Patent ID: 9102508
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. A wine dispensing cabinet comprising: a cabinet comprising one or more compartments, an upper housing, one or more dispensing nozzles, one or more pumps, connecting hoses, one or more wine selection buttons, and a processor; said one or more compartments further comprising one or more receptacles for receiving one or more liners to contain wine; each said one or more liners of wine substantially isolating wine contained therein from oxygen by restricting the passage of oxygen through said liner; said liner further comprising a connector having a check valve, said check valve forming a seal against the entry of oxygen into said liner and said check valve being opened by a vacuum created when said one or more pumps draw wine out of the receptacle; said upper housing further comprising a forwardly extending housing of sufficient height and depth to receive one or more containers for receiving wine between a base and said forwardly extending housing with dispensing nozzles, said forwardly extending housing further comprising said one or more wine selection buttons; said one or more dispensing nozzles being located in said forwardly extending housing and being situated to dispense wine into containers placed on said base; said one or more pumps being one or more peristaltic pumps and being actuated by receiving a signal from said processor, the quantity of wine dispensed being determined by said one or more pumps in a measured amount of liquid per unit time of operation; and said connecting hoses connecting one or more receptacles of wine in said one or more compartments to said one or more pumps and said one or more dispensing nozzles; said connecting hoses comprising at least one delivery hose and an internal hose system; wherein said one or more compartments are refrigerated; wherein when one of said one or more wine selection buttons is pressed, said processor sends an electric signal to one of said pumps, which creates a vacuum that causes wine to be dispensed from one of said wine receptacles through one of said connecting hoses to said one of said pumps, and further through one of said connecting hoses to one of said dispensing nozzles and to be dispensed into a container beneath said dispensing nozzle; the at least one delivery hose connectable with the connector and coupleable with the internal hose system; a hose connector for coupling the delivery hose with the internal hose system, the connector including a second check valve.