KR20040063359A - Method for fulfilling liquid in a bamboo and method for storing the liquid-fulfilled bamboo - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for infusing a liquid into a bamboo and a method for conserving the same are provided to more effectively infuse a liquid, such as alcohol, into the bamboo and to conserve the alcohol in the bamboo for an extended period of time. CONSTITUTION: The method for infusing a liquid into a bamboo includes the steps of: placing a sealed bamboo(1) in a vacuum chamber(10); sucking air from the vacuum chamber(10); infusing a liquid into the vacuum chamber(10) higher than the bamboo(1) and at the same time discharging the air inside the vacuum chamber(10); applying pneumatic pressure into the vacuum chamber(10); discharging the liquid inside the vacuum chamber(10); sucking air from the vacuum chamber(10) again; and infusing the liquid into the bamboo(1) to a desired height.

Description

A method for injecting liquid into a cavity inside a bamboo barrel and a method for preserving a bamboo barrel in which liquid has been injected according to the above method {method for fulfilling liquid in a bamboo and method for storing the liquid-fulfilled bamboo}

The present invention relates to a method of injecting a liquid, such as liquor, into a cavity inside a naturally sealed bamboo barrel, and a method of preserving a bamboo barrel in which the liquid is injected according to the above method.

Bamboo contains many ingredients that are beneficial to the human body and has a good aroma. Accordingly, bamboo shoots, such as bamboo shoots, are frequently used for food and may be used to make sake like bamboo leaves. As another example, bamboo salt may be used to prepare bamboo salt.

Bamboo is particularly desirable if the interior is a cavity and can contain liquids such as liquor. For example, in this case, the aroma of the bamboo is soaked in the liquor in the bamboo barrel can increase the taste of the alcohol.

In the related art, a method of filling a liquid into the microcavity by forming a negative pressure in the microcavity that is difficult to fill a liquid and then injecting a liquid to be filled. For example, a method of filling an insulating liquid into an internal microcavity of a transistor or a choke type ballast is as follows.

First, a choke type ballast or transistor is provided in the chamber. Next, the inside of the chamber is vacuumed by using a vacuum pump so that a negative pressure is formed in the internal microcavity of the ballast or the transistor. Next, an insulating liquid is injected into the chamber. Then, the insulating liquid is sucked into the space by the negative pressure formed in the microcavity of the choke type ballast or the transistor to fill the microcavity.

Thus, using this conventional method of industry, it would be possible to inject liquid into the cavity inside a closed bamboo barrel. Accordingly, the case where the method is applied as it is to the bamboo barrel will be as follows.

First, a bamboo barrel is provided in the chamber and a vacuum is formed inside the chamber by using a vacuum pump to form a negative pressure inside the bamboo barrel. Next, a liquid is injected into the chamber. In this case, the air in the cavity is sucked through the pores of the cells forming the bamboo barrel, and a negative pressure is formed. Then, when the liquid is injected into the chamber, the liquid is sucked through the pores and the liquid is filled into the cavity. .

However, when the above method is applied in reality, the liquid injected into the cavity inside the bamboo barrel is not a realistic liquid injection method as a small amount. This is because the pores of the cells forming the bamboo barrel are too fine, and simply by vacuuming the inside of the chamber, a negative pressure enough to cause a sufficient injection of liquid through the pores does not form in the cavity inside the bamboo barrel. Seems to be. According to the experiment of the present inventors, even if the inside of the chamber to -100Kpa, the pressure inside the bamboo barrel did not drop below 60Kpa.

Therefore, in order to actually inject liquid into the bamboo barrel, it is necessary to develop an advanced creative method therefrom.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a manner in which liquid can be injected into a bamboo barrel in practice. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for preserving the liquid for a long time with respect to the bamboo barrel containing the liquid.

