Wine Vat with Straight Interchangeable Staves

• US 20090289036A1
• Filed: 11/28/2005
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pierre-Louis Zuber
• Original Assignee: Pierre-Louis Zuber
• Inventors: Zuber, Pierre-Louis
• Application Number:
  US11/721,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20090289036A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 217/88
• CPC Class Codes: C12G 3/07 Flavouring with wood extracts, e.g. generated by contact with wood; Wood pretreatment therefor

Abstract

The wine vat with straight and interchangeable staves consists in a frame comprising elements (1,2,3,4,5) inside which straight staves (6) are assembled and held by wedges. The frame and staves form a rectangular or square vat. Threaded stems (9,10,11) are assembled in the frame elements and are held by bolts and elastic washers in order to offset size differences from the staves expansion.

Claims

2-1. Wine vat, according to claim 1, further comprising wedges placed between the horizontal staves and the vertical frame elements.

3. (canceled)

4. (canceled)

5. Wine vat comprised of:

a. a frame comprised of a plurality of elongated vertical and horizontal elements and a floor, wherein each vertical frame element has an upper end and a lower end and wherein through the length of each vertical element there runs a threaded stem which extends out of at least one of the ends of the vertical element through which it runs;

wherein each horizontal element has two ends and wherein through the length of at least two horizontal elements there runs a threaded stem which extends out of at least one of the ends of the horizontal element through which it runs;

wherein the horizontal elements are joined to the vertical elements; and

wherein the floor is joined to each vertical elements near the lower ends thereof;

b. a plurality of horizontal straight staves where each vertical stave has (i) two ends with a protrusion formed at each end, (ii) two faces, and (iii) two sides, and where a wall of the wine vat is formed by stacking horizontal staves so that they are abutted against each other on their sides such that a face of each stave confronts the frame;

c. a plurality of vertical straight staves having two faces and two grooved sides;

wherein vertical staves are placed adjacent to vertical elements of the frame such that the protrusions on the ends of the horizontal staves forming the wall of the wine vat can be closely fit into the grooved sides of the vertical staves;

d. an elastic washer placed over each of the threaded stems such that the each washer is in contact with the end of one of the frame elements; and

e. a nut threaded onto each of the threaded stems such that it can be tightened down over the elastic washers.