Abstract: A wine dispensing system comprises a cabinet with refrigerated compartments for maintaining bulk wine in boxes and dispenses any one of a number of wine varieties upon pressing an appropriate button. Check valves in the system prevent air from spoiling unused wine, and a computer measures each pour, updates inventory, and accepts demographic information to assist in marketing and sales promotion.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 30, 2014
Publication date:
May 29, 2014
Applicant:
EMERALD WINE SYSTEMS, LLC
Inventors:
Edward L. O'Keefe, JR., Robert G. Kalik, Karl Fritze
Abstract: A tap for liquids dispenses liquids including wines from plastic bags or bladders packaged in cardboard boxes, and has three modes of operation. Liquids may be dispensed from the box on a shelf by manually turning a rotatable cap to open a valve for liquid to flow by gravity; an adapter attached to the tap automates the process and dispenses liquids through a pump; and the tap may be used to fill bags or bladders from an automated filling machine. In a first embodiment, the rotatable cap must be manually opened for both manual and automated operation. In a second embodiment, the rotatable cap may remain closed and the adapter can still dispense liquids through the tap using a pump.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2012
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
Emerald Wine Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Edward L. O'Keefe, Jr., Robert G. Kalik, Karl Fritze
Abstract: A tap for liquids dispenses liquids including wines from plastic bags or bladders packaged in cardboard boxes, and has three modes of operation. Liquids may be dispensed from the box on a shelf by manually turning a rotatable cap to open a valve for liquid to flow by gravity; an adapter attached to the tap automates the process and dispenses liquids through a pump; and the tap may be used to fill bags or bladders from an automated filling machine. In a first embodiment, the rotatable cap must be manually opened for both manual and automated operation. In a second embodiment, the rotatable cap may remain closed and the adapter can still dispense liquids through the tap using a pump.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 1, 2012
Publication date:
August 9, 2012
Applicant:
Emerald Wine Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Edward L. O'Keefe, JR., Robert G. Kalik, Karl Fritze