The method for injecting liquid into the bamboo barrel according to the object of the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) providing a naturally sealed bamboo barrel to the vacuum chamber; (b) discharging air inside the vacuum chamber to the outside to make the inside of the vacuum chamber vacuum; (c) injecting a liquid into the vacuum chamber to fill the liquid from the top of the vacuum chamber to a height excluding a certain portion beyond the height of the bamboo barrel, and at the same time discharging the air inside to the vacuum chamber to the outside; step; (d) continuing to discharge the air therein to the outside even after the liquid is filled in the vacuum chamber to remove the remaining air; (e) applying pneumatic pressure to the interior of the vacuum chamber; (f) discharging the liquid filled in the vacuum chamber to the outside to the height that the bamboo barrel is locked; (g) re-vacuuming the chamber by discharging the liquid to the outside and then discharging the air inside thereof to the vacuum chamber to the outside; (g) and then repeating the steps (c) and subsequent steps until the liquid (L) is filled to the desired level inside the bamboo barrel.

In this case, in the liquid discharging step (f), it is preferable to discharge the liquid to the outside until the liquid is filled at least a portion except the upper surface of the bamboo barrel.

In addition, in the present invention, it is preferable to further have a step of heating the interior of the vacuum chamber after providing the bamboo barrel of (a). In this case, the heating causes the interior of the chamber to have a temperature between 100 ° C and 150 ° C.

In the present invention, a stopper is provided at an upper portion of the inside of the vacuum chamber to prevent the bamboo barrel from rising above the liquid level by buoyancy when the liquid is filled therein.

In the present invention, it is preferable to perform the step (c) after evacuating the liquid tank for supplying the liquid to the chamber.

In addition, when applying the pneumatic pressure of (e), it is preferable to first introduce air after introducing air into the chamber.

In particular, according to the present invention is vacuum-packed and stored the bamboo barrel in which the liquid produced by the method is injected. Alternatively, the bamboo barrel in which the liquid produced by the above method is injected is dipped in epoxy resin or liquid silicone and then dried.

1 is a device configuration for the practice of the present invention;

Figure 2a to 2f is a view showing a method of filling the liquid into the bamboo barrel in accordance with the present invention;

3 is a view showing the vacuum-packed storage of the liquid-filled bamboo barrel according to the present invention; And

Figure 4 is a view showing the storage of the coated epoxy resin for the liquid filled bamboo barrel according to the present invention.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

1: Bamboo Bucket 11: Top of Bamboo Bucket 10: Vacuum Chamber

12: vacuum pump 14: liquid tank 16: pneumatic tank

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, Figure 1 is an example of a device configuration for implementing a method of injecting the liquid (L) in the natural closed bamboo barrel (1) according to the present invention.

As shown, a vacuum chamber 10 is provided, and the chamber 10 is connected to the vacuum pump 12 through the vacuum tube 125 and a vacuum tank 121 is installed therebetween. A cooler 13 is installed between the vacuum tank 121 and the chamber 10, which is connected to the recovery tank 135. The cooler 12 and the recovery tank connected thereto are for cooling and recovering a liquid in a vapor state flowing through the vacuum tube 125 as described below.

In addition, the vacuum chamber 10 is connected to the liquid tank 14 for storing the liquid (L) to be injected into the bamboo barrel (1), the liquid tank 14 through the injection tube 141 The liquid L may be injected into the vacuum chamber 10, and the liquid L in the vacuum chamber 10 may be recovered through the recovery pipe 142.

The liquid L stored in the liquid tank 14 is intended to be injected into the cavity inside the bamboo barrel 1, and may be, for example, a drink. The liquid tank 14 is connected to the vacuum tube 125 to make the inside of the vacuum and has an air tube 143.

The vacuum chamber 10 is also connected to the pneumatic tank 16 through a pneumatic tube 166. The pneumatic tank 16 may be connected to the compressor 165 to apply pneumatic pressure to the pneumatic pipe 166. At this time, an air filter and a sterilizer 161 may be installed between the vacuum chamber 10 and the pneumatic tank 16 to clean the pneumatic pressure applied to the chamber 10.

