Beverage Preservation, Chilling, and Dispensing System
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1. A beverage preservation, dispensing and chilling system comprising:
- at least one chill chamber;
at least one dispensing cartridge for supporting a container within said at least one chill chamber;
at least one container interface assembly comprising;
a pair of fluid flow paths, wherein a first fluid flow path is suited for dispensing from said container and a second fluid flow path is suited for pressurization operations within said bottle;
at least one pump for generating sub-atmospheric and super-atmospheric pressures within said container in association with said second flow path; and
at least one thermoelectric unit suited to regulating the temperature within said at least one chilling chamber.
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Abstract
A chamber for receipt and retention of a bottled beverage has a dispensing cartridge that interacts with a bottle to remove air therein to preserve the beverage under vacuum and to dispense the beverage under pressure. The vacuum and air pressure within the bottle is applied through a concentric pair of tubes introduced into the bottle as a part of the dispensing cartridge. A reversible pump is in fluid communication with the tubes. The chamber is maintained at a user-selected temperature using a thermoelectric cooling unit.
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23 Claims
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1. A beverage preservation, dispensing and chilling system comprising:
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at least one chill chamber; at least one dispensing cartridge for supporting a container within said at least one chill chamber; at least one container interface assembly comprising; a pair of fluid flow paths, wherein a first fluid flow path is suited for dispensing from said container and a second fluid flow path is suited for pressurization operations within said bottle; at least one pump for generating sub-atmospheric and super-atmospheric pressures within said container in association with said second flow path; and at least one thermoelectric unit suited to regulating the temperature within said at least one chilling chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A beverage preservation, dispensing and chilling system comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of chill chambers within said housing, wherein each of said plurality of chambers is suited to house a single beverage container; a plurality of thermoelectric units, wherein each of said plurality of thermoelectric units is suited for regulating the temperature within an associated one of said plurality of chill chambers; a plurality of container interface assemblies; at least one pump in individual fluid communication with each of said plurality of container interface assemblies, said at least one pump being suited to preserve said beverage within said beverage container by generating a sub-atmospheric pressure with said container and to dispense said beverage from said beverage container by generating a super-atmospheric pressure within said container. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wine preservation, dispensing and chilling system comprising:
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a housing; at least one chill chamber within said housing suited for receiving a bottle of wine; at least one thermoelectric unit suited for regulating the temperature within an associated one of said at least one chill chamber within a temperature range as defined by a user input; at least one dispensing cartridge associated with each of said at least one chill chamber, each of said at least one dispensing cartridge comprising; a piston having central opening defining a vertical longitudinal axis; a stopper secured to one end of said piston, wherein said stopper has a central opening co-axial with said piston central opening; an annular gasket interleaved between said stopper and said at least one dispensing cartridge, wherein said gasket has a central opening co-axial with said piston and said stopper central openings; a tube passing through said piston, gasket and stopper central openings, wherein said central openings and said tube define a pair of co-axial with said piston and said stopper central openings; a tube passing through said piston, gasket and stopper central openings, wherein said central openings and said tube define a pair of co-axial concentric airspaces, wherein a first airspace within the tube is suited for dispensing said wine from within said bottle and a second airspace between an outer surface of said tube and an inner surface of said central openings is suited for pressurization operations within said bottle; and a locking handle rotatable between a first and a second position, wherein said first position is an unlocked position in which said bottle is freely associated with or removed from said at least one dispensing cartridge and wherein said second position is a locked position in which said bottle is removably affixed to said at least one dispensing cartridge; and a reversible pump in fluid communication with an interior of said bottle through said second concentric airspace, said reversible pump being suited to preserve the wine by generating a sub-atmospheric pressure within the bottle and suited to dispense the wine by generating a super-atmospheric pressure within the bottle. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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