EP3247650A1 - Dispositif permettant d'éliminer des résidus de fermentation dans une boisson alcoolisée - Google Patents

Dispositif permettant d'éliminer des résidus de fermentation dans une boisson alcoolisée

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EP3247650A1
EP3247650A1 EP15716592.9A EP15716592A EP3247650A1 EP 3247650 A1 EP3247650 A1 EP 3247650A1 EP 15716592 A EP15716592 A EP 15716592A EP 3247650 A1 EP3247650 A1 EP 3247650A1
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container
per
curvature
channel
bottle
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Lorenzo GINI
Marco CARLI
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Gins Srl
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12G—WINE; PREPARATION THEREOF; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES C12C OR C12H
    • C12G1/00—Preparation of wine or sparkling wine
    • C12G1/08—Removal of yeast ["degorgeage"]
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes

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  • the present invention refers to the technical field relative to the production of beverages, in particular alcoholic beverages.
  • the invention refers specifically to an innovative device for eliminating the residues that are formed during the fermentation/re-fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
  • the production processes of alcoholic beverages referred to sparkling wines in general, for example champagne, foresee a productive process known as "methode champenoise” and that consists in inducing the re- fermentation in bottle of the wines through the introduction of selected sugars and yeasts (liqueur de tirage) .
  • the wine acquires the traditional pressure (visible under the form of bubbles) guaranteed by the carbon dioxide produced by the second fermentation (froth) that takes place in the bottle.
  • the "remuage” phase takes place, which consists in putting the bottles on specific easels that keep the neck lower with respect to the bottom of the bottle.
  • the continuous rotation of it makes the lees of the exhausted yeasts deposit (that have been produced by the fermentation in bottle) on the cap (or the sediments or residues) .
  • the last phase consists in the elimination of such resides that have fallen on the cap.
  • a refrigerating system is foreseen that freezes locally the wine contained in the neck of the bottle, thus imprisoning said residues.
  • the removal of the cap allows to the frozen part to be expelled under pressure, while the rest of the content, now free from the residues, is topped up.
  • such a device (1) is configured to result applicable in a removable manner to the container (2) of a beverage, preferably a bottle (2) .
  • the device comprises a blind channel (5) arranged in such a way that at least a part of the liquid contained in the container can be directed inside said channel, for example during the partial or total overturn of the container and/or inducing rotation fluctuations.
  • the channel forms a path (5', 5'', 5''', 20) having at least a portion of curvature.
  • the beverage is clarified and free from sediments.
  • the present sediments are eventually visible by the consumer to witness the occurred re- fermentation, in the case of a transparent device, and the product is organoleptically different since no local top up or freezing has taken place.
  • FIG. 1 shows a bottle to which the device 1 results applied, viewed in section, in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a top and lateral view of the device 1 in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 9 shows a lateral view of a further variant of the invention.
  • FIG. 14 shows a further embodiment of the invention in which a terminal part of the conduit is foreseen, in which the sediments fall, which results folding on itself.
  • Figure 1 shows a section of the device 1 in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a top and lateral view, for clarity purposes .
  • a container for the alcoholic beverage for example a bottle 2
  • the bottle or container in general
  • the bottle 2 or the container 2 in general can present a shrinkage neck 4 provided with a traditional thread 4' .
  • a traditional thread 4' Through the thread 4' it is possible to screw the device 1 in accordance with the invention and described right below.
  • the bottle as shown in figure 1, can contain inside it an alcoholic liquid, such as sparkling wines, for example champagne.
  • an alcoholic liquid such as sparkling wines, for example champagne.
  • the process that takes to the creation of the sparkling wines causes the formation of residues 3 (represented schematically in figure 1) and of which the removal is needed and deriving from the re-fermentation process .
  • figure 1 represents the device 1 in accordance with the invention which is represented applied, in a removable manner, to the neck of the bottle and through which it is possible to remove, in a simple and functional manner, such residues.
  • the bottle is naturally open in correspondence of the neck to allow to pour the liquid contained inside it.
  • the device 1 is substantially in the shape of a cap which forms an internal channel 5 (see the section of figure 1) of a pre-determined length.
  • a thread complementary to the thread 4' of the bottle is foreseen, in such a way that such a device 1 can be normally screwed to the neck of the bottle.
  • the body therefore forms inside it such a channel 5 so that the liquid contained in the bottle can enter in the channel 5, for example in the case in which the bottle is overturned upside down or inclined.
  • the channel departs from the point of connection with the neck of the bottle, forms a first curvature 5' to terminate with a blind portion 5' ' that directs from the neck towards the base of the bottle (in an oblique or vertical manner) .
  • the device 1 externally, has therefore a shape similar to a proboscis and could naturally be of any shape and size.
  • Preferred realization materials can foresee plastic, metals, rubber, etc.
  • the device 1 foresees an upper base 10 of circular shape from which the proboscis 11 inside of which the channel is obtained departs downwards.
  • the device 1 therefore, once grasped by the user can normally be screwed to the neck of the bottle in such a way as to result in the arrangement represented in figure 1, more or less like a cap.
  • gaskets 15 can also be foreseen, for example arranged in correspondence of the internal threads of the device itself .
  • top view of figure 1 shows a circular shape but, naturally, other shapes could be implemented, among which a quadrangular shape which guarantees a better grip in the screwing/unscrewing.
  • the same device represented in figure 1 and in figure 2 can be configured in such a way as to be inserted inside the neck of the bottle by mechanical interference or be applied externally always by mechanical interference, rather than using a thread that couples with the thread of the bottle.