Where the pneumatic pipe 113 is connected to the vacuum chamber 10, the air pipe 113 is installed, as shown between the valves V1 and V2 are installed. This is necessary to prevent the rapid inflow of pressure when applying pneumatic pressure into the chamber 10, as will be described later. In addition, the air pipe 113, as will be described later, allows the liquid (L) to be recovered into the liquid tank 14 through the recovery pipe 142.

Inside the vacuum chamber 10, a stopper 3, such as a mesh, is provided on the upper side thereof. This is to prevent the liquid from flowing into the chamber 10 to rise above a certain height when the bamboo barrel 1 inside the chamber 10 rises due to its buoyancy.

In particular, the heating means 20 may be installed at the lower end of the chamber 10. The heating means 20 may be, for example, a cylinder having a space portion disposed below the chamber 10. At this time, an electric heating wire is installed inside the cylinder, and the inside of the cylinder is filled with silicon oil. Therefore, when electricity flows through the electric heating wire, the inside of the chamber 10 may be heated by heat emitted from the heating wire. Alternatively, the cylinder is connected to the steam injection pipe through which the steam may be supplied to the inside of the cylinder to transfer heat to the chamber 10 to heat the interior of the chamber 10.

It is preferable that the transparent window 114 is installed on the outer surface of the vacuum chamber 10 so that the inside can be seen from the outside.

Reference numerals 107 and 147 denote drain pipes for draining the liquid in the chamber 10 and the liquid tank 14, respectively.

According to this configuration, the vacuum chamber 10 may be vacuumed, and pneumatic pressure may be applied to the vacuum chamber 10. In addition, the liquid tank 14 may inject liquid into the chamber 10 and may recover the liquid. At this time, the inside of the liquid tank 14 may also be a vacuum through the vacuum tube (125).

The device configuration of the present invention described with reference to FIG. 1 is merely an example, and various device configurations may be possible according to the method of the present invention described below.

A method of injecting the liquid L into the bamboo barrel 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A to 2F.

First, as shown in Figure 2a, a natural sealed bamboo barrel (1) is provided inside the vacuum chamber 10, and then operating the vacuum pump 12 to vacuum the interior of the vacuum chamber 10 Make it. In this case, the air in the cavity inside the bamboo barrel 1 is also sucked through the pores and a constant negative pressure is formed in the cavity.

At this time, it is preferable to have a step of applying heat to the inside of the chamber 10 by using the heating means 20 after providing a natural bamboo barrel (1) inside the chamber (10). Thereafter, the vacuum pump 12 is operated to vacuum the inside of the vacuum chamber 10. In the case of the chamber heating step, the air inside the chamber 10 and the inside of the bamboo barrel 1 are expanded. Accordingly, the condition that the air inside the chamber 10 and the inside of the bamboo barrel 1 can be easily discharged to the outside is completed. In the next step, when the vacuum pump 12 is operated to suck the air inside the chamber 10 to the outside, the air inside the bamboo barrel is easily sucked out, thereby promoting the negative pressure formation inside the bamboo barrel 1. .

In the heating step, the temperature inside the chamber 10 is preferably maintained at about 100 ℃ to 150 ℃. If the temperature is higher than 150 ℃, the bamboo barrel (1) may be burned due to the nature of the bamboo. If the temperature is less than 100 ℃, the air inside the bamboo barrel (1) may not be sufficiently inflated. .

When the degree of vacuum in the chamber no longer drops, the liquid L is injected into the vacuum chamber 10 with reference to FIG. 2B. Specifically, the liquid L is injected into the vacuum chamber 10 through the injection tube 141 of the liquid tank 14. At this time, the liquid is injected, the vacuum pump 12 is also operated at the same time. This is to discharge the air introduced into the chamber 10 through the injection pipe 141 and the air dissolved in the injection liquid (L). Then, air that can be mixed into the liquid filled in the chamber 10 and introduced into the cavity of the bamboo barrel 1 is excluded.

In particular, it is more preferable to operate the vacuum pump 12 with respect to the liquid tank 14 to exclude the air in the liquid tank 14, and then inject the liquid L into the chamber 10.

