Patent ID: 9181021
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B65D,B67D

Abstract:
1. A preservation and dispensing system for corked bottles comprising: a pressurized gas system constructed and arranged to supply a pressurized gas at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure; a manifold assembly fluidly connected to said pressurized gas system for routing said pressurized gas to an internal volume of a bottle through a tube assembly; a tube assembly fluidly connected to said manifold assembly, said tube assembly including a distal tip constructed to pierce a cork while said cork is positioned in a neck portion of said bottle, said tube assembly including a first tube member fluidly connected to said pressurized gas through said manifold assembly, a second tube member extending through said first tube member, said second tube member fluidly connected to said manifold assembly, said tube assembly includes a floating tip member, said tip member movable via application of said pressurized gas from a closed position covering openings to said first and said second tube members, to an open position uncovering said openings to said first and said second tube members; a manually operable valve assembly, said valve assembly fluidly connected to said manifold assembly, said valve assembly fluidly connected to said second tube through said manifold assembly, said manually operable valve constructed and arranged for controlling the inflow of said pressurized gas; whereby operation of said valve assembly allows said pressurized gas to displace said tip member from a closed position to an open position, causing a fluid in said bottle to flow through said second tube and through a portion of said manifold assembly to exit said valve assembly.