Patents Assigned to Etablissements F. Valentin
  • Patent number: 4538652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and device for incorporating a dose of liqueur in a bottle of champagnized wine, wherein the device comprises a receptacle containing the liqueur which receptacle is connected to a pump from which the delivery is introduced near the bottom of the bottle. A tank under pressure containing champagne is connected to the interior of the bottle by a pipe provided with a valve. Another pipe with radial hole at the chosen fill level for the bottle emerges from the bottle and terminates in the tank. A conduit enables the bottle to be maintained at the same pressure as that prevailing in the tank. Via a channel in the head, the bottle may be placed under excess pressure to evacuate the surplus of wine via the pipe. The invention is particularly applicable to oenology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Etablissements F. Valentin
    Inventors: Jean Valentin, Patrick Suply, Stephane Detrier
  • Patent number: 4440199
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of stopper wirings which consists:in shaping wires to a profile including in a first plane a central portion in the form of an arc of circle and two straight branches,in disposing the shaped wires to form a complete ring, the straight branches extending outwardly from the ring,in twisting each branch along a first portion of its length starting from the ring,in twisting locally the remaining portion of each branch in a zone intermediate between the twisted portion and the outer end,and in rolling the end of the remaining portion of each branch in the shape of a loop to form one leg of the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Etablissements F. Valentin
    Inventor: Bernard Montoriol