Patents by Inventor Enrique Garcia-Cuenca

Enrique Garcia-Cuenca has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for making a stopper for sparkling wine bottles
    Patent number: 7063221
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of making a stopper (2) of cork of natural and/or synthetic origin for a bottle of sparkling wine of the Champagne type, said stopper (2) having a base suitable for constituting a fraction of the inside wall (17) of said bottle (6) and an outside wall (30) suitable for bearing against the inside wall (24) of the neck (4). The method consists: in acting during closure of said bottle (6) to deform said outside wall (30) of said stopper (2) longitudinally over at least a portion extending to its base, so as to provide at least one channel-forming groove (18, 33) in said stopper; and in maintaining the longitudinal deformation throughout the period said bottle (6) is closed by said stopper (2) so that said channel-forming groove (18, 33) persists when said bottle is partially opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Au Lieguer-ETS J. Pontneau Denis
    Inventors: Enrique Garcia-Cuenca, Jacques Pitoux, Michel Pitoux
  • Method for making a stopper for sparkling wine bottles
    Publication number: 20030019830
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of making a stopper (2) of cork of natural and/or synthetic origin for a bottle of sparkling wine of the Champagne type, said stopper (2) having a base suitable for constituting a fraction of the inside wall (17) of said bottle (6) and an outside wall (30) suitable for bearing against the inside wall (24) of the neck (4). The method consists: in acting during closure of said bottle (6) to deform said outside wall (30) of said stopper (2) longitudinally over at least a portion extending to its base, so as to provide at least one channel-forming groove (18, 33) in said stopper; and in maintaining the longitudinal deformation throughout the period said bottle (6) is closed by said stopper (2) so that said channel-forming groove (18, 33) persists when said bottle is partially opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Enrique Garcia-Cuenca, Jacques Pitoux, Michel Pitoux