Patent ID: 11970677
Assignee: ARMEN GERONIAN
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 12:
13. An apparatus to attach with a glass beverage bottle for production of carbonated beverages within the glass beverage bottle via a fermentation process initiated upon introduction of yeast and sugar into the glass beverage bottle with a base beverage, wherein the apparatus comprises:
a neck collar to be positioned upon a neck section of the glass beverage bottle;
a sealing cap to be positioned atop a mouth opening of the glass beverage bottle above the neck collar, wherein the sealing cap is to seal any pressure generated via the fermentation operation into the glass beverage bottle;
a coupling mechanism to attach the sealing cap with the neck collar and to induce compressive force between the sealing cap and the mouth opening of the glass beverage bottle to seal the pressure generated via the fermentation operation into the glass beverage bottle;
a tensioner to induce the compressive force between the sealing cap and the mouth opening of the wine bottle by inducing a clamping force between the neck collar of the apparatus positioned upon the neck section of the wine bottle and the sealing cap of the apparatus positioned atop the mouth opening of the wine bottle;
a ball valve affixed to the sealing cap through a coupler to evacuate contents from the glass beverage bottle;
a Pressure Reduction Valve (PRV) to limit the pressure inside of the glass beverage bottle to a pre-determined maximum pressure limit;
a pressure indicator to measure and display the pressure internal to the glass beverage bottle generated via the fermentation operation; and
wherein the apparatus is configurable to evacuate sediment from the neck section of the glass beverage bottle when the glass beverage bottle is in an inverted orientation by opening of the ball valve without requiring freezing of the neck section of the glass beverage bottle.