Patent ID: 9260681
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: C12F,C12G,C12M

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for the fermentation of a vegetable product in the form of crushed material, comprising: a first tank for containing the crushed material and a second collection tank for the gaseous products generated from, fermentation of the crushed material; a first piping system adapted to allow communication of a part of the first tank, where the gaseous products are gathered, with the second tank; a second piping system adapted to allow communication of the second tank and the first tank, the second piping system having an outlet in the first tank where, in use, the liquid of the crushed material is present; a first valve and a second valve associated respectively to the first piping system and the second piping system to make the first and second tanks selectively communicating conditionally to the open/closed status of said first and second valves, so that: a third valve; a fourth valve connected in parallel with the third valve; a processor; and a pressure sensor configured to detect the inner pressure of the tank to be stabilized, wherein the tank to be stabilized is either the first tank or the second tank, or both the first tank and the second tank, wherein the third valve is mounted and configured to vent the first tank towards the outside and destined to instantly degas the first tank towards the outside, and the fourth valve is configured to adjust the pressure of the tank to be stabilized, wherein the fourth valve is further configured to adjust the pressure of the gaseous product, with an error less than or equal to 0.01 bar, and wherein the processor is configured to read the data outputted by the sensor and adjust the third and fourth valves so as to maintain the pressure on a programmed value, programmed by a user, inside the first and second tanks when the first and second tanks are communicating, or inside the second tank when the second tank is isolated.