a funnel from where they f... | 09/12/1978 |
