Wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus
First Claim
1. A wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus comprising:
- an enclosed housing adapted to receive a plurality of wine or champagne containers;
a plurality of stoppers, each stopper including a fluid communication member removably attachable to a sealing member, said sealing member adapted to sealingly engage an opening in one of the containers;
a plurality of dispensers connected to the housing;
a plurality of liquid communication lines, each said liquid communication line connected to one of the dispensers and adapted to be fluidly connected to one of the stoppers;
an automatic nitrogen generator connected to said housing which draws in ambient air through the housing and generates nitrogen rich gas, said nitrogen generator including a manifold having a plurality of outlets; and
a plurality of nitrogen communication lines, each said nitrogen communication line connected to one of said outlets on the manifold and adapted to be fluidly connected to one of the stoppers to direct the generated nitrogen rich gas into said container sealed by said stopper to preserve wine or champagne in said container.
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Abstract
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.
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15 Claims
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1. A wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus comprising:
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an enclosed housing adapted to receive a plurality of wine or champagne containers;
a plurality of stoppers, each stopper including a fluid communication member removably attachable to a sealing member, said sealing member adapted to sealingly engage an opening in one of the containers;
a plurality of dispensers connected to the housing;
a plurality of liquid communication lines, each said liquid communication line connected to one of the dispensers and adapted to be fluidly connected to one of the stoppers;
an automatic nitrogen generator connected to said housing which draws in ambient air through the housing and generates nitrogen rich gas, said nitrogen generator including a manifold having a plurality of outlets; and
a plurality of nitrogen communication lines, each said nitrogen communication line connected to one of said outlets on the manifold and adapted to be fluidly connected to one of the stoppers to direct the generated nitrogen rich gas into said container sealed by said stopper to preserve wine or champagne in said container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus comprising:
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an enclosed housing adapted to hold at least one container of wine or champagne;
at least one dispenser attached to the housing;
at least one liquid communication line connected to the dispenser and adapted to be fluidly connected to the container;
an automatic nitrogen generator attached to the housing which draws in ambient air through the housing to generate a nitrogen rich gas;
a cooling unit including a circulating fan attached to the housing which generates and distributes cool air into the housing to cool the container in the housing; and
at least one nitrogen communication line connected to the nitrogen generator and adapted to be fluidly connected to the container to direct the generated nitrogen rich gas to said container to preserve wine or champagne in the container.
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15. A portable wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus which is adapted to function in conjunction with a second wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus, said portable apparatus comprising:
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a portable frame;
at least one container securing member attached to said frame for securely and removably holding a wine or champagne container adjacent to the frame;
at least one dispenser attached to the frame;
at least one liquid communication line connected to the dispenser;
a nitrogen storage tank receiving port attached to the frame for receiving a nitrogen storage tank which is adapted to be filled by a nitrogen generator in the second wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus;
at least one nitrogen communication line connected to the nitrogen storage tank receiving port; and
a stopper adapted to sealingly engage an opening in the wine or champagne container, said stopper including a first port adapted to receive the nitrogen communication line to direct nitrogen rich gas from the nitrogen storage tank receiving port into the wine or champagne container to preserve wine or champagne in the container, and a second port adapted to receive the liquid communication line to direct wine or champagne from the container to the dispenser when the dispenser is activated.
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