Decanting Patents (Class 261/7)
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Patent number: 9033187Abstract: A bottle aerator of the type having a venturi tube having a constricted section with a narrower cross-sectional section and a fluid inlet section having a wider cross-sectional section, such that the fluid pressure is lower in the constricted section compared to the pressure in the fluid inlet section, and the fluid speed is higher in the constricted section compared to the fluid speed in the fluid inlet section, which is improved by the constricted section being constructed and arranged so that when the bottle aerator is inserted into a bottle, the constricted section is positioned inside the bottle. The air inlet is provided at or below the constricted section, which allows air from outside the bottle to mix with the fluid as it passes through the constricted section, so that the fluid is aerated while still inside the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Aerawine LLCInventor: Jamin Luebke
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Publication number: 20150072059Abstract: There is disclosed a device to decant liquids, such as red wine, that comprises a top section having a pouring neck, removably coupled to a bottom section. In one embodiment, the top section is coupled with a threaded screw and a food grade seal there between. In various embodiments, the top and bottom sections may comprise an inorganic material, such as a glass or metal, and an organic material, such as a polycarbonate, polypropylene or polyethylene. Combinations of these materials may also be used. Methods of decanting wine using the disclosed device such as at a desired temperature are also disclosed. These methods comprises thermally treating the bottom section prior to assembly and decanting occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Michael J. Zaczek, James C. McDade
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Patent number: 6110386Abstract: Apparatus for maintaining the condition of cutting fluids in a machine tool sump and for the removal of tramp oil from the cutting fluid has a pump to draw cutting fluid from the machine tool sump and transfer the fluid to an auxiliary tank where the fluid outlet is directed to drive a turbine wheel for rotation of a shaft and simultaneously aerate the cutting fluid. Drums on the shaft are partially submerged so as to be wetted by the tramp oil content. Wiper blades bear against the drum surfaces to strip the tramp oil from the drums as they rotate. A collecting trough is positioned below the wiper contact line to receive the tramp oil as it is stripped from the drum and drain it off to a waste container. In this manner, the cutting fluid is in constant circulation, even when the machine tool is idle.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1999Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Jasper Underhill
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Patent number: 6096198Abstract: Apparatus for maintaining the condition of cutting fluids in a machine tool sump and for the removal of tramp oil from the cutting fluid has a pump to draw cutting fluid from the machine tool sump and transfer the fluid to an auxiliary tank where the fluid outlet is directed to drive a turbine wheel for rotation of a shaft and simultaneously aerate the cutting fluid. Drums on the shaft are partially submerged so as to be wetted by the tramp oil content. Wiper blades bear against the drum surfaces to strip the tramp oil from the drums as they rotate. A collecting trough is positioned below the wiper contact line to receive the tramp oil as it is stripped from the drum and drain it off to a waste container. In this manner, the cutting fluid is in constant circulation, even when the machine tool is idle.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Jasper Underhill
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Patent number: 5194185Abstract: Apparatus and method are described for atomizing water containing an amount of solvent so that the solvent may be safely dispersed into the atmosphere. The apparatus and method are particularly useful for atomizing condensate water resulting from processes such as dry cleaning operations where relatively small amounts of solvent are present in the water.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1991Date of Patent: March 16, 1993Assignee: VIC ManufacturingInventors: Thomas E. Cannon, Stephen L. Harris, Robert J. Kendig, Ward D. Komonosky
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Patent number: 4388090Abstract: A device for removing solid impurities from air comprising a housing defining an interior mixing chamber. The solid impurity laden air is conducted to the mixing chamber so that the air enters the chamber in a first direction. Simultaneously, water is pumped into the mixing chamber in a direction substantially perpendicular to the air flow whereupon the air and water become intermixed. A second pump then pumps this mixture into a settling tank so that the solid impurities collect in the bottom of the tank for subsequent removal.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1981Date of Patent: June 14, 1983Inventor: Arnet Streeter
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Patent number: 3991480Abstract: A method of and apparatus for drying odoriferous organic substances wherein the substances are introduced into a ring-shaped piping system via a turbulence mechanism in which the substances are comminuted and thereafter circulated through the piping system and dried by a heated air flow produced by a heater and a blower. Air flow containing the dried substances is discharged from the piping system and passed over a separation system where the dried substances are separated from the humid odoriferous air flow. The air flow withdrawn from the piping system is introduced into a sprinkling bed where a chemical reaction takes place to deodorize the air flow.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1975Date of Patent: November 16, 1976Assignee: Sudoldenberger Tierfrischmehl-Anlagen GmbH & Co., KGInventor: Wilhelm Menge
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Patent number: 3947530Abstract: A self-priming centrifugal pump includes a housing having an inverted frusto-conically shaped lower portion. A centrifugal impeller is suspended from the shaft of a motor mounted in the top portion of the housing. The centrifugal impeller includes a solids collector member removably attached to its lower end. A cylindrical inlet tube, integral with the frusto-conically shaped lower housing portion, extends into the interior of the centrifugal impeller through an opening in the lower end of the solids collector member. An inverted dish shaped impeller member is located above the centrifugal impeller and directs and impels fluid pumped by the centrifugal impeller toward a plurality of efflux ports located in the pump housing. The centrifugal impeller includes an air hole in the conical wall thereof to allow air to escape as the pump is priming.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1974Date of Patent: March 30, 1976Assignee: Zevco Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: William Z. Marder