When the liquid L is injected into the vacuum chamber 10, the liquid L flows through the pores into the bamboo barrel 1 in which the negative pressure is formed, and thus the liquid L enters the bamboo barrel 1. ) Is filled.

As shown in FIG. 2C, the liquid L is filled to the height H1 except the space s for the vacuum tube 125 at the top of the vacuum chamber 10 beyond the height of the bamboo barrel 1. . The vacuum pump 12 continues to operate even after it is filled up to a predetermined height H1 to maximize the degree of vacuum therein.

When the liquid L is filled, as shown in Fig. 2C, the bamboo barrel 1 is lifted upward by buoyancy, which is prevented from being raised above the liquid surface by the stopper 3. In this case, the bamboo barrel 10 is locked in the liquid (L) so that the bamboo barrel (1) and the liquid (L) is always in contact with each other, so the inflow rate of the liquid injected into the bamboo barrel formed with a certain negative pressure is Is improved.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2D, pneumatic pressure is applied to the inside of the vacuum chamber 10. Accordingly, the inflow of the liquid L is promoted. In this case, the valve V1 is opened with reference to FIG. 1 to allow air to flow into the chamber 10 through the air pipe 113. The valve V1 is then closed and the valve V2 is opened to allow pneumatic pressure to be applied to the chamber 10. If air is directly applied to the chamber through the air pipe 113 without applying air pressure, the air is rapidly mixed with the liquid, and the mixed air flows into the bamboo barrel to lower the negative pressure of the cavity.

In this way, the liquid L is filled into the inside of the bamboo barrel 1, and as the liquid is filled into the cavity, the negative pressure in the cavity gradually decreases and thus into the interior of the bamboo barrel 1 The liquid L rate is reduced.

Accordingly, the present invention discharges the liquid (L) filled with the liquid tank 14 through the recovery pipe 142 in the vacuum chamber 10, and again to the inside of the chamber 10 in a vacuum state described above Repeat them.

At this time. As shown in FIG. 2E, the liquid L is left to the extent that the bamboo barrel 1 is locked, and other liquid L is recovered to the liquid tank 14 through the recovery pipe 142. In this case, in the case of the device configuration shown in Figure 1 by opening the air pipe 113 so that the air flows into the chamber 10 to recover the liquid to the liquid tank 14 through the recovery pipe 142. do.

In the present invention, the liquid (L) remains after the discharge, the bamboo barrel (1) so as to be locked so that the bamboo barrel (1) is in continuous contact with the liquid (L). Accordingly, the liquid (L) can be continuously introduced into the bamboo barrel (1) and the liquid (L) serves to prevent contact with the air so that air is introduced into the bamboo barrel (1) to negative pressure This diminishing phenomenon does not occur.

In particular, in the step of discharging the liquid (L), it is preferable to discharge the liquid (L) until the liquid (L) occupies a portion other than the upper surface (1) of the bamboo barrel (1). For example, the liquid L is discharged from the upper portion of the bamboo barrel 1 until the height H2 is about 1 cm to about 2 cm. In this case, the loss of the liquid L in the re-vacuum step can be minimized as described below.

After discharging the liquid (L) as described above, as shown in Figure 2f, again to discharge the air in the vacuum chamber 10 using the vacuum pump 12 to form a re-vacuum state and subsequent process By repeating these, the liquid (L) can be filled into the bamboo barrel.

In the step of discharging the liquid L to the external liquid tank 14, the liquid L is discharged until the liquid L occupies a portion excluding the upper surface 1 of the bamboo barrel 1. This is preferable because there is no loss of liquid. That is, when all of the bamboo barrel 1 is immersed in the liquid (L) to operate the vacuum pump 12 to discharge the air inside the chamber 10 to the outside, the air sucked from the bamboo barrel (1) against the liquid Bubbles may form and some of the liquid may be released through the vacuum tube 125 as well.