  • the device would be easily applicable to containers/bottles lacking thread.
  • the bottle is closed with such a device and it is let to rest for the time necessary for the completion of the re-fermentation process, during which the formation of the heavy residues 3 to be eliminated takes place.
  • the bottle, to which the device 1 that is the object of the invention has been applied is overturned upside down, generally through a specific machinery already known in the state of the art and used precisely in the case of a solution with refrigerating system.
  • a specific machinery can be foreseen, similar to the one known, which is different in the movements and in the vibrations with the aim of making the sediments precipitate in accordance with the particularity of the shape of the cap that is the object of the invention.
  • the bottles can, for example, be put to ferment in horizontal position in special pallets. Once the fermentation is finished, the pallets, and therefore the bottles, are turned in many retakes in such a way as to make the deposit precipitate gradually as per the following description.
  • the machinery can overturn singularly each single bottle.
  • the machinery in question can therefore foresee sort of grasping tongs that grasp the pallet (or the single bottle) and overturn it, therefore overturning the bottles fixed to it.
  • the sediments 3 start to precipitate and to be collected in correspondence of the portion of curvature 5' of the device 1.
  • a portion of curvature 5' can naturally foresee at least a part thereof of rectilinear shape to better collect the sediments or can be totally curve. In that sense, in a non-limiting manner, it is intended as portion of curvature in a general way the curve of the conduit that from the mouth of the bottle conducts to the vertical portion 5' ' (even if such a portion can comprise precisely a rectilinear part thereof) .
  • the machinery can be capable of providing also brief angle fluctuations that favour the fall of the residues/sediments to reach the mouth of the portion 5' ' of the channel downstream of the curvature (therefore the vertical portion or anyway directed towards the base of the bottle) .
  • the bottle is, finally, rotated in its standing position, as per figure 6, and by gravity the residues fall to the bottom of the portion 5' ' , which is blind and forms a sort of collection tank.
  • curvature 5' is enough to impede the sediments in an efficient manner to re-flow back, also in the case of subsequent accidental fluctuations or overturnings of the bottle (for example during the put on the market thereof) .
  • the efficiency of the device can freely be optimized, case per case, varying according to the needs the size of the device and the length both of the portion 5' ' and of the curvature 5' .
  • such an embodiment foresees a further portion of curvature that can converge precisely in a horizontal portion 5' ' ' , or basically horizontal, and that is linked to the vertical portion 5''.
  • a horizontal portion 5''' forms a sort of containment tank for the residues and avoids in a very efficient manner, with respect to the embodiment previously described, that some residues can accidentally turn back in the liquid when the bottle is taken back in its normal standing position.
  • the serpentine can be of any length, according to the needs, and with any number of curvatures .
  • figure 8 shows a further variant.
  • figure 9 is foreseen similarly to figure 8.
  • it is a serpentine-shaped conduit, having two horizontal portion (30, 35) and three vertical portions (40, 45, 50) .
  • horizontal and vertical portions can also be inclinations that vary slightly from the perfect horizontality and verticality, however resulting functional.
  • the conduit of figure 9 is represented for simplicity purposes in a lateral view but is naturally hollow since it forms the passage channel, as described in the other embodiments.
  • the attachment to the neck of the bottle is foreseen, which can take place in an indifferent manner by mechanical interference (with the inside or the outside of the neck of the bottle) or by screwing (with the inside or the outside of the neck of the bottle) as already described for the other embodiments .
  • the opposite end 42 is naturally blind, through eventually also a removable cap, like also for the other embodiments .
  • the horizontal portions (all or just one) can be arranged in a removable manner (valid for all the embodiments) .
  • the conduit can be realized entirely of metal, plastic or other rigid or semi-rigid materials, therefore in a single piece.
  • the vertical portions can be of metal and linked with horizontal pipes (30, 35) that connect to the vertical portions through bands and that result removable.
  • the final vertical portion for example the terminal part next to the end 42, can be realized of a removable portion similar to the solution of the portion 30 and 35.
  • the removable horizontal/vertical portions can also be removed to facilitate the expulsion of the residues at the end of the use.
  • the bottle can be straightened as per figure 9, being certain that the residues will not be able to re-flow inversely, but at the most will be confined in the portion 35.
  • a thus-made serpentine also following accidental fluctuations, impedes a re-flow of liquid and sediments inside the bottle.
  • a further embodiment of the invention is, last, described with reference to figure 14.
  • conduit at least for a terminal part 105 thereof, can be realized in a highly deformable material, for example rubber, and that exits from the rest of the channel.
  • Such a terminal path therefore results folding on itself and, preferably, non-deformable up to 7 bar of pressure (pressures that can be generated during some fermentation processes) .
  • the figure shows the cap 120 that is applied in a removable manner in such a way as to keep such a terminal part folded.
  • the band 130 can eventually be applied for better retaining in folded position such a terminal part.
  • the figure shows for clarity purposes a residue 3 that is trapped once such a terminal part is folded.
  • the present device can be realized in part or totally of a transparent material so as to render the path and the collection of the residues well visible.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif (1) conçu de façon à pouvoir être appliqué, de manière amovible, à un récipient (2) d'une boisson, de préférence une bouteille (2). En particulier, le dispositif comprend un canal borgne (5) disposé de sorte qu'au moins une partie du liquide contenu dans le récipient puisse être dirigé à l'intérieur dudit canal, le canal formant un passage (5', 5'', 5''', 20) ayant au moins une courbure.
EP15716592.9A 2015-01-20 2015-01-20 Dispositif permettant d'éliminer des résidus de fermentation dans une boisson alcoolisée Withdrawn EP3247650A1 (fr)

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