Patents Assigned to Coravin, LLC
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Publication number: 20140224833Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for extracting fluids from within a container sealed by a cork or septum without removal of the cork or septum or the contamination of the fluid within the container by reactive gases or liquids. Embodiments of the device can include a needle connected to a valve which is in turn connected to a source of pressurized gas for displacing the fluid. Further embodiments of the device can comprise additional components that act to force the needle to be inserted through the cork or septum along a linear path, to aid in preventing buckling of the needle, to clamp the device to the container, to prevent expulsion of the cork or septum from the container, and to guide the needle through a specified region of the cork or septum. Various valves, pressure regulators, pressure ranges, needle geometries, gas selections are also presented. This device is particularly suited for the dispensing and preservation of wine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Coravin, LLCInventor: Gregory Lambrecht
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Patent number: 8746502Abstract: Devices and methods for extracting fluids from within a container scaled by a cork or septum without removal of the cork or septum or the contamination of the fluid within the container by reactive gases or liquids. Embodiments can include a needle connected to a valve connected to a source of pressurized gas for displacing the fluid. Further embodiments can comprise additional components that act to force the needle to be inserted through the cork or septum along a linear path, to aid in preventing buckling of the needle, to clamp the device to the container, to prevent expulsion of the cork or septum from the container, and to guide the needle through a specified region of the cork or septum. Various valves, pressure regulators, pressure ranges, needle geometries, gas selections are also presented. This device is particularly suited for the dispensing and preservation of wine.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Coravin, LLCInventor: Gregory H. Lambrecht
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Publication number: 20140124530Abstract: Devices and methods for guiding a needle in movement through a bottle closure, such as a cork, to extracting fluids from the bottle without removal of the cork. A force indicator may indicate when a force exceeding a threshold value is applied to the needle during insertion and/or withdrawal of the needle from a cork.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Coravin, LLCInventor: Coravin, LLC
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Publication number: 20140110431Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for extracting fluids from within a container sealed by a cork or septum without removal of the cork or septum or the contamination of the fluid within the container by reactive gases or liquids. Embodiments of the device can include a needle connected to a valve which is in turn connected to a source of pressurized gas for displacing the fluid. Further embodiments of the device can comprise additional components that act to force the needle to be inserted through the cork or septum along a linear path, to aid in preventing buckling of the needle, to clamp the device to the container, to prevent expulsion of the cork or septum from the container, and to guide the needle through a specified region of the cork or septum. This device is particularly suited for the dispensing and preservation of wine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Coravin, LLCInventor: Gregory Lambrecht
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Publication number: 20140103065Abstract: Method and apparatus for beverage extraction needle side holes or apertures. The leading and trailing edges of the apertures may be shaped or otherwise configured to help reduce the possibility of coring or shearing of material as the needle is inserted into and/or withdrawn from material, such as a cork. Convex leading and/or trailing edges may help deflect material away from the aperture, reducing shearing. Concave leading and/or trailing edges may help prevent entry of material into the aperture, again reducing shearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Coravin, LLCInventors: Gregory Lambrecht, Sean Kavanaugh, Nicholas G. Lazaris, Otto Deruntz, Adam Brierley Craft, Mike Rider
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Publication number: 20140097184Abstract: A cap and gasket for a compressed gas cylinder arranged to operate with a gas cylinder having a neck with a top surface around a gas outlet and a side surface extending downwardly from the top surface. The cap may define an inner space to house the gasket and may be attached to the gas cylinder neck. The cap may restrain gasket movement, and define a volume in which the gasket can deform, when making a seal as a piercing element enters the inner space to contact the gas outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Coravin, LLCInventors: Anthony Hollars, Carey Costle
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Publication number: 20140097198Abstract: Devices and methods for guiding a needle in movement through a bottle closure, such as a cork, to extract fluids from the bottle without removal of the cork. A needle may be attached to a device body by a needle base, which includes a surface arranged to engage with a needle guide to guide movement of the needle base and needle relative to the guide. A needle guide may also provide a shield for the needle tip and/or a needle opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Coravin, LLCInventors: Nicholas G. Lazaris, Otto Deruntz, Mike Rider
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Publication number: 20140042703Abstract: A gasket for a compressed gas cylinder arranged to operate with a gas cylinder having a neck with a top surface around a gas outlet and a side surface extending downwardly from the top surface. The gasket may include an upper portion arranged for positioning on the top surface of the cylinder and for making a seal with the top surface, and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion and around the side surface of the neck of the cylinder, such that the lower portion is arranged to make a seal with the side surface of the gas cylinder. Face and gland seals may be established by the gasket with an opening that receives the gasket and an associated cylinder neck.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Coravin, LLCInventors: Chris Tarapata, Terrence K. Jones, Gregory Lambrecht
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Patent number: 8640919Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for extracting fluids from within a container sealed by a cork or septum without removal of the cork or septum or the contamination of the fluid within the container by reactive gases or liquids. Embodiments of the device can include a needle connected to a valve which is in turn connected to a source of pressurized gas for displacing the fluid. Further embodiments of the device can comprise additional components that act to force the needle to be inserted through the cork or septum along a linear path, to aid in preventing buckling of the needle, to clamp the device to the container, to prevent expulsion of the cork or septum from the container, and to guide the needle through a specified region of the cork or septum. Various valves, pressure regulators, pressure ranges, needle geometries, gas selections are also presented. This device is particularly suited for the dispensing and preservation of wine.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Coravin, LLCInventor: Gregory Lambrecht
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Patent number: 8490832Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for extracting fluids from within a container sealed by a cork or septum without removal of the cork or septum or the contamination of the fluid within the container by reactive gases or liquids. Embodiments of the device can include a needle connected to a valve which is in turn connected to a source of pressurized gas for displacing the fluid. Further embodiments of the device can comprise additional components that act to force the needle to be inserted through the cork or septum along a linear path, to aid in preventing buckling of the needle, to clamp the device to the container, to prevent expulsion of the cork or septum from the container, and to guide the needle through a specified region of the cork or septum. Various valves, pressure regulators, pressure ranges, needle geometries, gas selections are also presented. This device is particularly suited for the dispensing and preservation of wine.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Coravin, LLCInventor: Gregory Lambrecht
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Patent number: D689353Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Coravin, LLCInventors: Mark Dockser, Otto Deruntz, Gregory Lambrecht, Jason Robinson, Jonas Brickus
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Patent number: D709163Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Coravin, LLCInventors: Otto Deruntz, Mike Rider, Steffen F. Koury