However, when the liquid L does not occupy the upper surface 11 portion of the bamboo barrel, the air inside the bamboo barrel 1 is discharged through the upper surface. There is little bubble formation.

In the apparatus configuration of FIG. 1, the cooler 13 cools the liquid L introduced through the vacuum tube 125 and sends it to the recovery tank 135.

When the filling is made, the bamboo barrel is settled in the liquid (L) due to its weight. This sedimentation can be confirmed through the transparent window 114. If there is sedimentation, it is assumed that the filling of the liquid has been made and the above steps are repeated.

In the bamboo container 1 filled with the liquid L according to the present invention, the filled liquid L therein may be evaporated through the pores. In order to prevent this, as shown in Figure 3, the bamboo barrel (1) is preferably stored in a vacuum package. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4, the bamboo barrel 1 is immersed in a container 40 containing the epoxy resin E, and then recovered and dried. Accordingly, the epoxy resin (E) may cover the entire surface of the bamboo barrel (1). Then, it is possible to prevent evaporation of the filled liquid L therein. In addition to the epoxy resin, the liquid silicone may be immersed in the container 40, recovered, and dried to cover the entire surface of the bamboo container 1 with silicon.

According to the invention, it is possible to actually fill the liquid into the bamboo barrel. The present invention is to form a negative pressure inside the bamboo barrel, so that this negative pressure can be maintained most effectively to enable the most efficient filling of the liquid into the bamboo barrel. Additionally, in the case of containing liquor according to the present invention, the flavor of the liquor is further enhanced with the bamboo flavor. In another aspect, the present invention to effectively preserve the liquid, such as sake filled in the bamboo barrel.

It will be appreciated that this has been achieved the object of the present invention.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the following claims according to the spirit of the present invention.

Claims (9)

(a) providing a naturally sealed bamboo barrel to the vacuum chamber; (b) discharging air inside the vacuum chamber to the outside to make the inside of the vacuum chamber vacuum; (c) injecting a liquid into the vacuum chamber to fill the liquid from the top of the vacuum chamber to a height excluding a certain portion beyond the height of the bamboo barrel, and at the same time discharging the air inside to the vacuum chamber to the outside; step; (d) continuing to discharge the air therein to the outside even after the liquid is filled in the vacuum chamber to remove the remaining air; (e) applying pneumatic pressure to the interior of the vacuum chamber; (f) discharging the liquid filled in the vacuum chamber to the outside to the height that the bamboo barrel is locked; (g) re-vacuuming the chamber by discharging the liquid to the outside and then discharging the air inside thereof to the vacuum chamber to the outside; (g) thereafter repeating steps (c) and subsequent steps until the liquid (L) is filled to the desired level inside the bamboo barrel. The method of claim 1, The liquid discharge step of (f) is a method of injecting a liquid into the bamboo barrel, characterized in that for discharging the liquid to the outside until the liquid is filled at least a portion except the upper surface of the bamboo barrel. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The method of injecting a liquid into the bamboo barrel further comprising the step of heating the interior of the vacuum chamber after providing the bamboo barrel of (a). The method of claim 3, The heating method of injecting a liquid into the bamboo barrel, characterized in that the inside of the chamber has a temperature between 100 ℃ 150 ℃. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And a stopper provided at an upper portion of the inside of the vacuum chamber to prevent the bamboo barrel from rising above the liquid level by buoyancy when the liquid is filled therein. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And (c) performing the step of (c) after evacuating the liquid tank for supplying the liquid to the chamber. The method according to claim 1 or 2, When the air pressure of (e) is applied to the liquid injection method of the bamboo barrel, characterized in that the air is first introduced into the chamber and then applied with air pressure. Claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the method of storing the bamboo barrel infused with the liquid, characterized in that the vacuum packaging the bamboo barrel infused with the liquid produced. A method of storing a bamboo barrel in which a liquid is infused, wherein the bamboo barrel in which the liquid produced according to claim 1 is injected is dipped in epoxy resin or liquid silicone and then dried.